59 New Funds in 2025
ANNUAL REPORT 2025 | In 2025, Marion’s generous donors established 59 new funds, including acorn funds (started with as little as $100 and grown over a donor’s lifetime), legacy funds (endowed through estate plans), and funds that were immediately fully endowed. These funds are recognized here by fund type:
AGENCY
Agency Funds are created by a nonprofit organization to help support itself and its programs.
Marion Technical College Foundation Funds | Supporting scholarships at the college and honoring donors: Alluvial Private Wealth, Dr. Hiram & Angela Bazzoli, Boden Family, Tammi & Bob Cowell, Dale & B. Joann Smith Culver, Jane Rayner Galyk, RN Nursing Legacy, and Rick Lyon
Homeless to Home Animal Rescue & Cat Sanctuary Fund | Supporting the welfare and protection of animals
LaRue United Methodist Church Endowment Fund | Supporting their faith community and Christian service
DESIGTNATED
Designated Funds support specific charities or nonprofits important to their donor(s) with annual grants.
Raymond E. Bloomfield Memorial Fund | Supporting the Construction Trades
Academy of Tri-Rivers Career Center
Wm Kay Davis Funds (9) | Supporting Honors and engineering education, The Ohio State University at Marion’s Five Nights on Campus, Marion Technical College, Huber Machinery Museum, Marion Palace Theatre, Tri-Rivers Career Center, extracurriculars (MTC’s Math Challenge, North Central Ohio Educational Service Center’s Marion County spelling bee, and MARCA Industries’ Explore-it-Torium), and community needs
Habluetzel Family Funds (7) | Supporting community needs, community outreach of the Prospect Street United Methodist Church, Marion County Historical Society, Iberia Presbyterian Church, and Safety City
Merle & Peg Hamilton Funds (13) | Supporting the Harding Student Recognition Program, Marion County Historical Society, Central Christian Church, Marion Cemetery Association, Veterans Park, Boys & Girls Club of Marion County’s after-school programs, Marion Palace Theatre, emergency services of the American Red Cross of East Central Ohio, Marion County Common Pleas Court’s C.A.R.E./F.I.T. Center, Marion Technical College, and Leapin’ Outreach
Heart of Ohio Tailwinds Bicycle Club Tallgrass Trail Fund | Supporting the Marion Tallgrass Trail
George James Kasotis Fund | Supporting the culinary arts program at Tri-Rivers Career Center
Avery Longsdorf Memorial Cardington Rotary Scholarship Fund | Supporting higher education for students of Cardington-Lincoln schools
Tom & Joanne Miller Veterans Recognition Fund | Supporting Honor Flight Columbus
River Valley For the Future Fund | Supporting students and alumnae of River Valley in education & employment
Evelyn E. Walter Funds (7) | Supporting animal care at the Marion Area Humane Society and Marion County Dog Pound, child & adolescent well-being at Marion Adolescent Pregnancy Program, community needs, Junior Achievement, Marion Technical College, and Ohio State Marion
SCHOLARSHIP
Robert McBeth Scholarship Fund | Supporting MTC students in the Medical Laboratory Technician program
DONOR ADVISED
Donor advised funds allow donors to annually recommend charities
they wish to support.
Steve & Mary Ann Jenkins Fund
Steve & Mary Ann Jenkins Family Fund
FIELD OF INTEREST
Field of Interest Funds are for donors who wish to help a variety of nonprofits working on a specific cause or in an area of special interest.
Akshaya Patra Fund | Addressing food insecurity in Marion County
HOPE Kline (Imbody) Fund | Supports Christian faith-based programs, animal welfare causes, including livestock and the agriculture industry serving Marion County, and alcohol, drug prevention and mental health services
Larry & Elaine Merchant Arts Fund | Supporting the arts in Marion
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