ORGANIZATION ENDOWMENTS

 

American Red Cross Fund 

Jeanne S. Barnes Fund for Humane Society of Erie County 

Boy Scouts Fund 

Boys & Girls Club of Erie County Fund  

Cancer Services of Erie County Fund  

Care & Share Fund  

Community Youth Mentoring Fund  

Edison Birthplace Museum Fund  

Edison Education Fund  

Edison Memorial United Methodist Church Fund 

Erie County Historical Society Fund   

Erie MetroParks Fund  

Carl & Helen Evans Music Fund for Huron Presbyterian Church 

Anita Gundlach Feick Family Fund for First Presbyterian Church  

First Presbyterian Church (Huron) Behnken Fund 

First Presbyterian Church (Huron) Gillette Fund 

First Presbyterian Church (Huron) Holzapfel Fund 

Firelands Audubon Society Fund  

Firelands Habitat for Humanity Fund 

Firelands Montessori Academy Fund 

Firelands Positive People Fund 

Firelands Regional Medical Center Compassion Fund  

Firelands Symphony Orchestra Fund 

Firelands Symphony Orchestra School of Music Fund 

Friends of Old Woman Creek Association Fund  

Goodwill Industries Fund 

Grace Episcopal Church Fund 

Harlequins Community Theater Fund 

Humane Society of Erie County Fund  

Huron Athletic Boosters Fund  

Huron City Schools TIGER Fund 

Huron Education Foundation Fund  

Dr. & Mrs. Kyung H. Kim Memorial Scholarship for FRMC School of Nursing 

KinShip Fund  

Eugene & Marilyn Koby Sandusky Central Catholic Fund  

Leadership Erie County Fund  

Dee Leibersberger Presidents Fund  

Main Street Vermilion Endowment Fund 

Margaretta Education Fund  

James H. McBride Arboretum Fund  

Merry Go Round Museum Fund 

Connie & Kurt Muehlhauser Fund for Christ Episcopal Church 

Milan Historical Museum Fund 

OHgo Fund 

OSU Ohio Sea Grant & Stone Lab Fund  

Oxford Township Fund 

Perkins Education Fund  

Perkins Scholarship Fund 

Pheiffer Family Fund for St. Stephen United Church of Christ 

Ritter Public Library Foundation Fund 

Mona Rutger Wildlife Fund 

Safe Harbour Domestic Violence Shelter Fund 

Sandusky Bay Kiwanis Community Services Fund 

Sandusky Blue Streak Teacher Grant Fund 

Sandusky Central Catholic Education Fund 

Sandusky City Schools Fund 

Pahl Family Fund for Sandusky Education Foundation 

Sandusky Education Foundation Fund 

Sandusky Cultural Center Fund 

Sandusky Education Fund 

Sandusky Horticulture Fund 

Sandusky Library & Follett House Museum Foundation Fund 

Sandusky Maritime Museum Fund  

Sandusky Rotary Club Charitable Fund 

Sandusky State Theatre Fund 

Schlessman Family Legacy Fund 

Herbert C. & Margaret M. Schriner Memorial Fund for Cancer Services of Erie County 

Second Harvest Food Bank Fund 

Serving our Seniors Fund for the Future 

Stein Hospice Fund 

St. Mary School Education Fund (Vermilion) 

St. Peter School Education Fund (Huron)  

James & Arlene Stockham Fund for Firelands Symphony Orchestra 

United Way of Erie County Fund  

Vermilion Education Fund 

Vermilion History Museum Fund 

Volunteers of America Fund 

Don and Maurine Warner Fund for Stein Hospice 

Thomas Williams Fund for Erie MetroParks 

Zion Lutheran Church of Huron/General Operations Fund 

Zion Lutheran Church of Huron/Office-Equipment Fund 

Zion Lutheran Church of Huron/Music & Worship Fund 

 

SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS

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Carmen M. Appleby Memorial Scholarship 

Samuel R. & Anna M. Barone Scholarship 

Shawn Brennan Memorial Scholarship 

Buckeye Broadband Student of the Year Fund 

Cedar Fair RAAM Scholarship 

Cedar Fair Associates Scholarship 

Carver Family Scholarship 

College Women's Club of Sandusky Scholarship 

John & Clara Corogin Scholarship 

Harry DeLapp Scholarship 

Eastern Star, Madeleine Chapter 204 Scholarship 

Edward L. Feick Vocational Scholarship 

Mary L. Fenker Scholarship 

Floyd Family Scholarship 

Donal F. & Marcia L. Goff Scholarship 

Daniel E. & Marjorie A. Hartung Scholarship 

Dave and Lori Hermes Memorial Scholarship 

Bob Hower Memorial Scholarship 

Thomas & Dorothy Jackson Dare to Dream Scholarship 

Jewett Architectural Scholarship 

Dr. Craig T. Johnson Memorial Scholarship 

Douglas E. Kidwell Memorial Athletic Scholarship 

King & White Families Ensuring Excellence Scholarship 

Paul, Jeanne, & Sally Maschari Family Scholarship 

Ewalt & Jocelyn Maurushat Engineering Scholarship 

Ewalt & Jocelyn Maurushat General Scholarship 

Mildred P. McCrystal Memorial Scholarship 

Peter P. & Lorraine A. Mellio Scholarship 

Camile Myers Scholarship 

Ohio Athletic Committee Scholarship 

Ruth F. Parker Scholarship 

PEO, Chapter BE Scholarship 

Helen B. & Elam P. Sabroske Educational Fund 

Sand Hill Community Church Scholarship 

Sandusky Bay Kiwanis Community Services Scholarship 

Sandusky-Firelands Alzheimer’s Scholarship 

Sandusky High School Alumni Association Scholarship 

Saunders & Foss Memorial Scholarship  

Alan R. Schlessman Scholarship 

Clarence W. Seavers Citizenship Scholarship 

Ralph B. & Helen C. Seitz Memorial Scholarship  

Constance L. Smith Education Scholarship 

Speers Family Scholarship  

Edward Paul Toll Scholarship  

Kenneth R. & Rhonda Hill-Watt Scholarship 

David & Bertha D. Wiggins Scholarship 

 

CHARITABLE IMPACT (DONOR ADVISED) FUNDS

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Anstandig Charitable Fund 

Barman Charville Fund 

Laurence A. & Karen E. Bettcher Foundation Fund 

Nancy & Kenneth Bliss Fund 

Joseph T. “Jep” Bloor Memorial Fund 

Raymond & Lois Brickley Memorial Fund 

CP Memorabilia Fund 

Care and Share of Erie County Non-Endowed Fund 

Collingwood Family Fund 

Deering Family Fund in Memory of Kara A. Deering 

Randolph J. & Estelle M. Dorn Foundation Special Fund 

Jennifer T. Findley Fund 

Larry and Jamie Fletcher Community Service Fund 

David & Sandra Foster Fund 

Dawson & Julie Foster Family Fund 

George & Mary Foster Family Fund 

Richard E. Gunder Fund 

Marie Hildebrandt Horticulture Fund 

Hunsicker Family Fund  

Huron Education Foundation Non-Endowed Fund 

Jewett Family Foundation Fund 

Kasper Auto Group Fund 

Daniel R. & Laura C. Keller Family Fund 

Dr. Kyung H. Kim Family Legacy Fund 

Richard L. & Judith A. Kinzel Fund 

Kiwanis Club Erie County Imagination Library Fund 

Anita E. Klepper Fund  

Louis & Ida Koch Legacy Fund  

JoAnn Sandra Weiland Lang Memorial Fund 

Donald & Michael Lenhart Fund 

Kris P. & Johnnie F. Leonhardt Charitable Fund 

Carl & Ann McGookey Family Fund 

James O. & Martha M. Miller Fund 

Moffitt Family Legacy Fund 

Jim & Shirley Murray Fund 

North Coast Young Professionals Fund 

Pay It Forward Fund in memory of Melvyn J. Stauffer 

Payne, Nickles & Company Fund 

Chuck & Carolyn Rainger Fund 

David L. & Paula J. Rengel Legacy Fund 

Ritter Public Library Foundation Non-Endowed Fund 

John E. Rosino Memorial Fund 

Michael Sandersen Memorial Fund 

Sandusky Education Foundation Non-Endowed Fund 

Sandusky Library & Follett House Museum Foundation Non-Endowed Fund 

Mark Freeland Smith Family Fund 

David E. & Linda S. Speer Family Fund 

Jack B. & Lelia Springer Fund 

The Legacy Fund of St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church 

Melvyn J. & Mary P. Stauffer Fund 

George E. & Jamie R. Steinemann Fund in memory of Ruth F. Parker & George L. Mylander 

Vermilion Circle of Giving Fund 

Voltz-Cumston Family Fund 

Wagner Family Charitable Fund 

Ken & Rhonda Watt Fund 

Sparky R. & Catherine A. Weilnau Family Fund 

Wensink Family Fund 

Wightman-Wieber Foundation Donor Advised Fund 

 

FIELD OF INTEREST FUNDS

 

Access to Recreation Fund - This Fund is intended to support projects that provide access to recreational opportunities and facilities for people of all abilities in Erie County, Ohio. 

 

Buckeye Broadband Fund - This Fund is intended to purchase health care equipment by health care providers qualifying as public charities under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3).   

 

Children’s Health Fund - This Fund is intended to provide children who might not otherwise receive the same, medical services, educational rehabilitation and emotional support and such awards for such purposes shall be made to such providers of such services as may be approved by the Foundation.   

 

Joseph P. & Jeanette R. Henry Fund - This Fund is intended to benefit the residents of the Village of Milan and/or Milan Township. 

 

Huron Playhouse Fund for the Arts - This Fund is intended to carry on the Huron Playhouse’s legacy of creative performing arts in Erie County and the surrounding area with a preference for supporting theatrical projects.  

 

Lake Erie Environmental Education Fund - This Fund is intended to support projects such as environmental workshops for students, field trips to The Ohio State University’s Stone Lab on Put-In-Bay, or education programs dealing with local environmental issues. 

 

Sandusky YMCA Legacy Fund - This Fund is intended exclusively to foster active recreation within the Erie County community, and for the support, development, and implementation of scalable and sustainable projects and programs that are in keeping with YMCA values and historical priorities. It is imperative that funded initiatives not only encourage community recreation but also demonstrate a commitment to long-term sustainability, ensuring continued impact and benefit to the community through time. 

 

Volunteer Center of Erie County Fund - This Fund is intended to support the annual Lavender Award recognizing high-level service, leadership, and volunteerism by an organization. Mary Ann Lavender was a staunch advocate of volunteerism in Erie County, was a founding member and first Executive Director of the Volunteer Center of Erie County. 

                                                              

FUND FOR ERIE COUNTY

(Unrestricted funds that support Community Grants)

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Asher Family Fund  

Phyllis M. Asher Fund  

John L. & Suzanne O. Bacon Memorial Fund 

Barnes Family Fund 

Harold & Priscilla Behnken Fund 

Robert Bellamy Family Fund 

Bettcher Industries Fund 

Jane Catherine Bettcher Memorial Fund 

Cedar Point Fund 

Civista Bank Fund 

Joan R. Coulter Fund 

Randolph J. & Estelle M. Dorn Foundation Fund 

William & Kay Duff Fund 

Clarence and Janet Everhart Memorial Fund 

FirstEnergy Fund 

Albert J. & Marylin Fresch Fund 

Fresch Electric Company Fund 

Sidney Frohman Foundation Fund 

Don & Marcia Goff Family Fund 

Charles W. Gundlach Family Fund 

Roberta A. Hankamer Fund 

William N. & Helen M. Hansen Memorial Fund 

Elizabeth J. Helm Memorial Fund 

J. Robert Hoffman Fund 

Young & Jae Hong Family Fund 

Anne & Robert Johnstone Family Fund 

Kasper Family Fund 

KeyBank Foundation Fund 

Anita E. Klepper Memorial Fund 

Dr. Robert Kromer Memorial Fund 

Larry & Carole Kuns Family Fund 

Arthur E. & Corrine N. Lange Fund 

Frank & Jan Leake Fund 

Lear Charitable Giving Fund 

Betty L. Miller Fund 

George Jr. & Kathryn Muehlhauser Memorial Fund 

Marilyn L. Muth Fund 

George L. Mylander Fund 

Orioles Club of Sandusky Fund 

PNC Bank Fund 

Ruth F. Parker Memorial Fund 

William J. & Ruth F. Parker Fund  

Charles & Margaret Pickett Fund 

John R. & Miriam Py Fund 

Rainger Family Fund 

John & Hyacinth B. Rheinegger Memorial Fund 

Ritter-Meckstroth Fund 

Helen F. Roberts Fund  

Sandusky International Foundation Fund 

William & Dorothy Marye Seiler Fund 

Patrecia Sizemore Memorial Fund  

Lelia B. Springer Fund 

Sam S. & Rose Stein Fund 

Virginia Fuller Steinemann Memorial Fund 

Sam & Janet Stipp Fund 

Eleanor L. Till Fund 

Don & Maurine Warner Fund  

Raymond N. & Mary Watts Fund 

Dorothy H. Weis Fund 

Leland J. & Geraldine M. Welty Fund  

Wightman-Wieber Charitable Foundation Fund 

Louis F. & Jane A. Zigmond Fund 

Patricia Zimmerman Fund