An Administrative Fund provides essential support for the Foundation’s operations, ensuring that we can continue to serve the community effectively. By contributing to this fund, donors help cover the costs of maintaining our infrastructure and services. This allows us to keep our focus on impactful initiatives while keeping fees minimal.

Join the growing list of fundholders who are making a difference:

• Charles S. Lowe & Lynn McMains Ellis Lowe Fund '

• 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.

Join the growing list of fundholders who are making a difference:

• 4-H of Washington County Youth Fund

• Armory Square Fund

• Arthur & Paul Daniels' Fund

• Bauer Aquatic Center Fund

• Belpre Area Ministries Fund

• Betsey Mills Club Legacy Fund

• Beverly/Waterford Community Swimming Pool Fund

• Beverly-Waterford Muskingum Valley Development & Revitalization Fund

• Broughton Wildlife & 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 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 Fund

• Friends of the Washington County

• Public Library Friends of WASCO Fund

• Garrett Scott Memorial Teen Center & Music Program Fund

• George & Katherine Hayward Fund for Caring Connection

• Gold Star Family Memorial Monument Park Maintenance 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 & Renovations Fund

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

• 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

• 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 Center Capital Fund

• O'Neill Senior Center Endowment Fund

• O'Neill Senior Center Fund

• Peoples Bank Theatre Fund

• Reynolds Trust for the Benefit of the Newport Methodist Church

• Right Path for Washington County Foundation

• Riverfront Library Association Endowment Fund

• SeOPA 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 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 Overnight Shelter Fund

• Washington County Sheriff's Department K9 Fund

• Washington County Sheriff's Office Mounted Patrol Fund

• Washington County Special Olympics Fund

• Washington County Womans Home Fund

• Williamstown Strings Boosters Fund

A Designated Fund is an ideal choice when you want to support one of more of your favorite nonprofits in perpetuity. Once you designate a charity, we automatically issue the grant check each year. When you establish 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 Foundation will ensure that the funds are redirected to a similar organization that meets your charitable intent.

Join the growing list of fundholders who are making a difference:

• 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

• Byers Family Charitable Fund

• 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

• Friends of Washington County Livestock Sales

• Gertrude Bigelow Baker Memorial Fund

• Glen A. & Helen J. Imhoff Foundation Fund

• Humane Society of the Ohio Valley Capital Improvements & Maintenance Fund

• Humane Society of the Ohio Valley Medical Fund

• Jack Louis Iams Fund

• Jane Barnes Charitable 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

• John & Karen Matthews Family Designated Fund

• Ken & Mary Owen Charitable Remainder Unitrust

• Kroger Wetland Fund Leatham Family Charitable Fund

• Louise E. Holmes Community Fund

• Marlene B. Somerville Memorial Fund for the Junior Players

• MCF Dominion Resources Food Pantry Fund

• Michael Kirkbride Memorial Fund

• Mid-Ohio Valley Dragon Boat Fund

• Mills Family Fund for Animal Welfare

• 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 & Sylvia Lee Young Enterprise Fund

• Sandra Lee Young & Sylvia Lee Young Enterprise Fund (2)

• Skaters United of Marietta Fund Splash Fund

• Splash Maintenance Fund

• Stephan Trust Fund for the Peoples Bank Theatre

• Stephen R. Hill Memorial Fund

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

• 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

Donor Advised Funds are 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. The 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.

Join the growing list of fundholders who are making a difference:

• 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

• Brooks & Ruth McClintock Charitable Fund

• Brunton Family Charitable 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

• Curtis & Marilyn Dehmlow Memorial 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

• Fliehman Family Charitable Fund

• Frye Dental Group Charitable Fund

• Futrell Family Charitable Fund

• George & Nancy Broughton Family Charitable Fund

• Great Race of Marietta Motorsport Promotion 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

• 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 Charitable Giving 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

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

• Mills Family Charitable Fund

• Murphy Kids & Critters 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

• Richard B. Hanf Community Improvement Fund

• Roadcap Henry Memorial Fund

• Robert "Bob" Camden Memorial Fund

• Robert W. & Carol A. Chase 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

• SOOGA Legacy Fund

• Stanton W. Brock Art Discovery Fund

• Syensqo Marietta Charitable Fund

• Tag & Dee Wetz Family Charitable Fund

• Teri Ann's Charitable Fund

• Terry & Trina Rataiczak Foundation

• 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

• 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 has discretion to make grants within the donor's interest area. Funds can be established to preserve the principal over time, or the principal may also be available for grants depending on the donor’s intent.

Join the growing list of fundholders who are making a difference:

• Alaina Matthews Fund

• Arboretum at Sacra Via Park

• Bill Curran Alcohol & 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 & Paula Tipton Takacs Memorial Fund

• East Muskingum Civic Association Fund for Devola

• Euna Brown Fund to Aid School Children

• Farm to Table Fund

• Friends of Felines Fund

• Friends of Fort Harmar, Inc.

• 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 & 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 Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation Fund

• Marietta in Bloom Fund

• Marietta Shrine Club Hale Trust Fund

• Marietta Trail Maintenance Fund

• Marietta Youth Literacy Fund

• Marilyn Meeks MHS Memorial Fund

• Martin Family Veterans Fund

• Max Cogswell "i-dot" Instrument 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

• Washington County Community Hardship & Disaster Relief Program

• Washington County Foster Families Foundation Fund

• Washington County Fund for Parks & Recreation

• Washington County Imagination Library Program ‘

• Washington County Theater Arts Fund

• William E. McKinney Memorial Tree Fund

• William J. Fischer Fund for the benefit of MHS Wall of Sound

• 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 selection of scholarship recipients, and we administer the entire process of making the awards. 

Join the growing list of fundholders who are making a difference:

• 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

• Beardsley Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Bee You Scholarship Fund

• Bob & Dora Jean Bumgarner Scholarship Fund

• Brenda Charlene Reed DeGori Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Burnet County Livestock Scholarship Fund

• Carol Christy Scholarship Fund

• Carpe Diem Athletic & Academic Scholarship Fund

• Charles D. Fogle, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Charles 'Wally' McAuley Memorial Scholarship

• Chuck Sulerzyski Scholars Fund

• 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

• Evans Family 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

• Herman Francis & Mary Rita Offenberger Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Howard & Molly (Mary Alice) Varner 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

• J. William Morris Memorial 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

• 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 unrestricted fund during your lifetime or create one through an estate plan. The Foundation has complete discretion in grant making.

Join the growing list of fundholders who are making a difference:

• 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

• Dale & Jean Leeper Charitable Fund

• Dutch & O'Brien's Act of Kindness Fund

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

• Frank & Virginia "Ginny" Amrine Memorial Fund

• Glen "Pete" & Jean Thorne Memorial Fund

• Harold & Janet Cranston Charitable Fund

• Ida P. Zimmer Memorial Fund

• J. Francis & Lillian Strecker Smith Fund

• Juhola Family Charitable Fund

• Karl D. & Anna Schultheis Marsch Fund

• Kean Weaver Memorial Fund

• Norman J. Murray Family Charitable Fund

• R. Neil & Doris Christy Community Fund

• Roland & Margaret Fredericks Charitable Fund

• Tony Popp Memorial Fund

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

• Walter E. Patton Memorial Fund

• Williams Family Charitable Fund

Starter funds offer a special opportunity for donors to embark on their philanthropic journey with a donor-advised fund, even if they are not yet ready to meet the standard $2,500 minimum balance. This option is designed to make philanthropy accessible and flexible for individuals and families who wish to gradually build their Fund over time. Click here to read a sample agreement.

Key Features of Starter Funds:

• Flexible Fund Establishment: Begin your philanthropic journey with a minimum contribution of $1,000 or $500 with monthly payments, committing to reaching the $2,500 minimum balance within 36 months.

• Incremental Contributions: Embrace a gradual approach with contributions at least once every 12 months, including the option for monthly installments.

• Seamless Activation: Once the minimum balance is achieved, the Starter Fund is eligible for grant disbursement.

• Closure with Grace: Should the minimum balance not be reached within 36 months, the existing balance transfers to the Friends of the Foundation Fund, with no further obligation for donors.