Articles About Yellow Springs Community Foundation

• YS Equity pilots guaranteed income program

  By Jessica ThomasNovember 18, 2022

  

  What could you do with $300 a month for 24 months? That’s what members of YS Equity, a subsidiary of the Yellow Springs Community Foundation, want to find out through their new Guaranteed Income program, which launched last week.

• YS Development Corporation explores new loan program

  By Carol SimmonsJuly 30, 2021

  

  At its most recent meeting, on Tuesday, July 13, conducted online, the Yellow Springs Development Corporation, or YSDC, took action toward addressing a perceived deficiency in the local financing of for-profit economic development projects.

• Giving Circle inspires philanthropists

  By YS News StaffJune 15, 2021

  

  The idea is quite simple; anyone can join the group with a small sum of money. The group started out with a $10 donation fee per person per month to be a part of the group.

• ‘Pet project’— Donation assures dog park’s future

  By Reilly DixonApril 28, 2021

  

  Area residents — both two- and four-legged — will soon have something to wag their tails about: the long-anticipated Yellow Springs Dog Park is set to open at Gaunt Park this September.

• Annual Gaunt event honors foundation, author

  By Lauren ShowsFebruary 26, 2021

  

  The third annual Wheeling Gaunt Community Service Award presentation event, sponsored by the Wheeling Gaunt Sculpture Project Committee and the YS Arts Council, was held virtually on Tuesday, Feb. 23.

• Need rises, food relief follows

  By Megan BachmanOctober 2, 2020

  

  Food insecurity in the U.S. is reaching record heights in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and resulting economic recession. And even in the relatively well-off community of Yellow Springs, some residents have difficulty putting food on the table.

• Inside Collaborative Community — The power of positive stories

  By Guest ContributorAugust 15, 2019

  

  In the fall of 2018, the Yellow Springs Community Foundation hired four individuals to help enhance connections and opportunities for interaction among our community students, seniors and nonprofits. I joined the others late in November, especially to help the group focus on stories and creative endeavors.

• Antioch Reunion — Talking town-gown links

  By Megan BachmanJuly 18, 2019

  

  The new collaboration between Antioch College and the village is both a symbol of strong town-gown ties and a likely topic of conversation at this year’s Antioch College Reunion.

• Women’s Park thrives at 20

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 28, 2018

  

  Twenty years ago, villager and women’s rights activist Gene Trolander gathered together like-minded friends to bring to life a vision she held dear: a park to celebrate the lives of Yellow Springs women.

• A look at the 2017 projected Village budget

  By Audrey HackettOctober 20, 2016

  

  At Village Council’s Oct. 3 meeting, Council members heard an overview of the 2017 Village budgets for enterprise, capital and special revenue funds.