GPD Group Employees Foundation Education Grants

GPD Group Employees Foundation Education Grants is sponsored by GPD Group Employees Foundation. Funding for programs that enrich students' educational experiences, specifically for K-12 public schools and 501(c)(3) nonprofits serving at-risk children or those with special or medical needs in Ohio.

GPD Group Employees’ Foundation Announces 2025 Grants - GPD Group GPD Group Employees’ Foundation Announces 2025 Grants The GPD Employees’ Foundation recently approved 191 grants for K-12 public schools and non-profit organizations across the country as part of our annual Spring Grant Cycle.

In total, more than $765,000 in grants was awarded to a combination of non-profits that work with children with special and/or medical needs or who are at-risk and K-12 public schools. Our Spring Grant Cycle awards are in addition to the $175,000 awarded through our new GAME CHANGERS program.

This program allows us to strengthen our commitment to our communities by creating partnerships with 12 select non-profits who are true embodiments of our Foundation’s mission.

Northeast Ohio – $538,940 A Kid at Art for the Heart, Inc. (Chardon, OH) Bilingual Preschool art Education Programming for Low Income ESL Learners, $3,000 Access the Arts (Wadsworth, OH) Art for At-Risk Youth at the Medina Cups Café and Juvenile Detention Center, $4,310 Access, Inc. (Akron, OH) Feed the Future, $8,000 Akron Children’s Hospital (Akron, OH) Providing Hygiene Resources at Akron Children’s Hospital’s Food Farmacy, $5,000 Akron Children’s Museum (Akron, OH) Canalway Corner Educational Water Table Exhibit, $30,000 Akron Cooperative Farms (Akron, OH) Dig In!

Summer Camp: Pilot Urban Farming & Sustainability Exploration for North Hill Youth , $2,500 Alchemy, Inc. (Akron, OH) Developing Heroes: Group Mentoring for Urban Adolescents in Akron , $5,000 Art Sparks, (Cuyahoga Falls, OH) Dynamite Duos , $5,000 B Brave Foundation (Cleveland, OH) Medical Assistance and Comfort Carts for Children with Rare, Fatal Neurological Disorders, $5,000 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Summit, Medina and Stark Counties (Akron, OH) Community and Site-Based Mentoring Programs for Youth , $2,500 Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio (Cleveland, OH) Academic Success/ Life & Workforce Readiness programs, $5,000 Building for Tomorrow (Akron, OH) STEAM Club , $3,500 CASA Board Volunteer Association, Inc. (Akron, OH) Trauma-Informed Training Toolkit for Volunteers Who Serve Abused and Neglected Children $5,000 CASA of Portage County Associate Board (Ravenna, OH) Supporting At-Risk Youth Through Positive Social Experiences and Activities $5,000 Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center (Cleveland, OH) 2025 Stuttering Together – Program for Youth you Stutter $3,000 Cleveland Book Bank (Cleveland, OH) Well Read, Well Fed Book Distribution at Feeding Sites ($5,000) Cleveland Rape Crisis Center (Cleveland, OH) Healing Therapeutic Services for K-12 Survivors of Rape and Sexual Abuse $2,500 Connecting for Kids (Westlake, OH) 2025 Adapted Programs in Westlake for Children with Disabilities and/or Mental Health Issues , $3,500 Cuyahoga County Public Library (Parma, OH) Student Success Programs 2025 , $3,000 Down Syndrome Association of Northeast Ohio (Independence, OH) The Lifelong Learning Academy – Education Programs for Families and Toddlers to Teens, $5,000 Down Syndrome Association of the Valley (Boardman, OH) 2025 Speech, Language and Communication Programs , $3,000 Empower Sports (Cleveland, OH) Inclusive Sports for People with Disabilities, $3,500 Fairhaven Foundation (Niles, OH) Community Experiences and Events, $5,000 Footpath Foundation (Cleveland, OH) 5 th Grand Outside Discovering Me, $2,500 GiGi’s Playhouse Canton (Canton, OH) Amina Grace Speech and Language Program, $2,500 Girls on the Run Central Ohio (Canton, OH) The GOTR Program Funding Initiative for Alliance, Louisville & Plain Local, $2,500 Girls on the Run of Northeast Ohio (Brecksville, OH) Empowering Healthy & Resilient Youth, $5,000 GOALGETTA ACADEMY (Akron, OH) 5 th Annual Success is the Only Option Teen Career Day, $5,000 Good Samaritan Hunger Center (Akron, OH) Good Samaritan Hunger Center Kids Bag Program, $3,000 Habitat for Humanity of Summit County (Akron, OH) Twinsburg Safety Town , $2,500 Highland Robotics and Technology Boosters (Medina, OH) Steel Stingers Robotics Team 2603 , $3,000 Inspiring Monds (Warren, OH) 2025 Inspiring Minds Summer Enrichment Program , $5,000 Lake Erie Council, Scouting America (Cleveland, OH) Lake Erie Council Great Lakes Adventures, $5,000 LGBTQ Community Center of Greater Cleveland (Cleveland, OH) School-Based Wellness and Life Skills Programming for Underserved LGBTQ+ Public School Students , $2,500 LifeAct (Chagrin Falls, OH) Suicide Prevention and Stress Management Programs for Ohio Youth , $2,500 Limitless Ambition (Stow, OH) Purposely Chosen Teen Programming for Girls in Akron Public Schools, $5,000 Northern Ohio PGA Section Foundation (Warrensville Heights, OH) Clubs Fore Kids , $5,000 Nuhop Center for Experiential Learning (Perrysville, OH) Project Summer Camp!

A Nuhop – AnaZao partnership for Wayne County Kids, $5,344 Open Arms Adoption (Kent, OH) Keeping Siblings Together by Adoption – Cuyahoga & Summit County Programming , $5,000 Pathway Caring for Children (Canton, OH) Pathway to Connection: Nurturing Foster Children Through Shared Moments , $2,500 The Dancing Wheels Company (Cleveland, OH) Dancing Wheels’ Community Outreach for 2025 , $3,000 Project Outrun (Fairlawn, OH) Empowering Kids as They Battle Life Threatening Illnesses Through Shoes, Swag, and Support , $6,000 Rainey Institute (Cleveland, OH) Rainey Institute 2025 Summer Camps, $5,000 Rayl Charitable Organization (Green, OH) The Debbie Rayl Kindness for Kids Program, $2,500 Rec2Connect (Cleveland, OH) Recreational Therapy Programming Welcome Bags, $5,000 Sawyer’s Wish (Akron, OH) Deck the Hospital with Sheets from Sawyer, $5,000 Stewart’s Caring Place: Cancer Wellness Center (Akron, OH) Programs and Services for Children Impacted by Cancer, $4,000 Students Motivated by the Arts SMARTS (Youngstown, OH) SMARTS Free Public Programming for PK-12 At-Risk Students, $2,500 Summit Education Initiative (Akron, OH) Barberton Preschool Collaborative to Support Kindergarten Readiness , $5,000 The Kelly Reeves Memorial Foundation (Munroe Falls, OH) Kelly’s Grief Center/In School Counseling Program, $5,000 The Well CDC (Akron, OH) Akron Hope: Supporting Students, their Families & Teachers at Mason & Helen Arnold CLCs, $3,000 United Disability Services (Akron, OH) Toy & Resource Center (TRC) to Promote Child Development and School Readiness , $2,500 Women’s Auxiliary Board (Akron, OH) Beds for Kids Program, $5,000 Youth Challenge (Westlake, OH) Creative Arts Programs for Young People with Physical Disabilities, $2,200 Youth Opportunities Unlimited (Cleveland, OH) Youth Opportunities Unlimited School Based Programming , $2,500 Akron Public Schools (Akron, OH) Math Reasoning in Action: Real World Connections, $4,500 Akron Public Schools (Akron, OH) Amplifying Student Voice through a Recording Studio , $4,546 Akron Public Schools (Akron, OH ) Community Based Recreation Programming (CBRP) , $8,872 Akron Public Schools (Akron, OH) Firestone CLC Robotics , $5,000 Amherst Exempted Village Schools (Amherst, OH) School Supplies , $387 Amherst Exempted Village Schools (Amherst, OH) Inclusive Learning, $7,000 Berkshire Local School District (Burton, OH) STEMin’ Up Technology at Berkshire Middle School , $5,000 Boardman Local Schools (Youngstown, OH) Art Display Panels and Privacy Dividers, $8,055 Boardman Local Schools (Youngstown, OH) Carey’s Closet, $1,000 Brecksville Broadview Heights City Schools (Brecksville, OH) Building the Future: Empowering Students through 3D Printing Innovation , $2,360 Brecksville Broadview Heights City Schools (Brecksville, OH) BBHMS Library Book Refresh , $2,500 Brecksville Broadview Heights City Schools (Brecksville, OH) Connection Quest , $2,000 Clearview Local Schools (Lorain, OH) Cooking with Lesh , $2,880 Clearview Local Schools (Lorain, OH) Reading Intervention Program, $4,800 Clyde-Green Springs Schools (Clyde, OH) RoboQuest: Building Tomorrow’s Engineers with Robotics, $5,000 Copley Fairlawn City School District (Fairlawn, OH) Classroom Emotion Regulation/Sensory Kits , $5,000 Crestwood Local (Mantua, OH) One Book, One School Math Night, $1,500 Cuyahoga Falls City School District (Cuyahoga Falls, OH) Black Tiger Family Center, $5,000 Cuyahoga Heights Local Schools (Cuyahoga Heights, OH) Inclusive Elementary School STEM Lab, $5,000 Durling Middle School (Lorain, OH) STEAM Success: Enhancing Science Learning Through Labs and Activities , $3,500 Eastlake City Schools (Eastlake, OH) EMS Sensory Room Update , $3,249 Edison Local Schools (Milan, OH) Edison Elementary Sensory Room/Playground Equipment , $8,000 Edison Local Schools (Milan, OH) Edison Middle School Career Awareness Initiative, $5,000 Field Local Schools (Mogadore, OH) Enhancing Audio Support in Multimedia Learning Environment , $2,409 James A Garfield Local Schools (Garrettsville, OH) Inclusive Preschool Playground Equipment , $5,000 Kent City Schools (Kent, OH) Kindergarten Zoo Field Trip, $500 Lake Local Schools (Hartville, OH) Lake Elementary Robotics Club, $5,000 Lakeview Local Schools (Cortland, OH) Adaptive Abode , $5,000 Lakewood City Schools (Lakewood, OH) ROX Student Group – Harding Middle School Lakewood City Schools (Lakewood, OH) Empowerment Through Inclusion, $7,000 Louisville City Schools (Louisville, OH) 2nd/3rd Grade Cross Categorical Classroom – Louisville City Schools, $1,500 Louisville City Schools (Louisville, OH) Art and Game Experiences , $1,500 Louisville City Schools (Louisville, OH) Kylie Ray- Cross Categorical Classroom- Grades 3-5 Louisville City Schools, $1,500 Louisville City Schools (Louisville, OH) Daily Living Skills and Classroom Support, $1,800 Louisville City Schools (Louisville, OH) Daily Living and Working Experiences, $1,700 Louisville City Schools (Louisville, OH) Daily Living and Working Experiences, $1,700 Louisville City Schools (Louisville, OH) Louisville Elementary Backpack Program, $10,000 Maplewood Local Schools (Cortland, OH) Learning on the Go!

, $2,500 Maplewood Local Schools (Cortland, OH) Transformation Central! , $4,500 McDonald Local Schools (McDonald, OH) Group Piano Project $1,080 McDonald Local Schools (McDonald, OH) Growing a Reading Garden! , $1,370 McDonald Local Schools (McDonald, OH) Enhancing Ensemble Performance with Individual Tuners and Tuner Caddies for Students, $3,162 Medina City Schools (Medina, OH) Makerspace Madness!

, $3,000 Medina City Schools (Medina, OH) Claggett Makerspace, $3,000 Newton Falls Exempted Village School District (Newton Falls, OH) CNC Machine for Expanding STEM Programs, $5,000 North Canton City Schools (North Canton, OH) Viking Forge: Crafting the Future of Innovation , $4,500 North Canton City Schools (North Canton, OH) Building Community Connections in North Canton, $5,000 Orange City Schools (Pepper Pike, OH) Empower Threads: Building Skills, Breaking Barriers , $6,000 Perry Local Schools (Massillon, OH) Watson Elementary school Life Skills Curriculum , $1,200 Polaris Career Center (Middleburgh Heights, OH) Empowering Tomorrow’s Innovators: 3D Printing for Emerging Learnings, $4,000 Ravenna School District (Ravenna, OH) Field Trips for Student , $8,000 Revere Local Schools (Richfield, OH) Revere High School Sensory Room , $750 Shaker Schools Foundation (Shaker Heights, OH) Mercer Mindfulness and Yoga: Building Resilience for our Elementary Students, $3,200 Shaker Schools Foundation (Shaker Heights, OH) Take-Home Libraries for At-Risk Readers , $4,500 Shaker Schools Foundation (Shaker Heights, OH) Horseback Therapeutic Riding Experiences for Extended Standard Students, $4,520 Southeast Local Schools (Ravenna, OH) Maker Space Implementation Expansion with Community and School Projects, $3,500 Southeast Local Schools (Ravenna, OH) Pirates Building Coding Skills with LEGO, $4,000 Southeast local Schools (Ravenna, OH) Southeast Pirates Serve, $5,500 Streetsboro City Schools (Streetsboro, OH) SES Rockets Read Together , $7,575 Strongsville City Schools (Strongsville, OH) Community Based Instruction (CBI) for SHS Life Skills Program Strongsville City Schools , $1,491 Strongsville City Schools (Strongsville, OH) Mustang Inclusive Learning Environment Café , $2,500 Strongsville City Schools (Strongsville, OH) Voices of Tomorrow: Empowering Students Through Podcasting, $5,000 Tallmadge City Schools (Tallmadge, OH) Robotics Blue Devils , $1,500 Tallmadge City Schools (Tallmadge, OH) The Next Frontier: Passion Projects Phase II , $3,650 Tallmadge City Schools (Tallmadge, OH) Let the Games Begin: Second Grade STEAM, $3,930 Waynedale Local Schools (Apple Creek, OH) Individualized ELA Curriculum Across Entire Middle School , $4,900 Woodridge Local Schools (Peninsula, OH) Akron Children’s Museum Field Trip, $1,050 Woodridge Local Schools (Peninsula, OH) Student Council Continued Social Responsibility, $3,150 Woodridge Local Schools (Peninsula, OH) Safe Spaces, Stronger Futures: Woodridge’s RESET Vision, $2,500 Wooster City Schools (Wooster, OH) Wooster City Schools Best Buddies Programs and Coffee Carts at Middle and High School, $14,500 Brown Girls Mentoring (Columbus, OH) The B.

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Girl Collective, $3,500 Concrete Orkidz Foundation (Columbus, OH) Youth Summer Camp 2025 , $3,500 Dublin Special Olympics (Dublin, OH) Dublin Special Olympics, Shamrock Games 2025 , $2,500 NC4K (Columbus, OH ) A Top Golf Outing for Teens Impacted by Pediatric Cancer , $4,500 Seeds of Caring (Columbus, OH) Seeds of Caring Kindness Corps , $5,000 Gahanna Jefferson Public Schools (Gahanna, OH) Accessible and Inclusive Outdoor Learning Space, $11,026 Westerville City Schools (Westerville, OH) Themed Language Materials, $676 Westerville City Schools (Westerville, OH) Materials for Life Skills Classroom, $805 Westerville City Schools (Westerville, OH) Sensory Exploration, $6,000 Westerville City Schools (Westerville, OH) Recharge Room Update , $2,525 Bearings Bike Shop (Atlanta, GA) Frameworks Advanced Job Training Program , $6,000 Briarlake Elementary School (Decatur, GA) Write Score Literacy Grant , $4,000 Camp Twin Lakes (Atlanta, GA) Camp Twin Lakes Camper Scholarship Program, $7,500 Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation (Atlanta, GA) Camp No Limb-itations, $5,000 Creating Connected Communities (Atlanta, GA) STEAM Education Program for Students Experiencing Hardship 2025 , $3,500 Fulton Education Foundation, Inc. (Atlanta, GA) Fulton Student Basic Needs), $6,000 Kincaid Elementary – Cobb County School District (Marietta GA) Help Me Help Myself: Increasing Students’ Self-Regulation During Behavior Storms, $3,000 Sandy Springs Education Force (Sandy Springs, GA) Sandy Springs Education Force Book Club, $6,500 SATB2 Gene Foundation (Lilburn, GA) SATB2 iPads for Communication , $2,800 The Center for Children and Young Adults (Marietta, GA) Critical Teen Center and Volunteer Center Flooring, $6,000 Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (Smyrna, GA) The Becca Sue Klein All Kids Fish , $3,750 Mill Creek Middle School Theatre Program (Woodstock, GA) Amplifying Every Voice: Wireless Microphones for Mill Creek Middle School , $2,000 Indianapolis, IN – $50,000 A Kid Again – Indiana Chapter (Indianapolis, IN) Support for Republic Airways 2025 Plane Pull Adventure, $3,000 Avon Intermediate School West (Avon, IN) Transforming The Room, Transforming the Learning , $750 Avon Intermediate School West (Avon, IN) Classroom Encouragement!

, $2,000 Bunker Hill (Indianapolis, IN) Special Education Resources, $2,340 GiGi’s Playhouse Indianapolis (Indianapolis, IN) GiGi’s Playhouse Early Learner Programs, $7,550 Indianapolis Public Schools (Indianapolis, IN) Lawson’s Classroom of Possibilities , $7,500 League of Miracles INC. (Camby, IN) Spring/Summer Recreation, $3,400 Mill Creek Community School Corp (Clayton, IN) Let’s Get Interactive , $2,000 Raymond Park Science Olympiad (Indianapolis, IN) Raymond Park Science Olympiad, $6,460 Red Alert Robotics (Greenwood, IN) Red Alert Robotics, $2,000 The Children’s TherAplay Foundation, Inc. (Carmel, IN) Children’s TherAplay Technology Updates and Assessment Tools, $4,000 Western Wayne Schools (Pershing, IN) Robotics , $4,000 William Tell Elementary School (Tell City, IN) William Tell Elementary STEM Education, $6,000 Alief ISD Education Foundation (Houston, TX) Alief ISD Education Foundation Teacher Grants , $3,500 Alvin ISD Education Foundation (Alvin, TX) Mobile Wlding Lab: Forging Skills, Fueling Futures, $4,305 Fort Bend ISD Education Foundation (Sugar Land, TX) FBISD Education Foundation – Grants to Teachers and Schools, $3,500 Katy ISD Education Foundation (Katy, TX) Inspiring Imagination Teacher Grants, $3,500 Pasadena ISD Education Foundation (Pasadena, TX) Classroom Mini Grants, $3,500 Sheldon ISD Education Foundation (Houston, TX) Sheldon ISD Educator Grants: Innovate and Engage, $3,500 Stafford MSD Education Foundation (Stafford, TX) The Rockin’ Spartans Stafford Elementary Music Program , $3,195 A New Leaf (Mesa, AZ) A New Leaf’s La Mesita Children’s Services – Sensory/STEAM Resources, $2,000 Arizona Helping Hands (Phoenix, AZ) Birthday Dreams, $1,500 Biltmore Preparatory Academy (Phoenix, AZ) Enhancing Student Success Through Student Agenda Implementation , $2,000 Child Crisis Arizona (Mesa, AZ) Early Education Services for Children of Low-income Families , $2,000 Make-A-Wish Foundation of Arizona (Scottsdale, OH) Bringing Wish Boosts to Arizona’s Critically Ill Children , $1,500 New Pathways for Youth (Phoenix, AZ) FY2025 Healthy Meals Project, $2,000 Ryan House (Phoenix, AZ) Sponsor a Stay, $2,000 Sojourner Center (Phoenix, AZ) Children and Youth Programming – Child Development Center, $2,000 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana (Louisville, KY) Youth Mentorship and Mental Health , $2,650 Boys and Girls Haven (Louisville, KY) Support for BGH Music Therapy Program Through 2025 for Older Teens , $5,000 Down Syndrome of Louisville, Inc. (New Albany, IN) Support for Down Syndrome of Louisville Summer Education Enrichment Camp, $5,000 Jefferson County Public Schools (Louisville, KY) Louisville Lightning Adapted Sports 0 Throws Upgrade, $2,350 Dallas Education Foundation (Dallas, TX) Advancing Literacy in Dallas ISD Through a Book Vending Machine at Anderson Elementary School , $9,225 Music Movement (Keller, TX) Music Therapy and Instrument Donation, $5,000 Angels’ Place, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA) Enhancing High Quality Early Childhood Education Opportunities for Children Who Are At Risk , $3,500 Jeremiah’s Place (Pittsburgh, PA) STEAM Program, $5,000 Kiwanis Camp Casey (Seattle, WA) Kiwanis Camp Casey , $1,250 WestSide Baby (Seattle, WA) Basic Needs Items for Children , $1,250 GPD Group employees established the GPD Group Employees’ Foundation Inc., a 501(c)(3), in 2014 to help channel donations to enrich the K-12 public education experience and support at-risk children or those with medical and special needs in communities where the firm works.

For more information about GPD Group Employees’ Foundation, visit them online at www. gpdfoundation. org or call toll free at 1-800-955-4730.