3 Groups Share $175K in Wean Foundation Grants
WARREN, Ohio -- The Raymond John Wean Foundation has given $175,000 in grants to three community groups, Eastern Ohio Education Partnership, Power of the Arts and Tabernacle Baptist Church, the president of the foundation, Jennifer Roller, announced Thursday.
Eastern Ohio Education Partnership was awarded $125,000, disbursed over two years, to “support organizing activities around education while pooling resources (talent, materials and information) for the shared good,” the press release said.
In a prepared statement, Stephanie Shaw, executive director of the partnership, said, “Over the next two years we plan to strengthen community collaboration, collect and analyze student academic achievement and increase organizational capacity for success.”
Power of the Arts received $40,000 to continue its work “in communicating the role arts and culture can play in the Valley’s revitalization.
Tabernacle Baptist Church received $10,000 to support its Children’s Defense Fund Summer Freedom Schools program. The program “stresses civic engagement through projects designed for students, parents and community partners to work together to make a difference in their communities,” the release said.
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
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