CANTON, Ohio (Sept. 4, 2025) – The Aultman Foundation (TAF) announced $49,583 in grant funds awarded to 11 area nonprofit organizations. The grant awards support TAF’s strategic grants process and further address the priority funding categories of access to healthcare and mental health services.

TAF’s grant funding supports programs reaching the primary service region of Stark, Wayne, Holmes, Carroll and Tuscarawas counties. Since 2007, TAF has distributed more than $2 million in grants to non-profits in the community.

The following organizations received grants for the specified amounts:

• Another Act of Kindness – $5,000 to expand the Healing the Healers program in Stark County.
• Beacon Charitable Pharmacy – $5,000 to provide free and low-cost prescription medications, education and services to low-income, uninsured and underinsured individuals.
• Beneath the Shade – $5,000 to support a new addiction recovery home in New Philadelphia.
• Forget-Me-Not Baskets – $2,132 to distribute early loss bags to families experiencing infant loss at Aultman Birth Centers.
• Legacy of Honor – $5,000 to provide private counseling sessions for Stark County first responders.
• Legacy Project of Stark – $5,000 to provide QPR suicide prevention training for volunteer mentors in Stark County.
• Margaret B. Shipley Child Health Clinic – $5,000 to expand the care coordination program for pediatric patients in Stark County.
• Ohio Guidestone – $3,951 to provide QPR suicide prevention training for community members in Tuscarawas County.
• Pregnancy Care Center of Wayne County – $5,000 to provide ultrasound trainings and other tests for women in Wayne and Holmes counties.
• Safe Harbor – $5,000 to furnish cottages and support programming for victims of human trafficking.
• Whispering Grace Horses – $3,500 to expand the equine therapy program.

To learn more about The Aultman Foundation’s impact or strategic grant giving process, visit www.aultmanfoundation.org/grants.

About The Aultman Foundation
The Aultman Foundation (TAF) was established by Aultman Health System in May 2007 to raise and administer funds to support and promote health education and wellness outreach to improve the health of the community. The mission is achieved through strategic grant funding to area nonprofit organizations and the acceptance of charitable gifts to the foundation and hospitals. Grant dollars are budgeted annually to support the work of nonprofit organizations that lead our community to improved health, while charitable gifts to TAF are directed for use by generous donors to patient-center services that support the continuum of care of individuals, families and the community. Since its inception, TAF has distributed $2.38 million in grants.