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2019 Year-End Giving Deadlines
Date: November 21, 2019
It's hard to believe, but it's almost 2020! As the close of the year approaches, Stark Community Foundation is here to help you simplify your year-end giving. Consider these important dates and tips to make the most of your giving and maximize available tax benefits. Recommend Grants From Your Fund If you want to support your favorite organizations before year's end through your charitable fund at Stark Community Foundation, please be sure to submit your grant recommendations... Continue Reading
Nonprofit Partners Release 2019 Stark County Community Assessment
Date: October 22, 2019
United Way of Greater Stark County and Stark Community Foundation in partnership with The Center for Community Solutions released today the 2019 Stark County Community Assessment, a comprehensive data report. The assessment pulls together, in one place, the most timely, relevant data on health, social and economic conditions in Stark County. “Recognizing the value that our previous data compilation efforts provided to Stark County, we wanted to again offer this resource to the community,” said Maria... Continue Reading
Neighborhood Showcase and Town Hall Scheduled for October 14
Date: October 2, 2019
The 15th annual Neighborhood Showcase and Town Hall Meeting will be held at 5 p.m. on October 14 at the McKinley Grand Hotel, located at 320 Market Avenue South in downtown Canton. Hosted by Stark Community Foundation’s nonpartisan Canton Neighborhood Leadership Council, the event will showcase Canton’s neighborhood associations and their community projects plus candidates on the November ballot (for Canton offices only) who responded to the invitation to participate. The event will give candidates the... Continue Reading
THINKBIG Planned for October 25
Date: October 1, 2019
On October 25, Stark Community Foundation and Strengthening Stark are teaming up to host THINKBIG: a day of engaging community conversations, the culminating event of Strengthening Stark Week. The county-wide, inaugural event is designed to give residents a voice and bring people together to brainstorm solutions to community needs while celebrating the good in Stark County. On this one day, nearly 200 community conversations will take place across Stark County with approximately 2,000 diverse individuals who... Continue Reading
Stark Community Foundation Announces Largest Grant in Foundation History
Date: September 12, 2019
View of the inside of Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank’s facility in Akron. Distribution in the current facility has reached maximum capacity, and food storage and staff space is limited. The Foodbank has plans to construct and operate a second facility in downtown Canton on the former Fishers Foods property on the corner of Cherry Avenue NE and 14th Street NE. The facility is expected to open as early as 2021. Stark Community Foundation’s Board of Directors recently... Continue Reading
Career Opportunity: Secretary/Receptionist
Date: September 6, 2019
About Stark Community Foundation Established in 1963 as a multiple trusteeship community foundation by the five Stark County banks operating trust departments. Assets from The Edward A. Langenbach Trust, designated for charitable use in “Canton and its environs,” were transferred to the Foundation and matched by funds contributed by the Timken Foundation of Canton. At the end of 1964, all five Corporate Trustees in Stark County held funds of the Foundation, which totaled $4.6 million. Grants... Continue Reading
Women’s Fund 2019 Annual Gathering Planned for September 25
Date: September 4, 2019
The Women’s Fund, an endowment fund of Stark Community Foundation, will celebrate women and children at its Annual Gathering on Wednesday, September 25, where it will showcase the recipients of the Fund’s 2019 grants Members of The Women’s Fund and members of the community interested in learning more about this innovative fund started by women, for women, will be inspired by the stories of the six non-profit agencies who received this year’s grants: Canton Calvary Mission,... Continue Reading
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