The Oswald Supporting Organization of Greater Toledo Community Foundation recently awarded grants totaling $166,954 to 10 nonprofit organizations:

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Ohio – $20,529 was awarded to support the Empowering Future Leaders program.
• Children’s Theater Workshop of Toledo – $25,000 was awarded to support the year-apprentice program jobs program for youth.
• D.O.V.E. Fund – $5,100 was awarded to support the Ban cua Ban Agent Orange Relief program.
• Graced Community Center – $13,125 was awarded to support the Grace Garden Co-Op project.
• Imagination Station – $13,200 was awarded to support the Family Reunification program.
• Mom’s House of Toledo – $10,000 was awarded to support Laurie’s Place.
• Partners in Education – $23,000 was awarded to support the College & Career Ready program.
• The Victory Center – $12,000 was awarded to support non-medical therapies and supportive services for cancer patients and their families. 
• Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts –$20,000 was awarded to support the Community Music Lessons program.
• Toledo Zoo – $25,000 was awarded to support the Teens Understanding Research Techniques and Learning Ecology (T.U.R.T.L.E.) program.

The Oswald Supporting Organization was created by the late Joan and Chuck Oswald in 2000 to support projects in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan that enable families to develop skills to nurture each other and to promote the advancement, self-sufficiency and intellectual, social, emotional and cultural growth of woman and children.