The George Gund Foundation awarded a $700,000 grant to support the bold strategy to reinvent public education in Cleveland proposed by Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Eric Gordon. “The Foundation has…
CLEVELAND OH — The George Gund Foundation strongly endorsed the Cleveland Municipal School District’s (CMSD) transformation plan with a $2.5 million grant to transform CMSD management and operations and to help create more new and innovative schools. The…
CLEVELAND OH — The George Gund Foundation re-affirmed its commitment to Cleveland’s residents and their neighborhoods with a $3.6 million three-year grant to Neighborhood Progress, Inc. (NPI). NPI, established more than 20 years ago as the principal intermediary…
The George Gund Foundation joined with other Northeast Ohio philanthropic organizations in renewing its support for the Fund for Our Economic Future, an unprecedented collaboration designed to encourage and create a shared economic transformation agenda for…
Hundreds of Local Organizations Come Together to Centralize Efforts and Launch Awareness Campaign (CLEVELAND) — Sept. 28, 2005 — Three of Cleveland’s largest foundations announced plans today to launch a collaborative effort to raise the level of literacy in Greater…
CLEVELAND (Dec. 14, 2004) — The Cleveland Museum of Art Director Katharine Lee Reid today announced the receipt of a $5 million grant from the George Gund Foundation for the Museum’s $225 million renovation, repair and expansion project. “This…
The Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners is collaborating with almost two dozen community, corporate and private foundations on a five-year, $70 million-plus Invest in Children (IIC) initiative that will focus on creating quality early childhood development programs and services. The…