Annual Report

2023 Year in Review &
A Look at 25 Years of Serving the Community

Our two-page spread, found in the Business Journal and Review Newspapers this year, offers a glimpse of the Community Foundation’s work over the course of the last 25 years, while a more in-depth look at 2023 specifically can be found below.

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Table of Contents

  • 2023 Impact Story - Building a Better Table
  • 2023 Grant Investments
  • 2023 Impact Story - Autism Society Agency Fund
  • 2023 New Funds - Welcome to the Family!
  • 2023 Impact Story - Paul Dutton and the Swanston Fund
  • 2023 Contributions and Donors
  • 2023 Impact Story - Martha Ellers Legacy
  • 2023 Impact Story - Goodwill Agency Fund
  • 2023 Financial Highlights

2023 Impact Story - Building a Better Table

‘Building A Better Table’ Unites Community Partners to Boost Civic Engagement

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The key to any thriving community is having residents that are engaged at all levels and work hard to make where they live the best it can be. But what if people don’t know where to even start doing that work? A local coalition is working to build that knowledge base and foster a new generation of resident leaders.

The idea for Building a Better Table stemmed from conversations between Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley senior director of community impact Sarah Lowry, Ohio Environmental Council regional director Christopher Colón and Thrive Mahoning Valley director of advancement Vicki Vicars. All three do work aimed at improving the Mahoning Valley and all three have seen the shortfalls of current systems – but also see what can be done well.

“We’ve seen time and time again that no matter how well thought out or supported community initiatives are, we run into the same leadership challenges,” Lowry says. “All of our organizations have a commitment to resident engagement and we all recognize that we continue to rely on the same people all the time. It’s not fair to keep going back to the same people when there are so many people out there doing good things.”

2023 Grant Investments

The Community Foundation supports public charities that carry out activities to benefit Mahoning and Trumbull Counties. Grants are categorized by their purpose: Education, Health and Human Services, Arts and Culture, Community Well-Being and Other.

  • Arts & Culture

    • Bcc Full Spectrum Community Outreach Foundation Corporation
    • Boardman Township Park
    • Cortland-Bazetta Historical Society
    • Fine Arts Council of Trumbull County
    • Honeycomb Arts and Wellness Collective
    • Hopewell Theatre
    • Joseph E. Scarvell Youth Theatre Endowment Fund
    • Mahoning Valley Historical Society
    • Opera Western Reserve Endowment Fund
    • Opera Western Reserve Incorporated
    • Power of the Arts
    • Simply Slavic
    • Stambaugh Auditorium
    • Stambaugh Chorus
    • Students Motivated by the Arts
    • The Butler Institute of American Art
    • The Trumbull County Historical Society Agency Endowment Fund
    • The Trumbull County Historical Society Operating Fund
    • The Youngstown Playhouse
    • Trumbull County Historical Society
    • Warren Philharmonic Orchestra
    • William A. Conti Memorial Organ Fund
    • WYSU-FM
      Youngstown Flea
      Youngstown Symphony Society
      YSU International Student Welcome Committee
      YWCA Mahoning Valley

  • Community Well-Being

    • American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
    • American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc.
    • Angels For Animals Inc
    • Association of Fundraising Professionals Mahoning-Shenango Chapter Fund
    • Autism Society of the Mahoning Valley Fund
    • Boardman Township Park
    • Boston Avenue Neighbor Association (BANA)
    • Boulevard Park Block Watch
    • Callie's Confidence
    • City of Youngstown
    • Columbiana County Pride
    • Community Legal Aid
    • Community Living Endowment Fund
    • Congregation Ohev Beth Sholom
    • Direction Home of Eastern Ohio
    • Dorothy Day House of Hospitality Services
    • Forest Lawn Memorial Park Association
    • Friends of Fellows Riverside Gardens
    • Fund for Our Economic Future
    • Grace AME Church Nursing Guild
    • Grace Fellowship Church
    • Heart Reach Neighborhood Ministries, Inc.
    • Hippley Foundation
    • Interfaith Home Maintenance Service Fund
    • Islamic Society of Greater Youngstown
    • Junior League of the Mahoning Valley
    • Know Your Neighbor Block Watch
    • Leadership Mahoning Valley Fund
    • Mahoning County Juvenile Court Community Advisory Board Inc
    • Mahoning County Saddle Horse 4-H Committee Endowment Fund
    • Mahoning County Veterans Honor Court
    • Mahoning Valley Sojourn to the Past
    • Meridian HealthCare
    • Mill Creek MetroParks Foundation
    • Oblate Sisters
    • Ohio Living Holdings (dba Ohio Living Home Health and Hospice)
    • Ohio Urban Renaissance
    • Poland Forest Foundation
    • Poland Village Gardeners
    • Promise Community Hub
    • Protestant Family Services
    • Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County
    • Regional Chamber Foundation Fund
    • Restoration & Beautification Committee of Columbiana
    • Rowan Sweeney Memorial Foundation
    • Safe Zones
    • St. Patrick Church
    • SWAG Sisters 330
    • The Brightside Project, Inc.
    • The Ursuline Sisters of Youngstown
    • The Way Station
    • Thrive Mahoning Valley
    • Trinity United Methodist Church
    • Triyou Cares
    • Trumbull County Tourism Bureau
    • Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership
    • United Returning Citizens Inc
    • United Way Of Trumbull County
    • United Way of Trumbull County Endowment Fund
    • United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley
    • Veterans' Outreach
    • W. Fenton Meredith Memorial Fund FBO St. James
    • Meeting House
    • WCPN Ideastream
    • WVIZ/PBS Ideastream
    • YMCA of Youngstown
    • Youngstown Area Jewish Federation
    • Youngstown CityScape Fund
    • Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation
    • YSU Newman Center

  • Education

    • ACLD School and Learning Center
    • Akiva Academy
    • Autism Society of Mahoning Valley
    • Baldwin Wallace University
    • Beaver Creek Wildlife Education Center Volunteers Association
    • Boardman Local Schools
    • Boardman Schools Fund for Educational Excellence
    • Boardman-Youngstown Kiwanis
    • Bristol Local School District
    • Campbell Memorial High School Alumni Association
    • Canfield Local School District
    • Cape Fear Community College
    • Case Western Reserve University
    • Champion Local School District
    • Classroom 2 Capitol
    • Cleveland State University
    • Coleman Professional Services, Inc.
    • College of Wooster
    • DBA Millcreek Children's Center
    • Easter Seal Society of Mahoning, Trumbull and
    • Columbiana Counties
    • Eastern Gateway Community College
    • ESC of Eastern Ohio
    • Fairhaven Foundation
    • Finer Things Academy
    • Fossil Ledges Animal Education Center

  • Education Cont'd

    • Gannon University
    • Girl Scouts of North East Ohio
    • Grove City College
    • Heart Reach Neighborhood Ministries, Inc.
    • Howard University
    • Innovation Ohio Education Fund
    • Inspiring Minds
    • Inspiring Minds Youngstown
    • John F. Kennedy High School
    • Joseph Badger Local Schools
    • Junior Civic League
    • Kent State University
    • Kent State University- Salem
    • Kent State University Trumbull
    • Kool Boiz Foundation
    • Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM)
    • Limitless Ambition
    • Mahoning Valley College Access Program Fund
    • Mahoning Valley Historical Society
    • Mahoning Valley Sojourn to the Past
    • Millcreek Children's Center Fund
    • Muskingum University
    • NAACP Youngstown Branch #3207
    • National Inventors Hall of Fame
    • Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
    • Northeastern Educational Television of Ohio, Inc.
    • Oberlin College
    • OH WOW! THE ROGER & GLORIA JONES CHILDREN'S CENTER FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    • Ohio University
    • Ohio Urban Renaissance
    • Poland Schools Foundation
    • Potential Development Endowment Fund
    • Potential Development School for Students with Autism
    • Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County
    • Shepherds of all God's Children Learning Center
    • SKILLS USA Ohio
    • The Catholic University of America
    • The English Center of Youngstown
    • The Ohio State University
    • The Workshops Inc
    • Thrive 10:10
    • Thrive Mahoning Valley
    • Tri County Jobs for Ohio's Graduates
    • Trumbull County Educational Service Center
    • United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley
    • University of Akron
    • University of Cincinnati
    • University of Dayton - Advancement
    • University of Michigan
    • University of Mount Union
    • University of Notre Dame
    • University of Washington
    • Ursuline College
    • Ursuline Sisters Mission
    • Walsh University
    • Warren City Schools Foundation Fund
    • Warren Grown
    • Western Reserve Health Education Inc.
    • Westminster College
    • Woman's Board of Youngstown Scholarship Fund
    • Wright State University
    • Yale University
    • Youngstown Rayen Early College High School
    • Youngstown State University
    • Youngstown State University Foundation
    • YWCA Mahoning Valley

  • Health & Human Services

  • Health & Human Services Cont’d

    • PFLAG Youngstown
    • Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.
    • Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio
    • Plant It You
    • Positive Women's Network
    • Preterm Foundation
    • Protestant Family Service
    • Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County
    • Rescue Mission of Mahoning Valley
    • Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio
    • Second Harvest Foodbank Of The Mahoning Valley
    • Sight For All
    • Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc OH-Trumbull Co.
    • Society of St. Vincent de Paul Northeast Ohio District Council, Inc
    • Society of St. Vincent de Paul Trumbull County
    • Sojourner House Domestic Violence Program Fund
    • Someplace Safe Endowment Fund
    • Sophia Women's Center
    • The Brightside Project, Inc.
    • The Melina Michelle Edenfield Foundation
    • The Salvation Army
    • The Salvation Army, Youngstown
    • The Ursuline Center dba Ursuline Sisters HIV/AIDS Ministry
    • The William and Arden Farragher Endowment Fund for
    • Help Hotline Crisis Center, Inc.
    • Trumbull County Mental Health and Recovery Board
    • Trumbull Mobile Meals, Inc.
    • Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership
    • United Returning Citizens Inc
    • United Way Of Trumbull County
    • United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley
    • UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
    • Valley Community Mental Health Fund
    • Vision To Learn
    • Warren Family Mission
    • Welcome Baby USA
    • Woodland Park UMC
    • Yellow Brick Place
    • YMCA of Youngstown
    • Youngstown Area Goodwill Industries Fund
    • Youngstown Area Jewish Federation
    • Youngstown Blue Coats
    • Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation
    • Youngstown State University Foundation
    • YWCA Mahoning Valley

  • Other

2023 Impact Story - Autism Society Fund

New Agency Fund Helps Autism Society Prepare for the Future

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Even beyond her work as the director of the Autism Society of the Mahoning Valley, Robin Suzelis is familiar with the challenges of raising children with autism. That familiarity helps drive her work at the nonprofit to make sure it’s always doing everything it can to provide whatever support is needed.

“There are so many needs that parents of neurotypical children don’t think about. At the age my oldest is at, other parents are thinking about college, but we’re thinking about how he’s going to be cared for long-term between our spending and the little bit of government assistance that’s available,” she says. “It’s hard to think about, let alone plan for.”

2023 Impact Story - Paul Dutton and the Swanston Fund

Dutton’s Work with Swanston Fund Left a Brighter Future for Valley Kids

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The Swanston Fund became a supporting organization of the Community Foundation in 2010. Since joining, the fund has awarded nearly $4.3 million in grants, supporting major projects at places like Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley and Potential Development and smaller community-focused organizations like Shepherds of All God’s Children Learning Center and Down Syndrome Association of the Valley.

“It took a lot of negotiation and a lot of meetings to hammer out what we’d do, what the fund would ultimately do and how everything worked with the trustees’ vision,” says Patty Brozik, founding president of the Community Foundation and its leader when the Swanston Fund moved here. “When it came to the foundation, I think part of it is because our focus was more on ‘What is the reason we do what we do?’”

The push to be more focused and strategic in its grantmaking, she adds, was largely driven by Dutton. For years, the process for grantmaking was taking in applications, deciding which ones were best aligned with the fund’s mission and sending money out. Dutton wanted to see something bigger, something aimed at creating real and lasting change for the Valley’s kids.

2023 Contributions and Donors

The Community Foundation recognizes that our power to affect change is fueled solely by our supporters. The following contributed to one or more of the Foundation’s funds between January 1 and December 31, 2023. Thank you to each and every contributor for making a commitment to the Valley and its betterment!

Due to the abundance of gifts that came in for the Giving Tuesday and Beyond Campaign, we have omitted those from this list at this time.

Alexis Morgan Stiner Memorial Fund
Cathy and Jeffrey Renkenberger
Lori Pawlowski

Angels for Animals Endowment Fund
Beau Womack

Arlene Floyd Emergency Aid Fund
Anonymous
Carmella Williams

Association of Fundraising Professionals Mahoning-Shenango Chapter Fund
Association of Fundraising Professionals Mahoning-Shenango Chapter

Autism Society of the Mahoning Valley Fund
Autism Society of Mahoning Valley

Beatitude House Endowment Fund
Janet Shanklin

Better Business Bureau of the Mahoning Valley, Inc. Ethics and Integrity Scholarship Fund
Better Business Bureau

Boardman Schools Fund for Educational Excellence
Allison Grope
Barbara Daprile
Barbara Ferranti
BCIS PTA
Boardman Schools Fund for Educational Excellence
Catherine Ronci
Dr. Les and Patty Schwendeman
Edith and William Davidson
Elizabeth and Keith Brooks
Georgia Barkett
Gregory Krieger
Harkins Living Trust
Heather Chunn
Hien Doan
Janet Brown
Jean E. Varner
Jennifer Behney and Fabio Ceccarani
John and Maria Coutris
Karen L. Dennison
Katherine Lugibihl
Margaret A. Wellington
Maria Markakis
Mark and Wanda Huberman
Mr. and Mrs. James Ramunno
Paul and Laura Olivier
Rick and Denice Schafer
Roger and Karen Patterson
Sandra Manley
Seidel Charitable Trust
Thomas Costello
Vickie Davis
Vincent Carnevale
Virginia Beichner
Walter Harold Fowles
William Lee

Building Forever Campaign Fund
Bill Mullane
Brian Corbin
Sam Fries
Shelley Taylor
Timothy Francisco

C. M. (Jerry) Collins Memorial Scholarship Fund
JMD Resources, Inc.

Canfield Education Innovation Fund
Ahlquist Eye Care Professionals
Alexandra and Brandon Yanesh
Austintown Lock & Key & Security Cameras LLC
Canfield Local School District
Canfield PTA - General Fund
Christina and Jared Bunevich
Emily Krane
Ennis Britton Co., L.P.A.
Farmers National Bank
Farmers Trust Company
Gingo & Bair Law, LLC
Handel's of Niles
Karl and Gina Kuwik
Michael and Charity Robertshaw
Northeast Ohio Grads
PNC Foundation
QTEGO
Robert Senn Studio, Inc.
Steven Aubel
Ted Schmidt
Youngstown Tile & Terrazzo Co. LLC

CFMV Changing Needs Fund
Bruce R. and Nancy W. Beeghly
Craig Brenner
Jeffrey D. Heintz and Jill A. Jones-Heintz
Joan Krueger
Suwan Eunice Park

CFMV Operating Fund
Alex Downie & Sons Co.
Amazon Smile Foundation
Carter and Carole Lewis
Chris and Robert J. Gabrick
Dennis B. Mangan
Diane Duby Teets
Donald and Gloria Cagigas
Dr. and Mrs. Dante A. DeAngelo
Frank & Pearl Gelbman Charitable Trust
Frank Rulli
Germaine Bennett
Giving Tuesday Inc.
Helene P. Kaighin Charitable Foundation
Janet Byrne
Jeanne Krawchyk
Jerry Bryan and Kathi Vrable-Bryan
John and Lynn Gibson
Kathy Harley
Lisa Muehlenbein
Marcia DeLaratta
Melissa and Harvey Crowley
Patricia Byrne
Patricia Nelms
Patrick Rouan
Phillip and Christine Dennison
Phyllis Chila
Roger and Sarah Anderson
Susan and Ted Perkins
Thomas Davis
Thomas Fleming
Veterans of Foreign Wars of Ohio Charities VFW Post 3332
William and Gretchen Schafer
William and Joan Lawson

David A. and Janet L. Flynn Family Foundation
Flynn Auto Group
Janet Flynn

Dennis Spisak Attitude for Gratitude Scholarship
Lawrence Johnson

Diabetes Partnership of Mahoning Valley Fund
Annie Gardner

Doris Burdman Fund for Mental Health
Robert Burnside

Dr. Edward C. Miner Sr. Scholarship Fund
Betty Miner

E. Jeffrey and Carol A. Rossi Family Foundation Fund
E. Jeffrey and Carol A. Rossi

Gail T. Dennison Mahoning County Saddle Horse 4-H Committee Scholarship Fund
Brandy Kemmer
Mahoning Saddle Horse Committee
Ohio State University Extension, Mahoning County

Geller Family Fund
James and Barbara Geller

Healthy Community Initiative Operating Fund
Amy Baskes Consulting
Baby 1st Network
Gregory and Martha Gett
Kathy Quigley
Lisa Millovich Riley
Mercy Health Foundation Mahoning Valley
Notre Dame Mission Volunteers
Trumbull Memorial Health Foundation
Western Reserve Health Foundation
William Swanston Charitable Fund

Jeffrey M. Stevens Memorial Fund
James Dukles
Nancy and Christopher Connors
Robert and Geri Stevens
Ronald W. and Heidi L. Zenko
Scott Hunter
Stonebridge Grille & Tavern Boardman
Stonebridge Grille & Tavern Howland
Valerie Stevens

Karen and Trisha Hermiller Memorial Scholarship Fund
Robert Hermiller

Ken Weaver Fund for Warren City School Students
Acia Marie Shaheen
Andrew Pytlik
Anna and George Halkias
Anthony J. Payiavlas
Becke Natale
Brenda Antenucci
Brenna Teaberry
Brian and Kimberly Ross
Carolyn Sacks
Christine Kellamis
Connie DeGood
Darlene Jones
Deborah Moody
Delma Sideropolis
Dennis and Luann Rossi
Dianne and Dave Karl
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Elaine Petrinolis
Evelyn Koutepas
Gerald Rokoff
James Mills and Jackie Hampton
Jeff and Carol Kurdilla
Jill Gartland
Joe, Brooke and Anthony Steines
John and Michelle Perdue
John and Patti Wilson
John K. Weaver
Joseph Smith
Joseph Steines
Judson Ballard
Karen and Kevin Murphy
Karen Scheiber
Kim and Carmen Altobelli
Larry Capito
Letson & Swader Co., LPA
Lori Fiorino
Maria Phillips Jr
Mark and Lolly Sabau
Mary Kazaglis
MaryBeth Poweski
Matt Natale
Michael Lepro
Micheal Rausch
Monica Hall
Monica Lynn Olbrych
Peter and Carolyn Michalos
Peter Johnson
Sandra and Marc Teaberry
Sarah Lee
Sean Leach
Shen Li
Sheryl Hoff
Stella Weaver
Thomas Groner
Thomas Henry
Treva Perry

Kennedy Family Fund
Katherine Kennedy

Liz Hill Charitable Fund
Elizabeth Hill

Loren S. Hunter Memorial Fund
The Huntington National Bank

Mahoning County Veterans Honor Court Fund
Centofanti Charitable Foundation
Jack R. and Sandy Russell
Veterans of Foreign Wars of Ohio Charities VFW Post 3332

Mahoning Valley Community Response Fund
Brian Hoopes

Making Kids Count Endowment Fund
Stefanie Flyak

Martha Ellers Endowment Fund
Eugene Gulland and Elizabeth Ellers

Martin Stock and JoAnn Bayus Stock Charitable Fund
JoAnn and Martin Stock

MVHSF Arms Curator Fund
Mahoning Valley Historical Society

MVHSF Arms Museum Fund
Mahoning Valley Historical Society

MVHSF Wirt Fund
B. F. Wirt Testamentary Trust

Nancy W. and Bruce R. Beeghly Family Fund
Bruce R. Beeghly and Nancy W. Beeghly Family Foundation

Opera Western Reserve Endowment Fund
Marcia and Ronald Lee Gould

Purple Heart Gary Gutelius Memorial Scholarship Fund
Brian Hudzik
Cottonwood Associates,Inc.
D C Remodeling
Disabled American Veterans Trumbull County Chapter #11
George Stroia
Georgia D. and Brent Barkett
GoDrive
Greek Delights, LLC
Greenwood Chevrolet, Inc.
International Timber & Veneer
James Fogarty
John Zidian Company
Michael and Lauren Mathews
Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 606
North Park Services LLC
Pamela Kay Swanson
Robert and Patricia Stanton
Simco Management Corp.
The Mocha House Inc.
TLC Doggy Daycare
Trumbull County Chapter 1115 VVA
Veterans of Foreign Wars of Ohio Charities VFW Post 3332
Warren Auxiliary VFW Post 1090
Warren Plaza-Giant Eagle
William Meade

Richard and Marian Wolford Memorial Endowment Fund
Gary Wolford
Mary Kay Erb
Mary Wolford
Scott E. Wolford

Rick Shale Fund
Benevity Causes Team
Rick Shale Fund Stifel Nicolaus

Roberta M. Hannay Charitable Fund
Roberta M. Hannay

Sojourner House Domestic Violence Program Fund
Alyson Winick
Schwab Charitable
Valerie Tate
William Traynor

Steel Valley Homes for Youth Fund
Steel Valley Homes for Youth, Inc.

Support the Boardman Schools Community Project Fund
"Joe" Dickey Electric, Inc.
Al Cutrona for Ohio
Anthony and Kelly Nigro
Anthony E. Bisconti D.D.S. Inc.
Aqua Ohio Inc.
Boardman Lions Club Charities, Inc.
Boardman Rotary Association
Chalet Premier
Charleen and Frank Lazzeri
Committee to Elect Gina DeGenova
Compco Industries
David and Jennifer Rubino
Donald and Kara Riccitelli
Drake's Landing LLC
Environmental Collaborative of Ohio
Farmers National Investments
Fodor Tree Farm, LLC
Harkins Living Trust
Hill, Barth & King, LLC
Ingram, Cassese & Grimm, LLP
Ivan J. and Andrea R. Bosnjak
Jean E. Varner
Jeff R. and Erin L. Barone
John Landers
Joni Blase
Joyce Mistovich
Katherine Kennedy
Keystone Agency Partners LLC
Larry P. Saxton

Support the Boardman Schools Community Project Fund
Louis and Joan Schiavoni
Lube Plus Oil Change Center
Maria Markakis
Maria V. Coutris
Fund Mark and Wanda Huberman
Matthew Gambrel
MBSS Investments LLC
Michael W. Mills
Packer Thomas CPAs
Phantom Administrative, LLC
Premier Wealth
Ralph and Candace Rivera
Roger Patterson
Sandra and William Manley
Schiavoni, Schiavoni, Bush & Muldowney Co., L.P.A.
Sidney and Katheryn Jones
Stadium Drive PTA
The Anthony J. Fox Family Foundation
Timothy L. and Gina D. Saxton
Virginia Beichner
Yurchyk & Davis CPA's Inc.

The Brozik Fund for the Foundation
James Baker
Patricia Brozik

The C. Robert Wyndham and Fred Kubli, Jr. Scholarship Endowment Fund
Trumbull Metropolitan Housing Authority

The Diane and Kurt Sauer Endowment Fund
Diane and Kurt Sauer

The Fund for Warren's Future
Rock Acre Land Co, LLC

The Fund for Women and Girls
Alycia Taylor
Deborah Cunningham
Deborah Liptak
Diane Duby Teets
Elliot and Christine Legow
FirstEnergy Foundation
Frederick and Janice Coombs
Jana Coffin
Janet Yaniglos
Jewish Community Center of Youngstown
Jo Anne Offill
Josh Medore
Karen O'Malia
Leah and Mark Merritt
Mandy Fehlbaum
Mark and Jennifer Gasser
Mary Buchenic
Patricia Sweeney
Ra'Cole Taltoan
Rebecca Heikkinen
Rick Popovich
Samie Winick
Susan Sexton
Suzyn Schwebel Epstein

The GSW Fund
Gordon and Sarah Wean

The James and Karen Cohen Family Fund
Karen and James Cohen

The Legow Family Fund
Elliot and Christine Legow

The Mahoning Matters Journalism Impact Fund
John Popovich
John Rochford
Marcia G. Brown
Nancy Lynn

The TRTA 2 Scholarship Fund
Trumbull Retired Teachers Association

The TRTA Scholarship Fund
Carol and Don Senne
Carol Senne
Cindy Harris
David Ambrose
Gretchen LaLiberte
Linda Cowin
Luanne Hite
Sue Datish
Trumbull Retired Teachers Association
Vickie Janik

The Warren City Schools Foundation General Scholarship Fund
Adam D. Cash, M.D.
Alex Machaskee
Anthony Montecalvo
April Caraway
AVI Foodsystems, Inc
Donald Emerson
Dr. Thomas and Sally LaBaugh
Elizabeth Ellers
Jennifer Cissell
Jill Merolla
John Klippel
Joseph Kotwis
Joseph Walker Carroll, Jr., Ph.D.
Joyce and Gerry Gherlein
Kenneth Perich
Kurt Jackson
L. F. Watson & Associates, LLC
Laura Spear
Lori and Robert Fiorino
Mr. James Oliver
Robert and Nancy Nader
Robert Berk
Terry and Frank Supancic
The Scott and Lynn Bayman Family Fund
Thomas Ashley
Warren City Schools Board of Education

The Wean Park Fund
The Raymond John Wean Foundation

TRTA Teacher Grant Fund
Cindy Harris
Garry Peacock
Gretchen LaLiberte
Linda Cowin
Sue Datish
Trumbull Retired Teachers Association

Valley Community Mental Health Fund
Valley Counseling Services

VEC Community Fund
Brandon Davies
Brian Kelzer
Bruno Frate
Christian Mahoney
Dominic Spelich
Elizabeth Angelo
Henry Hall
Jeffrey Barber
Mary Bush
Michael Reiser
Michael Young
Mr. Curtis Bodamer
Nicholas Wright
Nikita Yoder
Rachel A. Barber
Robert Allen
Robert Delvaux
Ryan Perkins
Stephanie Shelton
Tricia Ferry
VEC, Inc.
Wesley Bancroft

Warren Community Impact Fund
City of Warren, Ohio

Warren Philharmonic Orchestra Fund
David Ambrose

WRHF Unrestricted Fund
Forum Health Insurance, LTD Agency
The Youngstown Foundation

Young Philanthropist Fund
Scott Schulick

Youngstown Alumnae Panhellenic Scholarship Fund
Carol Ann Duda
Linda Anne Motosko
Mary Ann Keifer
Mary Ellen Willmitch
Patricia Shears
Youngstown Alumnae Panhellenic

Youngstown CityScape Fund
Tanne Walker

2023 Impact Story - Martha Ellers Legacy

Martha Ellers Endowment Fund Helps Trumbull County Historical Society Create Paid Internship

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Lifelong Warren resident Martha Ellers had an abiding interest in history.  Preserving it, researching it, celebrating it, and understanding it. It is with this in mind that a new endowment fund has been created in her name to support the Trumbull County Historical Society.

“She helped bring it all to life. History to my mother was not something dead and on paper,” says Elizabeth Ellers.

Adds Andy Ellers, “I have fond memories of our family participating in the Walk on Millionaire’s Row event along Mahoning Avenue in Warren. She wanted people to remember the significance of Warren and Trumbull County.”

2023 Impact Story - Goodwill Agency Fund

Agency Fund at CFMV Gives Goodwill Peace of Mind

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With roots stretching back some 130 years, Youngstown Area Goodwill Industries has a long history of serving some of the most vulnerable people and getting them connected to the services they need to thrive.

Beyond the retail stores – now numbering 10 across Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana Counties, as well as in Mercer and Lawrence Counties in Pennsylvania – that it’s probably best known for, the nonprofit offers vision services including children’s screenings and support groups; the Radio Reading Service where volunteers read newspapers, magazines and books for broadcast at WYSU; business services including laundry, lawn care and janitorial staff; and the Mission Services branch, which helps clients with workforce development services.

“We’re really fortunate that while we are a nonprofit, we can operate as a social enterprise. We’re able to run our stores to fund our programs and offer employment in the community,” says Annie Phillips, CEO of the local Goodwill.

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Financials

While the Foundation’s financial statements are audited annually by Hill Barth & King LLC, the information presented in this report is unaudited at this time. The most recent audit and filed Form 990 are available for public inspection at the Foundation office by appointment.

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Past Reports

As stewards of the charitable resources entrusted to it, the Board and staff of the Community Foundation are committed to providing financial information in an effort to be transparent and accountable to the community.