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Gay Community Endowment Fund

 

Full inclusion for everyone

One of the community foundation’s most important values is inclusiveness, and no fund embraces that more than the Gay Community Endowment Fund.

Established in 2001, the fund makes grants to programs and services that positively impact the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, as well as greater Akron as a whole. It also raises awareness about equality issues and rallies the LGBT community around a common philanthropic purpose.

Since its founding, the Gay Community Endowment Fund has invested more than $183,000 into local causes that change the lives of LGBT people in our community.  Recent grants have helped train forensic nurses about same-sex domestic violence, provided support groups for LGBT senior citizens, and sponsored anti-bullying messages on the radio.

In celebration of its 10th grant-making anniversary in 2012, the Gay Community Endowment Fund held "One Decade, One Diva," an event featuring Tony-award winning Broadway songstress Ann Hampton Callaway. The event kicked off the fund's effort to create a scholarship fund at Akron Community Foundation to benefit LGBT youth. Watch footage or view photos from the event.

You can make a gift to the Gay Community Endowment Fund or read its most recent annual reports. You can also sign up to receive the fund’s e-newsletters on its website, gaycommunityfund.org.

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