The Gay Community Endowment Fund recently awarded scholarships to four students who have positively impacted the LGBTQ+ community. In total, the GCEF Scholarship Fund awarded $8,000 this year to help local students achieve their higher education...
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.
The current environment of historically low interest rates has some experts heralding a "golden age of CLATs." More formally known as Charitable Lead Annuity Trusts, these planned giving vehicles pay a fixed amount to charity each year for a specific period...
In what the Community Foundation Public Awareness Initiative is calling an "unprecedented response," community foundations across the United States have mobilized more than $1 billion to support nonprofits on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. A study...
In the CARES Act, passed on March 27, 2020, Congress eliminated this year's required minimum distributions from IRAs, 401(k)s, and 457(b) and 403(b) plans. The end of March, however, was too late for people who had already taken their distributions for 2020....
By Don Laubacher, CFP®, CPA, AEP®Senior Vice President, Family Wealth, Sequoia Financial Group The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act was signed into law on Dec. 20, 2019 (that seems like a long time ago!). One significant...
This year, the Women's Endowment Fund raised more than $47,000 during its "Who Is Your SHEro?" campaign. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the campaign supported Akron Community Foundation's Community Response Fund for Nonprofits to rapidly provide...
Recent events in communities across America are painful reminders to all of us that systemic racial inequity and injustice in our society continues to severely damage the quality of life for Black people. Our responsibility as your community foundation...
How the nonprofit landscape has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic As the COVID-19 pandemic swept through Akron, followed quickly by a state-issued shutdown, Portage Path Behavioral Health had to completely modify its operations overnight to ensure its...
Our world has been turned upside down and our lives look a lot different than we ever expected as our advisory board transitions to a new leadership team. Yet, we remain hopeful for the future and look forward to the momentum we have built over the past few...
Spring is traditionally a time of rebirth and renewal, but spring this year has upended our comfortable world. COVID-19 has caused each of us to rethink our daily routines; to reach out to those who may be isolated, alone or in need; and to become creative...