Here’s what The Foundation did in 2015!
October 6, 2015 – Leadership Elections for Foundation
September 13, 2015 – Grant Making Remains Strong
June 12, 2015 – Two Trustees Welcomed during Quarterly Grantmaking Session
March 15, 2015 – Foundations’ Awards will be Highest in 72 Year History
Here’s what The Foundation did in 2016!
October 31, 2016 – Tipp City Area Community Foundations Award 2016 Philanthropist of the Year
September 19, 2016 – Mind, Body and Self-Sufficiency Included in Granted Projects
June 9, 2016 – Youth Programming Receive Majority of Grants
April 2, 2016 – Facade Improvement Program Helps Historical Downtown
March 10, 2017: Grantmaking Season Kicks Off for Foundation The Tipp City Foundation met for the first grantmaking cycle of 2017. Held quarterly, the Foundation will have over $90,000 of unrestricted grant dollars available to award this year. The volume of grants considered was strong for the year’s first cycle. Of the twenty requests, some were renewals of perennial programs while others were new initiatives. Eager to identify the recipients, board members set to work reviewing and voting on applications. After lively discussion, final selections were made. Literacy, geology learning and diversity awareness training were among the projects supported. Ultimately, five organizations were chosen to receive eight awards totaling $13,952. The following is a list of the recipients, amounts awarded, and the purposes funded. Bethel Local Schools, $2,582, supports redesigning the high school art department curriculum for the second year. Revamped courses Art I, II and III will now include fundamentals of drawing, color theory and mixed-media portraiture. This grant was awarded, in part, through the Arts Bethel Fund in the Studebaker Tradition of Giving Back. St. John’s Early Childhood Program, $350, provides for a visit from the Dayton Philharmonic String Quartet. “The Three Little Pigs” will be performed. Tipp City Exempted Village Schools, $2,000, promotes Stagecrafters Summer Theatre Drama Camp, giving children a two-week experience working both on stage and behind the scenes of a play. Tipp City Exempted Village Schools, $1,200, stresses diversity as a fact of American life via customized sessions taught in the high school. This series is taught in partnership with the National Conference for Community and Justice of Greater Dayton. Tipp City Exempted Village Schools, $1,100, brings “The Rock Man” Mike Manning, a retired geology and earth science teacher, to 3rd grade students and shares his enthusiasm for rocks through a series of hands-on activities. Tipp City Exempted Village Schools, $500, livens up lunch hour activity options with the purchase of a ping pong table. Game on. Tipp City Public Library, $1,220, expands the readable field for the visually impaired through the purchase of a portable desktop magnifier. Troy-Miami County Public Library, $5,000, supports the Imagination Library, serving over 500 children under the age of five in the Tipp City and Bethel Township communities this year. Since 1943, the Tipp City Area Community Foundations has awarded $2,015,724.44, as of December 31, 2016. Members of the Distribution Committee are Jim Ranft, chairman, Heather Bailey, president, Jim McKee, Claire Timmer and Jackie Wahl. Other trustees include Mary Bowman, Jesse Chamberlain, Joan Creech, Diana Featherstone, Dee Gillis, Melissa Keller, Jim McKee, Bruce McKenzie, and Pete Schinaman. The Tipp City Foundation is a member fund of The Troy Foundation. If you would like information about how to apply for a grant, please contact Jim Ranft at (937) 667-1270. If you would like information about how to make a tax-deductible contribution, please contact Heather Bailey at (937) 667-4499. For more information visit the web site at www.tippfoundation.org.
January 9, 2017: The Tipp City Area Community Foundations announced today it’s reached a milestone in its 73rd year history of providing community support and charitable giving throughout Tipp City, Monroe and Bethel townships.
With the Foundations’ quarterly meeting held on December 14, 2016, board members voted and approved funding for 18 local organizations totaling more than $32,000. With this amount awarded, the Foundations reached an historic milestone and surpassed $2,000,000 in providing grant funds for local nonprofits.
This momentous occasion was reached as TCACF awarded a grant to “Tiny House”, a nurtured dream of Tippecanoe High School homebuilding teacher James Kitchen. Tiny House affords students a hands-on approach cultivating the abilities of youth helping them understand the impact each of us have on our environment. Building a “Tiny House” piques students’ awareness for the demand of sustainable products, which generate less waste, and uses less energy while providing cheaper and more flexible housing.
After being notified as being a recipient of a TCACF grant, James Kitchen affirmed, “We are very fortunate to have the support of the Tipp City Area Community Foundations. By funding our Tiny House Project, the Foundations are laying the groundwork for students to apply firsthand the skills they learn in a variety of disciplines.”
When asked what he thought is the greatest benefit of this initiative, James went on to explain “younger generations have become more aware of the importance of recycling and how we utilize raw materials. Our students are getting the opportunity to develop traditional construction and fabrication skills while weaving current ideas surrounding “green building” and “sustainable living”. James continued “…reducing the overall impact of the built environment on human health and the natural environment is a key element in this process. Students are involved in the entire process including the concept, design, sourcing of materials, and the physical construction.”
Jim Ranft, Chairman of the TCACF Distribution Committee made note of this momentous occasion and stated “The Foundations are proud to have reached this milestone and reiterate our support in and around the community for such worthy causes.” In addition, Dr. Ranft went on to explain “As always, we must thank our donors whose generosity makes it possible for the Foundations to provide community support now and for generations in the future.”
The Tipp City Area Community Foundations award grants through a competitive application and review process and assist individuals, local businesses and institutions by making a positive impact in their hometown community and throughout our townships.