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…

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…

At a time when democracy is being severely challenged in America and abroad, The George Gund Foundation’s 2017 annual report focuses on the role of arts as political activism. Award-winning photographer Accra Shepp captured images of 15…

The George Gund Foundation awarded several grants at its final meeting of the year to help achieve robust participation in American democracy by historically underrepresented populations.  The grants to organizations at the national, state and local…

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The reopening of Public Square inspired the photo essay on public spaces in Cleveland that is the centerpiece of The George Gund Foundation’s 2016 interactive annual report. It is now available on the Foundation’s website. Matthew Pillsbury…

The George Gund Foundation’s 2015 interactive annual report features a photo essay on the progress of Cleveland’s Plan for Transforming Schools, and it is now available on the Foundation’s website. Award-winning photographer Lisa Kessler captured the inspiring but…

The George Gund Foundation’s 2014 online, interactive annual report, with its photo-essay highlighting a priority issue for the Foundation, is available on the Foundation’s website. Photographer David Burnett captured the vitality and diversity of Cleveland’s rapidly…