Vigran Family Foundation
Lifelong Richmond resident Stanley Vigran considered forming a private foundation as a way to support causes that were important to him and his family. As a former Wayne County Foundation board member, however, he understood there was a way to use the Foundation to achieve his goals with fewer complications.
By creating a supporting organization, called the Vigran Family Foundation, he and his family retained many of the benefits of a private foundation while leveraging many other benefits. In addition to a $1 million establishing gift in 2001, a very generous bequest came to the Vigran Family Foundation on Stan’s passing in 2004.
Today, the Vigran Family Foundation supports the charitable purposes of the Wayne County Foundation, and especially those advancing theater and the arts, higher education, healthcare, and Jewish causes.
Grants made through the Vigran Family Foundation in 2017
Achieva Resources
Adult Day Care of Richmond
Amigos Richmond Latino Center
Beth Boruk Temple
Birth to Five
Boys & Girls Club of Wayne County
Centerstone
Circle U
Communities in Schools Wayne County
Community Food Pantry
Earlham College – Jewish Studies Program
Gatway Vineyard Food Pantry
Girls, Inc. of Wayne County
Goldman Union Camp
Hillel at Miami University
Hillel at Tufts University
Hillel at The University of Rochester
Indiana Historical Society
Indiana Historical Society (History Day)
Indiana Jewish Historical Society
Indiana University Center for Civic Literacy
Indiana University East (Scholarships)
Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation Building Plan
International School of Indiana
Jacy House
Joseph Maley Foundation
Kindervelt #35 (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Auxillary)
K-Ready (Richmond)
Miami University (Vigran Social Entreprenuership Fund)
Most Valuable Kids (Cincinnati)
Planned Parenthood
Reid Hospital Foundation
Richmond Civic Theater
Richmond Day Nursery
Richmond Parks
Richmond Shakespeare Festival
Rockdale Temple Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund (Ethan Kadish)
Second Helpings Job Training and Food Rescue
Special Olympics of Wayne County
Stage One Youth Theater
The Third Grade Academy
United Way of Wayne County
Wayne County Cardinal Greenways
Wayne County Foundation
Wayne County Literacy Coalition
Wernle Home
Whitewater Valley Pro Bono Commission
Youth As Resources (YAR)
YWCA Genesis Project