Cohen & Co. in Cleveland recently announced a $100,000 donation to Cleveland Guardians Charities, via the Cohen & Co. Community Foundation, in honor of the company’s founder, Ron Cohen, who died in August 2024.

The Guardians will recognize the donation in a pregame ceremony on July 18 at Progressive Field in Cleveland, in which Cohen’s grandson will be throwing out the first pitch. The Guardians will play the Oakland Athletics at 7:10 p.m.

Cohen, a longtime season ticket holder and member of the Wahoo Club, attended almost every home opener since 1957 to cheer on the team and he virtually never missed a radio broadcast of a game thanks to his earpiece that accompanied him wherever he went.

“We worked closely with Ron’s family to select the Cleveland Guardians Charities,” Chris Bellamy, Cohen & Co. CEO, said in a news release. “We wanted to honor Ron in a way that would celebrate his passions – doing good for others and wholeheartedly supporting the Guardians. He was a longtime season ticket holder, founding member and officer of the team’s official booster club and attended almost every home opener since 1957. He would be so proud to have his family and his firm honored on the field for helping the community.”

Founded in 1977, Cohen & Co. is a national tax, accounting and advisory firm that serves a client base, including private companies, investment industry professionals and large multinational enterprises. The company employs over 800 professionals across 14 U.S. offices and has a presence in the Cayman Islands.

The firm launched the Cohen & Co. Community Foundation in 1999 to commemorate Cohen’s official retirement. Donations –

primarily stemming from employee-driven recommendations –

support civic, art, cultural and entrepreneurial not-for-profit organizations.

“On behalf of the entire Cleveland Guardians organization and those in our community who benefit from the spirit of Guardians Charities, we thank Cohen & Co. for this generous donation,” Bob DiBiasio, Cleveland Guardians Charities president, said in the release. “This donation in honor of Ron Cohen has a special meaning. I, personally, am very grateful to Ron for more than 40-plus years of friendship, support and incredible passion for the game of baseball and his favorite team.”

In a separate announcement, Cohen & Co. announced its 2025 partnership class. The class consists of Dave Charles, Angela Bacarella-Wood, Jon Dittrich, Mike Dellavalle, Bryan Friedmann, Syed Farooq, Asha Shettigar and Kevin Kray.

“We are proud to recognize this exceptional group of professionals, all of whom are shining examples of the great people our firm is fortunate to have,” CEO Chris Bellamy said in a news release. “Their role as new partners represents a meaningful investment in growth and innovation. We look forward to their many continued contributions on behalf of our clients and as leaders in our firm.”

According to the release:

• Charles primarily focuses on federal tax planning and compliance, private equity and companies, professional services, real estate and construction, real estate investment trusts and tax services.

• Bacarella-Wood focuses on assurance services, internal controls, private companies, private company audits and private equity.

• Dittrich concentrates on federal tax planning and compliance, high net worth and wealth transfer, manufacturing, private equity and companies, professional services, state and local tax, tax credits and incentives, tax services and wholesale and distribution.

• Dellavalle works on alternative investment funds, assurance services, digital assets, investment companies, investment company audits, technology and life science.

• Friedmann concentrates on alternative investment funds, assurance services, collective investment funds, investment companies, investment company audits and mutual funds.

• Farooq offers assistance in alternative investment funds, assurance services, investment companies, investment company audits, private equity and registered investment advisers.

• Shettigar focuses on federal tax planning and compliance, international filings and structuring, merger and acquisitions advisory, private equity, real estate and construction, tax and transaction services and transaction tax planning.

• Kray directs his attention to alternative investment funds, assurance services, exchange-traded funds, investment company audits and mutual funds.