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Green Community Fund seeks applications; $15,000 to be awarded, grants up to $3,000
Summary
Jacqueline Beckwith and the Green Community Fund presented the fund's grant cycle: roughly $500,000 in the fund, $15,000 to be awarded this cycle, individual grants up to $3,000, applications due Jan. 20, awards announced in early March.
Jacqueline Beckwith, a Green resident and co‑chair of the Green Community Fund grant-selection committee, presented the Fund’s open grant cycle and encouraged nonprofits that serve Green residents to apply.
Beckwith said the fund has roughly $500,000 in total, with December donations of about $70,000 in the most recent month. The selection committee plans to distribute $15,000 in this grant cycle, with individual awards up to $3,000. The application deadline is Jan. 20; the selection committee will meet in February and announce awards in early March.
Beckwith described the application as intentionally simple, modeled in part on other community grant programs. Eligible applicants are 501(c)(3) nonprofits that serve Green residents; examples the committee has already reached out to include Blessings in a Backpack, Green Good Neighbors, the YMCA and the MAPS Museum. The committee includes co‑chairs Lori Lachenschlager, Brandon Waithe, Barry Hollis, Kelly Schultz and three Green High School students; Beckwith said volunteers and committee members can be contacted for application questions and the application is available through the Akron Community Foundation website and a Green Community Fund web page and Facebook page.
There was no formal council action connected to the presentation; council members thanked Beckwith and encouraged outreach to nonprofits and constituents.
