Grants
Advocates for Kids charitable giving has taken root and grown through our commitment to identify unique, effective programs that serve Ohio’s children with special needs.
As of July 1, 2026 Advocates for Kids has awarded over $1.5 million in support of Deaf/HOH children, $800,000 in support of children with other special needs, and over $600,000 in support of valuable community programs. The organizations listed below are a sampling of grants awarded in each of Adv4Kids Charitable Giving Categories.
Deaf & Hard of Hearing Children
- Deaf Education Ohio
- DWAVE (Deaf World Against Violence Everywhere)
- ODA Summer Camp
- Ohio Deaf Friends of the Library
- Deaf Think Positive
- Ohio Hands & Voices
- OYO Camp (A4K program 2014 – 2018)
- Ohio School for the Deaf
- Deaf Initiatives
- Kids Connect (A4K virtual summer program 2020)
- Community Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Cleveland
- Community Services for the Deaf, Cincinnati
- Community Services for the Deaf, Youngstown
- Deaf Community Resource Center, Dayton
- Deaf Services Center: Columbus, Portsmouth, Toledo, Mansfield
Special Needs Children
- Camp Nuhop
- Central Community House
- Children’s Arthritis Foundation
- Children’s Defense Fund
- Children’s Hunger Task Force
- Directions for Youth
- Feed the Kids Columbus
- The Language Treehouse
- Rosemont Center
- Special Wish Foundation
- Willow Ridge Therapeutic Riding
- Autism Power
- My Sister’s Place
- By the Dawn’s Early Light
- Northeast Ohio Adoption Services
- Unstoppable Youth Sports
- Food for Good Thought
- Adoption Network Cleveland
-
SYS Foundation: Hallegrace Apparel & Halle’s Homes
-
4 Paws for Ability
Community
- St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
- Toys for Tots
- Mid-Ohio Food Bank
- Aladdin Shrine Circus
- Boy Scouts of America
- Girls State
- Boys State
- Christmas for Kids
- Congressional Youth Leadership
- Opera Columbus
- Voices for America’s Children
- YMCA Double Dutch Club