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Mission
Annual Report
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.
Getting Started with Social Enterprise
Exploring new strategies to develop alternative funding for
Mahoning Valley nonprofits
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Registration / Breakfast - 8:00 am
Program - 8:30 am to Noon
D.D. and Velma Davis Education and Visitor Center
Fellows Riverside Gardens at Mill Creek MetroParks
123 McKinley Avenue
Youngstown, OH 44509
There is no cost to attend, but you must RSVP by
Monday, July 7, 2008
to Cheryl at ccrooks@rjweanfdn.org or 330-394-5600
Sponsored by: Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley, The Youngstown Foundation and The Raymond John Wean Foundation
The Raymond John Wean Foundation will be hosting
Neighborhood SUCCESS Grants Program Orientation Sessions
There will be four open sessions which will offer identical information; grantseekers are invited to attend whichever session is most convenient.
The sessions are scheduled as follows:
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 , from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm OR
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 , from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
at the YWCA of Warren
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 , from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm OR
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 , from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
at the Associated Neighborhood Centers
Save the Date!
New Realities = New Ideas
Innovation in the Nonprofit Community
Second Annual Nonprofit Summit
Thursday, September 18, 2008
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Avalon Inn Resort & Conference Center
9519 East Market Street
Warren, Ohio 44484
$20 for first participant from an organization - to include continental breakfast and lunch
$15 for each additional participant from that same organization
Keynote Speakers
Most Reverend George V. Murry, S.J., Bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown
Bill Shore, Community Wealth Ventures, Washington, DC
Watch for details in your mailbox and at http://www.rjweanfdn.org
Hosted by The Raymond John Wean Foundation
The Raymond John Wean Foundation 2007 Annual Report
Revised 06/26/08
