Grants

Category Grants Awarded in
Year 2024

Akron Art Museum

Amount
$15,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

FY2025 Corbin Gallery and adjoining spaces
exhibitions and related programming

Akron Canton Regional Foodbank

Amount
$20,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024 Food Sourcing and Distribution Program

Akron Children’s Museum

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

Subsidize 2,000 admission tickets

Akron Parks Collaborative

Amount
$8,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

Boss Park amphitheater

Akron Zoological Park

Amount
$90,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

Veterinary Hospital

Alchemy, Inc.

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024-25 In-school and after-school programming

Apollo’s Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024-25 Summit County Series

Boy Scouts of America, Great Trail Council

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024-25 School Year Exploring Program for
APS middle schools and
Barberton middle and high schools

College Now Greater Cleveland, Inc.

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024 Greater Akron Student Financial Aid and
Student Loan Counseling Project

Community Pregnancy Center, Inc.

Amount
$6,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

Safety First Program: Cribs and mattresses

Cuyahoga Valley Preservation and Scenic Railway Association

Amount
$75,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

Help purchase 3 locomotives

Greater Akron Fore Youth Development, Inc.

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

Mud Run Driving Range update

Greenleaf Family Center

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024-25 School Year Adolescent Suicide Prevention Program

GroundWorks DanceTheater

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2023-24 Summit County Performances and Outreach

Haven of Rest Ministries, Inc.

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2023-24 Dorm operations

International Soap Box Derby, Inc.

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

FY2024 General operating support

Junior Achievement of North Central, Ohio, Inc.

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024-25 School Year Summit County Inspiring Programs

Let’s Grow Akron, Inc.

Amount
$30,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024, 2025, and 2026 General operating support

Musical Arts Association –
Cleveland Orchestra (Blossom Music Center)

Amount
$40,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024 Blossom Festival

Ohio Shakespeare Festival

Amount
$7,500
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024 Season

Stark Technical College Foundation

Amount
$15,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024-25 Student Scholars and Emergency Fund Support Programs

Stewart’s Caring Place

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024 Programs and services for Summit County residents

Summit Artspace

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024-25 Akron ArtWalk

Summit Choral Society

Amount
$5,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024-25 35th Season

Summit County Children Services
Women’s Auxiliary Board – Contribution Fund

Amount
$4,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024 Contribution

Summit Education Initiative

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024 Get Ready for School Project

The Friends of Children’s Hospital Charity Events

Amount
$2,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024 Contribution

The Western Reserve Historical Society –
Hale Farm & Village

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024-25 Hale Farm programming

United Disability Services, Inc.

Amount
$10,000
Category
Grants Awarded in
Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

Two Lucynt Projection Capsules for Adult Services programming

Total $447,500