Fri Jul 30 2010
by Tim Troglen
Reporter
Hudson -- The Burton D. Morgan Foundation will give more than $700,000 in its first round of 2010 grants.
Morgan Foundation President Deborah Hoover said $187,000 of the grants will go to Hudson organizations. Among the local recipients are the city of Hudson, the Hudson City School District and Western Reserve Academy.
The $700,000 is just slightly more than the $691,000 awarded in January of last year, Hoover said. But the foundation, like most, is feeling the effects of the poor economy.
"The economy is still having an affect on the level of our grant making," Hoover said. "For the most part we are supporting grant recipients we have supported in the past to keep strong programs running."
Hoover said she expects that trend to continue through 2010.
The foundation awards grants three times a year, Hoover said. The total awarded for 2009 was $5.34 million.
Among recent grant recipients, the Hudson City School District will receive $15,000 to pilot a mini grant program during the 2010-11 school year. The mini grants will support entrepreneurship lessons and activities proposed by teachers.
"The foundation has helped to lay the groundwork for youth entrepreneurship programs in the Hudson City Schools," Hoover said. "This mini grant program will build upon the level of expertise Hudson teachers have already attained and help them to inspire students."
District Communications Manager Sheryl Sheatzley said "interested teachers will define activities or projects to qualify for a grant."
The deadline to apply is March 6, she said.
Sheatzley said the grant money will be used in part to: expand entrepreneurial thinking as a critical student engagement activity; provide students with business and interpersonal skills required to successfully manage a business; and create a place where entrepreneurial knowledge will be developed and fostered.
Hoover said winners will be announced in April.
The city of Hudson will receive up to $10,000 for upgrades to the city's Web capabilities as it relates to economic development, Hoover said.
The First Congregational Church of Hudson will receive $30,000 for its 2010 pledge drive.
Western Reserve Academy will receive $116,000 for the Morgan Leadership Program in the 2010-11 and 2011-12 school years. Hoover said the grant includes five scholarships of $10,000 each for those picked as Morgan leaders.
Hudson Community Service Association will receive $8,000 to assist those in need in Hudson and within the Hudson school district.
The Fund for Our Economic Future will receive $150,000. The grant, to be paid over three years, is part of $400,000 the foundation has committed to the regional economic initiative, Hoover said.
"This foundation has played an important role in helping to shape the fund's entrepreneurship agenda over the last six years," Hoover said. "Through its commitment to Phase 3 of this vital initiative, we look forward to contributing not only financial resources, but also leadership and expertise to advance the fund's work."
Other grants include
* Akron Art Museum -- $50,000 for the revolving Artworks Fund for deposits on future exhibits.
* Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank -- $20,000 to aid the Foodbank.
* American Red Cross of Summit and Portage Counties -- $30,000 to help the Akron-based chapter of the American Red Cross in its mission of aiding those in need of local disaster relief.
* Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education -- Up to $15,000 for general support and scholarships for Northeast Ohio educators to attend the 2010 national conference in Columbus.
* Cuyahoga Valley Countrywide Conservancy -- $25,500 to support training and workshops and to fund a development consultant for the organization.
* Entrepreneurs EDGE -- Up to $75,000 for CEOs for NEO, a program that matches area business leaders with graduate and undergraduate students and engages the students for a two-month summer internship to explore promising new ideas for the businesses.
* Entrepreneurship Education Consortium -- Up to $86,000 for a summer collegiate entrepreneurship boot camp for students from nine member colleges, a collegiate idea competition and for student interns to help with fundraising.
* Ideastream -- $40,000 to sponsor Nightly Business Report on PBS television station WVIZ.
* National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation -- $25,000 toward development of a new national Camp Invention flagship curriculum aimed at engaging children in entrepreneurship as well as innovation.
* Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education -- $36,000 to work with entrepreneurial companies in Northeast Ohio to create 32 summer internships for college students, provide employer internship training, and partially reimburse employers for the cost of the interns.
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