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…United States Shipping Board dispute. He served on the boards of many companies, including Ohio Bell and National City Bank, and in 1932 was named chairman of Youngstown Sheet & Tube. Having amassed great wealth, Dalton used it to support the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Orchestra and Kenyon College, and was also a trustee of Western Reserve University, Lakeside Hospital, Day Nursing Association, Jones Home for Friendless Children,…
…orboy at the Roadside Club, an establishment frequented by patrons of the nearby Glenville Race Track. After graduating from business school he went to work as a clerk for a railway company and studied law at night. In 1898, Brand was earning $25 a week as manager of the Hoffman Hinge Company when his maternal uncle, Francis Widlar, asked him to join his coffee and spice packing business as a billing clerk at $12 a week. Despite the hefty pay…
…port $300 Arts and Culture 1988 The Junior League of Cleveland, Inc. Renovation of League House $25,000 Civic Affairs 1988 Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International, Northeast Ohio Chapter Research $400 Health 1988 Karamu House, Inc. Karamu House Trust $122,849 Arts and Culture 1988 Karamu House, Inc. Deficit elimination $300,000 Arts and Culture 1988 Kent State University Foundation, Inc. NE OH Employee Ownership Centr $50,000 Economic…
…ntly been designated a community health center, one of only 33 in Ohio, the Free Clinic now qualifies for federal support. Convener: Safeguarding Cleveland’s Cultural Assets 1977 Cleveland Ballet Cleveland Orchestra Karamu House Cleveland Play House The Cleveland Foundation took creative steps to secure the financial futures and continued artistic development of Cleveland’s major performing arts organizations in the late 1970s. The foundation’s…
…taffing, planning and feasibility studies, and marketing. Sustaining Excellence, an invitation-only program of special support, was launched in 2008 to counter the effects of the economic downtown. This initiative extended a safety net of $6.6 million in grants to continue the movement of a spectrum of arts organizations toward self-sufficiency. In 2011, the foundation kicked off Engaging the Future, a three-year initiative that enlisted 11…
…institute’s potential as an engine of technology transfer, awarding GLEI a $3 million grant in 2009 to fund wind turbine research. On the manufacturing front, the Cleveland Foundation helped to establish the Great Lakes Wind Network (GLWN), a supply chain advisory group that works to link regional metalworking companies with domestic and international wind turbine manufacturers seeking to source components. With the support of a 2008 foundation…
…ing with the Foundation Center, the Global Fund for Community Foundations (GFCF), the Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support (WINGS) and a team of research and communications specialists to develop an easily accessible online information platform for the field. CommunityFoundationAtlas.org was unveiled in the fall of 2014. A formal atlas survey was prepared by the project’s research consultant, Barry Knight, a social scientist based in the…
…vened in 2001 to discuss ways to engage seniors through volunteering and civic involvement, lifelong learning and job opportunities. The first grants enabled Cuyahoga Community College, Fairhill Center for Aging, Goodrich-Gannett Neighborhood Center, the Murtis H. Taylor Multi-Service Center, the OASIS Institute and the Orange City School District to establish lifelong learning and development centers. The centers, most of which began operations…
…he foundation’s $2.5 million in grants to support the launch of MyCom in 2009 leveraged $4.1 million from other funders, including the initiative’s principal partner, Cuyahoga County. To make the most efficient and effective use of its funding, the partners decided not to create another program, but to connect youngsters to all the appropriate programs already in existence. MyCom’s evolving online and phone-accessible directory points parents…