What We Fund
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