…e Cleveland Botanical Garden, West Side Ecumenical Ministry, Cuyahoga County Library Foundation, and Ingenuity, a Cleveland Festival of Art and Technology. She worked at the Cuyahoga County Treasurer’s Office as public information specialist and has served as staff associate for the Administration of Justice Committee. Carney holds a bachelor’s degree from Goucher College and a master’s degree from Case Western Reserve…
…philanthropy. Captains of business and industry such as John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie had conceived of creating private foundations to channel their immense wealth into philanthropic activities. Goff (see video) envisioned an alternative mechanism for ensuring the honorable and productive use of monies accumulated over and above one’s immediate needs. Endowing such a foundation was a simple and affordable way for individuals of modest…
…w concept in philanthropy. Captains of business and industry such as John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie had conceived of creating private foundations to channel their immense wealth into philanthropic activities. Goff envisioned an alternative mechanism for ensuring the honorable and productive use of monies accumulated over and above one’s immediate needs. Endowing such a foundation was a simple and affordable way for individuals of modest…
…yahoga County Community Mental Health Board Strategic planning process $17,500 Social Services 1988 Cuyahoga County Department of Human Services Special client needs $413 Social Services 1988 Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court Division New Superint.of Dentention Ctr $3,500 Civic Affairs 1988 Cuyahoga County Public Library General support $167 Education 1988 Cuyahoga County Regional Planning Commission Implement rec.of Brkpk Rd stdy $15,000 Civic…
…ne A new company that makes and installs solar-panel arrays has been created with foundation support. The foundation helped to draft and win passage of a clean energy law for Ohio. The Cleveland Foundation was the first to envision the rise of an advanced energy industry in northeastern Ohio. In a test of the attractiveness of solar power, the foundation spearheaded the creation of Evergreen Energy Solutions, a worker’s cooperative that designs…
…rship of city planning director Hunter Morrison. Morrison, who had city planning degrees from both Harvard and Yale, had worked for the Hough Area Development Corporation before taking the planning chief’s job in 1980. Civic Vision affirmed the importance of neighborhood redevelopment to the city’s future, presenting detailed land-use plans for each residential area of the city. Adopted by the City Planning Commission in 1989, Civic Vision…
…collaborative relationship between the board and staff. Because program officers do the legwork on grants, Minter perceived that the board of directors often felt that they were merely rubber-stamping others’ decisions. He envisioned a far more active role for the trustees. He wanted to see their intelligence and experience brought to bear on major policy decisions. Immediately upon his appointment, Minter began to search for a way to increase…
…he foundation has also been a steadfast supporter of the effort, now in its fourth decade, to redevelop the theater district itself. Its first grant to the PlayhouseSquare Foundation in 1973 underwrote a master plan for the “superblock” stretching from Carnegie and Chester Avenues between East 14th and East 18th Streets. Prepared by Cleveland architect Peter van Dijk, the plan continues to provide inspiration to this day. (The “museum of light”…
…ne A new company that makes and installs solar-panel arrays has been created with foundation support. The foundation helped to draft and win passage of a clean energy law for Ohio. The Cleveland Foundation was the first to envision the rise of an advanced energy industry in northeastern Ohio. In a test of the attractiveness of solar power, the foundation spearheaded the creation of Evergreen Energy Solutions, a worker’s cooperative that designs…
…nsel to a variety of government and corporate clients. She has particular expertise representing school districts in the provision of educational programming and services to disabled students. In 2007, she was named an “Ohio Super Lawyer” in a survey conducted by Law & Politics and Cincinnati magazines. Born in New Orleans, Chappell grew up in East Cleveland and attended Hathaway Brown. Both of her parents were music teachers in the…