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To celebrate the career of retiring board president Geoffrey Gund, the George Gund Foundation awarded $2 million to The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland to launch the Geoffrey Gund Fund for Families and Children in his…

Alesha Washington, who has been vice president of government advocacy at the Greater Cleveland Partnership for the past three years, will join The George Gund Foundation in January as the senior program officer for economic development…

I love words and language but I hate when they become casualties of the political combat that is our daily reality. Words, like the democratic norms that enable our society to struggle toward progress, can fall…

The George Gund Foundation is pleased to announce historic gifts of $15 million to Say Yes to Education Cleveland to support and send students who graduate from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District to college and other…

This November, I will step down as President of The George Gund Foundation after serving 25 years as its President and as a Trustee since 1976. I am fortunate to have been able to be so…

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The George Gund Foundation Fellowship provides an opportunity for promising professionals to work inside the Foundation, a philanthropic organization that plays a vital role in supporting the civic life of Greater Cleveland and in various state…

The George Gund Foundation announced more than $7 million in grants made at its July board meeting to organizations ranging from the grassroots-focused In Our Backyards to the venerable Cleveland Institute of Music. In Our Backyards…

The George Gund Foundation is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for a Senior Program Officer for Economic Development, Community Revitalization and Democracy Building. The Foundation has engaged Koya Leadership Partners to lead the…