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The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD), Cuyahoga County and more than 30 area organizations, including the George Gund Foundation, have formed a partnership to more than double the number of Cleveland children attending a quality preschool…

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…

George Gund Foundation Trustees approved program-related investments (PRIs) to the Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network (MAGNET) and the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) at their November meeting.  CIFF, faced with a shift in the film industry…

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 national…

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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…

The George Gund Foundation’s 2012 online, interactive annual report, with its photo-essay highlighting a priority issue for the Foundation, is available on the Foundation’s website. Photographer Jeff Whetstone perceptively follows the Cuyahoga River along both its…

Sue Hoechstetter, senior advisor for foundation advocacy and evaluation at the Alliance for Justice, will be in Cleveland May 16 and 17 to meet with local funders and nonprofits interested in funding and engaging in advocacy…