The Ohio Grange Patrons of Husbandry Foundation
The Ohio Grange Patrons of Husbandry Foundation was formed in 2016 to promote programs for the preservation, interpretation and continuing
lagacy of the Grange. The Foundation will be an advocate for all who believe in agriculture and the needs of rural America through education and
encouraging the American culture, heritage, citizenship by facilitating charitable activities to benefit those in need. The Foundation has been
formed to be a Tax Exempt corporation (501(c)3) under the IRS rules.
The Ohio Grange Patrons of Husbandry Foundation Board of trustees are:
John Price Cathi Augsburger Mike Miller Lee Darst Kevin Evans Mark Naylor Ryan Patton
Gary Brumbaugh - Treasurer
About the Foundation
The Ohio Grange Patrons of Husbandry Foundatin was established by the Ohio State Grange in 2016. The Foundation was formed to promote programs for the preservation, interpretation and continuing the legacy of the Grange. The Foundation will be an advocate for all who believe in agriculture and the needs of rural America through education and encouraging the American culture, citizenship by facilitating charitable activities to benefit those in need.
The Foundation is organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 170(c)(2) and Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder, including, but not limited to, those purposes set forth in the Articles of Incorporation establishing the Ohio Grange Patrons of Husbandry Foundation dated December 30, 2015, with an effective date of January 1, 2016, namely:
The purposes of the Foundation shall be, in general, to engage in charitable, religious, scientific, and educational activities. The Foundation is authorized to carry out the following specific purposes, as well as such others as may from to time appear to its Board of Trustees to be appropriate and consistent with the general purposes of the Foundation, provided that the Foundation shall not engage in any activity which may jeopardize its status as a tax-exempt organization within the meaning of federal tax laws.
To further the goals of the Foundation, the Foundation will operate specifically:
a. To promote educational programs with an emphasis on the agricultural and domestic spheres in order to develop a better and higher manhoood and womanhood among persons engaged in or interested in agriculture or residing in rural communities to enable them to improve their skills, their standard of living, their self respect, and their esteem in the eyes of their fellow citizens;
b.To support and encourage the development of programs for overall community improvement;
c. To promote research in agriculture and economics in order that reliable and useful facts and statistics may be made available to the agricultural community and the public;
d. To foster education, leadership, and self-reliance among the youthful members of the Ohio community by means of scholarships, training programs, and public recognition of worthwhile achievements;
e. To encourage and facilitate charitable activities for the benefit of poor, handicapped, or underprivileged persons;
f. To encourage partnerships with other 501(c)3 organizations to strengthen the future of the Foundation; and
g. To engage in any other lawful activity not otherwise limited by law, or these Bylaws.
The Foundation is a non-profit foundation directed by a Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees has established certain criteria for the determination of recipients of Foundation grants and rules and regulations concerning the payments of grants. All applicants for Foundation grants are required to familiarize themselves with the rules and regulations of the Foundation.
Application Information
Applications for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year is due by April 1, 2024. Applications, along with all required information, are accepted by the Foundation on or before April 1, 2024. Applications received after April 1, 2024 will not be considered. Review of applications takes place in April and the grant recipient will be announced by May 15, 2024.
Educational Grants - Applicants must be either a graduate of a high school located in the state of Ohio or a resident of the state of Ohio at the time of graduation from high school. Residency for this purpose shall e the applicant’s voting residence if of voting age, or, the voting residence of the applicant’s guardian, parentsor parent with whom he or she resides. Proof of residency must be furnished upon request.
Educational Grants are made for one year only to applicants who will be full-time students. Grant recipients may apply for educational grants in succeeding grant years and such applications shall be considered along with all other applications for educational grants for that grant year provided the applicant has attained a college academic average of at least 2.75 on a 4.0 scale, or its equivalent where grades are not given on a four-point system.
Application
Rules and Regulations
The Board of Trustees and the Foundation has absolute discretion in selecting recipients of education grants and in determining the amount of said grants. The Foundation Trustees may make such amendments and modifications of the Rules and Regulations pertaining to the selection of grant recipients, the amount of each grant and the payment of grants as they, in their sole and absolute discretion determine.
Applicants must be either a graduate of a high school in the state of Ohio, or a resident of Ohio at the time of graduation from high school. Residency for this purpose shall be the applicant’s voting residence if of voting age, or, the voting residence of the applicant’s guardian, parents or parent with who he or she resides. Proof of residency must be furnished upon request.
Applicant must be of good moral character.
Applicant must be in the upper fifty percent (50%) of his or her high school graduating class or, if applying as a college student. demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Foundation Trustees that he or she has achieved the minimum post-secondary academic standards set for Foundation grant recipients.
Applicant should be recommended for an education grant by the principal, guidance counselor or a responsible faculty member of his or high school or by a faculty advisor at his or her post-secondary school.
Applicant and applicant’s guardian, parents or parent with whom the applicant resides must sign the application form for an educational grant in strict accordance with the instructions for preparing and filing the form. Failure to do so may, at the sole and absolute discretion opf the Foundation Trustees, result in the application not being considered by the Foundation Trustees. Applicants will not be notified of incomplete or late-filed applications.
Educational Grants are made for one year only to applicants who will be full-time students. Grant recipients may apply for educational grants in succeeding grant years and such applicants shall be considered along with all other applications for educational grants for that grant year provided the applicant has attained an academic average of at least 2.75 or its equivalent where grades are not given on the four-point system.
When an applicant has been named as a recipient of an educational grant he or she shall, not later than September 1, 2024, in the year of the grant, present to the Foundation Trustees satisfactory evidence of his or her acceptance or continued enrollment at an accredited college or university and plan coursework leading to a major and a degree associated with Food, Agriculture, Animal Sciences, Pre-Veterinarian , or Environmental Sciences. A letter from applicant naming the school, major, and its address is acceptable. Failure to do so will forfeit the educational grant.
Educational grants will be paid directly to the college or university of the grant recipient’s choice and will not be paid to the grant recipient. In the event that a grant recipient receives other financial aid from any source that is payable directly to the grant recipient’s college or university so that the amount remaining due said college or university, is less that the Foundation’s grant, then the Foundation’s grant shall automatically be reduced to the balance due to the grant recipient’s college, or university.
The total amount of the financial aid granted to a recipient shall be divided by the number of quarters or semesters in the grant recipient’s academic or training year and the payment of the grant shall be made to the grant recipient’s school accordingly each quarter or semester.
If a grant recipient is not considered a full-time student by his or her school, he or she shall forfeit his or her educational grant until he or she regains full-time student status during the grant year.
At the end of each grading period of the grant recipent’s school, the grant recipient must present to the Foundation Trustees the repor of the college or university of the grant recipient’s academic or training progress. Failure to do so will result in the forfeiture of the educational grant.
It is the desire of the Foundation Trustees that the Recipients of educational grants become useful citizens of our nation and those qualities of good taste and refinement in dress and manner possessed by ladies and gentlemen are required of recipients of educational grants.