Grants

Category Grants Awarded in
Year 2024

Access, Inc.

Amount
$25,000
Category
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Year
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Building Futures Capital Campaign
expansion renovation and construction costs

Akron Art Museum

Amount
$25,000
Category
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Year
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Renovation to create Center for Digital Discovery

Akron Art Museum

Amount
$15,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

FY2025 Corbin Gallery and adjoining spaces
exhibitions and related programming

Akron Canton Regional Foodbank

Amount
$20,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024 Food Sourcing and Distribution Program

Akron Children’s Museum

Amount
$10,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

Subsidize 2,000 admission tickets

Akron Community Service Center & Urban League

Amount
$10,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024-25 Scholars Academy

Akron Parks Collaborative

Amount
$8,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

Boss Park amphitheater

Akron Roundtable

Amount
$500
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024 Contribution

Akron Zoological Park

Amount
$90,000
Category
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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

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

Amount
$35,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024-25 Summit County Disaster Cycle Services

Apollo’s Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra

Amount
$5,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024-25 Summit County Series

Art Resources Transformations

Amount
$5,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2025 Curated Storefront programming

Art Sparks

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

2024-25 Dynamite Duos in Akron Public Schools

Arthritis Foundation –
Great Lakes Region, Northeastern Ohio Office

Amount
$1,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024 Contribution

Bluecoats, Inc. – Endowment Fund

Amount
$1,000
Category
Grants Awarded in

2024 Contribution

Boy Scouts of America, Great Trail Council

Amount
$10,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

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

Boys and Girls Club of Northeast Ohio

Amount
$40,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024, 2025, and 2026
Direct organizational programming costs for Summit County

Building for Tomorrow

Amount
$10,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024-25 Early Childhood Initiative

Candid

Amount
$500
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024 Contribution

Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron

Amount
$25,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

Renovation to create
Autism and Related Development Disabilities Center

College Now Greater Cleveland, Inc.

Amount
$5,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024 Greater Akron Student Financial Aid and
Student Loan Counseling Project

Community Pregnancy Center, Inc.

Amount
$6,000
Category
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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

Girl Scouts of North East Ohio

Amount
$5,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024-25 Girl Scout Journey Program

Goodwill Industries of Akron, Ohio, Inc.

Amount
$2,500
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024 Contribution

Grace House Akron, Inc.

Amount
$13,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2025 Direct Caregiving

Greater Akron Fore Youth Development, Inc.

Amount
$10,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

Mud Run Driving Range update

Greenleaf Family Center

Amount
$10,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024-25 School Year Adolescent Suicide Prevention Program

GroundWorks DanceTheater

Amount
$5,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2023-24 Summit County Performances and Outreach

Haven of Rest Ministries, Inc.

Amount
$10,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2023-24 Dorm operations

Humane Society of Greater Akron

Amount
$15,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

New shelter outdoor enrichment
walking trail, fencing, and play yard

International Institute of Akron, Inc.

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

2025 Refugee Employment Services

International Soap Box Derby, Inc.

Amount
$10,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

FY2024 General operating support

Jewish Family Service of Akron, Ohio

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

2024-25 Older Adult Services in Summit County

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
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024, 2025, and 2026 General operating support

Magical Theatre Company

Amount
$5,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024-25 Season

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
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024 Season

OPRS Communities –
Rockynol Life Care Fund–Akron, Ohio

Amount
$1,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024 Contribution

Philanthropy Ohio

Amount
$1,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024 Contribution

Stark Technical College Foundation

Amount
$15,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024-25 Student Scholars and Emergency Fund Support Programs

Stewart’s Caring Place

Amount
$10,000
Category
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Year
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2024 Programs and services for Summit County residents

Summit Artspace

Amount
$5,000
Category
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Year
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2024-25 Akron ArtWalk

Summit Choral Society

Amount
$5,000
Category
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Year
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2024-25 35th Season

Summit County Children Services –
Graduation Recognition Fund

Amount
$500
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024 Contribution

Summit County Children Services –
Sharing & Caring Fund

Amount
$500
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024 Contribution

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

Amount
$4,000
Category
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Year
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2024 Contribution

Summit County Historical Society of Akron, Ohio

Amount
$500
Category
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Year
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2024 Contribution

Summit Education Initiative

Amount
$10,000
Category
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Year
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2024 Get Ready for School Project

The Friends of Children’s Hospital Charity Events

Amount
$2,000
Category
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Year
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2024 Contribution

The Well Community Development Corporation

Amount
$50,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

15 Middlebury home kitchen renovations

The Western Reserve Historical Society –
Hale Farm & Village

Amount
$10,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024-25 Hale Farm programming

Truly Reaching You

Amount
$5,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

WORK: Campaign to Build Capacity

United Disability Services, Inc.

Amount
$10,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

Two Lucynt Projection Capsules for Adult Services programming

Vantage Aging

Amount
$5,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2024-25 Non-Medicaid Client
Home Wellness Solutions Program

Victory Gallop, Inc.

Amount
$5,000
Category
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Year
Grants Awarded in 2024

2025 Program

Total $759,500