10 area nonprofits gain grants totaling $228,000

8/15/2008

The Toledo Community Organization has awarded $228,000 in grants to 10 Toledo-area nonprofit organizations.

The grants came from The Andersons Fund Supporting Organization. They are funded by The Andersons, the Maumee-based agribusiness firm, which targets capital projects for charitable groups.

Grant recipients are:

• Anne Grady Corp., $5,000 for renovations to an infant day treatment room at the Prescribed Pediatric Center.

• Cherry Street Mission Ministries, $25,000 for renovations to Caleb House.

• East Toledo Family Center, $5,000 for improvements to security at the Heffner Early Childhood Center.

• Friendly Center, $10,000 for a roof replacement.

• Libbey House Foundation, $25,000 for renovations to make the building more accessible.

• Mom s House of Toledo, $3,000 for an upgrade to the facility s heating and cooling system.

• Sauder Village, $50,000 for the village s Pioneer Settlement project.

• Sunshine Foundation, $50,000 for its vocational center.

• Toledo Opera Association, $5,000 for a cargo van.

• Toledo Zoological Society, $50,000, over two years, for capital projects.