Portfolio of 20 Innovative and Excellent Schools

…are built around the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) disciplines that are widely accepted as a key to success in a knowledge-based, technology-driven global economy. Others are single-gender or residential academies. Three innovative high schools located in University Circle on the John Hay campus, which reopened in 2006 after extensive renovation, exemplify the range of excellent educational options now available to Cleveland…

20,000 New Manufacturing Jobs by 2020

…), MAGNET’s new program seeks to help companies with annual sales of between $10 million and $500 million create new products and enter new markets, thus propelling double-digit percentage sales growth. A second foundation grant of $400,000 awarded in early 2013 will enable MAGNET to expand PRISM’s portfolio of clients with an eye to fostering the creation of 20,000 new jobs in northeastern Ohio by 2020….

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Global Impact

…Global Impact Since the creation of the world’s first community foundation in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1914, the concept of citizens pooling their assets to create a permanent vehicle for addressing pressing local needs has been adopted and adapted by communities, large and small, on every continent except Antarctica. Over 1,800 community foundations and community philanthropy groups are now working to improve the quality of life in their geographic…

Grant Search

Grant Search Year Span 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 to 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Amount $0 $500 $1,000 $5,000 $25,000 $50,000 $100,000 $250,000 $500,000 $1,000,000 $5,000,000 $10,000,000 to $0 $500 $1,000 $5,000 $25,000 $50,000 $100,000…

First City-History Encyclopedia

…Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Cleveland became the only U.S. city to have such a reference work, which covered everything from the region’s prehistoric inhabitants to the city’s recent recovery from default. Weighing in at five pounds and 1,127 pages, the encyclopedia had first been suggested to its eventual co-editors, David D. Van Tassel and John J. Grabowski, by retired Cleveland Foundation director Homer C. Wadsworth. A series of…

Betting on “Cool Cleveland”

…evelopment strategy. In the first “class” of grantees in 2004 was Cool Cleveland, a weekly e-mail newsletter launched in 2002 to cover the people, places and activities deemed “cool” by its founder and publisher, Thomas Mulready. The foundation’s $30,000 grant gave the experimental online publication time to find its voice, develop a successful business plan and secure a devoted audience that appreciated Mulready’s edgy take on the things that…

Linking City Teens to Life-Enriching Programs

…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 and kids to more than 1,900 activities and services such as tutoring and career exploration. In its first year, MyCom’s jobs program…