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Learn about the generous donors who have established charitable funds through Stark Community Foundation.
Five local nonprofits recently received grants totaling $13,470 through the Massillon Area Community Civic Trust Fund, a field of interest fund at Stark Community Foundation. Since the Fund’s inception, nearly $60,000 has been distributed for the benefit of the Massillon community.
2015 Grant Recipients:
AHEAD Inc.
$3,270 to support a new program in the Massillon City School District, SWAG (Students With A Goal), aimed at preparing students with life skills.
Boys & Girls Club of Massillon
$4,000 to purchase tables and chairs for the new Franklin site.
Friends of Massillon Public Library
$2,400 to purchase e-book readers for homebound clients, especially those with visual impairments.
Lighthouse Visions
$1,800 to purchase tablet computers with accessories.
Navarre-Bethlehem Township Historical Society
$2,000 to promote and display work of local artists.
In 2014, through their estate, the late Arthur P. and Martha Q. Underhill established a fund at Stark Community Foundation. Their fund is used to make charitable grants in the Massillon area as recommended by Massillon Area Community Civic Trust Fund trustees. This year’s grants to Boys & Girls Club of Massillon and AHEAD Inc. were funded by the Underhill’s fund. 2015 marks the first year that income from Arthur P. Underhill and Martha Q. Underhill Charitable Fund was used to support nonprofits in Massillon.
“Grants that make an immediate and significant impact in the Massillon community are indicative of the type of funding the Fund would like to support now and in the future,” explained Gary Feagles, trustee of the Massillon Area Community Civic Trust Fund. “Through this Fund, we’re fulfilling the Underhill’s legacy and wishes by supporting the community they called home for many years.”
Feagles, retired executive director of the Western Stark Free Clinic, was appointed as a trustee in March along with Ted Herncane, president of the Massillon Chamber of Commerce. They join current trustees Nancy Gessner, Ed Harhager, Bette Maier, Judi Miller and Phil Williams.
About Stark Community Foundation
Stark Community Foundation is the community’s trusted partner in giving to over 600 individuals, families, businesses and communities that have created funds to impact the lives of others through the most effective philanthropy possible. Serving the community for more than 50 years, Stark Community Foundation ranks in the top ten percent of community foundations in the United States and has granted $128 million to nonprofit organizations. For more information, contact Bridgette Neisel, vice president of advancement, at 330-454-7992 or bneisel@starkcf.org.