The Noble County Community Foundation was created to assist the Noble County community in growing philanthropic resources to enrich quality of life. All gifts to the Noble County Community Foundation will be 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 Noble 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. Though the Noble County Community Foundation is new to FAO, here are some recent grants making a difference in Noble County through its Family of Funds:

• Lutheran Social Services to support the Caldwell Food Pantry; and
• Noble Local Schools and Caldwell Exempted Village Schools to support STEM education activities for students.

For a limited time, all gifts to the Noble County 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 Noble County Community Foundation. There is no limit to how much can be matched by a single donor! 

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

The Noble County 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 Jackson community through meaningful grant awards.

The Noble County Community Foundation committee is composed of Mike Buckey, John Cline, Joy Flood, Mike Lloyd, Judy McMullen, Shawn Ray, Andrea Seder, Sherri Starr, Don Ullman, and Jim Warren.

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 Noble County Community Foundation

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