Larry & Elaine Merchant Arts Fund

The Larry & Elaine Merchant Arts Fund is a non-endowed field of interest fund, created in 2024 by its namesakes. It supports the arts in Marion and honors Elaine’s tenure as director of the Marion Palace Theare.

The couple also created the Larry & Elaine Merchant Charitable Fund in 2017. It is a donor advised fund supporting a variety of charitable causes in Marion, Ohio, important to the Merchant family.