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Carroll County Foundation (affiliate grant program)
Community developmentCarroll County
Who can apply: Not specified in the provided content; listed as an affiliate organization grant program.
Deadline: November 1, 2026
About Stark Community Foundation
Partnering with individuals, families, businesses and nonprofits to help them achieve their charitable goals through flexible, effective giving tools and community leadership.
Focus Areas
Economic stability and opportunity / anti-povertyEducation and scholarshipsArts and cultureHealth and wellnessNeighborhood revitalization and community developmentYouth programs
Who They Fund
service recipients of human services (individuals/families in need)artists and cultural institutions/practitionerscommunities served by environmental/animal welfare programsinternational communities/foreign partnersfaith-based congregations and their constituencies
About Stark Community Foundation
A large share of Stark Community Foundation’s recent grantmaking is built around repeated support for local institutions in Canton and nearby Stark County communities, including seven-figure awards to Boys & Girls Club of Massillon and ArtsinStark across multiple years. The foundation also shows a clear pattern of backing organizations that anchor community life: human services, education, arts and culture, and public benefit groups appear throughout the recent grants list. Among the biggest awards are $3,805,065 to Boys & Girls Club of Massillon in 2023 and $1,598,460 to Osnaburg Local Schools in 2024, alongside sustained support for groups such as United Way of Greater Stark County and Buckeye Council Boy Scouts of America. Its current program menu reflects that mix, with scholarship funding, neighborhood revitalization, childhood poverty reduction, and health and wellness grants all running alongside discretionary community grants. The foundation functions as a community foundation with multiple supporting funds and competitive programs, combining donor-created scholarship management with place-based grantmaking and administered foundation grants.
What Stark Community Foundation Funds
Education is a major theme in the foundation’s work. Recent grants include $1,598,460 to Osnaburg Local Schools for education, $620,984 to Neomed Foundation for education, and $388,776 to Walsh University for education. Scholarship support is also a defined part of its program structure through a general scholarship application that matches students to more than 100 donor-created scholarship funds. The foundation also funds health and basic needs. It awarded $509,370 to Commquest Services Inc for human services and $390,796 to YWCA - Canton for human services, while a separate administered program supports health and wellness in Greater Massillon and Stark County. Arts and culture is another visible area, with grants to ArtsinStark, John H and Evelyn L Ashton Preservation Association Inc, and Canton Classic Car Museum. Public benefit and community development also appear through support for Stark Economic Development Board and local neighborhood revitalization programs.
How Stark Community Foundation Gives
Typical grant size sits at $8,500 at the 25th percentile, $17,341 at the median, and $50,750 at the 75th percentile. The recent grants list also shows several large, recurring awards to the same organizations across 2023 to 2025, which suggests ongoing relationships rather than one-time gifts. It operates as a mixed community foundation, with donor-advised and supporting-foundation style grantmaking alongside competitive programs. Several active programs accept unsolicited applications, including the Community Charitable Fund, SummerTime Kids, neighborhood partnership grants, and the general scholarship application. The community charitable fund awards are listed at $12,000 to $35,000.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$14.6M
Total Assets
$406M
Total Revenue
$38.5M
Total Expenses
$22M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $9K and $51K, with a median of $17K.
25th Percentile
$9K
Median
$17K
75th Percentile
$51K
Geographic Reach
Local30 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
MARK J SAMOLCZYK
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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