Ashland Inc. Donor Advised Fund Provides
Grants to 53 Tri-State Area Groups

— Foundation for Tri-State Community Fund Donates $75,000 in 2005 —

March 23, 2005
Fifty-three charitable organizations in the tri-state are receiving $75,000 in grants this year from the Ashland Inc. Donor Advised Fund of the Foundation for the Tri-State Community, Inc., according to Mary Witten Wiseman, president of the foundation.

According to Wiseman, this is the seventh year in which the Ashland Inc. Donor Advised Fund has made significant grants to area charities. In the seven years of the fund's existence, it has made donations totaling more than $2,350,000.

"It is noteworthy that the Ashland employees who advise on the direction of the contributions also are active in numerous community support activities themselves," said Wiseman. "Ashland's employees serve in a number of capacities in area charities and quality of life organizations. As such, they see first-hand the needs of our area.

"The recipients, again this year, represent a broad spectrum of charitable, educational and cultural projects that are making our tri-state area a better place to live," she said. "With funds such as this, it is clear that the Foundation for the Tri-State Community is truly 'our community's foundation.'"

With assets of more than $12 million, the Foundation for the Tri-State Community is the tri-state's only community foundation. Its primary mission is to improve quality of life by raising, encouraging, administering, and distributing gifts for charitable, educational and scientific purposes.

2005 Ashland Inc. Donor Advised Fund Recipient List:

• American Junior Golf Association
• American Red Cross - Boyd County Chapter
• American Red Cross - Northeast Kentucky Chapter
• Area Charity Properties, Inc.
• Artists in Concert
• Arts Resources for the Tri-State
• Ashland Alliance Foundation - Youth Leadership Program
• Ashland Area Art Gallery
• Ashland Community Kitchen, Inc.
• Ashland Main Street
• Big Brothers Big Sisters
• Black Diamond Girl Scout Council
• Boyd County 4-H Council
• CAReS
• Childwatch, CASA of Boyd County
• Community Faith In Action
• Faith In Action of the River Cities
• Festival of the Hills
• Fifth Avenue Theater Company
• First Stage Theater Company
• Foundation for the Tri-State Community, Inc. Funds:
• Area Education Projects
• Ashland Youth Ballet
• Backstage Players
• Leadership Tri-State
• Friends of the Children, Ashland
• Green Acres Regional Center
• Greenup County 4-H Council
• Habitat for Humanity, Ashland, KY/Ironton, OH
• Helping Hands of Greenup County
• Heritage Arts, Science and Tourism Center
• Highlands Museum & Discovery Center
• Hillcrest Bruce Ministries, Ashland
• Hope's Place, Ashland
• Huntington Area Food Bank
• Huntington Area Habitat for Humanity
• Huntington Museum of Art
• Huntington Symphony Orchestra
• Information and Referral Service, Huntington
• Ironton Area Arts Council
• Jesse Stuart Foundation
• Junior Achievement
• Lawrence County, Ohio, Museum
• NAACP of Boyd and Greenup Counties
• Paramount Arts Center
• Partners in Pride (Russell, Ky.)
• Quest Central (provides teacher training in tri-state)
• River Cities Harvest
• Safe Harbor of Northeast Kentucky, Inc.
• Saints John and Elizabeth Catholic Church (for Hispanic outreach)
• Shelter of Hope, Ashland
• The Arts Council of Northeast Kentucky
• Tri-State Area Council, Boys Scouts of America
• Wilderness Road Girl Scout Council

For more information contact Mary Witten Wiseman (606) 324-3888

March 24, 2005