http://612m.emboldendesign.com My Website en-US jdavenport@embolden.com http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/133/Medzie-Burt-Join-Akron-Community-Foundation.aspx Akron Community Foundation recently welcomed two new employees to the organization. Margaret Medzie of Ravenna became vice president of development and donor engagement, and Tracy Burt of Stow joined the team as director of marketing. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/133/Medzie-Burt-Join-Akron-Community-Foundation.aspx tburt Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:00:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/132/Akron-Rotary-Foundation-creates-500-000-fund.aspx On Friday, the Akron Rotary Foundation made a $500,000 gift to Akron Community Foundation to establish the Akron Rotary Foundation Endowment Fund. The agency endowment fund will primarily help children who are financially disadvantaged attend the Akron Rotary Camp for Children with Special Needs in New Franklin. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/132/Akron-Rotary-Foundation-creates-500-000-fund.aspx kashby Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:03:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/129/Mothers-Day-gifts-support-local-women-and-girls.aspx Akron Community Foundation is offering community members the chance to give a Mother’s Day gift that will benefit women across Northeast Ohio for years to come. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/129/Mothers-Day-gifts-support-local-women-and-girls.aspx kashby Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:32:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/127/Womens-fund-celebrates-2-013-mill-achievement.aspx Last night, the Women’s Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation capped off its “For Women, Forever” campaign to raise $2.013 million for women’s and girls’ programs. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/127/Womens-fund-celebrates-2-013-mill-achievement.aspx kashby Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:13:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/124/Education-grants-focus-on-early-learning.aspx On Friday, Feb. 22, Akron Community Foundation’s board approved $1.85 million in grants, including 279 grants totaling $1,402,022 from designated, donor-advised, agency endowment and scholarship funds, and 20 grants totaling $450,000 from discretionary, or board-directed, funds. The majority of discretionary funding went to early learning programs that help prepare young children for success in school. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/124/Education-grants-focus-on-early-learning.aspx kashby Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:00:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/126/Odom-Fund-grants-target-fatherhood-programs.aspx The Vernon L. Odom Fund of Akron Community Foundation announced its 2013 grant distributions Friday. In total, $7,500 in grants was awarded to nine Akron-area nonprofits that promote ethnic and racial harmony. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/126/Odom-Fund-grants-target-fatherhood-programs.aspx kashby Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:50:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/125/Women-s-fund-breaks-record-grant-total.aspx The Women’s Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation recently awarded $95,000 to 11 Summit County nonprofit organizations that improve life for women and girls. This is the largest amount awarded in a single year in the fund’s 20-year history. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/125/Women-s-fund-breaks-record-grant-total.aspx kashby Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:00:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/118/Oprah-featured-author-to-speak-in-Akron-March-13.aspx Oprah-featured author Fawn Germer is coming to Akron to share her experiences as an acclaimed journalist, writer and international leadership speaker. The four-time Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist will deliver the keynote address at the Women’s Endowment Fund’s “For Women, Forever” annual dinner March 13. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/118/Oprah-featured-author-to-speak-in-Akron-March-13.aspx kashby Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:10:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/115/WEF-seeks-sponsors-for-20th-anniversary-dinner.aspx The Women’s Endowment Fund is seeking individual and corporate sponsors for its annual “For Women, Forever” dinner, which will take place Wednesday, March 13, at Quaker Station at Quaker Square Inn at the University of Akron. The event marks the fund’s 20th anniversary of improving life for women and girls in greater Akron. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/115/WEF-seeks-sponsors-for-20th-anniversary-dinner.aspx kashby Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:26:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/114/Medina-County-funds-seek-grant-proposals.aspx The Medina County Community Fund and the Medina County Women’s Endowment Fund are accepting grant proposals from Medina County nonprofit organizations that improve residents’ quality of life. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/114/Medina-County-funds-seek-grant-proposals.aspx kashby Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:03:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/113/Training-series-helps-nonprofits-boost-revenue.aspx A series of training seminars will help local nonprofits diversify their revenue streams and strengthen their fundraising plans in the new year. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/113/Training-series-helps-nonprofits-boost-revenue.aspx kashby Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:26:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/112/Community-foundation-grants-target-basic-needs.aspx On Friday, Nov. 30, Akron Community Foundation’s board approved $1.74 million in grants, including 203 grants totaling $1,335,311 from designated , donor-advised , agency endowment and scholarship funds , and 30 grants totaling $408,000 from discretionary, or board-directed, funds. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/112/Community-foundation-grants-target-basic-needs.aspx kashby Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:59:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/111/GCEF-awards-26-900-to-local-LGBT-programs.aspx The Gay Community Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation awarded grants totaling $26,900 to nine greater Akron nonprofit organizations. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/111/GCEF-awards-26-900-to-local-LGBT-programs.aspx kashby Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:31:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/108/Tickets-on-sale-for-annual-Sugar-Plum-holiday-tour.aspx Some of the area’s finest historic and contemporary homes will open their doors Sunday, Dec. 2, from 2 to 5:30 p.m. for the 11th annual Sugar Plum Tour. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/108/Tickets-on-sale-for-annual-Sugar-Plum-holiday-tour.aspx kashby Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:43:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/100/ACF-celebrates-100-million-in-grants.aspx On Friday, Sept. 14, Akron Community Foundation surpassed $100 million in total grants when board members approved $1,840,252 for civic programs and other causes important to community foundation fundholders. This brings the organization’s cumulative grants total to more than $101 million. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/100/ACF-celebrates-100-million-in-grants.aspx kashby Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:55:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/99/Zumba-event-to-raise-money-for-Summit-County-women-girls.aspx The Women’s Endowment Fund is partnering with local fitness instructor Jeananne Siegferth to support women and girls across greater Akron. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/99/Zumba-event-to-raise-money-for-Summit-County-women-girls.aspx kashby Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:02:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/98/Tickets-available-for-Polsky-event.aspx Tickets are now available for the 2012 Bert A. Polsky Humanitarian Award Dinner honoring one of northeast Ohio’s most revered leaders in health care and philanthropy, Dr. Terry A. Gordon. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/98/Tickets-available-for-Polsky-event.aspx kashby Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:34:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/96/Festival-of-Trees-seeks-sponsors.aspx The Medina County Women’s Endowment Fund is seeking sponsors for the sixth annual Festival of Trees event, which will take place Thursday, Nov. 8, at 6 p.m. at Weymouth Country Club. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/96/Festival-of-Trees-seeks-sponsors.aspx kashby Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:40:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/80/Fund-seeks-grant-requests-to-reduce-local-stray-cat-population.aspx The Rosalie and Cecil Smith Fund of Akron Community Foundation is accepting requests from local spay and neuter organizations in an effort to help reduce the area’s stray cat population. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/80/Fund-seeks-grant-requests-to-reduce-local-stray-cat-population.aspx kashby Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:56:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/95/Millennium-Fund-for-Children-seeks-grant-proposals.aspx The Millennium Fund for Children, an affiliate of Akron Community Foundation, is seeking grant proposals from qualified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that work to improve the lives of children. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/95/Millennium-Fund-for-Children-seeks-grant-proposals.aspx kashby Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:25:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/94/Gay-Community-Endowment-Fund-seeks-grant-proposals.aspx The Gay Community Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation is accepting grant applications for programs that will positively impact local gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender residents, along with greater Akron as a whole. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/94/Gay-Community-Endowment-Fund-seeks-grant-proposals.aspx kashby Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:59:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/40/Foundation-marks-record-year-at-annual-meeting.aspx Akron Community Foundation officials announced two record-setting milestones yesterday: $10.1 million in gifts and 40 new charitable funds established during the fiscal year that ended March 31, 2012. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/40/Foundation-marks-record-year-at-annual-meeting.aspx kashby Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:35:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/36/Medina-County-funds-award-41-900-to-local-nonprofits.aspx Two charitable funds serving Medina County awarded a combined $41,900 in grants on Friday, June 8. The Medina County Community Fund and the Medina County Women’s Endowment Fund, both affiliates of Akron Community Foundation, issued grants to 21 nonprofits this year, bringing their total distributions to more than $450,000. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/36/Medina-County-funds-award-41-900-to-local-nonprofits.aspx host Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:49:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/35/Quarterly-grants-top-2-million.aspx Akron Community Foundation’s board ratified grants totaling $2,112,558 during its quarterly meeting Friday, June 8. It approved 34 discretionary, or board-determined, grants totaling $429,000 for local arts and culture programs, plus one additional grant for a community pharmacy. The board also ratified 238 donor- and committee-directed grants from 95 funds totaling $1,648,558. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/35/Quarterly-grants-top-2-million.aspx host Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:43:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/34/Mother-s-Day-campaign-raises-funds-for-women-children-in-Medina-County.aspx The Medina County Women’s Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation is offering community members the chance to give a Mother’s Day gift that will benefit women and children across Medina County for years to come. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/34/Mother-s-Day-campaign-raises-funds-for-women-children-in-Medina-County.aspx host Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:40:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/33/GOJO-executives-kick-off-campaign-to-raise-2-013-million-by-2013-for-local-women-s-causes.aspx The Women’s Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation and GOJO Industries executives Joseph Kanfer and Marcella Kanfer Rolnick launched a campaign Wednesday to nearly triple the fund’s $1.2 million endowment. The announcement came at the fund’s annual dinner at the Hilton Akron/Fairlawn, where the Kanfers shared their insight on intergenerational philanthropy. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/33/GOJO-executives-kick-off-campaign-to-raise-2-013-million-by-2013-for-local-women-s-causes.aspx host Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:36:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/31/Women-s-dinner-to-feature-GOJO-leaders-Marcella-Kanfer-Rolnick-Joseph-Kanfer.aspx Two of Akron’s most renowned business leaders and philanthropists will join the Women’s Endowment Fund in March at the fund’s annual “For Women, Forever” dinner. GOJO Industries executives Marcella Kanfer Rolnick and Joseph Kanfer will discuss the importance of encouraging philanthropy in the next generation with more than 300 people at the annual event, which will be held Wednesday, March 28, at the Hilton Akron/Fairlawn. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/31/Women-s-dinner-to-feature-GOJO-leaders-Marcella-Kanfer-Rolnick-Joseph-Kanfer.aspx host Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:12:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/30/Early-learning-takes-priority-as-Akron-Community-Foundation-s-grants-exceed-1-5-million.aspx On Friday, Akron Community Foundation granted $222,500 to programs that help prepare young children for success in school. The early learning grants equaled nearly half of the board’s $490,000 in discretionary education funding. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/30/Early-learning-takes-priority-as-Akron-Community-Foundation-s-grants-exceed-1-5-million.aspx host Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:54:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/29/Women-s-Endowment-Fund-celebrates-500-000-in-grants-to-women-s-and-girls-causes.aspx The Women’s Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation recently awarded $52,000 to nine Summit County nonprofit organizations that improve life for Summit County women and girls. That brings its cumulative grant-making total to $501,501. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/29/Women-s-Endowment-Fund-celebrates-500-000-in-grants-to-women-s-and-girls-causes.aspx host Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:35:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/28/Vernon-L-Odom-Fund-grants-support-diversity-initiatives-throughout-Summit-County.aspx The Vernon L. Odom Fund of Akron Community Foundation announced its 2012 grant distributions Friday. In total, $7,500 in grants was awarded to eight Akron-area nonprofits that promote ethnic and racial harmony. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/28/Vernon-L-Odom-Fund-grants-support-diversity-initiatives-throughout-Summit-County.aspx host Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:13:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/32/Medical-Mutual-of-Ohio-makes-largest-single-gift-in-community-foundations-56-year-history.aspx Jared Chaney, chief marketing and communications officer of Medical Mutual of Ohio, presented a $5 million check to Akron Community Foundation Chair Michael A. Sweeney at the foundation’s quarterly board meeting this morning. The gift is the largest in the community foundation’s history. With it, the company established the Medical Mutual Community Investment Fund, a corporate-advised fund that will be the company’s charitable arm in the Akron area, where it will break ground on a new office lat... http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/32/Medical-Mutual-of-Ohio-makes-largest-single-gift-in-community-foundations-56-year-history.aspx host Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:22:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/27/Regina-Brett-to-speak-at-fundraiser-for-Medina-County-Women-s-Endowment-Fund-March-22.aspx Popular local author and Plain Dealer columnist Regina Brett will speak at a luncheon March 22 to raise funds to help women and children in Medina County. Sponsored by Mimi’s, the proceeds from this event will benefit the Medina County Women’s Endowment Fund, which makes grants each year to Medina County nonprofits serving women and children. The luncheon will be held at Blue Heron Golf & Conference Center in Medina, where Brett will share her life experiences and sign copies of her books. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/27/Regina-Brett-to-speak-at-fundraiser-for-Medina-County-Women-s-Endowment-Fund-March-22.aspx host Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:01:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/26/Free-media-training-center-relocates-to-Main-Library.aspx Community members will have increased access to free digital media training and equipment, thanks to a new partnership between Akron Community Foundation and the Akron-Summit County Public Library. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/26/Free-media-training-center-relocates-to-Main-Library.aspx host Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:59:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/25/Medina-County-funds-seek-grant-proposals.aspx The Medina County Community Fund and the Medina County Women’s Endowment Fund are accepting grant proposals from Medina County nonprofit organizations that improve residents’ quality of life. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/25/Medina-County-funds-seek-grant-proposals.aspx host Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:50:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/24/The-Black-Keys-unlock-fans-generosity.aspx Black Keys fans can now get first dibs on premium tour tickets while at the same time supporting mental health in the band’s hometown. Tickets-for-Charity announced Wednesday that Black Keys guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney selected Community Support Services, an Akron, Ohio-based mental health agency, to receive proceeds from Black Keys concert tickets purchased through the Tickets-For-Charity.com website. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/24/The-Black-Keys-unlock-fans-generosity.aspx host Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:40:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/23/Community-foundation-s-board-awards-1-78-million-concentrates-on-basic-needs.aspx For the third November in a row, Akron Community Foundation’s board focused the majority of its discretionary, or board-directed, grant-making on meeting residents’ basic needs, including food, clothing, shelter, and primary and preventative health care. The community foundation’s board approved the grants at its Nov. 18 meeting. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/23/Community-foundation-s-board-awards-1-78-million-concentrates-on-basic-needs.aspx host Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:32:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/22/Millennium-Fund-for-Children-awards-43-000-to-area-youth-programs.aspx Akron Community Foundation’s Millennium Fund for Children awarded 26 grants totaling $43,000 to arts, education and health programs for local youth. Nearly half will support programs that meet children’s basic needs, including a program that provides backpacks of food for at-risk children on weekends and school breaks. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/22/Millennium-Fund-for-Children-awards-43-000-to-area-youth-programs.aspx host Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:15:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/21/Gay-Community-Endowment-Fund-grants-support-LGBT-awareness-programs.aspx The Gay Community Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation awarded grants totaling $29,161 to 10 greater Akron nonprofit organizations. Akron Community Foundation’s board ratified this latest round of grants at its quarterly meeting Nov. 18. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/21/Gay-Community-Endowment-Fund-grants-support-LGBT-awareness-programs.aspx host Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:11:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/20/Medina-County-Women-s-Endowment-Fund-to-hold-revamped-Festival-of-Trees-event.aspx The annual Festival of Trees event is back this year in an exciting new format. This holiday fundraising event, which benefits the Medina County Women’s Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation, will be a “ladies night out” at Blue Heron Golf Club. Guests will have the chance to bid on highly sought-after auction items and gift packages while enjoying a delicious dinner. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/20/Medina-County-Women-s-Endowment-Fund-to-hold-revamped-Festival-of-Trees-event.aspx host Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:05:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/19/Akron-Community-Foundation-awards-1-3-million-in-grants.aspx Akron Community Foundation’s board ratified grants totaling $1,310,928 during its quarterly meeting Friday, Sept. 16. It approved 31 discretionary, or board-determined, grants totaling $442,500 for local civic programs. It also ratified 207 donor- and committee-directed grants from 95 designated, donor-advised and scholarship funds totaling $868,428. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/19/Akron-Community-Foundation-awards-1-3-million-in-grants.aspx host Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:59:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/18/Foundation-to-focus-grant-making-on-vulnerable-populations.aspx Akron Community Foundation will once again focus its health and human services grant-making on programs that help Summit County residents who are most vulnerable in the current economy. But in addition to supporting emergency programs, President and CEO John T. Petures Jr. said the community foundation’s board will also give priority to programs that improve those residents’ long-term well-being. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/18/Foundation-to-focus-grant-making-on-vulnerable-populations.aspx host Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:53:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/17/ATHENA-event-celebrates-women-s-leadership-encourages-mentoring.aspx Emerging women leaders in greater Akron will have the opportunity to learn from female mentors and trailblazers at the ATHENA International Women’s Leadership Day Luncheon on Tuesday, Sept. 20. Now in its third year, the event encourages mentoring and relationship-building among area women. Proceeds from the luncheon benefit the Women’s Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity, which makes yearly grants to nonprofit organizations that improve the quality of life f... http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/17/ATHENA-event-celebrates-women-s-leadership-encourages-mentoring.aspx host Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:46:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/16/Hale-Farm-Village-invests-25-000-in-its-future-through-Akron-Community-Foundation.aspx The Hale Farm & Village Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation will grow by $25,000 after museum administrators decided a portion of the state funds they received for restoration work should be preserved for future needs. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/16/Hale-Farm-Village-invests-25-000-in-its-future-through-Akron-Community-Foundation.aspx host Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:42:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/15/Fund-seeks-grant-requests-to-reduce-local-stray-cat-population.aspx The Rosalie and Cecil Smith Fund of Akron Community Foundation is accepting requests from local spay and neuter organizations in an effort to help reduce the area’s stray cat population. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/15/Fund-seeks-grant-requests-to-reduce-local-stray-cat-population.aspx host Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:17:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/14/Community-foundation-celebrates-growth-6-23-million-in-grants-at-annual-meeting.aspx Nearly 200 people gathered at the Hilton Akron/Fairlawn for Akron Community Foundation’s 56th annual meeting, which featured stories of growth, grants and personal philanthropy. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/14/Community-foundation-celebrates-growth-6-23-million-in-grants-at-annual-meeting.aspx host Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:11:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/13/Considine-to-receive-Bert-A-Polsky-Humanitarian-Award.aspx Akron Community Foundation will honor one of northeast Ohio’s most revered leaders in health care and philanthropy this year at the Bert A. Polsky Humanitarian Award celebration. William H. Considine will be the 42nd recipient of the award, which is named for the former president of Polsky’s Department Store and founding trustee of Akron Community Foundation. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/13/Considine-to-receive-Bert-A-Polsky-Humanitarian-Award.aspx host Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:06:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/12/Akron-Community-Foundation-s-quarterly-grants-top-1-4-million.aspx Akron Community Foundation’s board ratified grants totaling $1,444,333 during its quarterly meeting Friday, June 10. It approved 25 discretionary, or board-determined, grants totaling $397,500 for local arts and culture programs. It also ratified 237 donor- and committee-directed grants from 78 designated, donor-advised and scholarship funds totaling $1,046,833. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/12/Akron-Community-Foundation-s-quarterly-grants-top-1-4-million.aspx host Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:54:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/11/Medina-County-Community-Fund-awards-35-000-to-local-nonprofits.aspx The Medina County Community Fund, an affiliate of Akron Community Foundation, awarded $35,000 in grants Friday to 13 local nonprofit organizations. In its 18-year history, the fund has granted more than $350,000 to agencies that make a permanent difference in the lives of Medina County residents. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/11/Medina-County-Community-Fund-awards-35-000-to-local-nonprofits.aspx host Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:43:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/10/Medina-County-Women-s-Endowment-Fund-awards-2011-grants.aspx The Medina County Women’s Endowment Fund, a permanent philanthropic endowment of Akron Community Foundation, announced its 2011 grant distributions Friday. Grants totaling $6,800 were awarded to five qualified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations serving women and children in Medina County. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/10/Medina-County-Women-s-Endowment-Fund-awards-2011-grants.aspx host Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:36:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/4/Filmmaker-Stu-Maddux-to-speak-at-Gay-Community-Endowment-Fund-annual-meeting.aspx Acclaimed filmmaker Stu Maddux is coming to Akron in April to speak at the annual meeting of the Gay Community Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation. At the event, Maddux will talk about his experiences in filming “Gen Silent,” a documentary about elderly LGBT people who must go back into the closet to survive in the health care system. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/4/Filmmaker-Stu-Maddux-to-speak-at-Gay-Community-Endowment-Fund-annual-meeting.aspx host Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:58:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/3/Early-learning-takes-priority-as-Akron-Community-Foundation-s-grants-approach-1-8-million.aspx For the third consecutive year, Akron Community Foundation focused its education grants on programs that help prepare Summit County’s young children to succeed in school. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/3/Early-learning-takes-priority-as-Akron-Community-Foundation-s-grants-approach-1-8-million.aspx host Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:57:00 GMT http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/2/Women-s-Endowment-Fund-awards-51-500-for-health-safety-economic-security-programs.aspx The Women’s Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation announced its latest round of grants Friday, Feb. 18, awarding $51,500 to local nonprofit organizations serving women and girls. http://akroncf.org/ContactUs/NewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/96/ArticleId/2/Women-s-Endowment-Fund-awards-51-500-for-health-safety-economic-security-programs.aspx host Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:41:00 GMT