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‘Tis the season: Why tax time is often the best time to get serious about your charitable plans

With tax season wrapping up, many people are considering how best to use their refund. Fortunately, charitable giving tends to rank high on ways people spend "bonus" money, and giving intentionally and strategically always helps that gift go further. Most...

Private Foundations and Donor-Advised Funds: Debunking 3 Myths

If you’ve been involved with charitable giving for a few years, you’ve no doubt become familiar with both private foundations and donor-advised funds and their popularity as charitable giving tools. As is often the case with tax and estate...

Gay Community Endowment Fund grantees discuss housing, mental health and more

In March 2023, representatives from nonprofit organizations that have received grants from the Gay Community Endowment Fund gathered to discuss opportunities for collaboration, as well as how the fund can further support each organization's goals. GCEF's...

Bayard Rustin LGBTQ+ Resource Center provides clients with tools for success

Impact grant from the Gay Community Endowment Fund helps the center expand its facility, services In 2022, the Akron AIDS Collaborative received a $7,500 impact grant to support the Bayard Rustin LGBTQ+ Resource Center. The center, which opened in January...

Preparing for the future: It’s easier with an endowment

The gold standard for many nonprofits whose missions are critical to our society is the ability to provide reliable services to the people who are counting on them, regardless of economic ups and downs. This is especially true in the wake of weather-related...

Medina County Women's Endowment Fund fosters the success of exceptional children

In 2021, OPEN-Bees received a $2,500 grant to provide professional advocacy services for exceptional children, who often find it challenging to navigate through school and extracurricular activities. As a direct result of the grant, OPEN-Bees paid the...

3 Reasons to Talk With Your Clients About Charitable Giving

No doubt, your news feed includes far more articles about philanthropy as a planning tool for your clients than it did just a few years ago. Charitable giving has always been an important subject of client discussions for attorneys, accountants and financial...

Five of the most-asked questions about Qualified Charitable Distributions

Qualified Charitable Distributions, or "QCDs," are becoming a very popular financial and charitable planning tool. At the same time, QCDs are growing as the source of more and more confusion. Here are answers to the questions we’ve been asked most...

From the Board Chair: The 2023 Grant Cycle

As spring approaches, our advisory board is eagerly anticipating the 2023 grant application season. We find it extremely rewarding to be given the opportunity to learn about the incredible nonprofit organizations within Medina County. Through their diverse...

Charitable strategies for advisors facing their own liquidity event

By Jesse W. Hurst, CFP®, AIF®, Financial Advisor and CEO of Impel Wealth Management and Lewis E. Bennett III (Trey), Partner, Stark & Knoll Co. L.P.A. In high school, many of us were asked to solve a word problem that went something like this: Two...

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