Congratulations to the following organizations that have been chosen for grants in the 2024-2025 cycle!

• CelebrateOne $ 10,800
• Columbus Children’s Choir $ 9,000
• Furniture Bank of Central Ohio $ 10,000
• Good Neighbors of Central Ohio $ 3,000
• Home for Families $ 10,000
• Leveling the Playing Field $ 10,000
• Little Bottoms Free Store $ 10,000
• Seeds of Caring $ 10,000
  TOTAL $ 72,800

CelebrateOne: CelebrateOne is a collective initiative founded to reduce infant mortality
and improve health equity so more babies reach their first birthdays in these neighbor-
hoods: Linden, Near South Side, Near East Side, Hilltop, Franklinton, Northeast,
Southeast, Northland, Prairie Township, Whitehall and Reynoldsburg. Funds will be
used to purchase items such as diapers, diaper bags, car seats and other personal care
items that all infants, pregnant and parenting families need. $ 10,800

Columbus Children’s Choir: The choir provides accessible, affordable music
education for children in Central Ohio. To meet the growth of the choir, the current
space will be remodeled/renovated and redesigned. The size of all current rehearsal
rooms will be reconfigured and increased along with new sound proofing/controls added
plus providing additional staff work space. $ 9,000

Furniture Bank of Central Ohio: The Furniture Bank of addresses high infant mortality
rates by providing safe sleep kits to vulnerable babies and their families in central Ohio.
The safe sleep kits provide the essentials to reduce sleep-related deaths, including a
mobile crib, safe sleep blanket, approved educational materials focused on the
importance of safe sleep for infants and the importance of infants sleeping alone.
$ 10,000

Good Neighbors of Central Ohio: Good Neighbors sponsors the Good Neighbors
Picnic at Goodale Park (Sept. 27, 2025) annually which provides an afternoon for more
than 600 guests with food, clothing, back packs, school supplies and more. This
funding will provide additional funds to purchase items that have not been donated
and/or collected year/round. Each child receives a wrapped gift from Santa.
$ 3,000

Home For Families: Home for Families through its Achievers Programs provides a
vital, no-cost resource for children from extremely low-income families a safe, stable
space for learning, recreation and experiential learning opportunities. This summer
program offers a safe environment for 30-50 students ages 5-13 with special focus on
serving the Franklinton neighborhood. $ 10,000

Leveling the Playing Field: Focused on increasing the access to youth sports in
under-resourced neighborhoods, LPF helps remove the cost of equipment as a financial
barrier by engaging schools, businesses, youth sports leagues and other partners to fill
its warehouse with sports gear. Schools and community-based organizations apply for
an equipment grant with the focus on economically disadvantaged children or children
or adults with disabilities. $ 10,000

Little Bottoms Free Store: The store’s focuses in the Franklinton neighborhood that
has a high risk of sleep-related deaths as well as the second highest rate of infant
mortality. LBFS is in place to help women and families most at risk by developing
strong relationships as well as shopping experiences every Thursday evening. On
average, 112 of these infants and children (and families) are served each week.
$ 10,000

Seeds of Caring: Seeds of Caring is Central Ohio’s only organization dedicated to
offering service projects, volunteer opportunities and social activism experiences for
young children. While many volunteer opportunities exist for teens, few are designed to
be age-appropriate and engaging for children. For example, more than 100,000 with
their families have packed sack lunches for hungry neighbors and seniors to creating
“good luck kits” for Special Olympics athletes. $ 10,000