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.
There Are Various Ways You Can Start Making A Difference
Giving has never been so important–or easy! There are various ways to work with WCCF to start making a difference in Wayne County. Choose the path that’s right for you.
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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 590 separate funds, investing these endowments with awards of over $121 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
Fall Grant Deadline
Applications for WCCF's Competitive Grant Cycle, The Women's Fund, Children's Resource Fund, and Laura B. Frick Charitable Trust are due by 11:59pm on September 1st.
Youth Foundation Grant Deadline
Applications for Wayne County Community Youth Foundation Grants due by 11:59pm on February 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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“It’s so easy”: How the Community Foundation makes giving such a pleasure
The Community Foundation is here to help make charitable giving easy, flexible, and effective. Our team loves hearing comments that often reflect pleasant surprises when people get started working with the Community Foundation to make a difference in our region’s quality of life. more
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Yes, you are a philanthropist!
Anyone can be a philanthropist. That’s certainly the spirit behind the Community Foundation’s mission to improve quality of life in our region. more
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Uncertain times: FAQs about charitable giving
The choice between giving cash or appreciated stock can have a meaningful impact on both your finances and the charities you support. more
Wayne County
Community Foundation
517 North Market Street
Wooster, Ohio 44691
Phone: (330) 262-3877
Fax: (330) 262-8057
Email: [email protected]
