2011 Annual Report - Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley

t h e w i l l i A M s w A n s t o n
The William Swanston Charitable Fund became a supporting organization of the
Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley in October 2010. Supporting
organizations, by definition, are designated by the IRS as organizations that
support the grantmaking activities of community foundations. Most notably The
William Swanston Charitable Fund, previously limited to Mahoning County, was
granted permission by the court to include Trumbull County organizations in their
grantmaking. This better reflects the footprint of the Community Foundation of the
Mahoning Valley and The Raymond John Wean Foundation.
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“What happened
with The William
Swanston Charitable
Fund, the Community
Foundation of the
Mahoning Valley and The Raymond
John Wean Foundation is an example
of collaboration and merger at
their finest. The organizations and
individuals involved abandoned their
own self interests, modified their
cultures to allow group decisionmaking
and vigorously pursued an
agenda designed to bring positive
change for children and youth in
the Mahoning Valley. Specifically,
we are targeting children with
lagging academic performance.
We understand that there are often
root causes for this poor academic
performance and our efforts will focus
on an attempt to address some of the
underlying causes.”
— Paul Dutton,
Chairman of the Board,
William Swanston Charitable Fund
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