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If you've not yet involved your children or grandchildren in your charitable giving, this is the year to consider it! Children of all ages can benefit from learning about philanthropy and how charities improve the quality of life for everyone. Indeed, many...

Doing your due diligence

The start of a new year often brings new opportunities to stay involved with the charities you love, whether as a donor, volunteer, board member, or all of the above. The staff at the Akron Community Foundation is here to support your charitable endeavors, no...

Unrestricted gifts: Helping your donors break through the myths

The team at the community foundation frequently hears from nonprofit professionals about how difficult it is to communicate to donors the value and importance of unrestricted gifts. This is especially the case when you and your colleagues are striving to...

Five-point formula: Board members and endowment fundraising

Especially at the beginning of a new year, the team at the community foundation fields a lot of questions from fundraising professionals about strategies for increasing gifts to an organization's endowment fund. Not surprisingly, a very common question is...

Doubling down: More good in your retirement years

If you've reached or are nearing retirement age, you may be evaluating how charitable giving fits into your life in a bigger way than it did during your working years. If you've found that you have more time, more money, or both, now that work and raising...

Unwrapping Generosity: Donor's Birthday Benefits Local Children

The youngest of five siblings, Momoe Garland was born on March 4, 1944, in Fukuoka, Japan, but for the past 53 years has built her family, career and life in Akron, Ohio. After arriving in the United States in the 1970s, Momoe worked for a time at a...

BCF's Impact: Western Reserve Playhouse

By August Scarpelli, artistic director of Western Reserve Playhouse It's no secret or surprise that the nonprofit arts world can be difficult to sustain an organization in, not to mention one in a smaller and mostly rural community. There are those of us...

A Year-End Letter from Bath Community Fund Board Chair Rev. Mark Frey

Dear Bath Community Fund Friends and Supporters, This has been an exciting year for our Bath Community Fund! We celebrated our 10th anniversary, launched our "For Bath, Forever" Campaign, and awarded another $50,000 in grants to Bath nonprofits. Please find...

Bath Community Fund welcomes new advisory board members

Bath Community Fund is excited to welcome two new advisory board members in 2024. James McClellan James McClellan grew up in Akron but spent over 30 years in the United States Air Force. He traveled all over the world, but when it was time to retire in 2021,...

Post-election fundraising: What to do after the dust settles

What a year! Naturally, it will take time to determine how the aftermath of the 2024 elections will impact charitable giving. But as the philanthropic sector waits patiently for clarity, here are a few points to keep in mind: Please reach out to the team at...

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