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The Trustees of the Coshocton Foundation announced two additional grants to local organizations to provide citizens and small businesses relief from the economic impact of COVID-19. The trustees had announced two similar grants in March. The four grants total $64,000 for local COVID-19 emergency assistance.This week, a $20,000 grant from the...

In November 2018, Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) announced an ambitious program to offer a free college education to Coshocton County residents. The Coshocton Promise launched in the 2019-2020 academic year. Initial funds were made possible through a unique public/private partnership between COTC and the Coshocton Foundation's Clarence and...

Kathy Gwinn of Coshocton has been appointed by Judge Van Blanchard, Coshocton County Court of Common Pleas Probate/Juvenile Division, to a 5-year term on the Coshocton Foundation’s Distribution Committee effective April 1, 2020. Gwinn succeeds committee member Steve Foster who served 4 years of an unfulfilled term and then his own 5-year term. ...

The Montgomery Foundation and the Coshocton Foundation are pleased to jointly announce the recent signing of an Affiliation Agreement between the two foundations. The Montgomery Foundation's Linda Scott and Coshocton Foundation Trustees Kathy Thompson and Bruce Wallace are pictured above with Coshocton Foundation Executive Director Bob Pell at...

Winners of five adult or “non-traditional student” scholarships have been announced by the Coshocton Foundation.  John Bordenkircher was awarded the $2,000 Jones Metal Products Company Scholarship.  John will be pursuing an Associate of Science Degree at Central Ohio Technical College.  The Jones Metal award was created in 2013 to honor the 90th...

CAMP INVENTION 2019 AT RIVER VIEW  Around 100 Coshocton County elementary school students attended Camp Invention at River View Jr. High School June 24-28, 2019. The Coshocton Foundation is proud to support this STEM educational program aimed at helping kids develop critical thinking and creative problem solving skills. Thanks again to all of our...

The Coshocton Foundation awarded 110 scholarships totaling $152,050 to students at Coshocton, Ridgewood and River View high schools and the Coshocton County Career Center this spring.  In addition, scholarships totaling $10,000 were awarded to graduating seniors at Tri-Valley High School in Dresden, Blue River Valley and Hobart high schools in...

CLARENCE & GRACE MILLER SCHOLARSHIPS TO BE UTILIZED IN NEW INITIATIVE  NEWARK, Ohio, Nov. 15, 2018 - Central Ohio Technical College's (COTC) ambitious new Coshocton Promise program makes free college a reality for eligible Coshocton County residents. The Coshocton Promise guarantees that COTC will fund the gap between tuition (instructional...

Christine (Christy) Gauerke of Coshocton has been elected to serve on the Distribution Committee of the Coshocton Foundation through a unanimous vote of the other four committee members.  Christy is succeeding Alice (Lisa) Gibson, who served from 2009 to 2018. Due to a recent change in the Foundation’s By- Laws to encourage more participation and...

The Coshocton Foundation’s 2021 Annual Campaign, "Your Investment in Community" is now underway.  To make a tax-deductible contribution, please make your check payable to the "Coshocton Foundation," specifying your donation’s designation. You may designate your gift to our Unrestricted Fund (to be distributed by the Distribution Committee...