Licking County Foundation
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About Licking County Foundation
Licking County Foundation was established to help channel donors’ compassion into action through the allocation of grants to charitable organizations that meet existing and emerging needs across the community.
Focus Areas
Health and human servicesArts and cultureEducationParks and recreationEnvironmentEconomic developmentPublic safetyCapacity buildingPrograms serving underserved or disadvantaged populations
Who They Fund
students (scholarship recipients, including music students)local community members using facilities (athletes, event attendees)children with unmet needs
About Licking County Foundation
Licking County Foundation Inc makes large local grants across Licking County, with a visible mix of capital support, general-purpose funding, scholarships, and targeted community investments. One of the clearest signals in the recent record is a $1,441,278 award to Northridge Local School District for an athletic facilities improvement project, paired with major support for Newark Campus Development Fund’s capital campaign for the Alford STEM Building. Those gifts sit alongside recurring funding for local institutions such as Newark Midland Theatre Association and Buckeye Valley Family YMCA, showing a funder that supports both physical projects and ongoing organizational needs. The foundation also funds education directly through scholarships and other student support, including awards to The Ohio State University at Newark and Central Ohio Technical College. Beyond education, recent grants include support for public-facing community assets, nonprofit operations, and strategic initiatives tied to local needs. The pattern suggests a community foundation-style grantmaker working through multiple program lines rather than a single issue area, with grants reaching schools, arts organizations, human services providers, and civic groups in the county’s core population centers.
What Licking County Foundation Funds
Education is a major part of the portfolio. Licking County Foundation Inc awarded $93,000 to The Ohio State University at Newark for scholarships and $75,688 to Central Ohio Technical College for scholarships, while its active scholarship programs serve Licking County students pursuing two-year, four-year, trade, technical, certificate, graduate, and professional study. Capital and facility projects also stand out. The foundation gave $455,667 to Newark Sport and Event Commission for construction costs and $110,000 to Newark Development Partners for the Newark Arcade Project, showing support for bricks-and-mortar community development. Arts and civic life appear through grants such as $425,011 to Newark Midland Theatre Association for general purposes. In health and human services, the foundation gave $100,000 to Vista Village Inc for general purposes and $70,632 to Mental Health America of Licking County Inc for general purposes and the LCF multi-year grant program, Year Two.
How Licking County Foundation Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$4.6M
Total Assets
$163.6M
Total Revenue
$44.6M
Total Expenses
$7.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $33K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$33K
Geographic Reach
Local12 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
CONSTANCE J HAWK
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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