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Bachman Reaches $500,000 Donation Milestone!

“We’ve been in business for five years, and we have given away $500,000.00!”
– Bachman Foundation Executive Director, Mark Frizzell [July 17, 2023]

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$26,000 in scholarship funds helps Bachman reach a milestone!

This July, the Bachman Foundation reached a $500,000 milestone in its mission to support learning programs, when its board of directors presented a total of $26,000 to Signal Centers, the United Way of the Ocoee Region, to Skyuka Hall where the three children of Ben Kaiser will attend and to Shenandoah Baptist Academy where Kami Clark’s son Landry will attend.

The Cleveland-based Bachman Foundation was established in 2018. Through its philanthropic efforts, the organization has donated $500,000 to local special education students, schools and foundations since its founding. Bachman distributes funds through its awards program each July, October, January and April. Learn more about our efforts.