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June 13, 2022
Summit County educators receive grants from GAR Foundation for classRoom-based projects
AKRON, Ohio (June 9, 2022) —GAR Foundation announced $350,000 in funding to 42 teams of educators through its annual Educator Initiative Grant (EIG) program. The EIG program offers grants to K-12 educators in Summit County’s public and nonprofit private schools who present classroom innovations to support student success. “We’re proud to continue supporting classroom teachers […]
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May 19, 2022
GAR Awards More Than $2.25 Million to Akron-Area Nonprofits
GAR Foundation awarded more than $2.25 million in grants to Akron nonprofit organizations at its May distribution meeting. The Foundation has focused significant support this quarter on inclusive economic and community development, through a grant to the Fund for Our Economic Future and through multiple grants to local neighborhood-serving community development organizations. The Fund For […]
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April 15, 2022
GAR Foundation’s 12th Annual Student Art Show
GAR Foundation is thrilled to celebrate the 12th annual Student Art Show, highlighting the work of 27 undergraduate students from The School of Art at Kent State University and The University of Akron’s Myers School of Art, on display at the historic Andrew Jackson House. The 2022 curated exhibit seeks to provide artists from both […]
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November 19, 2021
GAR Foundation Awards $2.2 million in grantS
GAR Foundation awarded $2,263,000 in grants to Akron nonprofit organizations at its November grant distribution meeting. Reflective of GAR’s commitment to improving Akron’s economic health, 43% of the funding awarded this quarter went to organizations in the economic and workforce development area that are working to support an inclusive economy where everyone can participate and […]
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November 05, 2021
GLASS HALF FULL AWARD: TERESA R. LEGRAIR
GAR Foundation is thrilled to announce that its 2021 Glass Half Full Award will go to President & CEO of Akron Urban League, Teresa R. LeGrair. This award was created in 2011 to recognize Summit County community leaders for their inspiring and optimistic leadership of nonprofit organizations. As part of this award, GAR gave $5,000 […]
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September 20, 2021
Positive Results from GAR Foundation’s STARS: Supporting Teachers and Ready Students
Akron, Ohio (Sept. 16, 2021) – With the beginning of a new school year, GAR Foundation analyzed the first two years of data from its STARS (Supporting Teachers and Ready Students) initiative—and is thrilled to announce the findings. Over the last two years, GAR Foundation and the Early Childhood Resource Center conducted the STARS program. […]
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September 03, 2021
Community Organizations Receive Over $1.7 Million in Funding from GAR Foundation
GAR Foundation awarded $1,727,000 in grants to Akron nonprofit organizations at its August grant distribution meeting. This round of funding was awarded to 20 nonprofits and included five multi-year grants to organizations in the areas of economic and workforce development, basic needs, and K-16 education. Organizations receiving multi-year grant funding include Akron Urban League, the […]
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July 26, 2021
The Results are In!
We are deeply grateful for the time you spent in responding to our Grantee Perception Survey. You offered a great deal of wisdom on many different facets of our work. Here are some headlines of what we heard from you, as well as our commitments to you for responsive action. You said: We appreciate GAR’s interest in […]
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July 20, 2021
Musings on our DEI Journey
In recent months many of you, our grantee partners, have been working hard to deepen your understanding of how racial injustice and systemic racism can show up in nonprofit work. You’ve been seeing these issues with new eyes, shaping new practices to try to catch them at their root and move forward on a better […]
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May 27, 2021
Summit County Educators Receive Grants from GAR Foundation for Classroom-Based Projects
GAR Foundation announced $350,000 in funding to 39 teams of educators through its annual Educator Initiative Grant (EIG) program. The EIG program offers grants to K-12 educators in Summit County’s public and nonprofit private schools who present classroom innovations to support student success. “With so much extra work for teachers helping students during this stressful […]
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