Park National Corporation Foundation

About Park National Corporation Foundation

Park National Corporation Foundation’s recent giving is anchored by repeated large grants to Newark Development Partners, which received $200,000 in 2023, 2024, and 2025. That pattern points to a funder that uses multi-year support for place-based civic work rather than one-off donations. The foundation’s grants also cluster around local institutions that shape daily life in Newark and Licking County, including United Way, youth-serving organizations, cultural venues, and campus or downtown development efforts. Across its recent records, the foundation supports community infrastructure, civic coordination, arts and culture, education, health, and housing-related partners. It appears to favor organizations that hold a central role in the region’s nonprofit ecosystem, such as Licking County United Way, which received grants in multiple years, and the Newark Campus Development Fund, which also appears repeatedly. Grants are commonly directed to support general operations or ongoing institutional work, suggesting a relationship-driven approach to sustaining local capacity. The giving profile is highly local and strongly centered in Ohio, with most grants landing in Newark, Columbus, Mount Vernon, and nearby central Ohio communities. The result is a foundation profile defined by repeated commitments to institutions serving the same geographic area over time.

What Park National Corporation Foundation Funds

In community coordination, Park National Corporation Foundation gave $193,595 in 2024 to Licking County United Way and followed with $191,941 in 2025. Those grants sit alongside support for other intermediary organizations that help channel resources across central Ohio. For youth services, the foundation awarded $100,000 in 2025 to Boys and Girls Club of Newark, building on $100,000 grants in 2023 and 2024. That repeated funding points to ongoing support for after-school and youth-development work in Newark. Its cultural giving includes $74,479 in 2023 to Midland Theatre and $69,549 in 2025 to the same organization. The foundation also backed higher-education and workforce-linked institutions such as Denison University with a $50,000 grant in 2023. Health and housing partners also appear in the recent record, including $50,000 to Knox Community Hospital Foundation and $50,000 to The Catholic Foundation Fbo St Vincent Haven, both in 2023.

How Park National Corporation Foundation Gives