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Keeping score: Simple tips for tracking planned giving activities

Naturally, your organization understands the importance of planned giving. But, if you are like many organizations, figuring out a way to track it and measure success leaves you scratching your head. That's understandable. Unlike an annual campaign, planned...

Beyond attendance: Is your board equipped for today and tomorrow?

At the community foundation, we regularly hear from nonprofit leaders that getting your board engaged in the right ways can be a challenge. And that's on top of the already high bar to recruit board members in the first place. Finding—and...

Worth a read: Moving from charitable transactions to charitable strategy

At Akron Community Foundation, our team keeps an eye out for helpful sources and reading material to help you more easily stay up-to-date on trends and techniques for advising your charitable clients. Four recent articles make a common point: the most...

Bunching charitable gifts, year-end, and getting ahead

For many attorneys, CPAs, and financial advisors, the last weeks of summer mark the beginning of year-end planning season. As clients return from vacations and turn their attention to tax and financial planning, it's an ideal time to revisit charitable giving...

Highs and lows: Reminding clients about stock gifts

As an attorney, CPA, or financial advisor, you're well aware that your clients are typically better off from a tax perspective if they donate to charity by giving appreciated stock held for more than one year instead of writing a check. That's because the...

Why You Should Consider Moving Your Annual Grantmaking to the Summer

At Akron Community Foundation, we are accustomed to the rush of year-end grantmaking. As November and December arrive, fundholders often turn their attention to completing annual charitable gifts before the calendar closes. It is a tradition that makes sense...

Checking in on your charitable plan

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." — John Lennon You've certainly heard that well-known quote. But have you thought about it in the context of your charitable giving? It's common to create a charitable giving plan during a...

Charitable giving: 10 ways teens can get involved

At Akron Community Foundation, we are honored to work with many families across multiple generations. Quite frequently, parents and grandparents share with us their hopes of passing along to the next generation more than just financial assets. They want to...

Closer to home: Steps to move your donor-advised fund to Akron Community Foundation

At Akron Community Foundation, we work with a wide range of donors who want to support favorite charities and causes they care about. Sometimes we meet with individuals and families who have already begun their charitable giving journey by establishing a...

A Legacy of Pride and Purpose: The Gay Community Endowment Fund marks 25 years of investing in Greater Akron's LGBTQ+ community

In the late 1990s, LGBTQ+ life in Akron often existed quietly. There was community. There was connection. There was joy. But much of it remained out of public view in spaces like LGBTQ+ bars and nightclubs, where people could gather safely. For many LGBTQ+...

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