Connect to Something Bigger - Connect to Your Community
The best place to leave a legacy is in your own backyard–the community where you’ve lived, worked, raised a family, and watched people dream big dreams.
Hundreds of Students Receive Thousands of Scholarship Dollars Each Year
We give back to our community in many ways, including awarding scholarships to local students. Apply for a scholarship today!
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When you invest in Wayne County, you transform dreams into realities by supporting non-profit arts, civic, cultural, educational, environmental, faith-based, health, and human service organizations.
Your Involvement Impacts Wayne County for Generations
The Wayne County Community Foundation is a charitable community organization that accepts contributions, creates and administers funds, and makes grants for the benefit of the people of the greater Wayne County, Ohio area. We manage and invest 620 separate funds, investing these endowments with awards of over $129 million in grants and scholarships.
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Connections in Wayne County
Investments big and small all make a tremendous impact in our community. Our foundation offers several entry points for donors and budding philanthropists to begin putting their hard earned dollars to work for the betterment of our community. Explore these giving options to get started.
Foundation News
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Mast joins Community Foundation Board
Wayne County Community Foundation (WCCF) announces the appointment of Amy Mast to Board of Trustees, representing the Dalton area. more
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GIVE 365 Program Awards Grants
GIVE 365 awards grants focusing on Healthy Foundations. more
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Youth Foundation Awards $20,000 in Grants
The Wayne County Community Youth Foundation (WCCYF) awards grants. more
Blog Articles
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Business succession planning: Four questions and one word of caution
For many business owners, a succession event may be the largest liquidity event of a lifetime. We’re sharing four questions you can ask your clients to help bring charitable planning into the conversation early. Plus, we offer a word of caution to help you avoid a common and potentially treacherous pitfall in business succession planning. more
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Backdrop required: Informing your work with charitable clients
Effective charitable planning requires more than just technical knowledge. The Community Foundation is always happy to be a source for important market context for your work with clients. In particular, recent commentary from industry sources sheds light on the growing nonprofit sector, evolving charitable giving rules, and why philanthropy is increasingly connected to broader financial and estate planning conversations. more
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IPOs and charitable clients: Three scenarios for impact
Recent headlines about IPOs and other liquidity events are a reminder that sudden wealth creation can open the door to meaningful charitable planning. The Community Foundation is happy to share three scenarios where attorneys, CPAs, and financial advisors can help clients structure gifts to support their favorite causes while strategically addressing timing, taxes, and long-term community impact. more
Wayne County
Community Foundation
302 E. Liberty Street
Wooster, Ohio 44691
Phone: (330) 262-3877
Email: [email protected]
