Cleveland Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
United States
Mission
To enhance the lives of all residents of Greater Cleveland, now and for generations to come, by working together with our donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide leadership on key community issues
Most Meaningful Change
The foundation has shown leadership by consistently speaking up for Clevelanders without a voice and by tackling the most intractable urban problems. For example, for more than three decades we have focused on rebuilding the city’s low-income neighborhoods—not on gentrifying them, but on bringing them back to vibrancy for the people who have remained in their blighted but beloved communities. Exhibit A is an initiative that began in 2004, when we convened the area’s anchor institutions around a collective vision to stimulate reinvestment in six struggling neighborhoods that surround the medical, cultural and educational jewel we know as University Circle. It didn’t take any arm twisting. The leaders of the area’s anchors—Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University, the Regional Transit Authority, and others—were eager to collaborate on the improvement of "Greater" University Circle. Their CEOs recognized that the future of their institutions and the Circle was inextricably linked to the health of the surrounding communities. With the foundation’s financial support and counsel, they formed a coalition of public, private and nonprofit partners that have invested in a sweeping range of projects to spur dramatic and transformational physical development on the formerly decaying edges of the Circle. A lively new residential, retail and visual arts district called Uptown that borders the Case and University Hospitals campuses is one of the exciting results. In addition to physical development, we knew we had to invest in human capital by creating jobs for local residents. So we launched a series of for-profit, employee-owned companies called the Evergreen Cooperatives. The newest of these companies is Green City Growers, one of the nation’s largest urban hydroponic greenhouses. Located on a roughly 10-acre site in Cleveland’s Central neighborhood, Green City Growers supplies fresh, locally grown produce that is marketed year-round within a 150-mile radius of Cleveland, accelerating our “buy local” movement. The “hire local” employees there will join other recruits from University Circle neighborhoods who work at two additional Evergreen co-ops: a commercial laundry and an energy services firm. These 100 or so individuals, some of whom were formerly incarcerated, went from being unemployed to becoming worker-owners! They have been given a chance to earn good wages and benefits, and they are proud and grateful to be productive. As model citizens, they are making a huge contribution to their neighborhoods and to society.
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Organization | Cleveland Foundation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Address 1 | 1422 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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City / Town | Cleveland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
State / Region | Ohio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ZIP / Postal Code | 44115 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Continent | North America | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Phone | 216.861.3810 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Website | www.clevelandfoundation.org | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organization Leader (Name, Title) | Ronald B. Richard, President and CEO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Contact’s Name | Leslie Dunford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Contact’s Position | Vice President for Corporate Governance and Administration | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foundation at a Glance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Founded | 1914 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mission Statement | To enhance the lives of all residents of Greater Cleveland, now and for generations to come, by working together with our donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide leadership on key community issues | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organization Description | Community Foundation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other Description | Did not answer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Approximate Size of the Population Serviced | 1,600,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Paid Staff (Full-Time Equivalents) | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Unpaid Staff (Full-Time Equivalents) | Did not answer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Board Members | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Organization’s Total Income in Last Fiscal Year | $331,335,192 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organization’s Gifts Income in Last Fiscal Year | $55,798,191 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organization’s Total Expenditures in Last Fiscal Year | $100,794,968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organization’s Grantmaking Budget in Last Fiscal Year | $88,929,701 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Does Organization Have an Endowment | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Value of Endowment (or Financial Reserves) as of the End of Last Fiscal Year | $2,132,806,744 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Change in Financial Status Over Last Three Years | A little improvement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Most Meaningful Change that Organization Has Helped to Bring About in the Last Three Years | The foundation has shown leadership by consistently speaking up for Clevelanders without a voice and by tackling the most intractable urban problems. For example, for more than three decades we have focused on rebuilding the city’s low-income neighborhoods—not on gentrifying them, but on bringing them back to vibrancy for the people who have remained in their blighted but beloved communities. Exhibit A is an initiative that began in 2004, when we convened the area’s anchor institutions around a collective vision to stimulate reinvestment in six struggling neighborhoods that surround the medical, cultural and educational jewel we know as University Circle. It didn’t take any arm twisting. The leaders of the area’s anchors—Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University, the Regional Transit Authority, and others—were eager to collaborate on the improvement of "Greater" University Circle. Their CEOs recognized that the future of their institutions and the Circle was inextricably linked to the health of the surrounding communities. With the foundation’s financial support and counsel, they formed a coalition of public, private and nonprofit partners that have invested in a sweeping range of projects to spur dramatic and transformational physical development on the formerly decaying edges of the Circle. A lively new residential, retail and visual arts district called Uptown that borders the Case and University Hospitals campuses is one of the exciting results. In addition to physical development, we knew we had to invest in human capital by creating jobs for local residents. So we launched a series of for-profit, employee-owned companies called the Evergreen Cooperatives. The newest of these companies is Green City Growers, one of the nation’s largest urban hydroponic greenhouses. Located on a roughly 10-acre site in Cleveland’s Central neighborhood, Green City Growers supplies fresh, locally grown produce that is marketed year-round within a 150-mile radius of Cleveland, accelerating our “buy local” movement. The “hire local” employees there will join other recruits from University Circle neighborhoods who work at two additional Evergreen co-ops: a commercial laundry and an energy services firm. These 100 or so individuals, some of whom were formerly incarcerated, went from being unemployed to becoming worker-owners! They have been given a chance to earn good wages and benefits, and they are proud and grateful to be productive. As model citizens, they are making a huge contribution to their neighborhoods and to society. |