Leadership Akron Orange and Blue Clubs
Every Gift Helps Shape Greater Akron’s Leaders
Leadership Akron is the only community platform experientially connecting Greater Akron Leaders.
For more than four decades, Leadership Akron has created experiences that help leaders see Greater Akron more deeply, build relationships across sectors and backgrounds, and carry a greater responsibility for this community into the places they live, work, and serve.
With gratitude for every donor who chooses to invest in this work, the Orange Club and Blue Club recognize Leadership Akron alumni and supporters whose annual gifts help carry this mission forward.
Together, these gifts sustain the experiences, relationships, and community connections that prepare leaders to serve Greater Akron with purpose.
A Meaningful Way to Pay it Forward
Leadership does not end when a program year does.
When you give through the Orange Club or Blue Club, you help make Leadership Akron experiences possible for others and keep alumni connected to the work of strengthening Greater Akron.
Hear from Leadership Akron leaders about the importance of annual giving at every level and how Orange Club and Blue Club members help sustain the experiences that shape leaders across Greater Akron.
Orange and Blue Club Annual Giving Levels
Your Orange Club or Blue Club recognition is based on your cumulative giving during Leadership Akron’s fiscal year, from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027.
Whether you make one gift or give throughout the year, your cumulative annual support determines your recognition level.
Orange Club
Above $500 and below $1,000 annually
Orange Club members make a generous annual gift that helps strengthen Leadership Akron’s work and sustain the experiences that continue to shape leaders across Greater Akron.
Blue Club
$1 to $499 annually
Blue Club members help make Leadership Akron’s work possible through meaningful annual support at any level from $1 to $499.
Why Your Annual Gift Matters
Program fees, corporate support, and foundation grants help make Leadership Akron’s work possible, but they do not cover the full cost of creating the experiences that make Leadership Akron distinct.
That is why individual generosity matters.
For the 2026-2027 fiscal year, Leadership Akron’s individual giving goal is to raise $250,000 in operating support. Your annual gift helps sustain the immersive experiences, deep community awareness, and relational ecosystem that allow leaders to:
encounter Greater Akron more deeply
build relationships that last beyond a program year
learn across sectors, backgrounds, and generations
lead with greater perspective, empathy, and purpose
receive scholarship support that makes Leadership Akron experiences more accessible
stay connected to the alumni community built for lifelong impact
Every Level of Giving Strengthens the Community
The Orange Club and Blue Club recognize donors who choose to support Leadership Akron’s mission through annual giving.
Every gift becomes part of the larger story of leadership, connection, and community impact in Greater Akron. And every donor helps sustain the community platform that continues to connect, challenge, and equip leaders across generations.
“For anyone out there who’s thinking, ‘Do I generously donate or participate?’ However you want to give to Leadership Akron — do it!”
— Kim Wolff, Signature Class 40Continue the Work. Stay Connected. Pay It Forward.
If Leadership Akron has shaped the way you see this community, introduced you to people you may never have known otherwise, or deepened your sense of responsibility to Greater Akron, your annual gift helps make that experience possible for others.
Thank you for helping Leadership Akron shape leaders who serve with perspective, purpose, and connection.
Looking for Other Ways to Give?
Orange Club and Blue Club members play an important role in sustaining Leadership Akron’s work through annual giving.
If you are considering an annual gift of $1,000 or more, you may wish to explore the Founders Society Annual Giving levels, which recognize Aspiring, Inspiring, and Visionary Leaders.
Every gift to Leadership Akron also becomes part of your lifetime giving history and may help you or your organization grow toward future recognition in the Founders Society Legacy Circle.