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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Donor Advised Funds: Flexible, tax-friendly, and just the beginning
Fast, flexible vehicles. Your clients who have already established Donor Advised Funds at the Community Foundation can use those vehicles to provide support to charities on the front lines of emergency assistance in our community. The Community Foundation makes it fast and easy for grants to flow out of Donor Advised Funds to qualified and vetted organizations that are doing the work on the ground. more
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Bread and butter strategy: QCDs for clients 70½ and older
Window of opportunity. The urgency of community needs in late 2025 coincides with an important window of opportunity for your clients who itemize their income tax deductions. As new provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) reshape tax planning, advisors are revisiting Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) as a powerful tool for clients aged 70½ and older. The upcoming OBBBA rules limiting charitable deductions make QCDs even more valuable for high-income taxpayers. Partnering with the Wayne County Community Foundation can help clients maximize both their charitable impact and tax efficiency. more
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Year-end dynamics: Tax law changes and increasing community needs
Wayne County Community Foundation is here to help you make a difference right now, just as the Community Foundation has been in the past and will be for generations to come. As our region’s home for charitable giving, WCCF and its donors respond to community priorities and urgent needs, whether triggered by a government shutdown that disrupts paychecks, services, and community programs, a natural disaster, or economic factors. Learn how 2025 is an especially important year to respond to these needs. more
Wayne County
Community Foundation
517 North Market Street
Wooster, Ohio 44691
Phone: (330) 262-3877
Fax: (330) 262-8057
Email: [email protected]
