2022 Field of Interest Grants

Field of Interest Funds are created by donors who have a specific cause that is near to their heart and wish to support a variety of organizations who do good work in that area. In 2022, these funds and their grants include $70,000+ awarded as follows:

Dave & Anne Brown Family Fund, $557, Marion Family YMCA Parkinson’s disease programs

Child Care Choices Fund, $1,368, Emanuel Lutheran Preschool & Daycare

James & Margaret Coulson Charitable Fund, $607, Marion Family YMCA Parkinson’s disease programs

Helen Cunningham Handicapped Fund, $5,000, Center Street Community Health Center; $2,623, Marion County Board of Developmental Disabilities

Jerry Grubaugh Memorial Fund, $10,000, healthcare in the Dominican Republic

Virgil Jerome Nature Education Fund, $1,000, Tallgrass Trail Nature Education Center

Marion Noon Lions Club Fund, $2,461 Prevent Blindness Ohio Affiliate

Marion Speech and Hearing Fund, $10,160, Marion County Board of Developmental Disabilities’ speech, language, and hearing services; $5,000, Marion General Hospital Foundation

Vera O. McDanel Senior Citizens Transportation Fund, $561, Marion Senior Center

Kathleen E. O’Shea Fund, $12,081, musical productions at Marion Palace Theatre and all Marion high & middle schools

Prospect SUNSWIM Pool Fund, $10,180, Village of Prospect

Smith-Brown Family Fund, $1,959, Marion Family YMCA Parkinson’s disease programs

Janis & Greg Swepston Family Fund, $485, Marion Public Library

Francis & Thelma Wise Fund, $2,226, Marion Family YMCA Parkinson’s disease programs; $2,225, Marion Family YMCA arthritis programs; $2,225, Prevent Blindness Ohio Affiliate