Indispensable Civic Roles

…ion 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 and installs photovoltaic solar-panel arrays for institutional and commercial customers. Given the region’s manufacturing heritage, the design and production of wind power components seemed an even better bet to the foundation’s…

Championing Advanced Energy

…ion 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 and installs photovoltaic solar-panel arrays for institutional and commercial customers. Given the region’s manufacturing heritage, the design and production of wind power components seemed an even better bet to the foundation’s…

Board of Directors

…amp; Young bestowed its Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award on him in 2010, the same year that he founded eQED, a solar energy company that manufactures and distributes highly efficient, cost-effective, reliable and easy-to-install solar microinverters. Fujita, a Japanese national, came to Cleveland in 1992 to attend Case Western Reserve University (Ph.D., 1998), which presented him with its Outstanding Recent Alumni Award in 2010. An adjunct…

Hiroyuki Fujita

…amp; Young bestowed its Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award on him in 2010, the same year that he founded eQED, a solar energy company that manufactures and distributes highly efficient, cost-effective, reliable and easy-to-install solar microinverters. Fujita, a Japanese national, came to Cleveland in 1992 to attend Case Western Reserve University (Ph.D., 1998), which presented him with its Outstanding Recent Alumni Award in 2010. An adjunct…

James A. Norton

…een blacks and whites to address festering inequalities and inadequacies in education and housing. His courage, creativity and diplomacy persuaded the Cleveland Foundation’s board to absorb the staff and trustees of GCAF and install Norton at the foundation’s helm when his predecessor retired at the end of 1967. During his five-year tenure as the Cleveland Foundation’s director, Norton institutionalized a commitment to carry on GCAF’s proactive…

Grant Search

…apital campaign $1,000 Arts and Culture 1988 La Mesa Espanola 1988 J.C. Tucker Memorial Prog $400 Arts and Culture 1988 Lake County Historical Society General support $1,000 Administrative 1988 Lake County Historical Society Install American Indian Site $5,000 Civic Affairs 1988 Lake County Young Men’s Christian Association General support $1,000 Administrative 1988 Lake Erie College General support $769 Education 1988 Lake Erie College…

Creating Real Jobs for Neighborhood People

…hree employee-owned businesses employing about 90 workers have been launched since 2009: an industrial-scale laundry that washes and irons bed linens, a hydroponic greenhouse that raises lettuces and herbs, and a solar panel installation company that also offers weatherization services. Called Evergreen Cooperatives, they all operate according to the latest “green” principles. In addition to reaping long-term savings from their sustainable…

Reinhold W. Erickson, D.D.S.

…ereafter, the monies were to be used to advance health education.) The Cleveland Foundation honored the last wishes of this quiet-living retiree, establishing the Reinhold W. Erickson Fund in 1993 to pay for the lighting and installation costs. The Cleveland Restoration Society oversaw the work. The imposing Romanesque spire of the Pilgrim Congregational Church in Tremont became the first “Beacon of Hope,” as the lighting program was named. To…

A Greater University Circle

…workers a chance to build wealth through an equity stake in the enterprise. Three Evergreen Cooperatives have opened since 2009. An industrial-scale laundry service, a hydroponic greenhouse and a company specializing in the installation of solar panels began operations with the support of a $1.15 million in grants from the Cleveland Foundation. The agreement of the Circle’s anchor institutions to redirect a portion of their combined $3 billion…