FOUNDATION KICKS OFF GIVING FOR 2025

Spring Grant Awards

Spring signifies the first round of grant giving for the Miami County Foundation. The organization kicked off the year with its Spring Grant Celebration on Friday, May 9, at the Tipp Center. Representatives from over 80 non-profit organizations, schools and municipalities gathered to celebrate the foundation’s support of their programming and projects. Grant funds totaling more than $289,000 were awarded, and each recipient was given a moment to share their work with the audience. From capital projects to humanitarian efforts to school programs and local events, the work that is happening for and by the residents of Miami County was truly inspiring! For a full list of grant recipients, visit www.miamicountyfoundation.org/our-impact.

Grant Recipients (L-R): Piqua Catholic School and Sidney Lehman High School, Wilderness Inquiry (with UVCC),

and Operation Veteran and Caregiver Support.

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2025 Scholarship Recipients

In addition to spring grants, the Miami County Foundation also awarded $137,000 in scholarships to local students in May. These scholarships honor the legacies of individual donors and organizations whose generous gifts to the foundation continue to support the educational hopes and dreams of our community’s students. This year’s recipients include:

Miami County Agricultural Leadership Fund Scholarship

Erika Shellabarger (Newton HS) and Wyatt Black (Miami East HS)

Leland and Shirley Mott Memorial Art Scholarship

Julia Good (Troy HS) and Ella Matthews (Troy Christian HS)

Robert E. Netzley Memorial Scholarship

Muskaan Sandhu (Bethel HS)

Marjorie Lyons Netzley Memorial Scholarship

Cade Bergman (Versailles HS)

Hundred Club of Miami County Scholarship

Judah Simmons and Chloe Simmons (Troy Christian HS), Kaden Lee (Lehman Catholic HS), and

Landon Misirian (post-secondary student)

Dorothy Bleil Richi Scholarship

Sophia Sedlack (St. Patrick’s Catholic School)

Troy High School Band Scholarship

Natalie Tremblay (Troy HS)

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Don Favorite Deeter, M.D. Memorial Scholarship

Emerson Leingang (Newton HS)

Richard & Doris (Taylor) High Scholarship

Erika Shellabarger and Isaac Beidelman (Newton HS)

Newton Board of Education/American Legion Scholarship

Isaac Beidelman, Breanna Ingle, Sienna Montgomery, Ava Rapp, Keilah Schieltz, Erika Shellabarger, Grace Stanhope, Shelby Van Den Bosch, and Liam Woods (Newton HS)

J.A.K. Trade Scholarship

Alysa Stevenson (Newton HS)

Miami County Medical Society Scholarship:

Jason Black (Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine), Austin Couvillon (Ohio University), Brenden Dalton (Ohio State University), and John Huffman (University of Notre Dame)

Thelma Ross Dalton Memorial Scholarship

Wyatt Black, Vincent Crane, and Reese Gipe (Miami East HS)

Michael Burns and Alaina Rogers (Troy Christian HS)

Elliana Denton, Sadhil Mehta, Breanna Smith, and Collin Snider (Tippecanoe HS)

Emma Evans and Tiffany Moore (Bethel HS)

Ashlyn Gearhardt and Adelynn Rich (Piqua HS)

Matthew Hempker, Kayla Huber, Christopher King, and Alaina Welbaum (Troy HS)

Daphne Lavey (Bradford HS)

Elyza Long (Covington HS)

Grace Stanhope and Shelby Van Den Bosch (Newton HS)

Hannah Beidelman, Jason Blake, Cameron Davis, Morgan Gigandet, Luke Gray, Hannah Liening, Elizabeth Niemi, Kara Snipes, Cameron Stine, Alexis Voisard, and Eliza Zweizig (post-secondary students)

Top: Scholarship recipients from Tippecanoe High School and Newton High School.

Bottom: Marjorie R. Netzley Scholarship winner Cade Bergman with Marjorie's daughter, Carol Netzley-Coate. Thelma Ross Dalton

Scholarship winners, Emma Evans and Tiffany Moore with MCF Board of Directors member, Liz Sonnanstine.

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Miami County Foundation will award more grant funds in the fall of 2025. Applications will open in August, and requests must be submitted by September 10, 2025. Potential applicants can visit www.miamicountyfoundation.org/grants for more information.  

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Since 1985, the Miami County Foundation has awarded more than $11 million in grant funding to local non-profit organizations, schools and communities in support of their efforts to advance education, health and human services, community development, the arts and more in Miami County. The foundation has also supported hundreds of local students’ educational pursuits through its endowed scholarships.