Witan Community Project Fund GRANTS 1980 – PRESENT
About Witan Project Summary Form The French Market Fundraisers Witan Volunteers W O W Event Accomplishments	Long Term Projects		Stewart’s Caring Place - $75,000 5-year grant
			“Petie” the Pony at Victory Gallop - ongoing project
	$38,500	Access, Inc.	7,852	Humane Society of Greater Akron
	14,000	Akron Blind Center Workshop	15,500	Info Line
	10,400	Akron Civic Theatre	500	Interfaith Caregivers Program
	14,581	Akron Council for Hearing Impaired Children	26,485	Let's Grow Akron
	3,200	Akron Rotary Camp	4,700	Magical Theater Company
	21,470	Akron Zoological Park	9,500	Mental Health Association
	5,000	Aladdin Foundation	7,720	Mobile Meals
	15,345	Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Summit County	7,000	National Multiple Sclerosis Society
	27,000	Alzheimer's Association	3,630	Ohio Ballet
	33,778	Battered Women's Shelter	2,000	Oncology Support Group of Summit County
	2,500	Boys and Girls Club, Summit County	9,980	Parents Anonymous of Summit County
	5,000	Career Nurse Assistants Program	10,920	Phoenix Program
	1,065	Catholic Social Services	17,451	Project Learn
	8,300	CASA/Guardian Ad Litem	3,000	Project Rise
	600	Child Guidance	22,500	Rape Crisis Center
	720	Children’s Concert Society	52,895	Reach to Recovery
	15,000	Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron	25,000	Ronald McDonald House
	37,280	Christmas in April	600	Safe Landing: Emergency Shelter for Youth
	5,000	Community Health Center	3,250	Stewart’s Caring Place
	17,850	Crowne Point Ecology Center	7,280	Soup Kitchen of St. John's Episcopal Church
	20,700	Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center	4,281	Summit County Association for Retarded Citizens
	665	Cuyahoga Youth Ballet	9,715	Summit County Historical Society
	2,500	Decker Family Center	4,835	Tallmadge YWCA-Arthritis Swim Program
	5,000	Family Services for the Deaf	6,800	Tri-County Easter Seal Society
	3,090	Foster Grandparents Program	21,000	United Cerebral Palsy and Services for the Handicapped
	16,371	Glendale Cemetery Chapel	7,200	Victim Assistance Program
	86,075	Good Neighbors	30,102	Victory Gallup
	6,000	Good Samaritan Hunger Center	5,700	Visiting Nurse Service
	5,000	Great Trail Council, Boy Scouts	3,550	YMCA
	5,000	Habitat for Humanity	3,794	YWCA
	100	Hattie Larlham
Marion Geyer Fund
In 1974, Marion Geyer, a Beacon Journal writer, bequeathed WITAN $20,000. The interest monies from this Honorary Member's estate have funded Mobile Meals, Cuyahoga Street Block Club, Ohio Chapter of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Akron Area Soap Box Derby, Retired Senior Volunteer Program, Hower House, Pegasus Farm, Northeast Ohio Task Force on AIDS, Habitat for Humanity, International Institute, HM Life Opportunity Services, Alpha Library Committee, the Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet, the Illusion Factory, the Peggy Kaufman Foundation, Hattie Larlham, Edwin Shaw, Victory Gallop (Camp Chops), and Catholic Social Services.
Presidents’ Scholarship
In 1999 the first Presidents’ Scholarship was awarded. This $1000 annual award goes to a non-traditional female student at the University of Akron.
How to Request A Community Grant
The Civic Committee of WITAN is the liaison between the fund-raising arm of the organization and the community at large. We make an effort to balance our donations between the health, education, preservation and arts projects that are presented to us yearly.
In addition to our long-term projects, up to 10 projects are funded each year. Recipients are 501(c)3 nonprofit agencies or organizations serving the needs of the greater Akron area.
If your project request is for funds greater than $600, click here to view and print the Project Summary Form. Requests must be postmarked by November 30.
Requests for funds for projects of $600 or less should be postmarked by October 31, 2007. Agencies should provide a description of the project on letterhead with the requested funding amount. You may submit your request in one of two ways: Email (preferred) to witanallocations2007@hotmail.com Or mail to
WITAN Attention: Mary Ann Freedman – Allocations Chair P.O. Box 5448 Akron, OH 44334-0448

Witan: Providing Volunteer Service to the Community Since 1943
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