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.
The Raymond John Wean Foundation will be hosting
Grantseeker Workshops
The next deadline for invited proposals is January 15, 2009. Grantseekers are asked to submit a Letter of Inquiry by the beginning of December for the January deadline.
There will be two sessions will will offer identical inforamtion; grantseekers are invited to attend whichever session is most convenient. The sessions are scheduled as follows:
- Friday, November 21, 2008, from 3:00 pm to 4:15 pm at Community Solutions Association, 320 High Street, NE, Warren, OH 44481.
- Tuesday, November 25, 2008, from 10:00 am to 11:15 am at The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, 305 Wick Avenue, Youngstown, OH 44503.
Because space is limited at the sessions, we ask that you RSVP to Cheryl Crooks at 330-394-5600 or CCrooks@RJWeanFdn.org.
The Raymond John Wean Foundation 2007 Annual Report
Revised 09/21/08
