…to be a member of the board of organizations as diverse as the Horace Kelly Art Foundation, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland Chamber of Commerce and Cleveland Clinic Foundation (he would ultimately serve as a trustee of the internationally known medical center for a record 57 years). He was preceded on the Cleveland Foundation board by his first cousin once removed, Belle Sherwin, a member of the first distribution committee…
…and accidentally crushed to death a Presbyterian minister who had joined an on-site demonstration organized by a coalition of civil rights groups to protest the construction project’s reinforcement of school segregation. The news of the Reverend Bruce W. Klunder’s demise horrified James A. Norton, the director of the Cleveland Foundation’s affiliated philanthropy, Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation (GCAF), who had for months been trying to…
…or a silkscreen print during his 2012 residency at Zygote Press. Creative Fusion, the Cleveland Foundation’s innovative artist-in-residence program, supports long-term residencies at local arts organizations for accomplished international artists, with a goal of expanding the region’s exposure to world culture. Selected and hosted by cultural institutions throughout Greater Cleveland, the artists hail from cultures not well represented here. As…
…Contributions received from a record-breaking 325 individuals…
…inability Fund Founder: Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization Educational Gift Fund of the Chagrin Valley Woman’s Club Founder: The Educational Gift Fund of the Woman’s Club of Chagrin Falls MedWish International Fund Founder: MedWish International Fund for the Future of Heights Libraries Founder: Fund for the Future of Heights Libraries Volunteers of America Fund Founder: Volunteers of America of Greater Ohio MidTown…
…te hundreds, perhaps someday even thousands of wealth-building jobs for city residents by tapping into the procurement streams of major nonprofit organizations. Under Ronn’s leadership, the Cleveland Foundation has supported international business attraction efforts, aggressive recruitment of highly skilled immigrants and residencies by artists presenting the best of world culture—all in an effort to inspire Cleveland, whose economy has been…
…Music General support $300 Arts and Culture 1988 The Cleveland Institute of Music General support $6,368 Arts and Culture 1988 The Cleveland Institute of Music Concert& master classes $37,750 Arts and Culture 1988 Cleveland International Program Photo.equip.& newsletter postg $1,000 Social Services 1988 Cleveland Lutheran High School Association General support $1,972 Education 1988 Cleveland Montessori Association Scholarships for 1988-89 year…
…63 1963 Annual Report John Sherwin Start-up of Cuyahoga Community College The Cleveland Foundation ranks as the country’s largest community trust 1964 1964 Annual Report Assets surpass $100 million Establishing a Groundbreaking Interracial Forum First significant bequest for arts and culture received 1965 1965 Annual Report Bringing Public Television to Cleveland Police and Tax Base Reform Preserving Mentor Marsh 1966 1966 Annual Report…
…ant relatives) to the Cleveland Foundation. During 60 years of unremitting toil—later in life she had cleaned offices in downtown Cleveland and washed laundry in her three rented rooms—she had accumulated well over $10,000. Prudently invested in blue-chip stocks, Bohm’s nest egg would be worth more than $150,000 today. Bohm had been almost completely blind as a result of inoperable cataracts when she died, just a few days before her 80th…
The Cleveland Foundation underscored the importance of securing the future of the Cleveland Orchestra—an international treasure recently ranked as the world’s favorite orchestra by Bachtrack, the international concert reviewer and online listing resource—with a 2013 grant of $10 million, the largest award to an arts organization in the foundation’s history. A leadership gift to the orchestra’s “Sound for the Centennial” campaign leading up to…