Total, Hudson: $287,100
Destination Hudson, $125,000
To support the renovation of Hudson’s Town Hall to include Destination Hudson and the new Hudson Fire Museum & Historical Education Society (Challenge Grant)
First Congregational Church of Hudson, $10,000
For operating support
EMS Outreach Fund of Hudson, $2,000
For an automated CPR device for one of the Hudson EMS ambulances
Hudson Bandstand, $2,500
For the Hudson Summer Music Festival
Hudson City Schools, $15,000
To support clubs at Hudson High School
Hudson City Schools, $1,500
For the earth balloon inflatable globe program at Ellsworth Hill Elementary School
Hudson Community First, $10,000
For the Intern for a Day/Career Panel program
Hudson Community Foundation, $5,000
For the Hudson Independence Day fireworks display
Hudson Community Foundation, $35,000
To provide ongoing support for the Hudson Independence Day fireworks display in 2016 ($5,000) and increased support to celebrate the Foundation's 50th anniversary in 2017 ($30,000)
Hudson Community Service Association, $4,000
For the Helping Hands Assistance Fund
Hudson Community Service Association, $250
For the 2015 holiday lighting program
Hudson Heritage Association, $250
For a Preservationist Membership for 2015
Hudson Job Search, $10,000
For operating support
Hudson Library and Historical Society, $500
For sponsorship of the 10th anniversary celebration
Leadership Hudson, $10,000
For solar panels on Barlow Community Center
Music from the Western Reserve, $25,000
For endowment support ($25,000) and operations ($7,500)
RED Company real.edge.dance, $2,500
For construction of a dance floor
Seton Catholic School, $2,500
For a youth philanthropy program with Laurel Lake Retirement Community
Taste of Hudson, $9,500
For marketing of the Taste of Hudson event
Other Community
Total, Community: $522,225
The Burton D. Morgan Foundation periodically makes proactive grants to community organizations whose important work falls outside our mission-related grant focus. These grants are typically made once a year and are determined on a proactive basis by the Foundation's Trustees. We do not accept applications for our proactive community grantmaking and typically select a different group of recipient organizations each year.
Battered Women’s Shelter, $10,000
To renovate a shelter residential room
Building for Tomorrow, $57,000
To support the sustainability campaign of the Reach Opportunity Center ($50,000) and for peer-to-peer marketing efforts ($7,000)
Community Legal Aid Services, $10,000
For operating support
Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park, $250,000
To support the planning and design stage of a new visitor shelter within Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Crown Point Ecology Center, $10,000
To support the 2015 Organic Farm Apprentice Program
Downtown Akron Partnership, $10,000
For the Akron Art Prize event 2015
East Akron Neighborhood Development Corporation, $10,000
To assist with East Akron Neighborhood Revitalization Plan efforts that restore vacant lots
Greenleaf Family Center, $15,000
To support programming and transition costs of the PEERS Program and the Adolescent Suicide Prevention Program ($10,000), and the installation of automatic doors ($5,000)
Hudson Library and Historical Society, $2,300
For an art book collection in celebration of Deborah Hoover
Lake Ridge Academy, $20,000
For the Andrea C. Brown Educators Fund
Maine Community Foundation, $300
For the Peaks Island Fund in memory of Eleanor Randall Walker
NAMI Summit County, $5,000
To support event costs associated with fundraising efforts
PolicyBridge, $500
For the 10th Anniversary Celebration
Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, $25,000
For the restoration of the historic Tea Houses
Summit Education Initiative, $30,000
To support costs associated with a marketing and rebranding strategy
The Community Hall Foundation, $20,000
To support the development of a comprehensive communications website for Summit County arts organizations
U.S. Fund for UNICEF, $10,000
For emergency response to Nepal earthquake
United Disability Services, $4,125
Holiday grant for physical therapy table
United Way of Summit County, $15,000
To support strategic planning efforts of Bridges Summit County
Victim Assistance Program, $12,200
To support computer and carpet replacement ($7,440) and general operations ($4,760)
Western Reserve Folk Arts Association, $5,800
To repair the Kent Stage’s marquee