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 598 separate funds, investing these endowments with awards of over $124 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.
Calendar of Events
Youth Foundation Grant Deadline
Applications for Wayne County Community Youth Foundation Grants due by 11:59pm on February 1st.
Spring Grant Deadline
Applications for WCCF's Competitive Grant Cycle, GIVE 365, and Laura B. Frick Charitable Trust are due by 11:59pm on March 1st.
Foundation News
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Ansel joins Community Foundation Board
Jon Ansel joins WCCF Board of Trustees more
- Wayne County Community Foundation Invests in Downtown by Purchasing Building Wayne County Community Foundation has purchased a building to be a permanent home to the philanthropic organization more
- GIVE 365 Program Awards Grants GIVE 365 awards over $26,000 in grants to area nonprofit organizations more
Blog Articles
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Six tips for your year-end game plan
basics of the new tax laws, with a particular focus on what might impact charitable giving plans through the remainder of 2025 more
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Tax deduction? What tax deduction?
Tax laws and charitable giving. more
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Lean on us: Five reasons to call the Community Foundation
5 Reasons to call WCCF more
Wayne County
Community Foundation
517 North Market Street
Wooster, Ohio 44691
Phone: (330) 262-3877
Fax: (330) 262-8057
Email: [email protected]
