…ng his tenure in office (1901–1909) Johnson, a self-made millionaire, fought for free trade, just taxation and municipal ownership of utilities on behalf of his working-class constituency. And, in 1913, Cleveland’s large and active charitable sector launched a citywide movement to coordinate charitable giving, modeling its new Federation for Charity and Philanthropy on a model of efficiency well established in the national Jewish community. Also…
…investment firm that focuses on early-stage businesses, troubled businesses and real estate. From 2000 to 2004 he was president and chief executive officer of Cole National Corporation, owner of Pearle Vision stores and Cole Vision optical stores and Things Remembered personalized gift stores. His previous positions include president and CEO of HomePlace Stores, president and COO of Zale Corporation, and president and CEO of Karten’s Jewelers….
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Barbara Haas Rawson was a well-known volunteer active in Cleveland’s League of Women Voters, Citizens League and the PTA in her home suburb of Shaker Heights before she joined the staff of the Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation (GCAF) in 1962. Although her title was administrative assistant to GCAF’s director James A. Norton (a relative newcomer to the community), Rawson also functioned as Norton’s sounding board and local historian. When…
…00 low-income housing units; creating 10 new multiservice health centers, 10 new daycare centers and a variety of summer youth programs; and pushing the completion of the city’s stalled urban renewal projects. While Stokes envisioned that the federal government would pick up most of the tab, he explained to the television audience that he expected Greater Clevelanders to contribute $11.25 million in seed money to “stop the downhill slide, to…
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…critical than its championship of public financing of the arts and culture, an endeavor endorsed by a $300,000 Cleveland Foundation grant in 2003 (see video). At the dawn of the new millennium, Cuyahoga County had among the lowest levels of public support for the sector of any peer community. CPAC initiated conversations with the county commissioners that led to their agreement to place on the 2004 ballot a joint economic development and arts…
…to find a permanent headquarters on the Cuyahoga River for its 800 members and the urban schoolchildren it mentored. A vacant commercial site with 1,100 feet of riverfront and two buildings seemed ideal, but the $3.5 million price tag for the seven-acre property was daunting. CRF sought assistance from the Cleveland Foundation, which recognized the challenge as an opportunity to expand public access to the Cuyahoga River. The foundation…
…foster the professionalism of 14 participating organizations. The grantees received operating support for the duration of the five-year initiative and one-time grants to strengthen financial management, strategic planning or information technology. To continue the progress generated by BASICs, in 2004 the foundation committed $5 million to implement an Arts Advancement Program. The three-year initiative sought to encourage operating…
…s setting for hotels, offices, retail shops, restaurants and such attractions as a museum and an aquarium. The exciting prospect of opening up public access to the waterfront led (with the foundation’s gentle prodding and provision of operating support) to the establishment of the North Coast Development Corporation, a nonprofit authority charged with managing lakefront development. The dredging of a 7.5-acre harbor and the construction of a…