The Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation awarded $560,000 in grants and gifts to charities and charitable activities in the Akron and Summit County areas at its November trustees meeting.The recipient of the largest award was the Summa Akron City and St. Thomas Hospitals Foundation: $150,000 for a confocal laser scanning microscope.Other recipients included:• Act II Productions, $3,000 for Huck Finn’s Story and The Mirrorman performance royalties and scripts.• Akron Art Museum, $10,000 for its Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity: French Design for Living exhibition.• Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank, $15,000 for transportation costs.• Akron Children’s Hospital, $25,000 for a NICU ventilator.• Akron International Friendship, $4,000 for its “Know Your Community — Know Your World” program.• Akron Rotary Camp for Crippled Children, $25,000 for its capital campaign.• Akron Roundtable, $500 contribution.• American Red Cross, Summit County chapter, $24,000 for a van for its Medical Transportation Service program.• Arthritis Foundation/Akron-Canton Regional Office, $2,500 contribution.• Beacon Journal Charity Fund, $10,000 for orthodontic treatment for needy Summit County children.• Bluecoats Inc. Endowment Fund, $1,000 contribution.• Boys and Girls Clubs of the Western Reserve, $10,000 for operations.• Building for Tomorrow, $25,000 for the Home Visitation piece of its Early Childhood Initiative.• Cascade Locks Park Association, $2,500 for seating at the Schumacher Cascade Mills site.• Children’s Concert Society of Akron, Ohio, $8,000 for its In-School Program artistic fees.• Community Outreach Resources Exchange, $9,000 for donor furniture pickup services transportation support.• Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet, $10,000 to support its 36th season.• Downtown Akron Partnership — First Night Akron, $3,000 for its community outreach program.• East Akron Neighborhood Development Corp, $15,000 for its emergency home repair program.• The Foundation Center — Cleveland, $2,000 for its library/learning center.• Friends of the Metro Parks, Serving Summit County, $5,000 for its Outside is In program.• The Goodwill Industries of Akron, Ohio, Inc., $5,000 for the Elizabeth Clark Fund.• Greater Akron Musical Association — Akron Symphony Orchestra, $6,000 for Red Chair sponsorship.• Greater Akron Musical Association — Akron Symphony Orchestra, $10,000 as a matching challenge grant in its Red Chair campaign.• GroundWorks Dancetheater, $5,000 for 2012 Summit County performances and outreach.• Haven of Rest Ministries Inc., $5,000 for operations.• International Institute of Akron Inc., $20,000 for its Citizenship Services program.• Let’s Grow Akron Inc., $10,000 for 2011 operations.• Magical Theatre Company, $5,000 for its residence performance program artistic fees.• Mature Services Inc., $15,000 for its homecare program.• Mental Health America of Summit County Inc., $5,000 for its Adolescent Suicide Prevention program.• Mobile Meals of Akron Inc., $10,000 for meals and medically prescribed supplements.• National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Ohio Buckeye Chapter, $7,500 for its equipment and home-modification program.• North Coast Community Homes Inc., $10,000 for window replacement.• Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services — Rockynol Life Care Fund, $1,000 contribution.• Opportunity Parish Ecumenical Neighborhood Ministry (OPEN-M), $15,000 for the “Inventory” line item of its operating budget.• Portage Path Community Mental Health Center, $15,000 for exterior renovation of its downtown Akron clinic.• Pregnancy Care of Summit County, $10,000 for its Parent Responsibility Education Program (PREP) prenatal classes.• Salvation Army, $10,000 for its Learning Zone.• St. Hilary Parish St. Vincent de Paul Society, $5,000 for its computer assistance program.• Summit County Children Services, Caring and Sharing Fund, $500 contribution.• Summit County Children Services, Graduation Recognition Fund, $500 contribution.• United Way of Summit County, $20,000 for its 2011 campaign.• Waiting Child Fund, $10,000 for its Summit Permanency Collaborative.In addition to those grants, Boy Scouts of America, Great Trail Council, will receive an accelerated, $25,000 payment on the foundation’s $100,000 commitment for its new Camp Manatoc Fitness and Aquatic Center.For information concerning grant applications, call 330-762-6427 or go to www.foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/corbin.