The Marietta Community Foundation was founded in 1974 and headed by the late Carl L. Broughton. The Foundation became relatively dormant before being reactivated in 1992 through a sizable gift from two former Marietta residents, Mary Carolyn McCoy Mildren and William E. Mildren Sr. They established a trust in memory of their late parents to be used as a challenge grant encouraging community leader Robert E. Kirkbride to revitalize the Foundation.
The 24th annual Empty Bowls fundraising event had its most successful year ever collecting funds.The release of the City of Marietta Performance Audit in February 2024 has brought....The 25th...more
The Marietta Welfare League will be awarding 33 organizations with grants totaling nearly $84,000.The grant recipients include: American Red Cross of the Ohio River Valley, Artsbridge Inc, Boys and...more
The Marietta Symphony Orchestra would like to thank our local patrons and donors for their support during the 2023 concert year.The Peoples Bank Theatre was instrumental in this year's success...more
Laundromat Laundries gets more books into children's hands by establishing small libraries where children can take or borrow from laundromats.Laundromats in Washington County willing to host a...more
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library - Marietta Community Foundation. (WVIR). By Phillip Hickman. Published: Mar. 24, 2023 at 1:24 PM PDT|Updated:...more
In the world of social enterprises, failure is a cringe-worthy moment nobody wants to talk about. But, social entrepreneurs can benefit from their failures.