The Gallia Community Foundation Fund was created to assist the Gallia County community in growing philanthropic resources to enrich quality of life. All gifts to the Gallia Community Foundation are invested in an endowment fund at the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO). From its interest and earnings, this Fund will make grants to support the community for many years to come, ensuring permanent resources designed to address Gallia County’s changing needs over time.

Our work together has already made a difference, and with further investment, our impact on the nonprofits, schools, and communities of our treasured county will only grow. Recently, the Gallia Community Foundation awarded grants to organizations serving Gallia County:

• Economic and Community Development Institute, Inc. for the Women’s Business Center of Central Appalachia- Gallia Entrepreneurship and
• Gallia County Agricultural Society, Inc. for the Gallia County Fair relocation project

For a limited time, all gifts to the Gallia Community Foundation will receive dollar-for-dollar match! 

Thanks to matching funds awarded to FAO by the Ohio Legislature, $300,000 is available for match to the Gallia Community Foundation. There is not limit to how much can be matched by a single donor! 

Help us secure match for Gallia County so we can make a greater difference together!

The Gallia Community Foundation is driven by a local, volunteer committee. The committee works to ensure that gifts to the Foundation make the greatest impact in the Gallia community through meaningful grant awards.

The Gallia Community Foundation committee is composed of Aaron Buckley, Cody Caldwell, Wendy Canaday, Matt Johnson, Brynn Noe, Jodie McCalla Penrod, Katie Ratliff, Scott Saunders, and Arun Sharma.

Appalachian Ohio has access to nine times fewer charitable dollars per capita than the rest of the state. At FAO, we understand that a combination of local leadership and regional initiatives is needed to tackle this philanthropy gap that all too often means an opportunity gap for our communities and the people who call them home. One crucial way FAO has sought to address this philanthropy gap is by supporting the efforts of counties in growing philanthropy with the local community, for the local community, including the Gallia Community Foundation.

Because we know that lasting resources dedicated to local communities is so vital to creating opportunities, 100% of your gift and its match to the Gallia Community Foundation will be invested in the endowment to make a long-term, local difference in Gallia County.