Ohio · Community foundation
Wayne County Community Foundation
The mission of the WAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is to provide philanthropic leadership to the community of wayne county, ohio. The three goals of the foundation are 1. To encourage individuals, organizations and businesses to share part of their resources for the good of the community. 2. To assist community charitable organizations…
- $9.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 137
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 129
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $7.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,056,391
- Organizations funded a year
- 107 to 129
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 16
- Total assets, FY2025
- $156M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Wayne County Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $891k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsReligionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 130 | $7.8M | 21% |
| FY2024 | 129 | $5.1M | 21% |
| FY2023 | 107 | $3.4M | 21% |
| FY2022 | 122 | $6.7M | 22% |
| FY2021 | 115 | $4.9M | 28% |
| FY2020 | 111 | $5.3M | 23% |
| FY2019 | 108 | $5.3M | 30% |
| FY2018 | 110 | $4.1M | 41% |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Philanthropy$8.8MEducation$6.2MArts & Culture$5.8MHealth$5.5MReligion$5.2MHuman Services$4.8MPublic Safety & Disaster$3.5MYouth Development$2.8MOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne County Fire & Rescue Association (Wcfra) | $3,292,030 | 8 | 53% |
| Orrville Area Boys & Girls Club | $2,204,159 | 9 | 45% |
| Friends of Wayne County Fair | $1,970,255 | 7 | 59% |
| The Downtown Arts Theater Inc | $1,840,636 | 3 | 50% |
| United Way of Wayne and Holmes Co | $1,665,008 | 9 | 16% |
| Oneeighty Inc | $1,451,093 | 9 | 8% |
| Healthcare 2000 Community Clinic Inc | $1,344,683 | 9 | 19% |
| Wayne Center for the Arts | $1,261,439 | 9 | 26% |
| Wooster City Schools | $1,171,628 | 6 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity in Wayne County Ohio | $1,170,443 | 7 | 49% |
Show all 332 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne County Fire & Rescue Association (Wcfra) | $3,292,030 | 8 | 53% |
| Orrville Area Boys & Girls Club | $2,204,159 | 9 | 45% |
| Friends of Wayne County Fair | $1,970,255 | 7 | 59% |
| The Downtown Arts Theater Inc | $1,840,636 | 3 | 50% |
| United Way of Wayne and Holmes Co | $1,665,008 | 9 | 16% |
| Oneeighty Inc | $1,451,093 | 9 | 8% |
| Healthcare 2000 Community Clinic Inc | $1,344,683 | 9 | 19% |
| Wayne Center for the Arts | $1,261,439 | 9 | 26% |
| Wooster City Schools | $1,171,628 | 6 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity in Wayne County Ohio | $1,170,443 | 7 | 49% |
| Lifecare Hospice | $1,144,286 | 9 | 4% |
| State of Ohio | $844,203 | 4 | n/a |
| People to People Ministries Inc % Joseph Szeker | $801,365 | 9 | 31% |
| The College of Wooster | $782,851 | 9 | 0% |
| Case Western Reserve University | $751,417 | 3 | 0% |
| Wooster United Methodist Church | $638,650 | 9 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $621,199 | 9 | n/a |
| Daybreak Community Church | $578,575 | 9 | n/a |
| Wooster Youth Baseball | $551,527 | 5 | 88% |
| The Village Network | $549,336 | 9 | 0% |
| Grace Church | $538,578 | 9 | n/a |
| First Presbyterian Church | $527,033 | 9 | n/a |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Wayne County | $485,685 | 9 | 3% |
| Heritage Private School Inc | $443,000 | 7 | 53% |
| Holmes County Education Foundation | $395,427 | 9 | 5% |
| Trinity United Church of Christ | $395,425 | 9 | n/a |
| The Counseling Center of Wayne & Holmes Counties | $388,508 | 6 | 2% |
| Wayne County Humane Society | $382,671 | 9 | 15% |
| Norwayne Local School District | $376,469 | 8 | n/a |
| Dalton Local School District | $352,706 | 6 | n/a |
| West View Manor Inc | $345,733 | 5 | 1% |
| Youth Sailing Foundation of Indian River | $319,815 | 3 | 10% |
| St Mary of the Immaculate Conception Parish | $309,263 | 8 | n/a |
| Foodsphere | $309,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ania Ice Inc | $304,115 | 2 | 18% |
| City of Rittman | $290,008 | 9 | n/a |
| Apostolic Christian Home Inc | $286,515 | 6 | 1% |
| Wooster Community Hospital Foundation | $281,568 | 7 | 0% |
| Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio | $266,874 | 9 | 30% |
| St Johns Church of Millersburg Millersburg Oh | $261,685 | 9 | n/a |
| Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Wayne County | $252,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Goodwill Industries of Wayne & Holmes Counties Inc | $249,634 | 8 | 1% |
| Nami Wayne & Holmes Counties | $247,058 | 8 | 23% |
| Apostolic Christian Lifepoints Inc | $245,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Wooster Community Hospital | $232,700 | 7 | n/a |
| Aac Institute Fka International | $216,998 | 4 | 78% |
| Westminster Presbyterian Church | $214,700 | 5 | n/a |
| Ohuddle Incorporated | $192,842 | 7 | 8% |
| Orrville YMCA Inc | $182,761 | 3 | 11% |
| Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Wooster Ohio Inc | $176,763 | 6 | n/a |
| Ashland University | $170,596 | 5 | 0% |
| Apostolic Christian Church Rittman | $169,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge Inc | $168,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Wayne County Public Library | $167,948 | 5 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Club of Wooster Inc | $167,768 | 7 | 13% |
| Green Local School District | $166,004 | 7 | n/a |
| City of Orrville | $165,600 | 6 | n/a |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | $160,750 | 6 | 0% |
| The Wilderness Center Inc | $157,700 | 8 | 4% |
| Shreve Community Church | $157,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Beachlabsorg Inc | $155,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nuhop Center for Experiential Learning | $146,057 | 6 | 9% |
| Aultman Health Foundation | $136,395 | 7 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $135,682 | 9 | 0% |
| Smithville Community Historical Society Inc | $135,014 | 8 | 87% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $134,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Pleasant Hill Baptist Church | $133,000 | 5 | n/a |
| The University of Akron | $130,698 | 6 | n/a |
| Able - Wayne County Schools Career Center | $129,077 | 9 | n/a |
| Wayne Growth Partnership | $127,216 | 7 | 73% |
| Rails to Trails of Wayne County | $121,325 | 6 | 17% |
| Montessori School of Wooster Inc | $117,856 | 7 | 6% |
| Adaptive Sports Program of Ohio | $117,205 | 7 | 4% |
| The Lakeside Chautauqua Foundation | $116,189 | 7 | 6% |
| Christian Children's Home of Ohio Inc | $115,435 | 7 | 0% |
| Akron Art Museum | $115,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Orrville Area Development Foundation Incorporated | $112,660 | 2 | n/a |
| Wayne County Childrens STEAM Playlab STEAM Playlab Inc | $111,500 | 2 | 34% |
| University of Mount Union | $110,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Northwestern Local School District | $109,848 | 7 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $109,615 | 8 | 0% |
| Includeability | $108,475 | 4 | 35% |
| Knesseth Israel Temple | $108,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Orrville Historical Museum | $105,044 | 8 | n/a |
| Friends of Hospice Wayne County Ohio | $104,169 | 2 | 10% |
| Triway Athletic Booster Club | $101,514 | 2 | 6% |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | $98,443 | 3 | 0% |
| Schantz Makerspace Inc | $96,939 | 3 | 80% |
| Wayne County Parent to Parent Organization Inc | $95,000 | 3 | 29% |
| Orrville City Schools | $92,225 | 7 | n/a |
| Cornerstone Elementary PTO | $92,056 | 4 | 44% |
| Heartland Education Community Inc | $90,982 | 5 | 5% |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio | $87,000 | 3 | 0% |
| First United Methodist Church Loveland | $87,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank | $84,466 | 5 | 0% |
| Wooster Youth Hockey Association | $79,711 | 3 | 27% |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | $78,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Creston Community Church | $75,657 | 3 | n/a |
| Church of the Brethren | $75,078 | 3 | n/a |
| Village of Smithville | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wooster Speech & Debate Parents Inc | $74,891 | 7 | 36% |
| Killbuck Watershed Land Trust | $73,000 | 3 | 25% |
| Community Action Waynemedina | $72,750 | 5 | 0% |
| Serving Women in Ghana | $70,800 | 6 | 14% |
| Earlham College Inc | $68,774 | 8 | 0% |
| Denison University | $68,323 | 4 | 0% |
| Wooster Friends of the Wayne County Library | $68,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $66,900 | 7 | 0% |
| Village of Marshallville | $63,183 | 1 | n/a |
| Cleveland Film Society | $62,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Kidron Community Historical Society | $62,233 | 1 | 22% |
| Wayne County Housing Inc | $59,720 | 1 | 15% |
| Central American Medical Outreach Inc | $57,734 | 6 | 1% |
| Rittman Exempted Village Schools | $55,472 | 4 | n/a |
| Riverside Community Church | $54,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mount Eaton Care Center Inc | $53,451 | 1 | 8% |
| Bach Festival Society of Winter Park | $53,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Apostolic Christian Harvestcall | $53,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Izaak Walton League of America Inc | $51,280 | 1 | n/a |
| Ashes to Glory Foundation | $51,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Musical Arts Association | $50,550 | 6 | 0% |
| Wayne County Committee for Crippled Children and Adults | $50,250 | 4 | 33% |
| Ohio Regional Training Center | $50,200 | 1 | 8% |
| Freedom Waters Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Village of Creston | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Springhaven Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| St Thomas Church in the City and County of New York | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Joyful Enterprises Inc | $48,870 | 4 | 21% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $48,044 | 3 | 0% |
| National Inventors Hall of Fame Inc | $47,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Western Reserve Land Conservancy | $46,900 | 3 | 0% |
| Triway Local | $46,479 | 3 | n/a |
| Main Street Wooster Inc | $46,281 | 4 | 11% |
| New Leaf Center | $45,400 | 4 | 2% |
| Apostolic Christian Counseling and Family Services | $45,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Christian Aid Ministries | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bridgeway Academy | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Orrville Public Library | $42,122 | 3 | n/a |
| A Whole Community Inc | $41,250 | 4 | 16% |
| Interlink Ministries Inc | $41,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends of Secrest Aboretum | $40,100 | 1 | 43% |
| New Destiny Treatment Center Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University Hospitals Health System Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Evana Network | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron | $39,203 | 1 | 0% |
| Anazao Community Partners | $37,900 | 1 | 2% |
| Christian Schools Inc | $37,863 | 3 | 0% |
| Bowling Green State University Foundation Inc | $37,650 | 3 | 0% |
| Buddhist Film Foundation Inc | $37,000 | 3 | 53% |
| Moreland Community Historical Society | $36,500 | 3 | 65% |
| The Board of Directors of Wittenberg College | $36,050 | 5 | 0% |
| St Paul Lutheran of Smithville | $35,154 | 4 | n/a |
| Wadsworth All Sports Booster Club | $35,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Pregnancy Care Center of Wayne County Inc | $34,653 | 4 | 1% |
| Learn N Play of Wooster | $33,500 | 3 | 2% |
| The Ohio State University | $31,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Christ United Church of Christ | $31,165 | 4 | n/a |
| St James Episcopal Church | $31,098 | 1 | n/a |
| Forget Me Not Baskets Inc | $30,690 | 3 | 8% |
| Stirrup Courage | $30,384 | 2 | 15% |
| Vantage Aging | $30,050 | 3 | 0% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of Smithville | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Henry M Halstead Field of Opportunity | $30,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of Toledo Inc | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Milton Townshipwayne County | $28,518 | 2 | n/a |
| Art House Inc | $28,500 | 3 | 7% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $28,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Doylestown Community Food Cupboard | $28,000 | 2 | 20% |
| Caring Closet of Wooster | $28,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Boston Lyric Opera Company | $27,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wayne County Children Services Board | $26,245 | 4 | n/a |
| Friends of Wooster Memorial Park | $25,832 | 1 | n/a |
| Camping and Education Foundation | $25,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Hispanic Ministries of Tuscarawas County Inc | $25,500 | 1 | 7% |
| Wooster High School Music Parents Assoc | $25,427 | 2 | 37% |
| Chippewa Local Excellence for Education | $25,000 | 1 | 45% |
| Downtown Wadsworth Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Wayne County Agricultural Society Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Persephoneas Giving Plate | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Caring for the Heart Ministries | $25,000 | 2 | 5% |
| 555th Honors Detachment Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Care and Share Mentoring Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 8% |
| NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc | $24,025 | 2 | 0% |
| Homeward Bound of Wooster and Wayne County Inc | $22,500 | 1 | 6% |
| Crown Hill Manor I Inc | $21,532 | 1 | 16% |
| Humane Borders Inc | $21,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Matthew 25 Outreach Center | $21,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Village of Doylestown | $21,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dalton Community Historical Society | $20,950 | 2 | n/a |
| Loving Shepherd International Services and Foundation Inc | $20,500 | 2 | 0% |
| New Beginnings Crossroads Fellowship | $20,278 | 2 | n/a |
| Wayne County Children's Advocacy Center Inc | $20,250 | 1 | 5% |
| Canaan Lutheran Church | $20,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Wadsworth City Schools | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Osprey Village Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Huntington's Disease Society of America Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Town of Pomfret | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St John the Evangelist | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ghana Beyond Subsistence | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Wooster Symphony Orchestr | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| WNC Communities | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Newbridge Place | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Kidron Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $19,658 | 1 | 2% |
| Wooster Township Fire & Rescue Association | $19,144 | 2 | 8% |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc | $19,100 | 1 | 0% |
| Nick Amster Inc | $19,029 | 2 | 0% |
| National Inventors Hall of Fame Selection Board Inc | $18,500 | 2 | 6% |
| Fairlawn Mennonite Church | $18,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wabash College | $18,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fredericksburg Community Library | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Business Volunteers Unlimited | $17,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Quota of Wayne County | $17,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Marshallville Historical Society | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Millbrook School | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Beauty and the Bolt | $15,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Village of Fredericksburg | $15,328 | 3 | n/a |
| Pathway Caring for Children | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Church Board for Ministerial Assistance Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Replay for Kids | $15,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Christ Church | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Really Recovered | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Dalton Ohio Police and Fire Departments | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Life a Dementia Friendly Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Choir School of Newport County Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| National Conservation Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Orlando Health Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Buckeye Authors Book Fair Committee Inc | $14,700 | 2 | 5% |
| Orrville United Way Inc | $14,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Girls on the Run of Stark County | $14,500 | 2 | 5% |
| Trinity Christian Preschool & Child Care Center Inc | $14,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities Corporation | $14,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Parkview PTO | $14,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Kenyan Orphans | $13,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Apple Creek Volunteer Fire Dept and Emergency Squad Inc | $13,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Haven of Rest Ministries Incorporated | $12,893 | 2 | n/a |
| Whits End Community Place Inc | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Holmes County Share-A-Christmas Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 12% |
| Progress With Chess | $12,500 | 2 | 1% |
| The Musical Theater Project Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 1% |
| University of Chicago | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trinity United Methodist Church | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Williams College | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Broomfield United Methodist Church | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Apple Creek Historical Society | $12,000 | 1 | 36% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $11,579 | 1 | 0% |
| Honor Flight Cleveland Inc | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Junior Achievement of North Central Ohio | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Christian Jew Foundation | $10,260 | 1 | n/a |
| Cristo Rey Charleston High School Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Legal Aid Services | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wooster Masonic Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Patchworks House Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Ohiohealth Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Adaptive Sports Center of Crested Butte Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sacred Ground | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fund for Our Economic Future of Northeast Ohio | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Oak Clinic | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Freedom Hills Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Friends of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Ohio McC Activity Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rosedale Bible College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charity Global Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rybs | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Orrville Railroad Heritage Society | $10,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Shreve Community Development Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Augustine's Catholic Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tscra Disaster Relief Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Miller Charitable Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 61% |
| Fredericksburg Fire Association | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ohio Mennonite Camp Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hawken School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| P Graham Dunn Park Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Erie Dawn Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Pee Wee Hollow Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Willing Hearts Workshop | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Healing Care Ministries | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Foundation for Prader-Willi Research Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Christopher Anglican Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ohio State University Foundation | $9,630 | 1 | 0% |
| Wooster Rotary Foundation | $9,215 | 1 | 30% |
| Tri-County Educational Service Center | $9,097 | 1 | n/a |
| Apostolic Christian Church of Canaan | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Summer Stage Wooster | $8,900 | 1 | n/a |
| The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc | $8,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Friendship Meals Incorporated | $8,093 | 1 | 51% |
| Wooster Youth Instructional Football | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Church of the Saviour | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Smithville Brethren Church | $7,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $7,700 | 1 | 0% |
| Parkview Christian Church | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Oaks Church | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| League of Women Voters Education Fund | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| South Harrison High School | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Battle Zone Wrestling Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Akron Children's Hospital Foundation | $7,350 | 1 | 0% |
| Shreve Presbyterian Church | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Skaneateles Festival Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Trinity United Church of Christ | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wooster All-Sports Booster Club | $7,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Womens Advisory Board College of Wooster | $6,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Orrville Campus Foundation Inc | $6,600 | 1 | n/a |
| St John Lutheran Church (McZena) | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Life | $6,339 | 1 | 0% |
| Village of Mt Eaton | $6,239 | 1 | n/a |
| Norwayne Music Supporters | $6,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Playhouse Square Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Breathe Hope Twenty-Four Inc | $5,957 | 1 | n/a |
| Innovated Opportunity | $5,719 | 1 | n/a |
| Rittman Historical Society | $5,607 | 1 | n/a |
| Community of Christ Church Incorporated | $5,566 | 1 | n/a |
| World Help | $5,565 | 1 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels of Stark & Wayne Counties | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Oak Chapel United Methodist Church | $5,350 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornerstone Community Church | $5,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Canaan Townshipwayne County | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Knox Community Hospital | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southeast Local School District | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Earth | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Givedirectly Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arthritis Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aft Disaster Relief Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wooster Fireworks Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greenleaf Family Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wadsworth Drug-Free Community Coalition | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marshall University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kent State University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (Usa) | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wooster Adventure Charities Organization | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Wayne County Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 30 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Charles W & Laura B Frick IrrPA77.5× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Charles W & Laura B Frick Irr · Donald & Alice Noble Foundation Inc · Ralph R and Grace B Jones Foundation · United Way of Wayne and Holmes Co · Seaman Family Foundation Trust · Romich Foundation · Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc · Orrville United Way Inc · The Westfield Insurance Foundation · Wooster Elks Lodge No 1346 Charitable Fund · Akron Community Foundation · Austin-Bailey Health & Wellness Foundation
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
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How do I get to Wayne County Community Foundation?
Find your warmest path to Wayne County Community Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.
Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.
About Wayne County Community Foundation
- How much does Wayne County Community Foundation give?
- Wayne County Community Foundation reported 137 itemized grants totaling $7,766,090, out of $9,094,405 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 107 and 129 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Wayne County Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (17%), Education (12%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are Wayne County Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wayne County Fire & Rescue Association (Wcfra) ($3.3M), Orrville Area Boys & Girls Club ($2.2M), Friends of Wayne County Fair ($2.0M).
- Does Wayne County Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wayne County Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charles W & Laura B Frick Irr, Donald & Alice Noble Foundation Inc, Ralph R and Grace B Jones Foundation.
- Where is Wayne County Community Foundation based?
- Wayne County Community Foundation is based in OH.
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