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The George Gund Foundation approved funding for a diverse array of organizations primarily serving Cleveland at its November meeting. The initiatives receiving grants range from continued support of a national teacher corps presence in Cleveland schools…

The George Gund Foundation has joined an alliance of national and Ohio-based funding partners and approved a $200,000 grant to launch the Ohio Transformation Fund, an initiative focused on changing inequities in the justice system that…

The George Gund Foundation approved $6,880,970 in grants at its March meeting to organizations working on everything from downtown development to providing access to health care for uninsured and underinsured Ohio residents. Downtown Cleveland Alliance received…

The George Gund Foundation continued its commitment to ensuring a quality education for Cleveland children with major grants supporting Cleveland’s Plan for Transforming Schools and Invest in Children’s Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program (UPK.) A $1,333,700 grant will…

The George Gund Foundation approved grants at its summer meeting that will help create a multi-state network of trails along abandoned rail lines, continue reform of Ohio’s juvenile justice system and support Cleveland Metropolitan School District…

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The George Gund Foundation continued its commitment to implementation of the Cleveland Plan at its winter board meeting with grants totaling $649,000 to support the start-up of two new, innovative high schools in the Cleveland Metropolitan…

The George Gund Foundation made a $2 million grant at its November meeting to the Trust for Public Land for Connecting Cleveland, a coordinated effort to increase the number of trails and greenways in Cleveland’s Flats…

Projects to develop a nonprofit community food processing center, support Cleveland’s Plan for Transforming Schools and assist with health care reform implementation received grants at the George Gund Foundation’s summer Trustee meeting.  SAW Inc., the nonprofit…