The Columbus Foundation Continues Support of OPA in 2019

For an eighth consecutive year, the Ohio Poetry Association (OPA) has been awarded a grant from The Columbus Foundation (TCF) for general operating support.

A total of $1,940 will be provided to OPA from the William C. and Naoma W. Denison Fund. This grant is the largest OPA has garnered from TCF.

“We are thrilled by this news and grateful to The Columbus Foundation for continuing to support OPA,” said OPA President Chuck Salmons. “This grant will permit us to move forward with all of the special programs and events we are hosting to celebrate our 90th anniversary year.”

OPA has earned TCF support annually since establishing a profile with the philanthropic organization in 2011, when it established its PowerPhilanthropy website. Since then, the site has evolved and is now known as The Giving Store.

Billed as “Your one-stop shop for charitable giving,” The Giving Store offers an extensive directory of nonprofit organizations based and doing work in central Ohio. Potential donors can search these listings for charities and nonprofits that they want to support and then donate with the simple click of a button.

Click here to view OPA’s listing on The Giving Store and to donate.

The Ohio Poetry Association is extremely grateful to The Columbus Foundation for its continued support. For more information, visit the TCF website at columbusfoundation.org.

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