December 6, 2022 (Warren, Ohio) – The Raymond John Wean Foundation, Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley (CFMV) and Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership (TNP) have come together to build upon ongoing race equity and inclusion efforts. Each of the three organizations’ leaders have participated in Rockwood Leadership Institute’s “Art of Leadership” and the Racial Equity Institute …
Read MoreNovember 1, 2022 (Warren, Ohio) – Fallon Peterson, health and social services program officer for The Nord Family Foundation in Lorain County, will join The Raymond John Wean Foundation in November as senior director of programs and operations. In this newly created position, Peterson will provide thought partnership in planning and leading implementation teams for …
Read MoreOctober 26, 2022 (Warren, Ohio) – The Raymond John Wean Foundation continues its own capacity building efforts with the hiring of John Spivey as facilities coordinator. In this newly created role, Spivey maintains the functionality, safety, maintenance and health and vitality of the facility. He is responsible for the oversight, assessment and recommendations of various …
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October 20, 2022 (Warren, Ohio) – Jennifer Roller, president of The Raymond John Wean Foundation, joined David Holmes from Candid following his “Proposal Writing for Nonprofits” workshop at The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County to answer questions from a foundation’s point of view. Roller sat down with Holmes for an hour-long question and …
Read MoreOctober 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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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 …
Read MoreThe 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 …
Read MoreThe 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, …
Read MoreSeptember 28, 2022 (Warren, Ohio) – The Raymond John Wean Foundation is inviting community stakeholders to join them for their 2022 Racial Equity and Inclusion Workshops on October 12 and 13 or November 16 and 17. Sponsored by the Wean Foundation, this two-day virtual training is hosted by ThirdSpace Action Lab and presented by the …
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