News Releases: ACF

Tickets are now available for Akron Community Foundation's 2026 Bert A. Polsky Humanitarian Award dinner honoring Laura Bailey Culp. The event will take place Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 5 p.m. at the DoubleTree by Hilton Akron Fairlawn. Tickets start at $175 per...

Akron Community Foundation's board of directors recently approved $355,000 in capital grants, selected by the foundation's Community Investment Committee. Every other year, the foundation awards these grants to nonprofits that need funding to renovate or...

Board approves $650,000 in civic affairs grants Akron Community Foundation's board of directors distributed $4.4 million in quarterly grants and distributions and recently approved 61 competitive civic affairs grants totaling $650,000 that were chosen by the...

Laura Bailey Culp was announced as this year's Bert A. Polsky Humanitarian Award recipient by Akron Community Foundation. She will receive the award at the annual Bert A. Polsky Humanitarian Award dinner on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2026, at the DoubleTree by Hilton...

Competitive grants support arts and culture programs in Summit County Akron Community Foundation's board of directors recently announced grants totaling $6.2 million and approved $671,500 in arts and culture grants chosen by the foundation's Community...

Akron Community Foundation's board of directors recently approved 31 grants totaling $358,500 to nonprofit organizations supporting Summit County residents directly impacted by the opioid epidemic. This is the fifth round of grants from the Summit County...

Education grants support mentoring, early learning, after-school programs, among others Akron Community Foundation's board of directors recently announced quarterly grants totaling $4.4 million and approved $695,500 in...

Board also approves largest Health and Human Services grant cycle to date Akron Community Foundation awarded more than $4.3 million in grants during its past quarter, with its board approving nearly $850,000 in competitive health and human services grants...

A coalition of philanthropic and public partners is coming together to support Summit County residents facing growing food insecurity following reductions in federal SNAP benefits. The City of Akron, GAR Foundation, Akron Community Foundation and the...

Akron Community Foundation and Summit County will partner for a fifth round of grants from the Summit County Opioid Healing Fund, to help residents directly impacted by the opioid epidemic. Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro announced an additional...