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Leaders of charitable foundations in the Mahoning Valley see a bright future for philanthropy in the area as they not only contribute money to worthwhile causes and organizations, but also work to bring groups and people together to grow and improve the area. “The Wean Foundation serves as a connector to leverage resources, create partnerships …

The Raymond John Wean Foundation awarded YNDC a $600,000 grant for 2023. The grant award provides support for general operating, neighborhood organizing, and a Community Engagement Fellow. The Raymond John Wean Foundation is a private foundation that has a vision of empowered residents, creating a healthy, vibrant, equitable, and economically stable Mahoning Valley. 

WARREN, Ohio – Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership is introducing Christian Bennett-Mosely as the inaugural member to the Strategic Partners Fellowship supported by the Raymond John Wean Foundation. TNP, Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. and the Wean Foundation have partnered in the launch of the first fellowship cohort with a broad and long-term goal to promote leadership development and …

The Center for Nonprofit Leadership in YSU’s Williamson College of Business Administration has been awarded $196,000 from the Raymond John Wean Foundation to implement the Nonprofit Leadership Summer Fellowship Program for 2023 and 2025. “We are excited by the opportunity to once again partner with the Wean Foundation to help organizations build capacity while providing …

The American Association of University Women of/ Youngstown hosted a meeting with Jennifer Roller from the Wean Foundation. Her topic was “The Work Life Imbalance” which happens by measuring our successes through a lens of race equity and inclusion, along with what it means personally to seek a balance that seems not to consider race, …

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Raymond John Wean Foundation Board of Directors this week held its quarterly meting on the stage of the Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre, in full view of the Wean Park it funded. Presentations and discussions centered around the foundation’s racial equity outcomes, which include funding viable solutions led by organizations whose leadership represents …

WARREN, Ohio – Neighborhood Success Grants, a program of The Raymond John Wean Foundation, awarded over $30,000 to eight resident-led organizations. Several of the groups are previous grant recipients, while three are first time grantees. “The foundation has supported our efforts to improve property standards and promote the interests of the residents in our service area …

Neighborhood SUCCESS Grants, a program of The Raymond John Wean Foundation, awarded more than $30,000 to eight resident-led organizations in Mahoning County.https://aaa9587b79516bb6294f4d80e3780ea2.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html Several of the groups are previous grant recipients, while three are first-time grantees. “The foundation has supported our efforts to improve property standards and promote the interests of the residents in our service …

The Mahoning Valley Manufacturers Coalition is on the cusp of launching a series of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives for its members and community partners in a targeted multi-pronged approach. “Our focus is on increasing diversity focus with outreach activities in the community; increase diversity, equity and inclusion awareness among manufacturers; and increasing DEI …