Organizational Endowments

The Community Foundation is happy to partner with many local agencies to build their permanent endowments.  Organizational Endowment Funds provide a relatively stable income to support the work of nonprofit agencies.  The following is a list of our current organizational partners:


Agudath B'nai Israel 
American Red Cross Lorain County Chapter
Amherst Historical Society 
Animal Protective League of Lorain County 
Avon Lake Public Library
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lorain County
Black River Historical Society
Boy Scouts of America, Heart of Ohio Council 
Boys and Girls Clubs
Center for Children and Youth Services 
Center For Leadership In Education
Children's Development Center
Church of the Open Door
Cornerstone Pregnancy Services
Delaware Avenue United Methodist Church of Lorain 
Easter Seals
Echoing Hills Village, Inc. 
El Centro de Servicios Sociales
Elyria East Little League
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) 
Firelands Association for the Visual Arts 
Firelands Historical Society*
First Congregational Church of Lorain
Friends of the Elyria Public Library System
Fund for Huron County*
Girl Scouts of Erie Shores 
Goodwill Industries of Lorain County
Grafton/Midview Public Library
Great Lakes Historical Society
Herrick Memorial Library
Hospital for Orthopaedic and Specialty Services 
Lake Avenue United Church of Christ
Lakeland Health Care Corporation
Leadership Lorain County 
Legal Aid Society of Lorain County, Inc. 
Linden School
Little Lighthouse Learning Center
Lorain Community Music Theatre 
Lorain County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services, Inc. 
Lorain County Family YMCA
Lorain County Free Clinic
Lorain County Health and Dentistry
Lorain County Historical Society
Lorain County Metroparks
Lorain Palace Civic Center
Lorain YWCA
Lucy Idol Center
Main Street Wellington
Midnight Basketball League of Lorain County 
Neighborhood House Association 
New Union Center for the Arts
Nord Mental Health Center
North Ridgeville Chamber of Commerce
Northminster Presbyterian Church of Lorain, Ohio
Norwalk Area United Fund*
Oberlin Choristers
Oberlin Community Services
Oberlin Early Childhood Center
Oberlin Heritage Center
Oberlin Public Library
Oberlin Seniors
Ohio Dance Theatre
Project Joy
Reach Our Youth (ROY, Inc.)*
Ritter Public Library
St. John Roman Catholic Church
SS Peter and Paul Orthodox Church
Salvation Army of Elyria
Salvation Army Lorain
Second Harvest Food Bank of Huron County*
Second Harvest Food Bank of Lorain County
Trinity Lutheran Church of Vermilion, Ohio
United Way of Lorain County
Voices for Children Agency 
YWCA of Elyria

* Fund for Huron County