The Wayne County Community Foundation is a charitable community organization that accepts contributions, creates and administers funds, and makes grants for the benefit of the people of the greater Wayne County, Ohio area.
Women's Fund awards more than $50,000 in 2025 grants to support women and girls in Wayne County.Boys & Girls Club of Wooster received a $1,575.84 grant to implement two six-week SMART Girls program...more
Children's Resource Fund awards $33,000 in 2025 grants to support Wayne County youth.The Wayne County Children's Resource fund was established in 2018 by Cheryl and Steve Shapiro.The fund aims to...more
Hope Homes to upgrade Wooster group homes with help from community foundation grant.Hope Homes owns and manages 30 properties for people with developmental disabilities in Summit, Stark and Wayne...more
Children's Resource Fund invests in Wayne County youth.Fund established in 2018 by Cheryl and Steve Shapiro.WCCF recently awarded $33,000 in grants to nine local organizations.Fund aims to remove...more
Wayne Center for the Arts awarded $100K challenge grant for new Arts Park, FabLab.The Beaverson Fund will match community donations dollar for dollar as WCA works to create an inclusive Arts Park and...more
Ryanne Jennings is the president/CEO of the Wayne County Community Foundation.The foundation has been partnering with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia since 2021.The Foundation doesn't have...more
The visit was part of President Paulson's ongoing series of community tours.She's meeting with people, organizations, and businesses, small and large, to hear about how they are experiencing the...more
GrantTalk Ep 39: Community Foundation Grants with Ryanne Jennings.Ryanne's passion for her community and the foundation's mission shines through as she shares how WCCF pools resources into a variety...more
The University of Scranton welcomed a new cohort of students into its Nonprofit Leadership Certificate Program in January.The program seeks to support and advance nonprofit organizations through a...more
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