Founded in 2001, the Pickaway County Community Foundation (PCCF) is an organization that administers over 80 separately established funds with over $11 million in total assets. At PCCF, we lend momentum, provide leadership and increase leadership and resources for a wide variety of programs and efforts. We do this primarily through grants that serve to reinforce, initiate and provide support for volunteer-based organizations, local charities, government agencies and communities at large. Among our many assets are scholarships, funds devoted to supporting Pickaway County recreational areas and the arts, homeless veterans assistance, charitable program support, organizational funding grants, and a highly successful leadership training program within the Pickaway Competitiveness Network (PCN).

The Pickaway County Community Foundation is governed by a 12-member Board of Directors, but it enjoys a strong, mutually supportive partnership with The Columbus Foundation, which provides technical and investment services for PCCF.

PCCF is a vehicle through which individuals, families, businesses and charitable organizations can make gifts, current and deferred, to benefit the community. We make it economical and easy for people to invest in the community, and through your investments, we can help secure brighter futures and more satisfying lives for those living in Pickaway County.

Community foundations are tax-exempt charitable organizations created by the people to benefit that particular community. They serve a vital role as an enabler of good works – encouraging individuals, families, organizations and companies to fund community activities in areas where donors live and work.

Community foundations provide donors with favorable charitable tax-deductions and promote effective grant-making through deep knowledge of the communities they serve.

There are hundreds of community foundations across the U.S. and most actively award grants that benefit their communities in a wide variety of ways. For many individuals, families, organizations and businesses, a community foundation is among the most desirable way to invest funds for a greater good, especially when their “investments” can help secure brighter futures and more satisfying lives for those living in their neighborhoods, towns, cities and counties.