Program Grants

Recent grants to support and expand Olney’s academic programs:

Science, Technology, Energy, Economy, Environment, Mathematics (STEEEM):

• American Chemical Society — for laboratory equipment and supplies in environmental chemistry

• Foundation for Appalachian Ohio — for watershed curriculum development

• Foundation for Appalachian Ohio — for laboratory equipment in environmental physics

• Margaret Hall Foundation — for professional development, laboratory development, and curriculum development in environmental physics.

 Workshops:

• Friends Council on Education — for a diversity workshop with Trayce Peterson, director of multicultural affairs at Earlham College

• Trust for the Meditation Process — for a meditation workshop with Irene McHenry, executive director of Friends Council on Education

Organizational Development and Outreach:

• Benedict Foundation — for a matching grant for the Olney Annual Fund

• Google AdWords — for search-based advertising

• Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Legacy Grants Group — for the Summit (visioning)

• Quaker Earthcare Witness — for the Summit (visioning)

• Ravdin Fund, Friends Council on Education — for the Summit (visioning)

• Sue Thomas Turner Fund — for the Summit (visioning)

Farm and Food:

• JB Green Team — for paper compostable leaf bags for the Village of Barnesville

• America the Beautiful Fund — for vegetable seeds

• Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) — for a hoop house to extend the growing season

• Seeds of Change — for vegetable seeds

Other:

• American Association of Woodturners — new lathe and tools