Press Coverage

The Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley awarded $3.3 million in competitive grants last year, more than $1 million greater than what it had given out in 2023.

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation saw a record year in 2024 in securing grant funding and new construction, with even more construction expected in 2025.

In its final grant cycle of 2024, the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley and its supporting organizations awarded $634,000 to 34 local nonprofits.

The Western Reserve Port Authority entered property redevelopment in 2018, essentially taking on properties that the agency’s executive director describes as “only a government could love.” Last year, the agency expanded its reach and purchased two largely full office buildings in downtown Youngstown, a buying decision driven by a desire to provide stability to a community reeling from the Realty Tower explosion that devastated the Mahoning Valley’s largest downtown.

The city’s board of control today is expected to authorize $2.7 million in projects funded through the American Rescue Plan as well as finalize contracts to have 717 Credit Union administer three housing programs that will use $13 million in ARP dollars.