IMPACT Youth Council

Ashland County Community Foundation’s IMPACT Youth Council offers high school students the opportunity to serve as grantmakers. IMPACT is an acronym for Imagine Making Philanthropy an Ashland County Tradition.

Members of the IMPACT Youth Council learn about the needs of youth in Ashland County and then review grant applications from organizations that provide services to meet those needs. The students then decide how grant dollars should be awarded from ACCF’s Youth Empowerment Fund.

Nonprofits, learn more and apply for an IMPACT Youth Grant.

Donors who wish to support the IMPACT Youth Council financially can make a donation to the “CUTTY Fund for Youth Empowerment.”

Students, read on for information about eligibility, program requirements and the application process.

Eligibility and Application

Each spring, we look for students who will be sophomores, juniors and seniors in the following school year to serve on the council. Students from Ashland, Hillsdale, Loudonville and Mapleton high schools as well as the Ashland-West Holmes Career Center, Ashland County Community Academy, Genesis Christian Academy or home schools may apply.

The IMPACT Youth Council requires a time commitment involving attendance at monthly meetings on Sundays during the school year, periodic field trips to nonprofit agencies within Ashland County. Participants are also expected to complete a small amount of work outside scheduled meetings.

We are no longer accepting applications for the 2025-2026 IMPACT Youth Council. Applicants for the 2026-2027 school year may apply between March 1 and May 1, 2026.

Meet the Director

Ashland native and Ashland City Schools teacher Sarah LeVeck is director of the foundation’s IMPACT Youth Council.

Sarah believes youth are hungry for significance, but often aren’t sure where to start. She enjoys empowering students and and mobilizing their energy, desire and optimism to be stewards of generosity and servant leaders in our community.

Sarah teaches math at Ashland Middle School. She also serves as chair of the mathematics department and as a gifted intervention specialist. Along with her husband, Lance, LeVeck has three children. She is a member of Park Street Brethren Church.

Meet the Council

2025-2026 Student Roster

Ashland High School

Rilynn Ajian, Senior

Addi Bonfiglio, Senior

Eva Early, Senior

Lillian Gibson, Junior

Hayden Hitchcock, Senior

Owen Hosfeld, Senior

Haley McNaull, Senior

Hannah McNaull, Sophomore

Macyn Mowry, Senior

Katryanna Obringer, Senior

Annalisa Pawlikowski, Junior

Olivia Swartz, Junior

Abbi Taylor, Junior

Calli Wolfe, Junior

Laney Zimmerman, Sophomore

Heartland Technical Education Center

Hillsdale High School

Jacob Gardner, Junior Zachary Chapman, Sophomore Julia Murawski, Junior

Nevaeh Anderson, Senior Kaitlyn Harper, Senior

Loudonville High School

Laila Manchester, Senior

Mapleton High School

Kaylee Gault, Junior Braylon Goon, Senior Haleigh Mosley, Sophomore

Elena Peters, Junior