Grants

Category Grants Awarded in
Year 2016

Access, Inc.

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

Capital improvements to Emergency Shelter under Time for Transformation Capital/Endowment Campaign

Act II Productions Illusion Factory

Amount
$3,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016-17 Theater in Education Program

Akron Art Museum

Amount
$20,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

FY2017 Corbin Gallery Exhibits

Akron Children’s Museum

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

Quake Table Exhibit

Akron Community Service Center & Urban League

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

Summer Enrichment Day Camp

Akron Marathon Corporation

Amount
$7,500
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

Salaries for four interns

Akron Roundtable

Amount
$500
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Contribution

Akron Zoological Park

Amount
$50,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

$6 Million Big Cat/Primate Exhibit Capital Campaign – The Pride Lands

Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank

Amount
$15,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2017 Transportation costs

American National Red Cross –
Summit, Portage and Medina Counties Chapter

Amount
$25,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016-17 Summit County Disaster Cycle Services

Arthritis Foundation –
Great Lakes Region, Northeastern Ohio Office

Amount
$1,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Contribution

Battered Women’s Shelter

Amount
$15,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Summit County Crisis Intervention Services

Bluecoats, Inc. – Endowment Fund

Amount
$1,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Contribution

Boys and Girls Clubs of the Western Reserve

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Direct organizational programming costs

Building for Tomorrow

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016-17 Early Childhood Initiative

Cascade Locks Park Association

Amount
$2,500
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

Mustill Store Museum exhibit redevelopment

Children’s Concert Society of Akron, Ohio

Amount
$8,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016-17 In-School Concert Series

Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron

Amount
$25,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

Family Child Learning Center Renovation

Cleveland Modern Dance Association
d.b.a. DANCECleveland

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016-17 Summit County Fall Outreach

Coleman Professional Services, Inc.

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

A Hand Up: Job & Skills Training

Community Outreach Resources Exchange

Amount
$6,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Furniture Bank operating costs

Community Pregnancy Center, Inc.

Amount
$5,500
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

Cribs, crib mattresses and car seats

Cow Creek Presbyterian Church

Amount
$3,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Contribution

Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet

Amount
$7,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

41st Performance Season

Downtown Akron Partnership

Amount
$4,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

Downtown Akron Beautification Program

Embracing Futures, Inc.

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Orthodontic treatment for two Summit County needy children

Family & Community Services, Inc.

Amount
$15,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016-17 Summit County Mobile Meals Program

First Tee of Akron, Inc.

Amount
$2,500
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016-17 “Equipping” Young Golfers for Learning & Life

Foundation Center – Cleveland

Amount
$2,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Contribution

Freedom House for Women, Inc.

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Adult Supportive Services Program

Friends of Children’s Hospital Harness Race Rally

Amount
$2,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Contribution

Furnace Street Mission

Amount
$8,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Safety Forces Chaplaincy Center operating costs

Girl Scouts of North East Ohio

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016-17 The Girl Executive Officer Program

Good Neighbors, Inc.

Amount
$4,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Food Pantry

Goodwill Industries of Akron, Ohio, Inc.

Amount
$2,500
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Contribution

Greater Akron Musical Association –
Akron Symphony Orchestra

Amount
$15,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

Three Red Chair Sponsorships for 2015-16 Season

Greenleaf Family Center

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016-17 Adolescent Suicide Prevention Program

Haven of Rest Ministries

Amount
$2,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Contribution

Humane Society of Greater Akron

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

New automatic floor scrubbing machine and/or Animal Get-Acquainted Rooms and Multipurpose Room dropped, sound-resistant ceilings

Info Line, Inc.

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

Implement automated text messaging for 211 Information and Referral Programs

Interfaith Caregivers Program

Amount
$3,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 thru 2017 Door-through-Door Transportation Program

International Institute of Akron, Inc.

Amount
$20,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2017 Citizenship and Immigration Services Programs

International Soap Box Derby, Inc.

Amount
$25,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

General operating

Jewish Family Service of Akron, Ohio

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016-17 Summit County Seniors: Happy, Healthy and at Home Project

Junior Achievement of North Central, Ohio, Inc.

Amount
$6,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016-17 Summit County school programs

Keep Akron Beautiful

Amount
$3,500
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Flowerscape sponsorship

Legacy III, Inc.

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Humble Beginnings Program

Let’s Grow Akron, Inc.

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Operating costs

Magical Theatre Company

Amount
$7,500
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016-17 Residence Performance Program artistic fees

Mature Services, Inc.

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016-17 Homecare Program

Musical Arts Association –
Cleveland Orchestra (Blossom Music Center)

Amount
$40,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Blossom Festival

Nazareth Housing Development Corporation

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

Operation Restoration in Kenmore/South Akron area

Oak Clinic

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Wellness Services and Emergency Assistance

Ohio Shakespeare Festival

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Summer Season

Opportunity Parish Ecumenical Neighborhood Ministry

Amount
$20,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2015-16 General operating support

OPRS Communities – Rockynol Life Care Fund–Akron, Ohio

Amount
$1,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Contribution

Philanthropy Ohio

Amount
$1,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Contribution

Rape Crisis Center

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Summit County Crisis Intervention Services

Rebuilding Together Summit County

Amount
$7,500
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016-17 Safe at Home Senior Modifications Program

RED Company real.edge.dance

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

Sixth Season

Salvation Army

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016-17 Learning Zone

Shelter Care, Inc.

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2015-16 Street Outreach Services Program

Stewart’s Caring Place

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Health & Wellness Programs

Summit County Children Services –
Children’s Home Allowance Fund

Amount
$500
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Contribution

Summit County Children Services –
Graduation Recognition Fund

Amount
$500
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 Contribution

Summit County Children Services –
Women’s Auxiliary Board

Amount
$4,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2016

2016 Children’s Christmas Fund Contribution

Summit Education Initiative

Amount
$4,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 This City Reads! Program relaunch

Tuesday Musical Club

Amount
$6,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016-17 Education and Community Engagement Programs

United Disability Services

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

Firestone Park Center roof replacement

Victim Assistance Program, Inc.

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016 24-Hour Crisis Response Program

Weathervane Community Playhouse, Inc.

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

2016-17 Season operating costs

Well Akron Community Development Corporation

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

Renovate and repurpose historic Presbyterian Church

Western Reserve Historical Society – Hale Farm & Village

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
2016

Adopt-a-School Program: Leggett Elementary School

Total $641,500