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 over 620 separate funds, investing these endowments with awards of over $132 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
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Blog Articles
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Gotcha! This missing sentence can cost your clients a lot of money
An appraisal? Check. A deed? Check. Form 8283? Check. A recent Tax Court case involving a multimillion-dollar charitable deduction is a striking reminder that one seemingly small omission in a charitable acknowledgment can have very expensive consequences. more
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Year-end checklist: Repeat, repeat, repeat
It’s October, which means year-end planning is already underway. From QCDs and bunching to appreciated assets, a new deduction for non-itemizers, and long-term charitable plans, here are five charitable giving reminders worth repeating with clients before December 31. more
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Apples and oranges: Lifetime and legacy giving with IRAs
IRAs can play two very different roles in a client’s charitable plan: giving during life and giving as part of a legacy. Make sure your clients understand both opportunities—and why conversations about retirement assets and charitable giving should not be one-and-done. more
Wayne County
Community Foundation
302 E. Liberty Street
Wooster, Ohio 44691
Phone: (330) 262-3877
Email: [email protected]
