DONATE - Defiance Area Foundation

Donate to a Fund

Would you join us in supporting an area of interest in Defiance County that is important to you? View our list of funds below each area of interest. To donate to a specific fund online, click the links below. You can also mail a check (with the fund name in the memo) to Defiance Area Foundation at 613 West Third Street, Defiance, Ohio 43512. Many people also choose to give from their assets- stock, gifts from their IRA, and grants from their Donor Advised Funds to see even larger tax savings.

Arts/Theater/Culture

Arts and Theatre Field of Interest
Defiance City School’s Band Program
Defiance Community Cultural Council

Community Initiatives I

Clothes for Kids
Coressel Field of Interest Fund for 1918 Building
Defiance County Capital Projects
Defiance County Senior Services
Defiance Dream Center (NEW)
Defiance Lodge #2094, Loyal Order of Moose, Inc.
Greenspace Fund- Matt Schmenk
Helping Hands
Hicksville Community Fund
Offerle Bud Memorial (economic development)

Community Initiatives II

achi Hope Fund
Center for Community Impact
Laurie and Mike McCann Good Citizen
Michael Schultz Leadership
Project 2030
Sherwood Community
Sherwood VFW Charity (NEW)
United Way of Defiance County
The State Bank Fund in Memory of Gene Smart
Women’s Giving Circle of Defiance County

Community Initiatives III

Canines for Valor
DCSF- Capital Improvements Fund
Hicksville Splash Pad Project Fund

Education and Youth I

Ayersville Education Foundation
D.A.R.E. Program
Defiance College – Project 701
Defiance Public Library
Defiance City Schools Foundation
Fairview Schools
Johnson Memorial Library
Junior Achievement of Northwest Ohio
Northeastern Local Schools (NEW)
Youth Engaged Leadership Philanthropy

Education and Youth II

Lifewise Academy- Ayersville
Lifewise Academy- Central Local
Lifewise Academy – Defiance
Lifewise Academy – Tinora

Environmental/Agricultural/ Safety

ACRES Land Trust Endowment
Black Swamp Area Council- Boy Scouts of America
Defiance County 4-H
Defiance County Fair Foundation
Fort Defiance Humane Society
Sherwood Memorial Park

Historical

Auglaize Village (Justin F. Coressel)
Andrew Tuttle Memorial Museum
Historic Homes of Defiance
Wertz Family Fund (historical research)

Health and Human Services I

Community Health Professionals
Conquer Childhood Cancer Now
CPC Women’s Health Resource
Defiance City Schools Foundation – Hope Tree Fund (NEW)
Feed the Hungry Endowment
Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services II

Hospice, The Caring Way of Def. County Auxiliary
Multi-Area Narcotics Task Force
ProMedica Health System, Inc.
R.A.V.E.N.S. Care, Inc.
Sarah’s House
Andrew Jimenez Autism
Defiance Inpatient Hospice Center
Hospice Nurses Fund

Memorial Funds

Ann Melton Teacher Scholarship Fund
DCSF Hope Tree Fund
The Joe and Terri Stykemain Family Fund
The Rod and Mary Martin Family Community Fund
William Sterling Memorial Unrestricted Fund

Religious Education

First Presbyterian Church Capital Improvements
First Presbyterian Church Mission Trips
Holy Cross Catholic Schools
St. John’s Lutheran Schools

Scholarships

Ann Melton Memorial Teacher
Audrey Davis Memorial
Ayersville Education Foundation
Ayersville Athletic Boosters
Bonnie Burgbacher Trade School
Cletus Vetter Memorial
Cody Rahe Memorial
Defiance Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Defiance City Schools
Defiance College
Defiance High School Girls Tennis
Defiance Metal Products
Election Ambassadors
Erica J. Strausbaugh Memorial
Fairview Football
Fairview Schools
Goller Family Memorial
Kurt W. and Mary G. Kampe Memorial
Lisa Yoder Memorial
Melton Family First Generation
Northeastern Local Schools
Richard and Emmajean Stork Memorial
The Vetter Memorial
Virginia Lenhart Memorial
Women’s Giving Circle