The Raymond John Wean Foundation enhances community well-being and vitality in the Mahoning Valley through grantmaking, convening, advocating, and providing leadership with a focus on economically disadvantaged people and neighborhoods.
We welcome grant requests from eligible tax-exempt organizations under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and as public charities under section 509(a) of that code who are providing services benefiting the residents of Mahoning and Trumbull Counties in Ohio. Within its limited geographic scope, the Foundation currently has the following competitive grantmaking programs:
Early Care & Education, Invest in Quality Grants, Neighborhood Success Grants, Grants Program
For more information regarding our giving programs, please click on the links, or feel free to contact the Foundation office.
Save the Date!
The Ashtabula Foundation, Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley, Conneaut Community Foundation, The Raymond John Wean Foundation and The Youngstown Foundation are partnering with Ohio Grantmakers Forum to host a regional conversation about education reform on
Monday, May, 12, 2008, from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon at the
Avalon Inn Resort and Conference Center
The Raymond John Wean Foundation will be hosting ORIENTATION SESSIONS for grantseekers. There will be two open sessions which will offer identical information; grantseekers are invited to attend whichever session is most convenient.
The sessions are scheduled as follows:
Friday, May 16, 2008, from 4:00 pm to 5:15 pm at
the YWCA of Warren
Wednesday, May 21, 2008, from 10:00 am to 11:15 am at
The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County
Save the Date!
The Raymond John Wean Foundation will be hosting a
"Nonprofits in the News" media training session on
Tuesday, May 20, 2008, from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm at
the D.D. and Velma Davis Education and Visitor Center
The Raymond John Wean Foundation will be hosting INVEST IN QUALITY GRANTS informational meetings for Licensed Child Care Centers that are interested in an opportunity to improve their quality of care.
There will be three open sessions which will offer identical information; providers are invited to attend whichever session is most convenient.
The sessions are scheduled as follows:
Thursday, May 29, 2008, from 9:30 am to 10:30 am at
The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County
Thursday, May 29, 2008, from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm at
the Jewish Community Center
Wednesday, June 4, 2008, from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm at
the Howland Public Library
Save the Date!
The Raymond John Wean Foundation will be hosting its
2nd Annual Nonprofit Summit
on Thursday, September 18, 2008 at the
Avalon Inn Resort and Conference Center
PLEASE SEE OUR EVENTS PAGE FOR MORE DETAILS!
Revised 04/22/08
