Sponsors

FOUNDERS
$150,000 and above

City of Akron

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Goodyear Foundation*

INNOVATORS
$100,000 and above

GAR Foundation

Akron Community Foundation

APV Engineered Coatings*

Summit County Government

First Energy Foundation*

Lehner Family Foundation

TRAILBLAZERS
$50,000 and above

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs*

Thomas & Lisa Mandel Family Foundation*

GOJO Industries*

CREATORS
$25,000 and above

Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition

Richard & Alita Rogers

Acme Fresh Market*

Ann Brennan

Maynard Family Foundation

Akron Children’s Hospital*

Roger and Sally Read

J.M. Smucker Co.*

M G O’Neil Family*

Mary and David Corbin Foundation

Synthomer Foundation for General Tire*

PRODUCERS
$15,000 and above

Sisler-McFawn Foundation

Eileen Burg

Akron-Summit CVB

BUILDERS
$10,000 and above

Huntington Bank*

Welty Foundation

Steere Enterprises*

Kenneth Calhoun Trust

Summit County Land Bank

Bill and Becky Considine

Marilyn Meyers Buckey Family Fund

Ritchie Foundation

PNC Bank

Summa Health*

Welty Building Co.*

SPONSORS
$5,000 and above

James McCool

Harwick Standard*

Seibert Keck*

AAA Auto Club*

JP Morgan CHASE Foundation*

Musson Foundation*

Graves Lumber*

Fifth Third Bank*

Chima Travel*

Lisle Buckingham Fund

Shulan Jewelers*

ComDoc (Griffith Family)*

Lloyd & Louise Smith Foundation

Mills Foundation

MAKERS
$1,000 and above

Steve & Jeannine Marks Foundation

Raytheon Technologies (BF Goodrich)*

Gertrude F. Orr Foundation

Development Finance Authority

John and Cindy Petures

Dennis & Kathy Barrie

Judith Nicely

Mike McGlinchy

* The Diamond Business Guild is composed of Akron companies that have been in business 60 years or more. Collectively, these 24 companies have committed $700,000 to the Akron History Center. We hope to include more legacy Akron firms in this guild.

* In-Kind Contributions

(Sponsors list as of October 2024)

MEMBER
$250 Level

• Membership in the Akron History Center

• Acknowledgment in sponsored publications and on the Akron History Center website

COMMUNITY
$500 Level

All Benefits of Member level plus the following:

• One entry into the drawing to win places for two on the two-hour Akron Tour with Dave Lieberth

• An original hand-crafted Akron-centric memento from Zeber Martell

MAKER
$1,000 Level

All Benefits of Community level plus the following:

• Invitation to special events and to the opening ceremonies of the Akron History Center

• The “Akron at 200” Bicentennial Anthology published by University of Akron Press.

• Admission for two on the two-hour Akron Tour with Dave Lieberth

SPONSOR
$5,000 Level

All Benefits of Maker level plus the following:

• Acknowledgment on the Recognition Wall at the Akron History Center

SHOWCASE
$ 7,500 Level

All Benefits of Sponsor level plus the following:

• A hand-crafted personalized ceramic plaque created by Akron artists Claudia Zeber and Michael Martell as an homage to Akron’s role as a center of clay products manufacturing in the 19th century.

BUILDER
$10,000 Level

All Benefits of Showcase level plus the following:

• Corporate participants will be linked on the History Center website to the Donor’s website

• Underwriting credit for visits by 5,000 Akron Public School students annually

• Identification package – Donor’s name/logo on published material, advertising, and marketing materials; Recognition in all media releases and social media posts