Hudson Community Foundation

About Hudson Community Foundation

Hudson Community Foundation’s recent giving shows a mix of major local investments and larger regional program grants. In 2025, it awarded $515,000 to the University of Akron Foundation and $300,000 to Hudson Community Living Company, while prior years included $1,000,000 to California Polytechnic State University and $725,527 to Stark Community Foundation. Those grants sit alongside support for Hudson institutions such as Hudson City Schools and the city’s community life. The foundation’s public mission emphasizes increasing charitable giving, educating and connecting donors to community needs, and leading on community issues. That mission is reflected in a portfolio that reaches across arts and culture, historical and environmental preservation, social services, youth education and recreation, prevention and addiction, education, health and wellness, and community development. Hudson Community Foundation also operates as a local philanthropic intermediary: it manages donor-advised and organizational funds, supports scholarship funds, and runs competitive grantmaking for nonprofits and, in some cases, public agencies serving Hudson. The result is a funder that blends place-based stewardship with broader program support, using both competitive and donor-directed structures to move money into community priorities.

What Hudson Community Foundation Funds

Community development is one visible strand of Hudson Community Foundation’s grantmaking. It gave $300,000 to Hudson Community Living Company for programs, and its competitive grant programs are aimed at nonprofits and some government agencies that serve Hudson, Ohio. Education is another recurring area: the foundation awarded $117,134 to Hudson City Schools in 2024 and $102,000 to Bowling Green State University Foundation in 2023. In higher education and student support, it also provided $515,000 to the University of Akron Foundation in 2025. Health and human services appear in grants such as $97,000 to Akron Children’s Hospital Foundation and $144,000 to Friends of Hatzalah. The foundation’s stated focus areas also include arts and culture, historical and environmental preservation, youth education and recreation, and prevention and addiction, all of which align with its local competitive grant programs.

How Hudson Community Foundation Gives