Akron Community Foundation
Published: June 7, 2019
Today, Akron Community Foundation’s board of directors approved grants totaling $2,911,115 including $625,000 in competitive arts and culture grants chosen by the foundation’s Community Investment Committee.
... Co-investment funding joins that of the following field-of-interest and unrestricted funds, which were created by charitable residents to support emerging needs in our community: Adam Fund, Board of Directors Annual Giving Fund, Community Fund, Charles C. and Dorathea S. Dilley Fund, GAR Foundation Fund for Dance in Summit County, Lillian D. and Lincoln H. Gries Fund, Lucille Scott Harris Fund, Arthur Kelly Fund, William C. Krisher Fund, John S. Knight Fund, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fund for Dance , John A. McAlonan Fund, W. Bishop & Elizabeth C. McIntosh Fund, Pat and Alan Ockene Fund, Howard and Margaret Palmer Fund, Rose Mary Picciotti Fund, C. Colmery Gibson Polsky Fund, Helen S. Robertson Fund, James G. Robertson Fund, Roush Memorial Fund, Shaw Foundation Fund, George Stevens Fund, Jean P. Stevens Fund, Ronald L. Stiles Fund, Dr. Kenneth F. Swanson Fund for the Arts, Orpha and Howard Wellock, Parents of Cheryl Wellock Fund, and Muriel A. Zodrow Fund. Their grants will support the following arts and culture programs: Curated Storefront awarded $7,500