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CLEVELAND, OH – John Mitterholzer, director of The George Gund Foundation’s Climate and Environmental Justice program, will be participating in the international United Nations Climate Conference as a United States Civil Society delegate. Mitterholzer is co-chair…

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 state…

“The solution to the problems of democracy is more democracy: More people engaged as active citizens with their communities and country. More avenues for that engagement. More accountability for lying, for inciting division and animosity. More…

In the U.S. and internationally, a set of mostly small, community-based groups is quietly undertaking new approaches…

I was 10 in the fall of 1962 when the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers tied for the National League pennant and were to meet in a three-game playoff. Unhappily, our TV was broken…

We Believe that thriving cities are and will remain one of the nation’s best hopes for addressing essential issues.

I’m at least as much a journalist as I am an artist. Most folks would say I’m more of the former than the latter. I’m also the son of parents who endured a familiar strain of…

The George Gund Foundation is seeking candidates for the position of president to further its mission to advance human wellbeing through progressive, responsive, and accountable philanthropy. The position profile describes the opportunity and the qualifications, professional…

The George Gund Foundation awarded $16.2 million at its June board meeting to organizations addressing the most pressing issues in Cleveland and Ohio, while also committing to an increased payout of 10 percent in 2021, double…