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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.

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…

We mourn the passing of Llura Gund.   We grieve with family, with our extended Foundation community and with all of those who encountered her luminous spirit. Lulie, as she was affectionately known, devoted more than 20…

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

Dear colleagues, What a time this is.  We join many of you, I’m sure, from living rooms and kitchens, hunkering down to slow the spread of the coronavirus.  Others, responsible for the direct care and comfort…

We, like the rest of the world, are concerned about the coronavirus and as a measure of caution have decided to work remotely while we closely watch and evaluate the situation.  Our staff continues moving our…

A $1 million grant to PRE4CLE in honor of a former trustee of The George Gund Foundation was among the nearly $6 million in awards at the Foundation’s winter meeting. Llura “Lulie” Gund devoted 21 years…