CLEVELAND OH — The George Gund Foundation gave a boost to the Museum of Contemporary Art -Cleveland’s plans for a new building in University Circle with an additional $500,000 grant and a $2 million loan. “This is an…
CLEVELAND OH — Organizations that will promote legislation to support sexual violence survivors, provide foreclosure prevention services and encourage sustainable business practices received funding at The George Gund Foundation’s final meeting of 2009. The Cleveland Rape Crisis Center…
CLEVELAND OH — The George Gund Foundation increased its support to the Fund for Our Economic Future, a collaborative effort to improve Northeast Ohio’s economy, with a three-year $4 million grant. The Fund, which was launched six years…
The George Gund Foundation made grants at its first quarterly meeting of 2009 to several organizations that support the local foods movement in Northeast Ohio. The Oberlin-based New Agrarian Center, which received a $40,000 grant, operates…
The George Gund Foundation made a $1 million grant to help re-configure Playhouse Square’s 2,800 seat Allen Theatre into two smaller stages that will be home to an expanded Cleveland State University theater department and also…
CLEVELAND OH — The George Gund Foundation made grants at its March meeting for a new theater in downtown Cleveland, a program that delivers locally-produced foods to urban neighborhoods and expansion of a project to improve health outcomes…
CLEVELAND OH — The George Gund Foundation made major grants at its December meeting to projects that leverage significant community investment in redevelopment efforts underway in two Cleveland neighborhoods. Trustees approved a $1.2 million grant to the Detroit…
CLEVELAND OH — The George Gund Foundation made grants at its September meeting to organizations working to address issues related to predatory lending and the sharp increase in home foreclosures in Cuyahoga County. Neighborhood Progress, Inc. was awarded…