$1M in grants go to county nonprofits

AMHERST TWP. — The Community Foundation of Lorain County is giving more than $1 million in grants to 31 nonprofits at the end of the most challenging year in recent memory. "Many organizations have seen an increase in services. We will continue to be responsive and support our community," President and CEO Cindy Andrews said. December grantees include: ACES Program: Achievement through Community Education and Support — $35,000 Avon/Avon Lake Community Resource Services — $5,000 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lorain County — $50,000 Blessing House — $75,000 Business Volunteers Unlimited — $25,000 Coalition for the Uninsured of Lorain County — $38,700 Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio — $5,000 Effective Leadership Academy — $24,900 El Centro de Servicios Sociales — $55,000 Elyria Arts Council — $29,800 Firelands Association for the Visual Arts — $10,000 Hospice of the Western Reserve — $25,400 Humility of Mary Housing — $35,000 Ideastream — $10,000 Karen P. Nakon Breast Cancer Foundation — $20,000 Lorain Civic Center Committee — $50,000 The LCADA Way — $50,400 Lorain County Historical Society — $25,000 Lorain County LGBTQ+ and Allies Task Force — $20,200 Lorain County Office on Aging — $25,400 Lorain Public Library System — $20,000 Oberlin Business Partnership — $7,500 Main Street Vermilion — $7,500 Mercy Foundation of Lorain County — $55,000 National Inventors Hall of Fame — $40,000 North Pointe Ballet — $7,600 North Ridgeville Community Care — $10,000 Oberlin Choristers — $10,000 Oberlin Heritage Center — $25,000 Passages Inc. — $25,000 Prevent Blindness, Northeast Ohio Chapter — $7,000 RePlay for Kids — $14,100 Road To Hope House — $50,000 Salvation Army — $30,000 Save Our Children — $35,000 Scholastic Games of Lorain County — $6,000 Tech Corps — $20,000 Youth Challenge — $22,000 Youth Opportunities Unlimited — $10,000