The Institute for Emerging Philanthropists Grant History

In 2026, the Institute for Emerging Philanthropists Fund awarded grants totaling $50,000 to four nonprofit organizations:

• Family Promise of Summit County, $20,000
• Portage Path Behavioral Health, $15,000
• Summit County Continuum of Care, $10,000
• Summit County Valor Court, $5,000

In 2024, the Institute for Emerging Philanthropists Fund awarded grants totaling $40,000 to three nonprofit organizations: 

• Akron Cooperative Farms, $10,000
• Rape Crisis Center of Medina & Summit Counties, $10,000
• The Well CDC, $20,000

In 2022, the Institute for Emerging Philanthropists Fund awarded grants totaling $45,000 to six nonprofit organizations: 

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Summit, Medina & Stark Counties, $1,500
• Chair-ity Inc., $10,000
• The Children's Center of Medina County, $5,000
• Limitless Ambition, $10,000
• Love Akron, $15,000
• Summit Education Initiative, $3,500

In 2020, the Institute for Emerging Philanthropists Fund awarded grants totaling $80,000 to 16 nonprofit organizations:

• Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank, $2,000
• Akron Children's Museum, $2,500
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Summit, Medina & Stark Counties, $1,000
• Bulldog Bags, $2,000
• The Children's Center of Medina County, $5,000
• Dreams Academy, $5,000
• Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio, $5,000
• Greenleaf Family Center, $4,000
• Humility of Mary Housing, $4,500
• Junior Achievement of North Central Ohio, $5,000
• Limitless Ambition, $5,000
• Pediatric Palliative Care Fund at Akron Children's Hospital, $5,000
• Rubber City Church, $5,000
• Stewart's Caring Place, $10,000
• United Way of Summit & Medina, $6,500
• The Well CDC, $5,000