SitemapFriday, December 4, 2015
On Thursday, December 3, the board of directors of The Raymond John Wean Foundation awarded grants totaling nearly $1.5 million for organizations that are creating economic opportunities for residents, enhancing educational resources, and revitalizing the Mahoning Valley - including $400,000 to YNDC.
Representing the Foundation’s ongoing commitment to its “Strategic Partners” is the 2016 funding of nearly $1.1 million collectively to Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation, Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership, and Mahoning Valley Organizing Collaborative. The partnership seeks to collectively build capacity to provide voice to residents and leaders throughout the Valley.
Raymond John Wean, after having achieved success in the flat-rolled steel processing industry, in 1949 created the Foundation that bears his name in Warren. Since then, The Raymond John Wean Foundation has awarded more than $100 million in grants to a broad variety of non-profit organizations. The vision of the Foundation is to empower residents to create a healthy, vibrant, equitable and economically stable Mahoning Valley. More information is available at www.rjweanfdn.org.