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On September 18, 2020 Catherine Gund, Chair, The George Gund Foundation, spoke at the City Club of Cleveland regarding the Foundation’s release of What We Believe.  Click here to watch that interview.

The Cleveland International Film Festival’s CIFF Streams presents the Cleveland premiere of the film Aggie later this month. Aggie is a documentary that explores the nexus of art, race, and justice through the story of art…

Into a world beset with turmoil, babies continue to be born. The George Gund Foundation’s 2019 annual report portrays the work of Birthing Beautiful Communities, a remarkable organization that works to reduce infant mortality among Black women. The…

In her first letter as chair, Catherine Gund celebrates the impact women have had throughout the history of the Foundation and calls for a collective effort to build a more just world.

In his letter to the community, David Abbott reflects on the annual photographic essay and its connection to the crises in public health and racial justice sweeping the country.

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

The George Gund Foundation awarded more than $14.4 million in grants at its summer board meeting to organizations addressing the most pressing issues in Cleveland and Ohio, many exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Foundation committed…

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What We Believe

We periodically commission a confidential survey of our grant partners to determine what they think about working with us.  The feedback is extremely helpful.  One comment that was echoed with some frequency in our survey last…

Jessica May, a former research analyst for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and a graduate student at Case Western Reserve University, has been selected as the 2020-2022 George Gund Foundation Fellow. May is pursuing dual…