What We Fund

Projects Funded by the Foundation 2002 through 2010

Mentoring Project for Freshmen at West High, Beth Urban, Communities in Schools


Chemistry Workshop (3 yrs.), Jeff Bracken


Camper Scholarships for Disadvantaged/ Disabled Youth, Recreation Unlimited


Gentlemen’s Club (3 yrs.), East Pilgrim Elementary


Wild Side Nature Kits, Licking Park District

 

Tablet PC for Students with Columbus School for Girls Learning Disabilities, Felicity Steele

 

Arts in Columbus Program Vision into Action Academy

 

Scrabble Club, Linden McKinley High School, 

Dawn Hurst

 

Reading Enhancement Program                  Rosemore Middle School, Kimberly Hendrie

 

SISCESS Pregnancy Prevention, Arts IMPACT School, Selena McKnight           

 

Girlfriends Club, East Pilgrim Elementary 

 

Bust-A-Rhyme, Independence High School

Maureen Welp and Lisa Newman                                                 


The Pact, Independence High School, Amanda McClelland  


Boys II Mentor, Linden McKinley High School,

Cathleen Johnson


East HS Mentoring, East Pilgrim Elementary School, Dawn Heideman

 

Reading for Change, Linden McKinley High School, Jessica Rieber


What Did You Learn?, Metro High School,       

Rachel Zufall                                                                

 

Ruling our Experience, Weinland Park Elementary School,  Marte Ostvik-deWilde

 

Reading Together, Liberty Elementary School,

Karrie Mills

 

F.I.S.H., Independence High School, Laura Begue   

 

CAHS Robotics, Columbus Alternative High School

 

Hydrophonic Gardening, Westerville North High School, Jeff Bracken

 

Rosemore Music, Rosemore Middle School,

Aliaina Hilt

 

Metro OCIS, Metro High School, Eric Woeste

 

Easthaven Ambassadors, Easthaven Middle School, Christine Stier


Agricultural Demo Facility, Grace McIntosh


Mentoring Program, Somali Women's and

Children's Alliance


Small Business Project, Independence High School, Daniel Roberts


Confident Collegians, Linden McKinley STEM,

Lauren Prior


Shanahan Greenhouse, Shanahan Middle School, Cynthia Walters


GoKnow Mobile Learning, Reynoldsburg School System

The Foundation is in the process of developing new approaches to supporting education in Central Ohio and to encouraging innovation  and technology in our schools. As of this date, we will no longer receive or fund new grant applications. However, if you have ideas for how we can help to improve education in Central Ohio through innovative approaches, please contact us.



ANN SHERRY FOUNDATION ACTIVITY 2002 THROUGH 2009

  

Total Educational Grants Awarded – $63,365


Total Expenditures for Educational and Social Service – $87,936


Administrative and Fundraising expense – $8,200


Percentage of requests funded – 43


Number of students who directly benefited –1,338


Number of teachers who directly benefited – 142