Our Nonprofit Role & Mission

Greater Toledo Heritage and Horizons (GTHH) is a nonprofit charitable and educational organization established to preserve our community’s story and guide its future. Our work focuses on public benefit — protecting heritage, advancing education, and fostering civic engagement in ways that strengthen small-town life.

Operating Within a 501(c)(3) Framework

GTHH operates strictly within the guidelines of the Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3). We do not develop or operate private or for-profit ventures. Instead, we collaborate with public agencies, schools, nonprofits, and community partners to create educational and cultural opportunities that benefit the community as a whole.

Our Mission in Practice

Each initiative we support — from heritage preservation to STEM learning — must serve an educational or charitable purpose that contributes to the common good. We provide coordination, planning assistance, and community engagement for projects that reflect our values of education, history, and sustainability.

Working with Public and Private Partners

Greater Toledo Heritage and Horizons supports community advancement through education, planning, and heritage preservation. Our role is to connect ideas, people, and resources — not to operate commercial ventures or direct government functions.

For initiatives such as civic improvements, industrial planning, or commercial site studies, GTHH contributes research, design concepts, and community input that help local agencies and developers pursue projects within their own missions. Our work remains charitable and educational in nature, serving the public interest by encouraging balanced, heritage-based development.

Our Commitment

The visual concepts and project renderings shown on this website are community-driven ideas intended to illustrate potential public-benefit opportunities. They do not represent commercial or private development proposals. As a nonprofit, GTHH’s mission is to connect vision, heritage, and opportunity within a framework of public good.