The Wooster Elks Lodge No 1346 Charitable Fund focuses on local, community-centered support in Wooster and Wayne County, OH, prioritizing youth programs, faith-based and veterans’ services, basic needs and disability/accessibility initiatives. Grants are typically modest and targeted—often repeated—to local nonprofits, schools, and service organizations, reflecting a hands-on, place-based philanthropy that emphasizes recreation, children’s services, hospice and hunger relief.
A $12,000 grant to Wooster Youth Instructional Football for Mauer field improvements is the clearest single signal in the Wooster Elks Lodge No 1346 Charitable Fund’s recent giving: it backs place-based projects that improve youth recreation, while also supporting children’s services, veterans, and basic-needs organizations in Wooster and Wayne County. The fund’s 2025 grants show a steady pattern of modest awards to local nonprofits, schools, and service groups rather than large one-time commitments. Recipients include Ohio’s Hospice Lifecare for its children’s program, Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 255 for charitable support, and Triway Local Schools for charitable support. Other grants point to a broad community-service mix that reaches faith-based ministries, disability and adaptive recreation programs, and emergency-assistance providers. The charitable fund’s activity appears tightly anchored in the Wooster area, with support directed to organizations that serve children, families, and vulnerable residents through direct service, facilities, and community programs. Its giving pattern suggests a hands-on local philanthropy focused on practical needs and visible, program-specific outcomes.
Youth sports and recreation are a clear theme. The fund gave $12,000 to Wooster Youth Instructional Football for Mauer field improvements and $5,500 to Adaptive Sports Ohio for charitable support, showing interest in both facility upgrades and inclusive recreation. It also supported Triway Local Schools with $5,700 in charitable support, linking education and community programming. Children’s services appear in several grants: Ohio’s Hospice Lifecare received $6,000 and $5,500 for charitable support and its children’s program, while the Children’s Advocacy Center received $4,000 and $4,000 for charitable support. Basic-needs and family-support work also shows up through grants to Pregnancy Care Center at $5,000 and $3,500, plus $3,000 to Wooster Hope Center. The fund also backed faith-based service organizations, including People to People Ministries and Trinity United Church.
The recent grants cluster in a mid-thousands range, with the largest listed award at $12,000 and many grants between $3,000 and $6,000. The foundation also repeats awards to the same organizations, including multiple grants to Wayne County Community Foundation, Ohio’s Hospice Lifecare, Wooster Emblem Club, Adaptive Sports Ohio, Pregnancy Care Center, Children’s Advocacy Center, People to People Ministries, Christian Childrens Home, Salvation Army, and United Way of Wayne & Holmes County. It is a private foundation, not a donor-advised fund, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. The grant descriptions are mostly charitable support, often paired with a project name such as field improvements or Reading Under the Lights.
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Concentrated, local giving characterized by many small-to-moderate grants (typically multiple grants per year to the same organizations). The fund favors repeat support to neighborhood institutions and community foundations rather than large multi-year national commitments.
Notable grantees: Wooster Youth Instructional Football, Wayne County Community Foundation, Ohio's Hospice Lifecare, Adaptive Sports Ohio, People to People Ministries
The grant record is overwhelmingly local: all listed recipients are in the United States, and the named Ohio recipients are concentrated in Wooster. Wooster appears repeatedly across the recipient list, including schools, youth sports, hospice, ministries, and family-service organizations. A smaller share reaches nearby Williamsport, Maryland, through Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry of Wayne County, and Chicago, Illinois, through Elks National Foundation. The pattern points to a Wooster-centered fund with occasional support for affiliated or broader network organizations.
The fund supports youth sports and recreation, children’s services, faith-based ministries, veterans’ services, basic-needs providers, and disability or adaptive recreation groups. Recent recipients include Wooster Youth Instructional Football, Ohio’s Hospice Lifecare, Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 255, People to People Ministries, and Adaptive Sports Ohio.
Recent grants are mostly in the low-thousands. The listed awards range from $2,550 to $12,000, with many grants between $3,000 and $6,000. The largest recent grant is $12,000 to Wooster Youth Instructional Football for Mauer field improvements.
Yes. The recent grant list shows repeat awards to several recipients, including Wayne County Community Foundation, Ohio’s Hospice Lifecare, Wooster Emblem Club, Adaptive Sports Ohio, Pregnancy Care Center, Children’s Advocacy Center, People to People Ministries, Christian Childrens Home, Salvation Army, and United Way of Wayne & Holmes County.
The grants are concentrated in the United States, with the recipient list showing 94 grants in the US. Most named recipients are in Wooster, Ohio, with additional grants to Williamsport, Maryland, and Chicago, Illinois.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | WOOSTER, OH | $6,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| WOOSTER EMBLEM CLUB | WOOSTER, OH | $5,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| YMCA OF WAYNE COUNTY | WOOSTER, OH | $4,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER | WOOSTER, OH | $4,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| ADAPTIVE SPORTS OHIO | WOOSTER, OH | $4,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| OHIO'S HOSPICE LIFECARE | WOOSTER, OH | $4,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT; CHILDRENS PROGRAM |
| PREGNANCY CARE CENTER | WOOSTER, OH | $3,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| PEOPLE TO PEOPLE MINISTRIES | WOOSTER, OH | $3,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| UNITED WAY OF WAYNE & HOLMES COUNTY | WOOSTER, OH | $3,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT; READING UNDER THE LIGHTS |
| TRIWAY HIGH SCHOOL | WOOSTER, OH | $3,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION |
| CHRISTIAN CHILDRENS HOME | WOOSTER, OH | $2,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| THE CARING CLOSET | SMITHVILLE, OH | $2,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| CEREBAL PALSY FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $2,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| QUOTA CLUB | WOOSTER, OH | $2,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| WOOSTER BOYS & GIRLS CLUB | WOOSTER, OH | $2,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| FARMERS AND HUNTERS FEEDING THE HUNGRY OF WAYNE COUNTY | WILLIAMSPORT, MD | $2,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| AKRON CANTON REGIONAL FOOD BANK | AKRON, OH | $2,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| COMMUNITY ACTION WAYNEMEDINA | WOOSTER, OH | $2,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION |
| ELKS NATIONAL FOUNDATION | CHICAGO, IL | $2,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| WOOSTER TOWNSHIP FIRE & RESCUE | WOOSTER, OH | $2,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| SACRED GROUND | MOUNT EATON, OH | $2,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION |
| SALVATION ARMY | WOOSTER, OH | $2,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| HOMEWARD BOUND | WOOSTER, OH | $2,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| WOOSTER HOPE CENTER | WOOSTER, OH | $2,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| WAYNE COUNTY CRIPPLED CHILDREN AND ADULTS | WOOSTER, OH | $2,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| NORTHWESTERN RURITANS | WEST SALEM, OH | $2,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| KIWANIS OF WOOSTER | WOOSTER, OH | $2,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT; SAFETY TOWN |
| TOYS FOR TOTS | TRIANGLE, VA | $2,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| WOOSTER YOUTH INSTRUCTIONAL FOOTBALL | WOOSTER, OH | $2,000 | 2026 | MAUER FIELD IMPROVEMENTS |
| LOST WARRIORS VETERANS ASSOCIATION | HOLMESVILLE, OH | $1,750 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| RATHER OUTDOORS CORP | SPRINGFIELD, MO | $1,590 | 2026 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION |
| YOUNG LIFE OF WAYNE COUNTY | COLORADO SPRINGS, CO | $1,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| INCLUDEABILITY | SHREVE, OH | $1,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| IDA SUE SCHOOL | WOOSTER, OH | $1,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| WOOSTER WRESTLING CLUB | WOOSTER, OH | $1,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| 555TH HONOR DETACHMENT | CRESTON, OH | $1,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| NICK AMSTER WORKSHOP | WOOSTER, OH | $1,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| NORTHWESTERN HIGH SCHOOL STEAM PROGRAM | WEST SALEM, OH | $1,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| ONEEIGHTY | WOOSTER, OH | $1,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| FRIENDS OF WOOSTER SYMPHONY | WOOSTER, OH | $1,500 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | WOOSTER, OH | $1,250 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| WAYNE CENTER FOR THE ARTS | WOOSTER, OH | $1,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION |
| RITTMAN POLICE K9 ASSOCIATION | RITTMAN, OH | $1,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION |
| WOOSTER CITY SCHOOLS | WOOSTER, OH | $1,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT; INTERVENTION PROGRAM |
| VILLAGE NETWORK | WOOSTER, OH | $1,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| OHIO ELKS ENDOWMENT FUND | MEDINA, OH | $1,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION |
| WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA | COLUMBIA FALLS, ME | $1,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| CAMP NUHOP | PERRYSVILE, OH | $1,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| WOOSTER YOUTH BASEBALL | WOOSTER, OH | $950 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| WOOSTER SUMMER STAGE | WOOSTER, OH | $700 | 2026 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
WAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$6,000CHARITABLE SUPPORT
WOOSTER EMBLEM CLUB
$5,500CHARITABLE SUPPORT
YMCA OF WAYNE COUNTY
$4,500CHARITABLE SUPPORT
CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER
$4,500CHARITABLE SUPPORT
ADAPTIVE SPORTS OHIO
$4,500CHARITABLE SUPPORT
CHARITABLE SUPPORT; CHILDRENS PROGRAM
PREGNANCY CARE CENTER
$3,000CHARITABLE SUPPORT
CHARITABLE SUPPORT; READING UNDER THE LIGHTS
TRIWAY HIGH SCHOOL
$3,000CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
THE CARING CLOSET
$2,500CHARITABLE SUPPORT
QUOTA CLUB
$2,500CHARITABLE SUPPORT
WOOSTER BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
$2,500CHARITABLE SUPPORT
FARMERS AND HUNTERS FEEDING THE HUNGRY OF WAYNE COUNTY
$2,000CHARITABLE SUPPORT
COMMUNITY ACTION WAYNEMEDINA
$2,000CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
WOOSTER TOWNSHIP FIRE & RESCUE
$2,000CHARITABLE SUPPORT
SACRED GROUND
$2,000CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
SALVATION ARMY
$2,000CHARITABLE SUPPORT
HOMEWARD BOUND
$2,000CHARITABLE SUPPORT
WOOSTER HOPE CENTER
$2,000CHARITABLE SUPPORT
WAYNE COUNTY CRIPPLED CHILDREN AND ADULTS
$2,000CHARITABLE SUPPORT
NORTHWESTERN RURITANS
$2,000CHARITABLE SUPPORT
KIWANIS OF WOOSTER
$2,000CHARITABLE SUPPORT; SAFETY TOWN
TOYS FOR TOTS
$2,000CHARITABLE SUPPORT
WOOSTER YOUTH INSTRUCTIONAL FOOTBALL
$2,000MAUER FIELD IMPROVEMENTS
LOST WARRIORS VETERANS ASSOCIATION
$1,750CHARITABLE SUPPORT
RATHER OUTDOORS CORP
$1,590CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
INCLUDEABILITY
$1,500CHARITABLE SUPPORT
IDA SUE SCHOOL
$1,500CHARITABLE SUPPORT
WOOSTER WRESTLING CLUB
$1,500CHARITABLE SUPPORT
555TH HONOR DETACHMENT
$1,500CHARITABLE SUPPORT
NICK AMSTER WORKSHOP
$1,500CHARITABLE SUPPORT
NORTHWESTERN HIGH SCHOOL STEAM PROGRAM
$1,500CHARITABLE SUPPORT
FRIENDS OF WOOSTER SYMPHONY
$1,500CHARITABLE SUPPORT
RITTMAN POLICE K9 ASSOCIATION
$1,000CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
WOOSTER CITY SCHOOLS
$1,000CHARITABLE SUPPORT; INTERVENTION PROGRAM
OHIO ELKS ENDOWMENT FUND
$1,000CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
CAMP NUHOP
$1,000CHARITABLE SUPPORT
WOOSTER YOUTH BASEBALL
$950CHARITABLE SUPPORT
WOOSTER SUMMER STAGE
$700CHARITABLE SUPPORT