The George Gund Foundation has named Robyn Minter Smyers, a partner at the law firm of Thompson Hine, and Randell McShepard, Vice President of Public Affairs at RPM, Inc., to its board of trustees. Smyers replaces…
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…
Applicants to The George Gund Foundation are now required to use an online application that can be accessed from the Foundation’s website. It is hoped that the online system will be more efficient for both grantees…
The George Gund Foundation, which in 2010 moved from four grantmaking meetings each year to three annually, has announced deadlines and Trustee meeting dates for 2012. Winter-Spring MeetingProposal Deadline: November 15, 2011Trustee Meeting: March 1, 2012…
Efforts to create an advocacy organization for bicyclists, improve the design of Cleveland’s public spaces and increase the number of Cleveland students graduating from college received a boost with grants from The George Gund Foundation. Bike…
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 policy deliberations…
Representatives from four Northeast Ohio foundations have organized a continuing legal education seminar, “Representing and Managing Ohio Foundations—2011,” to be held December 6 at The George Gund Foundation in downtown Cleveland. The program, which features speakers…
The George Gund Foundation continued its commitment to creating new, innovative schools in the City of Cleveland with $1.4 million in grants approved at its July meeting. An $800,000 grant will support 13 new and innovative…