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415 Group Charitable Fund

EST. 2018

415 Group, a certified public accounting, business consulting and IT services firm located in Canton, created a charitable fund as a way to expand its philanthropic footprint and amplify the firm’s impact. Through this fund, shareholders actively award grants to organizations and initiatives that ultimately strengthen the communities they serve.

Absolute Hospice Foundation Endowment Fund

EST. 2017

Created by The Absolute Hospice Foundation, this endowment fund provides a steady stream of income to help ease the financial burden for those in the final season of life. Income from this fund helps provide funeral and final wish fulfillment grants, hospice education, volunteer resources and information about community-based support available to patients and their families.

Wayne D. Ackerman Scholarship Fund

EST. 2004

Proceeds from this fund provide scholarship support for Stark County high school seniors who have been accepted into a four-year college or university.

Barry and Michelle Adelman Advised Fund

EST. 2013

ADCO Distributors President Barry Adelman and his wife Michelle established a donor advised fund to support and strengthen the community that has been the home of their family business for over six decades.

AHEAD Endowment Fund

EST. 2001

This fund was created to continue the work of operating after-school enrichment programs, counseling and ancillary programs for children in Massillon, Ohio. It was established with an anonymous challenge grant to encourage additional donations to the fund.

J. Whitney Ake and Patricia A. Ake Charitable Fund

EST. 2015

Following a distinguished career as a local attorney, J. Whitney and his wife, Patricia, created this designated fund to support a number of nonprofit organizations in Stark County now and in the future.