About Athens County Foundation
We build on the strengths of our community, advancing participation and collaboration to address longstanding challenges and pursue extraordinary opportunities.
Focus Areas
EducationHealth and social servicesEnvironmental sustainabilityEconomic developmentArts and cultureRacial equityHousing securityLeadership developmentNonprofit capacity building
Who They Fund
low-income individuals and familiesK-12 students (including weekend meal recipients)high school youth / workforce entrantsolder adults (healthy aging at home)
About Athens County Foundation
Athens County Foundation combines broad community grantmaking with several targeted local funds, including emergency response support, a civic experiment grant program, a flexible microgrants program, and named awards for seniors and women. Recent grants show that the foundation works across basic needs, education, health, housing, transportation, arts, and local economic development, with individual awards ranging from small flexible grants to six-figure support. In the latest grants list, Bluedot Coworking received $130,000 in Athens, and Rural Action received $88,354 in The Plains for food insecurity work. The foundation also supported Southeast Ohio Hope Center in Nelsonville with $55,406 and Habitat for Humanity of Southeast Ohio in Millfield with $46,082, showing a mix of nonprofit, civic, and place-based support across the county. Its stated purpose is to build on community strengths, advance participation and collaboration, and address longstanding challenges while pursuing local opportunities. The grant record includes operating support, capital and facility work, project-specific funding, and matching support, alongside multi-year unrestricted grants in a pilot cycle.
What Athens County Foundation Funds
Food access is a recurring theme. Community Food Initiatives received $27,200 for Appalachian Accessible Food Network sustained expansion and $19,000 for general support, while Live Healthy Appalachia received $25,915 for the Meal Kit Project. Housing and community facilities are another strand: Habitat for Humanity of Southeast Ohio received $46,082 for 2022 build, playhouse build, pledge payment, and gratitude grant activities, and Glouster Revitalization Organization received $22,400 for Knights of Pythias building renovation. The foundation also backs health and care services. Hopewell Health Centers received $20,776 for wellness for staff and early childhood program holiday gift bags, and Athens City-county Health Dept received $25,400 for age friendly initiative development. Youth and workforce support appears in the grant to Athens-Meigs Educational Service Center for paid internships for high school students and Project Rise.
How Athens County Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster in the low five figures: the 25th percentile is $7,105, the median is $10,027, and the 75th percentile is $15,368. The recent record also shows occasional larger awards, including six-figure and mid-six-figure support. Grantmaking is local and appears to recur within the same county over multiple years, with several organizations showing repeated support across cycles. Athens County Foundation uses a mix of unrestricted, operating, project, capital, and matching support, and it also runs a pilot multi-year unrestricted grant program. Some programs accept unsolicited applications, including the ACF Flexible Microgrants Program, Civic Experiment Grants, and the John Glazer Impact Fund.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$594K
Total Assets
$14.2M
Total Revenue
$2.3M
Total Expenses
$1.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $7K and $15K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$7K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$15K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
KERRY S PIGMAN
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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