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A Common Theme

Akron Community Foundation is a library of personal stories. Their authors? Charitable people just like you who want to enrich the community in their own unique way, now and forever.

Some are fundholder stories, which feature charitable individuals, families and organizations that find purpose, ease and fulfillment by giving through Akron Community Foundation. Others are grantee stories about nonprofits that are leveraging generous gifts from our donors and fundholders to improve life all over Summit County. Still others are advisor stories about legal and financial professionals who have expanded their services and strengthened client relationships by offering philanthropic services through Akron Community Foundation.

Ready to write your own story? Learn how you can start a charitable fund and leave your mark on the community for generations to come. You can also read our publications for more inspiring stories about philanthropy in Greater Akron.

Give your endowment a summer boost
Give your endowment a summer boost
The summer months are typically slow, but if ever there were a summer to step up your fundraising efforts–especially efforts to grow your endowment or reserve funds–this would be the summer to do it. That’s because new research points to a lack of...
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Learn more about donor-advised funds
Learn more about donor-advised funds
Charitably-inclined individuals and families have many options for organizing their charitable giving. The community foundation works with a wide range of donors to help them establish a charitable giving plan to ensure that they can maximize their support of...
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A Recipe for Crisis
A Recipe for Crisis
Ending of emergency benefits, inflation place squeeze on healthy food access On a sunny April afternoon, dozens of cars line up in single file at Summit Lake Community Center in South Akron. Volunteers adorned in orange fill the trunks of the vehicles with...
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Income timing: A NIMCRUT could hold the key
Income timing: A NIMCRUT could hold the key
Clients who own closely held businesses or real estate may be good candidates for a particular type of charitable remainder trust known as a NIMCRUT, which is short for "Net Income with Makeup Charitable Remainder Unitrust."  The way it works is that...
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Bunching: Help donors help you
Bunching: Help donors help you
As every nonprofit leader is no doubt aware, the rules for charitable deductions have changed over the last few years. The charitable contribution deduction is available only to taxpayers who itemize deductions, and because the standard deduction recently...
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Giving a Business to Charity: Start the Conversation Now
Giving a Business to Charity: Start the Conversation Now
Despite recent reports of a 55% decline in charitable giving by the top 50 U.S. donors in 2022, high profile giving by donors associated with well-known businesses has maintained its place in the limelight, even amid recent market volatility and tenacious...
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