Neighborhood Success Youngstown Grant Making Committee

Youngstown Grant Making Committee

Neighborhood SUCCESS is guided by a Grant Making Committee made up of residents, who broadly represent the diversity of cultures and ideas expressed in the community at large.  Members are provided the opportunity to further develop their leadership skills, interact with fellow residents and strengthen communities through their work. Collectively, the group will review all submitted grant applications and make final funding decisions.

Committee Responsibilities:

1. Represent The Raymond John Wean Foundation and the Neighborhood SUCCESS Grants Program in a positive manner
2. Participate in orientation, training sessions and meetings as scheduled
3. Read and rate applications
4. Work within a group to make decisions

Youngstown Grant Making Committee members are:

Patricia Dougan Read Patricia Dougan's Biography		Dougan said she believes that The Raymond John Wean Foundation's Neighborhood Success Grants are important because they help people learn to organize power and money to bring action. "The impact is large, very large," she said.
June Ewing
Paul Hagman Read Paul Hagman's Biography		"Serving on the very diverse SUCCESS Grants Committee has allowed me to meet peers from all over the Valley that I would otherwise not have gotten to meet. Some of these peers serve on the Committee with me, and others are emerging as the leaders of some of the many grassroots groups to which we give assistance," Hagman said.
Marcia Haire-Ellis Read Marcia Haire-Ellis' Biography		“I love to volunteer and it warms my heart to see all of the wonderful programs that the citizens of our community are creatively implementing.  In this small way, I hope to help facilitate the good work individuals and groups have created,” Haire-Ellis said.
Gregory Jones
James London
Duane Marrow Read Duane Marrow's Biography		"Serving with The Wean Foundation is a great and honorable opportunity to make a difference in a valley and city that I'm very passionate about," Marrow said.
Valerie Parm Read Valerie Parm's Biography		Valerie Parm, who helps families who have been victims of natural disasters, said she enjoys her work with The Raymond John Wean Foundation and is happy for an opportunity to give back to the local community.
Elsie Rhodes
Lois Thornton
Debra Weaver Read Debra Weaver's Biography		"The greatest asset we have in Youngstown is our people.  I have a profound respect for those who have remained in the city though thick and thin.  They have an uncommon degree of resiliency," Weaver said.
Sybil West Read Sybil West's Biography		“I believe that the people and their ability to come together and work for the betterment of our community and their resiliency in the face of adversity is our greatest asset,” West said.