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Supporting Access for All

Supporting Access for People with AutismSources disagree on the current prevalence of autism and disagree even more on what causes it. But one thing everyone involved with autism will tell you: more people than ever need support to manage the disorder — and that support is not easy to access. “We’re seeing a tsunami of autism […]

Building a Better Community by Supporting Others

A “disconnected entrepreneur” might sound like someone running a company that isn’t tapped into what’s happening around them. And in a way, that’s true – but not the way you might suppose. “Disconnected entrepreneurs” are those who have historically lacked access to the three essentials of successful businesses — capital, services and connections. Black-, Latinx- […]

Envisioning Ways to Meet Community Needs

As one of the Toledo area’s leading family-focused community agencies, the YMCA of Greater Toledo has had a long relationship with Greater Toledo Community Foundation. When the COVID-19 pandemic upended the lives of so many served by the Y, the established partnership became more important than ever. Rewriting the script for childcare “GTCF had been […]

Symphony + Ballet = Brilliant!

Be brave enough to start a conversation that matters. — Margaret Wheatley Two years ago, two Toledo arts organizations had a conversation. No one knew at the outset that it would matter quite as much as it did. But at its conclusion, a unique model was created that combined the symphony and ballet — the […]

Partners Against Trafficking in Humans

A Community Joins Forces to Battle Human Trafficking Two decades ago, victims of human trafficking in northwest Ohio — and indeed, in most of the nation — faced bleak prospects. Labeled as criminals, they had little hope of escaping those who exploited them, as their alternative to slavery was usually imprisonment. In the late ‘90s, as […]

Joining Hands: FOCUS and Beach House

Ninety-five years ago, Toledo’s “wayward women” were housed in the local jail. Seeing that these women were more victims than perpitrators, Helen Beach, the wife of Toledo’s legendary Mayor, Golden Rule Jones, gave her home to create what is now the Beach House Family Shelter. In 1982, ten area churches that were working separately to […]

Working to help every child be Ready to Read

Read about the Library's early literacy program When the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library (TLCPL) set out to reassess its programs and staffing after state budget cuts in 2009, three significant facts led to the adoption of an early literacy program called Ready to Read: After the third grade, a child’s ability to learn is […]

40 Years of Foundation-supported Service to Area Youth

Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo It all began with a Christmas dinner for 102 rough-and-tumble newsboys in 1892. Realizing that those struggling boys needed much more than a holiday meal, John Gunckel solicited support from community leaders and went on to help thousands of area youngsters at what became the Boys & Girls Clubs […]

Performance Opportunity

Jenna Perez, 13, never thought spending a summer at the Catholic Club’s Summer Camp would open up an entirely new and exciting world for her. “Because I couldn’t stay home alone, I had to go to the Catholic Club last summer. I would go there and just sleep and not talk to anyone. Then we […]

Smiles of the Future

Since the Civil War, children have found an activity-filled place to get their little lives off to a good start at Toledo Day Nursery. Operating from four locations in Toledo, the Nursery offers children of working and student parents quality, affordable childcare programs to help with educational, social, emotional and physical development. Since 1998, the […]

Power of Discovery

“Thank you for letting me go to the zoo. I saw a lion and it was cool,” wrote one amazed Fulton Elementary School student after a Toledo Community Foundation supported school field trip. For a child, a school field trip creates lasting memories. Years after the bus ride, adults share stories about their first time […]

Reading Opens His World: Read for Literacy

William Lewis, age 50, knows exactly what he wants to do in his life. He wants to get his GED and read a book to his grandsons. With grants from the Toledo Community Foundation to Read for Literacy, William is working toward his very important goals. Twice a week, William meets with his volunteer tutor […]

Kitty Todd Showcases Nature's Heritage

Showcasing Nature's Heritage Kitty Todd was a woman of conviction. Before her death in 1980, she helped lead the charge to preserve and protect one of the highest concentrations of rare species of any nature preserve in Ohio. A dedicated conservationist, Kitty, who lived in Perrysburg, saw the need to save one of the finest […]

Glass House Writing Project

Glass House Writing Project Affects Lives With all of the problems in the world today, it’s easy to feel that a solution to those problems would require an army of people, dedicated to making the world a better place. But surprisingly often, a solution only takes one person – a person with enthusiasm and commitment […]

UT’s Eberly Center: Project Succeed

Women Reach Potentials Research has shown that a woman with a college degree will earn 75 percent more than a woman possessing solely a high school diploma. But beyond this simple earnings statistic, the University of Toledo's Catherine S. Eberly Center for Women developed its program, Project Succeed, to help women in transition achieve economic […]

How A Young Entrepreneur Funds Charity

As a little kid Nick Francis, a 2010 Toledo Technology Academy graduate, had a special passion for Halloween. His decorations and parties were frightful. Banking on an entrepreneurial hunch that others adore the spooky time of the year, Nick formed his own business, International Halloween Productions LLC, and created the most fearful commercial haunted house […]

How An Agency Reaches Out

Many low- and moderate-income individuals and families in the community are eligible for various public benefits, but do not know what is available or how to apply. Often it takes several visits to multiple agencies to get the help they need. Many do not have the ability to get through all the details for such […]

Sight Center Helps With Independence

Sight, the ability to see the world with which we interact on a daily basis, is a gift most of us take for granted. Being able to see the “on” switch for the coffee pot, noticing the obstacles in our way as we navigate steps, viewing our computer screens to conduct business – almost every […]

Food For Friends

After serving free meals to neighbors of Jamie Farr Park in Toledo for nearly 20 years, volunteers were getting a little too old to round up the donations and cook the food. They didn’t want to see the program end so they looked around the neighborhood and asked Friendly Center, a faith-based nonprofit agency less […]

Mentors Make A Difference

Mountain Mentors began in 1984 with the mission of “empowering at-risk teens through one-on-one mentoring to make positive life choices.” Established as an alternative-to-incarceration program, the organization pairs adults and youth in mentoring relationships. Fostering life skills through various activities, the original year-long program culminated in a5-day wilderness hike through the White Mountains of New […]

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