Gifts to the Noble County Community Foundation’s endowment fund are invested, with earnings from those dollars returned to our communities through grants to nonprofits, schools and public organizations serving our neighbors.
With the support of our donors and in partnership with FAO, our grants fund projects and programs that advance opportunities across five areas, known as our Pillars of Prosperity: arts and culture, community and economic development, education, environmental stewardship, and health and human services. Emphasis is on supporting individuals of all ages who are spearheading projects and programs that create opportunities, meet pressing needs and unleash the potential within Noble County.
2025 grant application
Our 2025 grant application closed on Sept. 9.
A growing impact, year after year
Nearly $30,000 awarded in 2025!
In 2025, the Noble County Community Foundation, with the support of our donors and in partnership with the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio, awarded 14 grants, totaling $29,775, to support initiatives benefiting our residents and communities.
Grant Recipients
- Belle Valley Action Committee to purchase trash receptacles and message boards for Belle Valley Park
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Appalachian Ohio to expand the Lunch Buddies mentoring program at Caldwell and Shenandoah elementary schools to include interactive, educational enrichment activities
- Caldwell Exempted Village School District to help construct an outdoor classroom focused on environmental stewardship and native pollinator education
- Cancer Support Community Central Ohio to support Ripples to Waves, a cancer support group for Noble County residents
- Genesis HealthCare Foundation to purchase an automated external defibrillator for a community-based location in Noble County
- GMN Tri-County Community Action Committee to expand the nutrition program at the Joyce M. Davis Senior Center in Caldwell by providing a light breakfast and evening snack for 25 seniors identified as food insecure
- Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio to purchase food for food pantry distributions in Noble County
- Memorial Health Foundation to purchase a bariatric chair for the Caldwell Health Clinic
- Muskingum Valley Council of Scouting America to help fund participation in the Scouting program for economically disadvantaged Noble County youth
- Noble County Chapter of the Ohio Retired Teachers Association to fund book grants awarded to graduating seniors from Caldwell or Shenandoah high schools who are pursuing degrees in education
- Noble County Health Department to support the Hygiene Education and Support Program for fourth- through sixth-grade students at Noble Local and Caldwell elementary schools
- Noble County Historical Society to support a project to replace and add doors on the barn at the Ball-Caldwell Homestead property
- Noble Local School District to expand a year-long student leadership group with hands-on opportunities to develop leadership, including a tour of The Ohio State University football facility and engagement with its coaching staff
- United Way of Guernsey, Monroe and Noble Counties to increase local enrollment in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio and to provide books to Noble County children in the program
- Caldwell Exempted Village School District to purchase a 3D printer for seventh- and eighth-grade classroom instruction, in partnership with the Appalachian Ohio Manufacturers’ Coalition
- Lutheran Social Services to purchase food for food pantry distributions in Noble County
- Memorial Health Foundation to purchase an emergency battery backup power system for the medication refrigerators at the Primary Care Caldwell Health Clinic
- Shenandoah Band Club to purchase raincoats for the Shenandoah Marching Band
- The Wilds to support the expansion of “Into the Wilds,” a three-part educational program for fourth-grade students, into Noble County
- Boys & Girls Club of Washington County to help cover the cost of healthy snacks at the Noble County-serving Shenandoah Club’s before- and afterschool program
- Caldwell Exempted Village School District to help fund a new STEM-focused makerspace, providing hands-on, creative ways to encourage students to design, experiment, build and invent
- Cancer Support Community Central Ohio to support Living with Cancer Support Groups for Noble County cancer patients and caregivers
- Lutheran Social Services to purchase food for the food pantry distributions in Noble County
- Noble County Historical Society to help replace the metal roof of Bethel Primitive Church at Heritage Park
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio to help cover overnight stays for Noble County families
- The iBELIEVE Foundation to fund the participation of five Noble County youth in the 2024 iBELIEVE Youth Leadership Workshops
- Noble County CARES to cover the cost of Red Ribbon Week activities, the annual Prom Pledge/Mock Crash, and drug awareness and prevention materials, all led by the Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) chapters at Noble Local and Caldwell schools
- Noble LIFT Youth Leadership to help fund its capstone project, building a Noble County community garden
- Caldwell United Methodist Church to support its Caldwell Community Weekend Backpack Program, which provides food to elementary school-aged children in Noble County who have been identified as at risk for hunger on the weekends
- Helping Appalachian Rural Peoples to support a “Living in Hope” project that will remodel a home for a low-income veteran with a disability living in Noble County
- Muskingum Valley Council Boy Scouts of America to provide scholarships to cover the cost of membership fees for 17 Noble County youth
- Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center to support its driver’s education program, which assists 16- to 21-year-olds who want and need to work but who lack access to reliable transportation
- Noble County Historical Society to install new flooring in the bride’s room at the Ball-Caldwell Hospitality House
- Noble County Samaritan House to purchase a new upright freezer for the food pantry
- United Way of Guernsey, Monroe and Noble Counties for its Healthy Home Initiative, which provides rent and utility assistance, car repairs and gas cards for those fighting cancer as well as food or assistive device assistance to individuals and families in need but unable to secure help from other providers
- Village of Belle Valley to assist with start-up costs for “Christmas in Belle Valley” to be held at Belle Valley Park
- Village of Caldwell to support the third year of “A Village Christmas to Remember”
Explore other grant opportunities available through the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio.
