Wean Foundation to Host Two Capacity Building Workshops

October 18, 2022 (Warren, Ohio) – In support of their capacity building efforts, The Raymond John Wean Foundation will be hosting two fall workshops. James Hayes and Alwiyah Shariff from Ohio Voice will present “Social Movement Ecology” on November 19. At its most basic level, Social Movement Ecology is a theory which explains how we …

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Wean Foundation Hosts Pay Equity Workshop Series

October 7, 2022 (Warren, Ohio) – The Raymond John Wean Foundation recently hosted the first of their three-part “Equitable Organizations Learning Series.” This interactive, hands-on workshop was facilitated by Jennifer Kelsch, owner of JSK Solutions and Jerry Peña and Victor Ruiz, both founders and senior partners of Gradient. Community investment grantees from six nonprofits including …

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Wean Foundation funds nonprofit fellowship program

The Center for Nonprofit Leadership in YSU’s Williamson College of Business Administration has been awarded $196,000 from the Raymond John Wean Foundation to implement the Nonprofit Leadership Summer Fellowship Program for 2023 and 2025. “We are excited by the opportunity to once again partner with the Wean Foundation to help organizations build capacity while providing …

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AAUW Hears from Wean
Foundation

The American Association of University Women of/ Youngstown hosted a meeting with Jennifer Roller from the Wean Foundation. Her topic was “The Work Life Imbalance” which happens by measuring our successes through a lens of race equity and inclusion, along with what it means personally to seek a balance that seems not to consider race, …

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Wean Foundation Responds to Increasing the Economic Mobility of Residents

September 22, 2022 (Warren, Ohio) – The Wean Foundation responded to the ongoing pandemic, rising inflation and systemic racism through operating and programming support totaling $246,812 to two organizations seeking equitable access to resources, knowledge and opportunity: Organización Cívica y Cultural Hispana Americana, Inc. (OCCHA) – in support of its long-standing history of providing social, …

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Wean Foundation Announces New Hire

August 16, 2022 (Warren, Ohio) – The Raymond John Wean Foundation is excited to announce an addition to its team, Kristen Pawcio, who will fill the position of executive assistant to the president. In her role, Pawcio provides advanced administrative support to the Foundation president including office administration, calendar management and board relations. She also …

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Wean Foundation Welcomes Leandrah Hunt to its Team

June 28, 2022 (Warren, Ohio) – The Raymond John Wean Foundation announces the addition of Leandrah Hunt to their team in the newly created position of Associate for Race Equity and Inclusion Data. In her role, she is responsible for utilizing data and research to inform the Foundation’s race equity and inclusion strategies. Hunt previously …

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Wean Foundation Holds Quarterly Meeting at Wean Park to Announce Grants

June 16, 2022 (Warren, Ohio) – The Raymond John Wean Foundation Board of Directors recently enjoyed the landscape of Wean Park while conducting their quarterly business on the stage of the Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre. The presentations and resulting discussions centered around the Foundation’s racial equity outcomes which include funding viable solutions led by organizations whose …

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