Funds of Bryan Area Foundation

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Community Funds
Scholarship Funds
Designated Funds
Field of Interest Funds
Endowment Funds
Donor Advised Funds
Administrative Fund                                                                                                                     Acorn Funds

One of the advantages of a community foundation is that it provides a vehicle for all citizens to contribute to the betterment of their own community. This means that gifts of all sizes are encouraged, appreciated, and important. Gifts of any size may be made to any of the foundation’s existing funds.

One can either contribute to an existing fund or create a new fund. With gifts of $5,000 or more, a donor has the opportunity to create a named fund.

The Bryan Area Foundation currently has the following Named Funds:  Click on Fund Name to read biography.

Community Funds
Marquard J. Anderson Memorial Community Fund
George M. and Maxine E. Armbruster Memorial Community Fund
Howard L. and Laurena L. Arnos Community Fund
Mark V. Attenweiller Memorial Community Fund
Beattie-Cooper Memorial Community Fund
F. I. and Mary Bell Community Memorial Fund
The Benedict Family Community Fund
Dorothy Bentley Memorial Community Fund
Dr. Glen and Iva Biddle Memorial Community Fund
Dean B. and Carol A. Blaser Community Fund
Vincent Bordner Memorial Community Fund
Robert A. Boucher Memorial Community Fund
Fred I. Bowman and Jeanne E. Meyer Memorial Community Fund
Dr. George G. and Julie A. Brown Community Fund
The G. Grant and Katheryn Brown Memorial Community Fund
Gayle R. and Myona Gwendola Calvin Memorial Community Fund
Lawrence E. and Alice Canter Memorial Community Fund
Harvey D. and Helen Carlin Memorial Community Fund
Wayne and Lucille Carlin Community Fund
Carl C. Caulkins Memorial Community Fund
Hilda K. Chadbourne Community Fund
John and Gwen Cotterman Family Community Fund
Donald D. Crepps Memorial Community Fund
Carrie Critchfield Memorial Community Fund
Cass and Demah Cullis Memorial Community Fund
Orville Dally Memorial Community Fund
Max Day Memorial Community Fund
Richard DeGroff Community Fund
The Dwyer Family Memorial Community Fund
John B. Dwyer Memorial Community Fund
Virginia Ellis Memorial Community Fund
Sarah Faye English Memorial Community Fund
Orvell and Edna Essman Memorial Community Fund
First Federal Bank Community Fund
Gib and Betty Fenton Memorial Community Fund
Clarence and Ann Fitzenrider Memorial Community Fund
Ralph and Karen Gallagher Community Fund
Herbert W. Gambler Community Fund
Raymond Gibson Memorial Community Fund
Wendell P. and Clara B. Goebel Memorial Community Fund
Leland S. Grim and Wilma E. Grim Memorial Community Fund
Dale Hallock Memorial Community Fund
WW and MG Hardy Community Fund
Howard C. and Mary Allene Hawk Memorial Community Fund
Lemuel and Marjorie Hawk Community Fund
Huntington Bank Community Fund
Adelle Isaac Memorial Community Fund
George Isaac Community Fund
Lilly George Isaac Community Fund
Rosa Isaac Memorial Community Fund
Sadie Isaac Memorial Community Fund
Dr. Allen and Kay Jackson Community Fund
Louys and Ida Julliard Memorial Community Fund
Flora Dale Krouse Memorial Community Fund
Robert D. and Mary Lowe Memorial Community Fund
Robert T. Lowe Memorial Community Fund
Charles P. Mallory Memorial Community Fund
Kathryn C. McCord Memorial Community Fund
Paul and Florence McCoy Memorial Community Fund
E. G. Mitchell Memorial Community Fund
Robert A. and Mildred Oberlin Mitchell Memorial Community Fund
Juanita Myers Memorial Community Fund
Elwin Newcomer Memorial Community Fund
Valerie Newcomer Memorial Community Fund
Phillip M. and Mildred Pennell Niederaur Community Fund
Doris Nofziger Memorial Community Fund
Terry Nolin Memorial Community Fund
Earl C. and Polly Oberlin Community Fund
James M. and Charline L. O'Neil Memorial Community Fund
Pepple Family Community Fund
Russell E. and Matilda M. Pettit Community Fund
Robert D. and Eugenia M. Poynter Family Community Fund
Dr. John and Irene Reisen Memorial Community Fund
Dr. Frederick W. and Susan F. Richardson Memorial Community Fund
Craig and Pam Roth Community Fund
Marilyn J. Scott Community Fund
Wayne Daniel Shaffer Memorial Community Fund
Stephen M. Shook, Rex W. Shook, Howard S. Maneval Community Fund
Robert S. Simmons Memorial Community Fund
Lawrence E. and C. June Smith Community Fund
Gail Smith Memorial Community Fund
Zach and Helen M. B. Smith Memorial Community Fund
Helen Spangler Anderson Memorial Community Fund
Spangler Foundation Community Fund
Arthur G. Spangler Memorial Community Fund
Charles B. and Martha G. Spangler Memorial Community Fund
Duane and Barbara Spangler Family Community Fund
Ernest D. Spangler Memorial Community Fund
C. Gregory and Mary S. Spangler Community Fund
Herbert and Lura Spangler Community Fund
Omar L. Spangler Community Fund
Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Spangler Community Fund
Arthur W. and Clara H. Spletzer Memorial Community Fund
George and Carol Stockman Community Fund
Al and Kay Stockwell Memorial Community Fund
Chris Thaman Memorial Community Fund
Dr. Stanley and Constance Tipton Community Fund
Paul and Betty Troder Community Fund
Jim and Myrna Tuttle Community Fund
VanGundy Family Community Fund
Henry and Wanda Walters Community Fund
Nedra Wheeler & George F. and Edna E. Garns Community Fund
Forest E. Witzerman Memorial Community Fund
A. W. Yahraus Community Fund
Dorothy Young Memorial Community Fund
Frank Youse Memorial Community Fund
Donor Advised Funds
ARO Employees Foundation Fund
Jim and Joan Bard Donor Advised Fund
Randolph and Naomi Bard Fund
William S. Clark Family Foundation Fund
Charles and Ruth Isaac Memorial Fund
Richard and Angelike Schreder Fund
Bryan Youth Activities Fund
Designated Agency Funds
4-H Activities Fund
Catherine Markey Anderson Library Fund
Howard L. and Laurena L. Arnos American Cancer Fund
Howard L. and Laurena L. Arnos American Heart Fund
Edward and Elma Auchard Fund
Laura Lee 'Lolly' Benner Booth Memorial Fund
Brown Cemetery Memorial Fund
Roger O. Burkholder Memorial Fund
Etoll-Essi-Isaac Fund
Jerome J. Hartman Fund
Thomas M. and Susan Y. Herman Fund
Cora Isaac Memorial Fund
Gladys E. Isaac Memorial Fund
George Azar and Mary Ade Isaac Memorial Fund
Lilly George Isaac Wesley UMC Fund
Marion Isaac Fund
Rosa Isaac Memorial Alliance Church Fund
Rosa Isaac Memorial Bryan City Parks Fund
Rosa Isaac Memorial Roseland Park Fund
Ed Likes Designated Fund
Bob and Joyce Markey Fund
Robert Markey Memorial Fund
William and Nancy Martens Fund
George and Dolores Mellott Memorial Fund
Bill and Helen Stine Memorial Fund
Earl Walters and John Patten Fair Foundation Fund
Henry and Wanda Walters Historical Society Fund
Henry and Wanda Walters Wesley UMC Fund
Mike Wolfe Administrative Fund
Agency Endowment Funds
Academic Booster Club of Bryan City Schools Fund
Black Swamp Audubon Sanctuary Fund
Boy Scouts Endowment Fund
City of Bryan Senior Center Building Endowment Fund
First Presbyterian Church Endowment Fund
Four County Career Center Endowment Fund
Northwest Ohio Educational Service Center Fund
St. Patrick Church Endowment Fund
Trinity Lutheran Church Endowment Fund
United Way of Williams County Endowment Fund
Veterans Memorial Endowment Fund
Wesley United Methodist Church Endowment Fund
Williams County 4-H Educational Advancement Fund
Williams County Fair Foundation Endowment Fund
Williams County Family YMCA Endowment Fund
Williams County Historical Society Endowment Fund
Williams County Humane Society Endowment Fund
Williams County Sportsmen's Educational Fund
Field of Interest Funds
Greg Benedict Memorial Education Fund
Walter and Esther Jackson Faben Memorial Fund
The Krisher and Ewing Forestry Fund
Boyd Moore Memorial Fund
Goldie Newman Animal Fund
The Patterson Family Memorial Fund
Forest C. and Isabelle M. Wineland Memorial Agriculture Fund
Forest C. and Isabelle M. Wineland Memorial West Unity Fund
Scholarship Funds
ARO Employees Foundation Scholarship Fund
Dale R. Bard Memorial Scholarship Fund
Randolph O. Bard Scholarship Fund
Freeman L. and Ora I. Bechtol Scholarship Fund
Dana J. Bennett Memorial Scholarship Fund
Dr. Jeff Berus Memorial Scholarship Fund
David Joseph Betts Memorial Scholarship Fund
Bryan Area Business Women's Club Scholarship Fund
Bryan Lions Club Allied Health Services Scholarship Fund
Ryan John Bommer Memorial Scholarship Fund
John W. Burchfield Memorial Scholarship Fund
Grace B. Carr Scholarship Fund
Sandy Carrico Scholarship Fund
Ford and Hannah Cullis Scholarship Fund
Richard J. Daneke Business Memorial Scholarship Fund
Kayta Mansfield Dierks Memorial Scholarship Fund
Mae, Dema and Clark Dimler Memorial Scholarship Fund
Dreher Track Scholarship Fund
Edgerton High School Scholarship Fund
The Ford Family Scholarship Fund
Ralph W. and Karen K. Gallagher Scholarship Fund
Dr. Mark Alan Gearhart Memorial Scholarship Fund
Gertrude and Don Geesey Memorial Scholarship Fund
Jack Greene Memorial Scholarship Fund
Michael Sandles Harman Memorial Scholarship Fund
Andrew M. Herman Memorial Scholarship Fund
George Lawrence Hineman, Sr. Memorial Scholarship Fund
Sheri Huffman Scholarship Fund
Brenda M. Hugg Memorial Scholarship Fund
Wayne and Beulah Hulbert Memorial Scholarship Fund
Jerry Humphrey Memorial Scholarship Fund
Lilly George Isaac St. George AOC Scholarship Fund
Mose and Yvonne Isaac Scholarship Fund
Rosa Isaac Memorial Scholarship Fund
L.E. Smith Co. Scholarship Fund
Hal and Dene Lewis Scholarship Fund
Ed Likes Scholarship Fund
Hugh A. and Audrey E. Lindsey Memorial Scholarship Fund
Jerry Luce Memorial Scholarship Fund
MacDonald-Connin-Ruff Memorial Scholarship Fund
Anna Belle & C.B. Melton Memorial Scholarship Fund
Anthony and Phyllis Mignery Music Scholarship Fund
Russell K. Mignery Memorial Scholarship Fund
Clarice Moats Memorial Scholarship Fund
Thomas S. and Ellen K. Noneman Scholarship Fund
Thelma Oberlin Ford Memorial Scholarship Fund
Stan and Loella Pepple Scholarship Fund
Thomas E. Phillips Memorial Scholarship Fund
Judge Harry J. Rigdon Memorial Scholarship
Rigg Family Scholarship Honoring Richard Alan Rigg
Thomas D. Sauppe Art Scholarship Fund
Ralph and Mable L. Scott Memorial Fund
Maurice C. Shankster Memorial Scholarship Fund
Spangler Foundation Scholarship Fund
Harlan G. & Ernestine B. Spangler Continuing Education Scholarship
Betty J. Stanley Scholarship Fund
Howard B. & Alice T. Vreeland Scholarship Fund
Henry and Wanda Walters Scholarship Fund
Linda Wiley-Fox Memorial Scholarship Fund
Forest C. and Isabelle M. Wineland Memorial Scholarship Fund
Williams County Panhellenic Scholarship Fund

Eight different types of named funds are possible.                   

Community Funds
Gifts to the community endowment fund provide the most broad-based support to the community over the years.  Community funds are unrestricted so they provide the foundation’s trustees the most flexibility in grant making.  New opportunities and challenges await, and gifts to the community fund position the foundation to meet the emerging needs of our community.  Gifts to the community fund may be made in any amount.  Donors may wish to establish a “named” community fund with a gift of $5,000.

Scholarship Funds
Scholarship funds provide financial support for the continuing education of students. Organizations or individual donors specify the restrictions for eligibility (such as course of study, school the student will attend, or high school from which the student is graduating) within foundation guidelines.

Designated Funds
Designated funds provide financial support to a specific qualifying organization. Donors establish this type of fund when they want to provide a permanent income stream to a church, school, or other favorite charity.

Field of Interest Funds
Field of interest funds support a specific area of the donor’s concern, such as education, the arts, youth services, the elderly or the disabled. The foundation uses income from these funds to benefit programs or organizations within the field of interest.

Endowment Funds
Endowment funds are a form of a designated fund where the donor is a nonprofit agency or organization contributing funds to provide current income and long-term security for its operation.  Endowment funds may be established by either an individual donor or qualifying charitable organization. The Bryan Area Foundation has the unique ability to hold assets for a charitable organization in a named endowment fund and annually distribute a set percentage back to the not-for-profit organization to meet its needs.

Donor Advised Funds
Donor advised funds provide convenience and flexibility by enabling donors to support their favorite charities in both lean and profitable years through the foundation. A donor receives a tax deduction in the year in which the gift is made, and is able to suggest distributions to specific charities over a longer period of time. Donors often choose this kind of fund (as well as designated funds) to remember their alma maters, churches, and other favorite charities.

Administrative Funds
Administrative funds provide support for the ongoing operations of the Bryan Area Foundation.  

Acorn Funds                                                                                                                                        Acorn funds give individuals, families and organizations a simple and flexible way to build an endowment fund by allowing the donor to make consistent but smaller gifts to the fund over time.  The donor selects the permanent fund associated with the acorn fund at the time of the initial donation.

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