Make a Donation
With your donation, we are one step closer to breaking the cycle of poverty right here in the Akron and Summit County communities. Your support will help keep food on the table, employment within reach and medical care accessible to all.
Types of Giving
Thank you for choosing to spread hope by giving to OPEN M. You can support our mission in many ways:
Give a One-Time Gift
Your generous donation today—in any amount you choose—helps ensure that OPEN M can continue to provide vital services to our community.
Monthly Giving
Your continued support each month is a convenient way for you to support our mission. Each month, the amount you sign up for will be automatically withdrawn from your account.
Annual Giving
The Annual Giving Program raises support for OPEN M’s General Operating Fund. Through annual contributions, donors provide OPEN M with the solid and reliable financial base we need to pursue a community free of poverty.
Tribute Gifts
Honor someone special with a meaningful gift to OPEN M for any occasion or give in memory of a lost loved one to celebrate their life.
Give By Mail
To donate by mail, please mail your check to 941 Princeton St., Akron, OH 44311. If there is a special designation, please note in memo line.
Donations of Stocks and Bonds
The fastest and easiest way to make a stock gift is to do an electronic transfer. Your broker will need the following information:
DTC number: DTC 1064, Code 40
Charitable Account name: Open M
Charitable Account number: xxxx-6450 (Please contact Elizabeth Kargbo, Director of Development, for the full eight-digit account number at e.kargbo@openm.org or330-434-0110, ext. 409)
Brokerage Institution: Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Matching Gifts
Did you know that many companies offer a matching gift program to their employees? These programs allow you to invoke your organization’s philanthropy for the benefit of OPEN M. These companies and more may match your donation therefore, doubling, or sometimes tripling, your impact.
3M Company
AEP
Aetna
Allstate
American Family Insurance
Ameriprise Financial
Apple
Arcelor Mittal
Arthur J. Gallagher
AT&T
Ball Corporation
Bank of America
Boeing
BP
Bridgestone/Firestone
Cargill
Cardinal Health
Charles Schwab Co.
Cisco Systems
Citizens Bank
Coca-Cola Co.
ComDoc
ConAgra Foods
CSX Corporation
Davey Company
Dell
Deluxe Corp.
Dominion
Eaton Corp.
Erie Insurance Group
Ernst & Young
ExxonMobil
FM Global
FirstEnergy Corp.
GE
General Mills
Genworth
Grainger Company
Hewlett Packard Company
Home Depot
J.M. Smucker Company
Johnson & Johnson
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Kaiser Family Foundation
KeyBank
Land O’ Lakes
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Lubrizol Corp.
Macy’s
McMaster-Carr Supply Co.
Merck
Microsoft
Mitsui U.S.A. Foundation
Morgan Stanley & Co.
Nationwide Financial Services, Inc.
Nestle
Oracle
Pentair
Pepsi Co.
Pfizer
Pitney Bowes Inc.
PNC
PPG Industries
Progressive Insurance
Rexnord
Saint-Gobain
Sherwin WIlliams
Starbucks
State Farm
Synchrony Financial
Tektronix
TimkenSteel
UBS Financial
United Healthcare of Ohio
United Technologies
U.S. Bank
Verizon Wireless
Wells Fargo
Westfield Insurance
Williams Co., Inc.
Please check with your company’s Human Resources department to find out if they offer gift matching. If your employer does offer this program, they should be able to provide you with a matching gift form.
Important information your company may need:
Organization: OPEN M
Tax ID: 34-1046107
Address: 941 Princeton St., Akron, OH 44311
Phone: 330-434-0110, ext. 409
Contact: Elizabeth Kargbo, Director of Development & Community Engagement
Email: e.kargbo@openm.org