Funds for Good

Marietta Community Foundation manages over 350 funds that continuously help improve our community. The Foundation offers a wide variety of giving options to suit the desires of any local donor. Each fund is unique in its focus, but they all work toward the same goal… a greater Washington County. Click here to explore establishing your charitable fund with Marietta Community Foundation.

 

Established Funds by Type

As of December 2023

  • Friends of the Foundation Fund

    Robert E. Kirkbride Board of Governors Endowment Fund

  • For many nonprofit organizations, an Agency fund equals stability. Our pooled structure provides access to lower investment fees and our services are provided free of charge. We can accept even the most complex gifts and handle the acknowledgment process.

    4-H of Washington County Youth Fund

    Armory Square Fund

    Arthur & Paul Daniels' Fund

    Bauer Aquatic Center Fund

    Betsey Mills Club Legacy Fund

    Beverly/Waterford Community Swimming Pool Fund

    Beverly-Waterford Muskingum Valley Development and Revitalization Fund

    Broughton Wildlife and Education Area Fund

    Buell Park Perpetual Care Fund

    Building Bridges to Careers Fund

    Campus Martius Museum Project Fund

    Caring Connection Fund

    Children's Toy & Doll Museum Fund

    Civil War Roundtable of the Mid-Ohio Valley Fund

    Compassionate Animal Resources for the Elderly Fund

    Devola Multi-Use Trail Maintenance Fund

    Economic Roundtable of the Ohio Valley Trust

    Edward Parrish Chapter of Colonial Dames XVII Century Fund

    Elizabeth Sugden Broughton Community Building Fund

    Ely Chapman Education Foundation Fund

    Enrich Marietta Fund

    First Unitarian Universalist Development Association Fund- Ting

    First Unitarian Universalist Fund

    Friends of the Joseph Barker Jr. House Fund

    Friends of the Lower Muskingum River

    Friends of the Museums Endowment Fund

    Friends of the O'Neill Senior Center

    Friends of the Washington County Public Library

    Friends of WASCO Fund

    George & Katherine Hayward Fund for Caring Connection

    Gold Star Family Memorial Monument Park Maintenance Fund

    Gospel Mission Food Pantry Fund

    Greater Marietta Community Food Pantry Fund

    Habitat for Humanity of the Mid-Ohio Valley Fund

    Harmar Rowing Club Foundation

    Hervida 4-H Camp Endowment Fund

    Historic Harmar Bridge Company 'Save the Bridge' Fund

    HSOV APS Animal Assistance Fund

    Humane Society of the Ohio Valley Foundation

    Humane Society of the Ohio Valley Legacy Society Fund

    Humane Society of the Ohio Valley New Building and Renovations Fund

    James and Genevieve Schafer Testamentary Trust for the Benefit of the Humane Society of the Ohio Valley

    James-Fisher Park Fund

    Marietta Band Boosters Fund

    Marietta Elks #477 Charity Fund

    Marietta Family YMCA Endowment Fund

    Marietta Family YMCA Facilities Fund

    Marietta Franciscan Community Meals

    Marietta High School Alumni Foundation Fund

    Marietta High School Athletic Hall of Fame Fund

    Marietta Main Street Fund

    Marietta Natural History Society Fund

    Marietta Rowing & Cycling Club Fund

    Marietta Tiger Athletic Boosters Fund

    Mary "June" Shelene Memorial Fund (for the benefit of Consumer Credit Counseling of the Mid-Ohio Valley)

    Mid-Ohio Valley Players Fund

    MOV Gift of Life Fund

    National Society of Arts & Letters, Ohio River Valley Chapter

    Newport Community Food Pantry Fund

    Ohio Valley River Museum Fund

    O'Neill Senior Center Endowment Fund

    O'Neill Senior Center Fund

    Peoples Bank Theatre Fund

    Right Path for Washington County Foundation

    Riverfront Library Association Endowment Fund

    Riverfront Library Association Endowment Fund (2)

    Southeastern Ohio Port Authority Community Development Fund

    Southeastern Ohio Port Authority Fund

    Southeastern Ohio Port Authority Innovation Fund

    Start Westward Monument/East Muskingum Park Restoration Committee Fund

    Survivor's Assistance Loan Fund of Eve, Inc.

    The Castle Legacy Fund

    United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley Fund

    Veritas Classical Academy Foundation Fund

    Veritas Classical Academy Math & Science Department Fund

    Washington County 4-H Endowment Committee Fund

    Washington County Career Center K9 Fund

    Washington County Fairgrounds Playground Campaign Fund

    Washington County Harvest of Hope

    Washington County Historical Society Fund for the Benefit of Mound Cemetery

    Washington County Historical Society of Ohio

    Washington County Homeless Resource Center Fund

    Washington County Sheriff's Department K9 Fund

    Washington County Womans Home Fund

    Williamstown Strings Boosters Fund

  • A Designated Fund is an ideal choice when you want to support one or more of your favorite nonprofits in perpetuity. Once you designate a charity, we automatically issue the grant check each year. When you endow your designated fund, your giving will provide a lasting legacy to sustain the nonprofits you select. Should any of your designated nonprofits cease to exist or change its mission, the Community Foundation will ensure that the funds are redirected to a similar organization that meets your charitable intent.

    Agribusiness Planning Analysis Fund

    American Flags & Poles Charitable Fund

    Anonymous Charitable Lead Trust

    Arthur & Jeanne Edwards Charitable Fund

    Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption Building Maintenance Fund

    Bill Thompson Youth Birding Trust

    Carl L. Broughton Boathouse Endowment Fund

    Charles & Marian Kurner Charitable Fund

    Charlotte Sue Fischer Memorial Fund for Greater Marietta Community Food Pantry

    Child & Senior Food Insecurity Fund

    Cynthia Summers Fund for the Boys & Girls Club of Washington County

    David & Gisela Pfaff Family Charitable Fund

    Dyar Endowment Fund

    Eirik A. T. Blom Memorial Fund

    First Unitarian Universalist Society "Funding Our Values" Fund

    Fort Frye High School Academic Opportunity Fund

    Gertrude Bigelow Baker Memorial Fund

    Glen A. & Helen J. Imhoff Foundation Fund

    Humane Society of the Ohio Valley Capital Improvements and Maintenance Fund

    Humane Society of the Ohio Valley Medical Fund

    Jack Louis Iams Fund

    Jane H. Case Memorial Fund for the Betsey Mills Club

    Jane H. Case Memorial Fund for the Devola Volunteer Fire Department

    Jane H. Case Memorial Fund for the Marietta High School Crew teams

    Jean G. Graham Endowment Fund

    Ken & Mary Owen Charitable Remainder Unitrust

    Kroger Wetland Fund

    Louise E. Holmes Community Fund

    Marlene B. Somerville Memorial Fund for the Junior Players

    MCF Dominion Resources Food Pantry Fund

    Mid-Ohio Valley Dragon Boat Fund

    Mills Family Fund for Animal Welfare

    Murphy Kids & Critters Fund

    Nicholas Family Fund for the Benefit of the Colony Theatre, Humane Society of the Ohio Valley, the River Cities Symphony Orchestra, and the Washington County Harvest of Hope

    Paul & Evelyn King Fund for the Benefit of Fort Frye High School

    Reverend Linda Steelman Memorial Fund

    Richard P. Kremer Memorial Fund for the Benefit of St. Mary's Church

    Richard P. Kremer Memorial Fund for the Benefit of St. Mary's School Foundation

    Roy B. & Ellen E. Snediker Charitable Fund

    Sandra Lee Young and Sylvia Lee Young Enterprise Fund

    Skaters United of Marietta Fund

    Splash Fund

    Susan E. Boyer Fund for the Mid-Ohio Valley Players

    Telesis Alumni Fund

    The Fund for the Preservation of St. Jacob's Church

    Warren Local Schools Activities Fund

    Warren Local Schools Technology Fund

    Washington County Angel Tree Program Fund

    Washington County Public Library Foundation Fund

    Young Engineers & Scientists Foundation Fund

  • A Donor Advised Fund is an easy and cost-effective way to support your favorite nonprofits anywhere in the country, at any time you choose. Gifts to your fund qualify for an immediate tax deduction, regardless of when you decide to recommend grants. Community Foundation staff will confirm that your recommended charities meet IRS requirements and then issue grant checks to the organizations. The donor retains an advisory capacity in recommending grants from the fund which is individually named and identified with reference to the donor(s), or donor family members.

    A & E Charitable Fund

    Andrew Thompson Memorial Fund

    Anonymous Donor Advised Fund

    Artex Oil Company Charitable Fund

    Big John Wharff Athletic Fund

    Bill & Kathie Hollister Charitable Fund

    Binkley Charitable Fund

    Bob & Marilyn Schafer Family Fund

    Buell Family Donor Advised Fund

    Capitolium Literary Society Fund

    Charles Sulerzyski & Lisa Lindsay Charitable Fund

    Charlotte Sue Fischer Charitable Fund

    Chavez Family Charitable Fund

    Chip & Jan Pickering Family Charitable Fund

    Clare Lewis Kremer Charitable Fund

    Dave & Arlene Archer Family Charitable Fund

    David & Patricia B. Phillips Charitable Fund

    David & Suzanne Baker Charitable Fund

    David & Trina Cummings Advisory Fund

    Doing Good Today, Tomorrow, Together Fund

    Don & Betty Fleming Family Charitable Fund

    Don & Lois Bergen Davis Memorial Fund for Kids

    Dorothy A. Oyster Advised Memorial Fund

    Duckworth Family Farm Charitable Fund

    Dwight K. & Dorothy S. Hays Memorial Fund

    Erb Family Fund

    Fliehman Family Charitable Fund

    Frye Dental Group Charitable Fund

    George & Nancy Broughton Family Charitable Fund

    Greg Schilling Memorial Fund

    Halliday Family Charitable Fund

    Hancock Family Charitable Fund

    Harry & Mae Robinson Family Charitable Fund

    Heinrich Family Charitable Fund

    Helping Hands & Hearts Fund

    Holmes Family Charitable Fund

    Hoye-Antons Family Charitable Fund

    Iaderosa/Burneisen Family Charitable Fund

    Jane & Jim Watson Family Charitable Fund

    Jim Christy Fund for Kids

    Jim Stephens "Messing About in Boats" Fund

    Jo Harman Charitable Fund

    Joshua D. Beaver Memorial Fund

    Joy Ray Fund

    J's Charitable Resources Fund

    Kay Callihan Charitable Fund

    Kean Weaver Memorial Fund

    Kevin & Jill Witucky Family Fund

    Kiwanis Club of Marietta, Ohio Fund

    Love Family Foundation Fund

    Lowell Moose Lodge #2382 Fund

    Marietta Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation Fund

    Marietta Moose Lodge #1823 Charitable Fund

    Marietta Shrine Club Charitable Fund

    Marilyn Ortt Memorial Fund

    Mark Boston Memorial Fund

    Mary S. Broughton Charitable Fund

    Medley Family Charitable Fund

    Michael Kirkbride Memorial Fund

    Mildred E. & Louis B. Kalter Humanitarian River Trail Maintenance Fund

    Mills Family Charitable Fund

    Muskingum Valley Area Chamber of Commerce Fund

    Norman E. & Dorothy M. Haessly Charitable Fund

    Osborne Family Charitable Fund

    Parmer Family Charitable Fund

    RBK Welch Family Charitable Fund

    Roadcap Henry Memorial Fund

    Robert "Bob" Camden Memorial Fund

    Robert W. & Carol A. Chase Charitable Fund

    Roland & Margaret Fredericks Charitable Fund

    Ron & Brenda Padgitt Family Charitable Fund

    Ronnie W. Davis Memorial Post #5108 Bingo Fund

    Russell Chadwick American Legion Post 389 Fund

    Rutter Family Charitable Fund

    Schneeberger Family Charitable Fund

    Schwendeman Family Charitable Fund

    Settlers Bank Foundation Fund

    Sims Family Charitable Fund

    Sipe Family Charitable Fund

    Solvay Marietta Charitable Fund

    SOOGA Legacy Fund

    Stanton W. Brock Art Discovery Fund

    Tag & Dee Wetz Family Charitable Fund

    Teri Ann's Charitable Fund

    The Mt. Moriah 506 Order of the Eastern Star Fund

    Ting Family Charitable Fund

    Unroe Charitable Fund

    Vandenberg Family Charitable Fund

    Virginia K. Mayle & Peter Polites Family Charitable Fund

    Washington County Bar Association Fund

    Washington County Career Center Fund

    Wesley & Theresa Nida Charitable Fund

    William A. & Prudence A. Fields Charitable Fund

    William H. & Elsa E. Thompson Charitable Fund

    Williamstown Fund

    WMOA Foundation Fund

    Women's Giving Circle Fund

    Wright Family Charitable Fund

  • A Field of Interest Fund allows donors to specify an interest area, either broadly or narrowly defined. The Foundation can make grants within the donor's interest area. Funds can be endowed, or principal may also be available for grants depending on donor intent.

    Alaina Matthews Fund

    Arboretum at Sacra Via Park

    Bill Curran Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Fund

    Bom Family Memorial Fund

    Carol Schneeberger Employee Assistance Fund

    Chavez Run for Charity Fund

    Children's Music Programs of Washington County Fund

    Dr. Jon Tipton and Paula Tipton Takacs Memorial Fund

    East Muskingum Civic Association Fund for Devola

    Euna Brown Fund to Aid School Children

    Fordham Youth Activities Fund

    Friends of Felines Fund

    Hancock Rising Star Fund

    Holmes Family Community Fund

    Hugh Buzzard's Spread Your Wings Fund

    InfluencHer Leadership Summit Fund

    Jason R. Hollister Memorial Fund

    Jerry and Jennylou Brock Fund for the Homeless, Hungry, and Needy

    Joseph & Luada Wesel Family Foundation for Children of Washington County

    Leola Booth Fund

    Leroy & Carol Gutberlet Foundation Fund

    Louise Holmes Cancer Fund

    Marceline Mae Schneider Frontier High School STEM Education Fund

    Marietta in Bloom Fund

    Marietta Shrine Club Hale Trust Fund

    Marietta Trail Maintenance Fund

    Marilyn Meeks MHS Memorial Fund

    Martin Family Veterans Fund

    Michael Littler Fund for Kids

    Mid-Ohio Valley Dragon Boat's Felicia M. Buell Thrivers Program

    REsolve Child Development Fund

    Sarah Rebecca Warren Fund

    Team Bradley Fund

    The Leslie Frye LIVING WITH CANCER Memorial Fund

    The Tiger Fund

    Timothy J. Smith Foundation for the Awareness & Prevention of Suicide

    Tom & Sharon Fenton Memorial Fund

    Washington County Community Hardship & Disaster Relief Program

    Washington County Foster Families Foundation Fund

    Washington County Fund for Parks and Recreation

    Washington County Imagination Library Program

    Washington County Theater Arts Fund

    William E. McKinney Memorial Tree Fund

    WMOA Christmas Zoo Fund

    Women & Children's Hospital & Emergency Department Fund

  • A Scholarship Fund lets you help students realize their educational dreams, or you can support the schools and universities of your choice. You determine the criteria for the selection of scholarship recipients, and we administer the entire process of making the awards.

    Anderson-Stage Scholarship Award Fund

    Anna Laura Masters Memorial Scholarship Fund

    Army SPC Christian D. Ward Memorial Scholarship Fund

    Barbara King LeMaster Interior Design Scholarship Fund

    Bee You Scholarship Fund

    Bob & Dora Jean Bumgarner Scholarship Fund

    Burnet County Livestock Scholarship Fund

    Carol Christy Scholarship Fund

    Carpe Diem Athletic and Academic Scholarship Fund

    Charles D. Fogle, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund

    Charles 'Wally' McAuley Memorial Scholarship

    Clyde Mayle Scholarship Fund

    Coach Hank Morus Athletic Scholarship Fund

    Conlan Opportunity Awards Scholarship Fund

    Connect To Success General Scholarship Fund

    Cutler Community Scholarship Fund

    David C. Barrett Sr. Memorial Scholarship Fund

    Dr. David R. Casto Memorial "Welcome Home" Fund

    Dr. Krupadev Family Scholarship Fund

    Dr. Richard Hille Scholarship Fund for Medical Students

    Edward Parrish Chapter Colonial Dames XVII Century Scholarship Fund

    Edwin "Jack" Haas Memorial Scholarship Fund

    Edwin V. Pugh Memorial Scholarship Trust

    Elks #477 Charity Scholarship Fund

    Faustena "Frosty" Haas Health Care Scholarship Fund

    Felicia Buell Year Abroad Scholarship Fund

    Frank & Grace Proctor Scholarship Fund

    Frontier High School FFA Scholarship Fund

    Garrett Scott Memorial Scholarship Fund

    Greg Schilling Memorial Scholarship Fund

    Harold & Diane Tuten Memorial Scholarship Fund

    Howard & Molly (Mary Alice) Varner Scholarship Fund

    J. William Morris Memorial Scholarship Fund

    Jack Clark Memorial Scholarship Fund

    James S. & Brenda A. Measell Scholarship Fund

    Janet S. & David T. Becker Scholarship Fund for Washington County Public Library Employees

    Jim Roberts Marietta Soccer League Scholarship Fund

    Jolene Craig Journalism Scholarship Fund

    Kevin O'Brien Kelly Memorial Scholarship Fund

    Lisa Marie Wesel Memorial Scholarship Fund

    Loynachan Scholarship Fund- Boys Sports Program

    Loynachan Scholarship Fund- Girls Sports Program

    Loynachan Scholarship Fund- Music Program

    Magnum Manufacturing Scholarship Fund

    Marie Adamson Senior Scholastic Award Fund

    Marietta Noon Lions Club Fund

    Mark C. Studenic Memorial Scholarship Fund

    McKinney Memorial Scholarship Fund

    Melissa Ann Weckbacher Memorial Scholarship Fund

    Mt. Moriah 506 Order of the Eastern Star Scholarship for Academic Excellence

    Myra P. Berg Scholarship Fund

    Nancy A. Miller Memorial Scholarship

    Ohio Society for Respiratory Care

    Penelope 'Penny' J. Passavant Academic Scholarship Fund

    Peoples Employee Scholarship Fund

    Pete & Laura Pannier Scouting Scholarship Fund

    Reverend Msgr Edward J. Kakascik Scholarship Fund

    Stanton W. Brock Art Discovery Scholarship Fund

    Terry Huck Memorial Scholarship Fund

    Thomas C. Vadakin Memorial Scholarship Fund

    Trae DeVolld Memorial Scholarship Fund

    Walter J. & Marjorie G. McCarthy Child Care Enrichment & Scholarship Fund

    Warren E. Offenberger Scholarship Fund

    WLEA: Roberts/Flynn Memorial Scholarship Fund for Young Educators

  • An Unrestricted Fund is an ideal choice when you want to give where the need is the greatest at any point in time. Grants from these funds help communities and residents throughout Washington County overcome obstacles, seize opportunities, and thrive. You can establish and name an endowed unrestricted fund during your lifetime or create one through an estate plan. The Community Foundation has complete discretion in grant-making.

    Alma Lou Moore Memorial Fund

    Arthur & Betty Buell Family Charitable Fund

    Barb & Jack Moberg Charitable Fund

    Betty Markell Hallock Memorial Fund

    Bret & Cari Bicoy Family Fund

    Broughton-Sugden Memorial Fund

    Charles Hobbs Rhodes & Beulah Lee Rhodes Memorial Fund

    Community Impact Fund

    • Community Impact Fund - Arts & Culture

    • Community Impact Fund - Community & Economic Development

    • Community Impact Fund - Education & Youth Development

    • Community Impact Fund - Health & Human Services

    • Community Impact Fund - Natural Resources

    • Community Impact Fund - Sports & Recreation

    • Simple Solutions

    Dale and Jean Leeper Charitable Fund

    Dutch & O'Brien's Act of Kindness Fund

    Florence Buchanan and John Hall McCoy, Harriett Switzer and Edward Jennings Mildren Fund

    Frank and Virginia "Ginny" Amrine Memorial Fund

    Glen "Pete" and Jean Thorne Memorial Fund

    Harold & Janet Cranston Charitable Fund

    Ida P. Zimmer Memorial Fund

    J. Francis and Lillian Strecker Smith Fund

    Juhola Family Charitable Fund

    Karl D. & Anna Schultheis Marsch Fund

    Norman J. Murray Family Charitable Fund

    Operating Fund

    R. Neil and Doris Christy Community Fund

    Tony Popp Memorial Fund

    Virginia K. Mayle & Peter Polites Family Charitable Fund- Unrestricted

    Walter E. Patton Memorial Fund

    Williams Family Charitable Fund


Even if you’re not the fundholder, You can Contribute to an Existing Fund

By pooling your charitable donations with other like-minded people, you can make a more significant impact. We can help guide you in selecting an existing fund that matches your philanthropic passions and goals, or you can find a fund that speaks to you utilizing the list of current funds above.

If you’d prefer for your generosity to help address our community’s greatest challenges without restrictions, a gift to the Community Impact Fund is your very best option. Gifts to the Community Impact Fund enable our competitive grantmaking process. Through our two annual grant cycles, we're able to offer funding to the local nonprofits best equipped to tackle pressing needs in our community.

You can also support the Foundation's operations with a gift to the Friends of the Foundation Fund, an operating endowment fund for the Marietta Community Foundation.