Press Releases

March 16, 2022 (Warren, Ohio) – The Raymond John Wean Foundation Board of Directors recently met and awarded grants totaling $400,000 to two organizations, which continues a trend by the Foundation of providing multi-year general operating support to grantees.  “We are excited to announce our first quarter 2022 grants to Ohio Voice, a new relationship …

January 26, 2022 (Warren, Ohio) – The Raymond John Wean Foundation Board of Directors held their final quarterly meeting of 2021 on December 7. Grants were made in response to the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and persistent systemic racism, through the lens of race equity and inclusion. Community investment grants totaling $1,210,000 were awarded to …

January 19, 2022 (Warren, Ohio) – The Raymond John Wean Foundation is excited to share the launch of a new brand and website, weanfoundation.org.  “This is more than a rebrand, it’s an opportunity to articulate who we are and our intentions – to provoke fresh thinking, to promote equitable community building, and to disrupt the …

(August 26, 2021 – Warren, Ohio) The Raymond John Wean Foundation invites grassroots groups from Warren and Youngstown to apply for a fall round of Neighborhood SUCCESS grants of $500 to $5,000 through its Submittable application portal beginning August 31, 2021. “Navigating life around the pandemic’s negative impacts remains a reality for us all. An …

(June 24, 2021 – Warren, Ohio) Neighborhood SUCCESS Grants, a program of the Raymond John Wean Foundation, has awarded a total of $49,575 to 13 resident-led organizations for 2021. These grassroots community builders leverage the financial, human and material resources that exist in Warren and Youngstown neighborhoods to improve quality of life in their communities. Funded …

(June 18, 2021 – Warren, Ohio) As the Mahoning Valley emerges from the pandemic, the Wean Foundation announced its next round of grants, noted progress towards its racial equity outcomes and released its fall programming. “As demonstrated through our June community investment grants, we are committed to a strategic approach to rebuild,” says Jennifer Roller, …

(Youngstown/Warren, OH) – Three Valley foundations that have been working together on COVID-19 grantmaking issued a final call for proposals coming through the joint COVID-19 Response and Stabilization Application. The Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley, The Raymond John Wean Foundation and The Youngstown Foundation set Friday, April 2, 2021 at 5 p.m. as the …

(March 16, 2021 – Warren, Ohio) Maintaining its commitment to center racial equity in its work and using its Strategic Direction: 2019 – 2023 as the framework, members of the Board and leadership team are embedding the Foundation’s values of race equity, resident engagement and a culture of listening into each of its pillars: grantmaking, …

(February 15th – Youngstown, OH) – JAC Management Group and Wean Park’s Community Engagement and Inclusion Coordinator, Derrick McDowell, have secured a ‘Little Free Library’ to stand on Wean Park’s promenade supplied by the Youngstown Rotary in conjunction with the Little Free Library Foundation. Installation of this ‘Little Free Library’ occurred the week of February 1st and was …