Our Funds
We offer a diverse selection of fund types for donors to consider. Each one has its own advantages and forms of impact.
Unrestricted Funds
Flexible and responsive to emerging and changing needs, unrestricted funds can make a broad and lasting impact. Donors place no restrictions on their gifts and trust our Board’s grantmaking expertise to allocate resources where they are needed most in Wayne County.
LIST OF FUNDS
Ahaus Family Fund
Anonymous Family Fund
Ball-Bolle Family Fund
Bank One Endowment Fund
Bob Rosa Family Fund
Brady Family Fund
Capital Campaign Fund
Chad and Rebecca Gilliam Family Fund
Charles A. and Billi A. Rodefeld Family Endowment Fund
Cranor Family Fund
David and Carla Stidham Fund
David W. Oberle Unrestricted Fund
Doug and Ellen Bennett Endowment Fund
Dudley and Rosemary Ramsey Memorial Fund
Elmer J. and Esther T. (Meer) Schwegman honoring Dot Food Grocery and the Schwegman Hotel Fund
Emergency Fund
Erma Rich Unrestricted Fund
Ernie and Betty Mills Unrestricted Fund
Eunice E. Dare Unrestricted Fund
Fankhouser – Harzman Family Fund
Franklin and Barbara (Bavender) Schwegman Fund
Franklin J. Schwegman and Judith A Heavin-Schwegman Fund
George N. Schmid Unrestricted Fund
George R. and Janet J. Reller Unrestricted Fund
Gethers Family Fund
Glen and Jewell Spears Endowment Fund
Harry and Catherine Thomas Memorial Fund
Henry Macy Memorial Endowment – Unrestricted
Hub and Zella Etchison Memorial Fund
Ross and Natalie Harrington Memorial Fund
Janette Nottingham Memorial Fund
Jeannette Rodefeld Memorial Fund
Jeffers Family Fund
Joan Martin Endowment Fund
John H. and Mary J. Brubaker Memorial Fund
John W. and Mary Jeannette Flory Rohe Fund for Wayne County
Jon Morgan Endowment Fund
Julia Downs Endowment Fund
Kathy Lehman Memorial Endowment
Kleinknecht Endowment Fund
Len and Mary Jo Clark Endowment Fund
Lilly Gift VIII
Lilly Unrestricted Fund
Lowell Robinson Family Fund
Madalene White Unrestricted Fund
Mann Family Youth and Education Fund
Margie Tanner Memorial Endowment
Marie Ingabrand Memorial Fund
Mary Louise Custer Memorial Fund
Matching Seed Money Fund
McBride Fund for Wayne County
Memorial and Honor Fund
Mike and Carol Hinshaw Endowment Fund
Nora Lee Latture Memorial Fund
Patricia and Marlowe Kluter Memorial Endowment Fund
Patricia Wedding Unrestricted Fund
Paul and Pat Lingle Endowment Fund
Philip and Eleanor Starr Unrestricted Endowment
Phyllis Eloff Legacy Fund
Powers Unrestricted Fund
Ray J. and Mildred Raper Memorial Fund
Reid Social Responsibility Endowment Fund
Reising Fund
Robert R. Rhoads Community Endowment Fund
Roger and Connie Green Family Fund
Ronald L. Hughes Endowment Fund
Rosar Family Fund
Roy M. Ridge Endowment Fund
Roy Ridge Community Leadership Fund
Ruby Ellen Phillips Memorial Fund
Stamm-Koechlein Family Fund
Susan Isaacs Endowment Fund
Suzanne G. Quigg Memorial Fund
The Lafever Fund
Tom and Joy Holthouse – First Bank Community Fund
Unrestricted Fund for Wayne County
Vera Reynolds Unrestricted Fund
Wayne County Foundation Board Members’ Fund to Support Unrestricted Grant-making
West End Savings Bank Community Fund
William F. Adler Memorial Fund
William F. Adler, Jr. Trust
William H. Reller Memorial Fund
William R. and Mary E. Niersbach Unrestricted Fund
Field of Interest Funds
Donors choose an area of passion, and the fund will support organizations and programs making a difference in that specific field.
LIST OF FUNDS
Abram Phillips Trust
Agribusiness Fund
Bob York Memorial Fund
Carolyn and Roland Cutter Fund for Early Childhood Education
Charles and Maxine Matthews Arts Fund
Charles and Maxine Matthews Education Fund
Charles and Maxine Matthews Environmental and Animal Welfare Fund
Children’s Fund
Community Leadership Fund
Early Childhood Literacy Endowment Fund
Easter Seals Camp Assistance Fund
Easter Seals Community Fund
Fine Arts Endowment Fund
Florence Bultman Endowment Fund
Fred Gabbard Fund
Gertrude Luckhardt Ward Fund for Neighborhood Revitalization
Goodwell Family Memorial Fund
Harry A. and Marilyn Voyles Fund
J.B. and Frances Holthouse Family Fund
John and Geraldine Bullerdick Fund
Literacy Fund
Miriam D. and J. Rollf Wadman Memorial Fund No. 1
Miriam D. and J. Rollf Wadman Memorial Fund No. 2
Mothers Bank Fund
Peter J. and Jean T. Rossi Fund for Youth Services
Richmond Day Nursery Legacy Fund
Robert L. O’Maley and Gregg Martin O’Maley Memorial Fund
Roscoe and Rosa Haindel Foundation Trust
Senior Volunteer Services Fund
Supporting Youth in our Community Fund
Vic and Faye Jose Fund for Early Childhood Literacy
Wedding Fund for the Humane Treatment of Animals
West Side Cemetery Fund
William L. and Elvira J. Thomas Memorial Fund
Women with Purpose Endowment Fund
Wyatt Endowment Fund
Designated Funds
Funds designated to support a specific charitable organization. These funds provide long-term resources for the organizations that matter most to you.
LIST OF FUNDS
Albert C. and M. Loraine Gentry Fund
Altrusa Club of Richmond Fund to Benefit Girls, Inc.
Angela Brinker Endowment Fund
Anne Withers Memorial Fund
Barker Family Fund
Benjamin F. and Lanette E. Young Designated Endowment Fund Benefiting the Center for Leadership Development Inc.
Beverly A. Cox Fund to Support Levi Coffin House
Bonnie Nicholson Endowment for Education
Bowen Family Fund
Carl J. Martin Endowment Fund for West Grove Cemetery
Carolyn MacDowell, RN, Fund for Adult Day Care
Centerville-Abington Educational Endowment
Charles E. Kienzle-Kiwanis Endowment Fund
Chris and Nancy Helmsing Memorial Fund
Chris Benton Fund to Benefit Starr-Gennett Foundation
Clay and Opal Brooks Family Fund
Clifford J. and Martha J. Dickman Family Endowment Fund
David Sherick HELP the Animals Endowment Fund
Donald and Martha L. Hoffman Memorial Fund
Eileen M. Hunt Seton Scholarship Fund
Elmer J. and Esther T. (Meer) Schwegman Fund for Cambridge City Public Library
Elmer J. and Esther T. (Meer) Schwegman Fund for Golay Community Center
Elmer J. and Esther T. (Meer) Schwegman Fund for St. Elizabeth Catholic Church
Families for HoPE Endowment Fund
Father John Luerman – Circle U Help Center Fund
Father John Luerman Fund for Golay Community Center
Father John Luerman Fund for St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church
Father John Luerman Fund for Western Wayne County
Father John Luerman Fund for Western Wayne Dollars for Scholars
Father John Luerman Mother Teresa Charity Fund
Father John Luerman Tuition Assistance Fund
First Bank Richmond Private School Tuition Assistance Fund
Frank and Madeline Hensley Memorial Fund
Franklin and Barbara (Bavender) Schwegman Fund for the Brick Church Cemetery
Franklin and Barbara Schwegman Fund for Hagerstown Museum and Arts Place
Franklin and Barbara Schwegman Fund for Hagerstown-Jefferson Township Library
Franklin J. Schwegman and Judith A. Heavin-Schwegman Fund for Cambridge City Public Library Fund
Franklin J. Schwegman and Judith A. Heavin-Schwegman Fund for Golay Community Center
Franklin J. Schwegman and Judith A. Heavin-Schwegman Fund for St. Elizabeth Catholic Church
Friends of McBride Stadium
Fund for Civic Hall Performing Arts Center
- Howard and Helen L. Holthouse Memorial Fund
Gilbert Klose Endowment Fund
Grover and Dorothy Henthorn Fund for JACY House
Grover and Dorothy Henthorn Fund for the Boys and Girls Clubs
Charles and Joan Bartel Endowment Fund
Hazel Thornburg Emry Scholarship Fund
Henry and Ruth Macy Memorial Museum Fund
Henry J & Hedwig Seegers Luerman Family – Circle U Help Center Fund
Henry J. & Hedwig Seegers Luerman Mother Teresa Charity Fund
Henry J. and Hedwig Seegers Luerman Endowment Fund
Ira Carter Neighborhood Development Fund
Jack & Sandra Doyle Charitable Fund for Circle U Help Center
Jack & Sandra Doyle Charitable Fund for First Baptist Church
Jack & Sandra Doyle Charitable Fund for Gideons International
Jack & Sandra Doyle Charitable Fund for Southside Baptist Church
James D. and Penny C. Duke Fund for the Boys and Girls Club of Wayne County
James D. and Penny C. Duke Fund for the Richmond Art Museum
Jane Stephenson Empowering Girls Fund
Jane Stephenson Outdoor Education Fund
Jim Bower Fund for Stage One Youth Theatre
Joan Vigran Memorial Fund
Joe and Roma Meyer Family Fund for Ivy Tech
John C. and Gertrude P. Hubbard Catholic Education Fund
John F. Wohlhueter Award Fund
Jose Fund for Every Child Can Read
Joseph & Frances Holthouse and William & Elvira Thomas Memorial Fund
Karl and Marjorie Sharp Fund for Boys and Girls Clubs of Wayne County
Karl and Marjorie Sharp Fund for Gleaners Food Bank
Karl and Marjorie Sharp Fund for Richmond Civic Theatre
Karl and Marjorie Sharp Fund for Richmond Symphony Orchestra
Karl and Marjorie Sharp Fund for United Way of Whitewater Valley
Kuhlman Center Endowment Fund
Lamar Lundy Endowment Fund
Lowell and Gladys Brooks Athletic Opportunity Fund
Lowell and Gladys Brooks Christian Education Fund
Lura Carnes Wine Trust
Marinetta Bringle Fund for Richmond Civic Theatre
Marinetta Bringle Fund for Richmond Symphony Orchestra
Mary L. Schmid Fund for Cope Environmental Center
Mary L. Schmid Fund for Morrisson-Reeves Library
Mary L. Schmid Fund for Richmond Art Museum
Mary L. Schmid Fund for Richmond Civic Theatre
Mattie G. Jacobs Memorial Fund
Melissa Wilson Coffin and Anna Nicholson Coffin Memorial
Murray Theatre Endowment Fund
Nettle Creek Educational Endowment Fund
Northeastern Educational Endowment Fund
Pauline Druley Fund to Benefit the Wayne County Red Cross
Philip and Eleanor Starr Memorial Endowment
Powers Fund to Benefit HELP the Animals
Powers Fund to Benefit Optimist Little League
Randy Ecker Choral Program Fund
Red Devil Pride Athletic Boosters Fund
Refuge of Hope Endowment
Rev. John Luerman Western Wayne Senior Center Inc. Fund
Richmond Community Educational Endowment
Richmond Day Nursery Legacy Fund for Richmond Family YMCA
Richmond Parks and Recreation Department Bark Park Fund
Richmond Symphony Endowed Fund
Robert “Bob” Luerman, Carl Luerman, and Father John Luerman Fund for Seton Catholic Athletics
Robert A. Luerman and Carl H. Luerman Endowment Fund
Roberts’ Roost Maintenance Fund
Edgar Bond Family Fund
Seton High School Agency Fund
Seton High School Scholarship Fund
Siloam Clinic Endowment
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Endowment Fund
St. John Lutheran Church Fund for Hunger Relief
Starr Gennett Agency Fund
Starr-Gennett Sustainability Fund
Gloria J. and Richard L. McClaren Scholarship Fund for Seton High School
The Woman’s Club Speaker Fund
Thomas N. Coffin Memorial Fund
Tim Scales Endowed ACTION Fund
Tom and Mary Heyob Fund for Historic Landmarks Foundation
Tom and Mary Heyob Fund for Seton Elementary Schools
Tom and Mary Heyob Fund for St. Martha Catholic Church
Tom and Mary Heyob Fund for the Altrusa Club of Richmond
Tom and Mary Heyob Fund for the Golay Center
Tom and Mary Heyob Fund for the Wayne County Historical Museum
Tom and Mary Heyob Fund for Wayne County Foundation
Vikki Johnson Performance Arts Endowment Fund
Virginia Schussler Stieglitz Fund
Wayne County Farm Bureau AgrIInstitute Fund
Wayne County Historical Museum Egyptian Gallery Endowment Fund
Wayne County Learning Corporation Fund
Western Wayne Schools Educational Endowment Fund
Whitewater Gorge Park Project
Wickemeyer Family Endowment Fund
Will and Emma Rodefeld Family Fund
William and Clare Dexter Scholarship Fund
William R. and Mary E. Niersbach Boys Club Endowment Fund
William R. and Mary E. Niersbach Endowment Fund
Youth As Resources Endowment Fund
YWCA Endowment Fund of Wayne County, IN, Foundation, Inc.
Zelma Bozworth Memorial Fund
Zion’s Lutheran Church Of East Germantown, IN Fund
Donor Advised Funds
These funds allow donors to actively recommend grants to nonprofit organizations. Sometimes referred to as charitable checking accounts, they offer donors flexibility to make gifts throughout the year.
LIST OF FUNDS
Ahaus Tool Donor Advised Fund
Barry and Carolyn MacDowell Family Fund
Centerville Fire Building(s) Renovation Fund
Chad and Rebecca Gilliam Fund
Chris Benton Fund for Kiwanis
Chris Hardie and Kelly Burk Donor Advised Fund
Clarence and Julia Downs Family Fund
Connie and Roger Green Donor Advised Fund
Cooper M. Newton Fund
Crystal Genise Young and Benjamin F. Young Fund
David and Becky Harper Donor Advised Fund
David and Cheri Jetmore Donor Advised Fund
David and Peggy Rokosz Family Fund
Deer Family Fund
Dimick Eastman Family Fund
Doug and Ellen Bennett Donor Advised Fund
Doxpop Charitable Giving Fund
Dudas Advised Fund for the Arts
Faye Stewart Jose Family Fund
First Bank Community Fund
Fund for Tomorrow (ANONYMOUS)
General Donor Advised Fund
Girls Just Wanna Give Fund
Guthrie Family Donor Advised Fund
Harry Ray Post #65 American Legion Fund
Howard C. & Suzanne M. Deitsch Family Fund
Jeff and Lynda Jackson Donor Advised Fund
Jimmy Miller Fund
Joe and Roma Meyer Donor Advised Fund
King Family Donor Advised Fund
Kiwanis Club of Richmond-Harry Thomas Endowment Fund
Koechlein Family Fund
Lucid-Devine Family Fund
Memorial Fund
Nelson Forrest Families Fund
Paul and Pat Lingle Advisory Fund
Phil Quinn Donor Advised Fund
Radio Gives Back Fund
Randy and Pam Kirk Family Fund
Rick and Debby Ahaus Donor Advised Fund
Robert and Janet DaPrato Family Fund
Rodgers-Stewart Charitable Community Fund
Rohe Family Donor Advised Fund
Ron DeMao Foundation Fund
Rosar Donor Advised Fund
Rotary Club of Richmond, Inc. Endowment Fund
Second Chance Fund
Sheridan Family Fund
Steve and Andrea Mosey Charitable Fund
Stults Family Fund
Tim Scales BOSS CEO Legacy Fund
Van Der Burgt Charitable Giving Fund
Vigran Family Donor Advised Fund
Wayne Bank and Trust Co. Community Fund
Williamson Family Fund
Women’s Fund
Women’s Giving Circle Endowed Fund
Women’s Giving Circle Fund
Wooldridge Family Fund
Zelaya Family Fund
Scholarship Funds
Enhance access to higher education for Wayne County students. With a minimum fund balance of $50,000, gifts create opportunities for students seeking to continue their education after high school.
LIST OF FUNDS
AAUW-Hoffman Scholarship Fund
African-American Scholarship and Honors Award
Alicebelle Parry Scholarship Fund
Altrusa Club of Richmond, Indiana, Scholarship Fund
Ann L. Harmeier Memorial Scholarship Fund
Anne E. Sperling BSN Scholarship Fund
Anne E. Sperling MSN Scholarship Fund
Anne Elizabeth Sperling Memorial Scholarship
Antonio “Tony” Mitrione Memorial Fund
Betty J. Cecere Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
Bill and Barbara Bunger Scholarship Fund
Bonnie McClelland Sampsell Scholarship Fund
Caitlin Nichole Walter Memorial Scholarship
Centerville-Abington Dollars for Scholars
Charles P. and Sylvia D. Bane Memorial Scholarship-WCCF
Christina Maria Danielle Leitner Memorial Scholarship
Christopher H. Coffman Memorial Scholarship Fund
Clarence Brown Scholarship Fund
Culberson Family and Reid Health Scholarship Fund
Daniel Patrick Oberle Memorial Scholarship Fund
Delta Zeta chapter of Tri Kappa, Inc. Scholarship Fund
Donald A. McKinney Memorial Scholarship Fund
Dorotha Kitterman Packard Memorial Educational Fund
Dr. Tom H. and Annadell S. Ebbinghouse Scholarship for Nurses
Earl Baker Memorial Scholarship Fund
Easter Seals Scholarship Fund
Eastern Indiana Human Resource Association Scholarship
Ed Clemmer Memorial Scholarship Fund
Edna Johnston McNary Pickett Memorial Scholarship Fund
Edward J. Fath Memorial Fund
Edwin LeRoy Clopp Memorial Scholarship Fund
Eileen M. Hunt Nursing & Allied Health Scholarship Fund
Eli’s Purpose Memorial Scholarship
Elizabeth A. Jay Memorial Loan Fund-WCCF
Elizabeth Smelser Scholarship Fund
Ellen M. Lane Memorial Scholarship Fund
Elmer E. Toschlog Memorial Fund
Elsa Catey Nursing Scholarship Fund
Erika A. and George E. Brattain, Sr. Scholarship
Fern A. Lee Memorial Scholarship
Frances Mayhew Memorial Fund -WCCF
Frances Mayhew, R.N. Scholarship
Francis and Earla Gregg Endowment Trust Fund
Frank B. Adney, Jr. M.D. Scholarship for Nursing
Fred M. Nottingham Memorial Fund-WCCF
Frederick V. Wood and Mary L. Couch Wood Scholarship Fund
Frostie Gilley Memorial Scholarship Fund
Galen and June Miller Scholarship
George Romack Memorial Scholarship Fund
Glenn Veal Scholarship Trust
Greg and Rod Jarrett Donor Advised Scholarship Fund
Hagerstown Community Scholarship Program
Harold W. Ryan Memorial Scholarship Fund
Hazel Hardwick Wickersham Scholarship Fund
Helen Coble Business Education Scholarship
Helen Seaney Scholarship Fund
Henriette N. Pierson Scholarship Fund
Hilda Luerman Dickman Herold Scholarship for Catholic Education Fund
Hub and Zella Etchison-WCCF
Hubert and Grace Jones Scholarship
J.D. Radford Scholarship Fund
Jack Reed Memorial Scholarship Fund
James and Margaret Gibbons Memorial Fund-WCCF
James Joseph Scholarship Fund
Janet Wortman Scholarship Fund
Jason Chaney Memorial Scholarship
Jean Hilkert Scholarship Fund
Jeffrey Duncan Scholarship Fund
Jerry and Randa Mendenhall Scholarship Fund
Jim and Sharon Howell Scholarship Fund
Jo Anne Grigsby Memorial Scholarship Fund
John W. and Katherine L. Miller Endowment Fund – WCCF
Johnathan A. Lahmann Memorial Scholarship Fund
Jonathan Alan Scholarship Fund
Joseph P. Esposito Scholarship Fund
Joshua Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund
Justin B. Cross Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
Karl and Marjorie Sharp Scholarship Fund
Kevin Scott MacDowell Memorial Scholarship
Kimberly Long Scholarship Trust
Kirk-Little Post 1108 VFW Scholarship #1- Richmond
Kirk-Little Post 1108 VFW Scholarship #2- Centerville
Kirk-Little Post 1108 VFW Scholarship #3-Northeastern
Kirk-Little Post 1108 VFW Scholarship #4-Hagerstown
Kirk-Little Post 1108 VFW Scholarship #5-Cambridge City
Kirk-Little Post 1108 VFW Scholarship #6-Seton
Kris Lopresti Family Scholarship Fund
L.E. Gibbs Memorial Scholarship Fund
Lacy Memorial Scholarship Fund
Lilly Challenge Fund – WCCF
Lucid-Devine Family Scholarship Fund
Lucille Campbell Scholarship Fund
Luella M. Beatty Stott Scholarship Fund
- Glenn Cross Memorial Scholarship Fund
M.A.U.S. (Making All Uniquely Special) Scholarship Fund
Margaret Roushar Menning Memorial Scholarship Fund
Marian H. Niswander Business Scholarship
Mary E. Hill Memorial Fund
Mary E. Maurer, Hilda Dickman Herold and Martha Jane Dickman Scholarship
Mary Hatfield Jenkins Memorial Fund
Mary K. Paust Memorial Scholarship Fund
Megan Lyons Memorial Scholarship Fund
Melba Dawn Chiarenza Scholarship Fund
Moreta Ballinger Rinehart Scholarship Fund-WCCF
Myyon Barnes Memorial Scholarship Fund
Nancy Keelor Kelly Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Nixon Family Scholarship Fund
Norman and Josephine Chenoweth – Ira and Pauline Hollinger Scholarship Endowment
Officer Seara Burton and Brev Law Enforcement Scholarship by Reid Health Fund
Paul & Mary Kay Keiser Scholarship Fund
Paul J. and Bernice J. Lamberson Memorial Scholarship Fund
Paula Marie Davis-Kitts Memorial Scholarship
Perfect Circle Credit Union Scholarship
Ralph Burkhardt Scholarship Fund
Ray Willard Memorial Scholarship Fund
Raymond Leo House Scholarship Fund
Rebecca Lanter Memorial Scholarship Fund
Reid Hospital and Health Care Services Dependent Scholarship Fund
Reid Hospital and Health Care Services Graduate Student Scholarship Fund
Richard F. Smith Scholarship Fund
Richard Wedding and Patricia Wedding Scholarship Endowment Fund
Rob Mahoney Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
Robert E. and Margaret M. Herbst Scholarship Fund for Civic Leadership
Rodefeld Family Memorial Scholarship Fund
Ron and Bonnie McClain Family Fund
Rosa Family Scholarship Award Fund
Rose Hamilton Scholarship Fund
Ruby Fender Martin Memorial Scholarship Fund
Ruby Fender Martin Nursing Scholarship Fund
Ruth and Henry Macy Memorial Scholarship Fund
Ruth Hamilton Robbins Memorial Scholarship
Shepherd Family Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
Stephen C. Varnell Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
Stuart C. and Martha I. Shipman Scholarship
Tami Goss Memorial Donor Advised Scholarship Fund
Ted Braxton Creative Arts Scholarship Fund
Thad Tutterrow Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Whitewater School Scholarship Endowment
Vicki Puterbaugh Clinton Scholarship Fund
W. Barry Culy 4-H Memorial Scholarship Fund
Waneta Fulton Memorial Scholarship
Wayne County College Fund
William E. Upchurch Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
William J. Cramer Trust Fund
Interested in establishing a fund at the Wayne County Foundation?
Contact Rebecca Gilliam, WCF Executive Director
Phone: 765-962-1638