Confident that music and the performing arts positively enhance people’s lives, the Elizabeth Ruthruff Wilson Foundation seeks to enrich the Lenawee County region’s cultural life through its support of, education in, performance of, and appreciation for the performing arts. The foundation's primary focus is on music and performing arts programs benefiting the Lenawee County community and/or students in the county’s primary and secondary education programs, including post-secondary scholarships in music and performing arts.
The Elizabeth Ruthruff Wilson Foundation Grant program aims to perpetuate the charitable vision of Elizabeth Wilson by assisting music and the performing arts. It focuses on serving the Lenawee County region by awarding grants to qualified non-profit organizations with specific, identifiable needs in the targeted areas of music and performing arts. The program values self-reliance and encourages the use of matching funds for proposed projects, thus acting as an important resource for the cultural enrichment of the area.