THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION Report to the Community 2006

LEAD ER SHIP the cleveland foundation: a snapshot

Established in 1914, The Cleveland Foundation is the world’s first Grantmaking community foundation. Today we are the third-largest community The Cleveland Foundation awards most of its grants to 501(c)(3) foundation in America. nonprofit organizations. Some grants are made to government agencies. Grants support Greater Cleveland projects and programs Mission that benefit its citizens, meet community needs and test new ideas. The mission of The Cleveland Foundation is to enhance the lives The Foundation generally does not make grants to individuals, for- of all residents of Greater Cleveland, now and for generations profit organizations, small businesses, endowment campaigns, to come, by building community endowment, addressing needs annual fundraising or membership drives. For complete informa- through grantmaking and providing leadership on key community tion about grantmaking, please visit our website. There you will find issues. a list of grants awarded in 2005, and information about how to apply for a grant, including eligibility and priority areas for grantmaking. Stewardship Assets year-end 2005: $1.7 billion Philanthropy Grants authorized in 2005: 2,800, ranging from The Cleveland Foundation would not exist today were it not for the a few hundred dollars to $5 million extraordinary generosity and vision of our donors. The Foundation Value of grants awarded in 2005: $85 million offers numerous creative and rewarding ways to donate to the New gifts received in 2005: $29 million community, some with significant tax advantages. We encourage Operating expenses in 2005: $9.8 million prospective donors to contact either the Foundation directly or a LEADERSHIP Number of employees as of June 1, 2006: 61 professional advisor to learn more about philanthropic opportunities. Last year, our endowment was worth more than Growth of the Endowment Steven A. Minter Conference Center $1.7 billion. We received more than $29 million in gifts. We awarded TotalThe Assets Cleveland (dollars Foundatio in billions)n Total Asset Growth (dollars in billions) The Cleveland Foundation’s Steven A. Minter Conference Center is more than $85 million in grants. However, we believe that the true measure 2.0 available for use by nonprofit organizations, professional asso- ciations and government agencies. It accommodates up to 85 and of the Foundation’s worth is not the size of our endowment, nor includes state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment. It is available, $1.716 how much we receive in gifts, nor the dollar value of our grants. 1.5 $1.632 free of charge, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Call our $1.499 $1.520 Rather, we believe that the true measure of our worth is the leadership conference coordinator at 216.861.3810 for further information. $1.312 role we play and the impact we have in the communities we serve. 1.0 To learn more about The Cleveland Foundation Please contact us at the address below or visit our website. The Cleveland Foundation By that measure, are we succeeding? .5 1422 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1300 Cleveland, Ohio 44115-2001 Phone: 216.861.3810 0 01 02 03 04 05 www.clevelandfoundation.org

1| Dear Friends, Those who read our annual report grant dollars toward what we have identified as the community’s five greatest needs: regularly will notice a change in our title. › Economic transformation We’ve moved away from calling it an annual › Public school improvement report – a history of the prior year – to call- › Early childhood development › Neighborhoods and housing ing it a report to the community. The name › Arts advancement change is more than cosmetic. We want it We award the balance in response to direct requests from to be both retrospective and prospective, in- the community. These responsive grants support the priority areas mentioned above as well as others, including forming you of our 2005 accomplishments › Human Services and, just as important, sharing with you our › Health › Environment future plans. As we look ahead, leadership also means that in future years you can expect to see The Cleveland Foundation take thoughtful, You may already be familiar with our mission. It is to enhance nonpartisan positions on issues of public policy – a role fully in the lives of all residents of Greater Cleveland, now and for genera- keeping with our stated mission of “providing leadership on key tions to come, by community issues.” We expect to collaborate with like-minded › Building community endowment institutions, foundations, civic and corporate leaders, and pub- › Addressing needs through grantmaking lic officials. Some issues are of such magnitude that changes in › Providing leadership on key community issues public policy must be made if the community’s critical needs are While this report to the community will address each of to be met. these important components of our mission, this year’s report will We also subscribe to the belief that leadership begins at home. emphasize one in particular – leadership. Here at The Cleveland Foundation, we practice what we preach: Last year our endowment was worth more than $1.7 billion. › We strive to demonstrate our commitment to diversity in all We received more than $29 million in gifts. We awarded more that we do. than $85 million in grants, the second-highest level in our history. › We believe strongly in transparency. We want our community We awarded more than 2,800 grants, ranging from a few hundred to understand how and why we make decisions. dollars to $5 million. › We aim to be a leader in client service. If you come to us for a grant, We believe, however, that the true measure of the Foundation’s we want to be as accessible and helpful as possible. worth is not the size of our endowment, nor how much we receive in No discussion of leadership would be complete in this report gifts, nor the dollar value of our grants. to the community without paying tribute to two exemplary leaders, Rather, we believe that the true measure of our worth is the former board chairman Jack Sherwin, and Alex Machaskee. They leadership role we play and the impact we have in the communities retired from our board of directors in 2006, having completed 10 we serve. years of dedicated service to the Foundation. In addition, we want to By that measure, are we succeeding? recognize two exceptional program directors who also are retiring We believe the answer is yes. this year, Goldie Alvis (human services) and Jay Talbot (neighbor- A foundation our size in a community our size is obliged to do hoods and housing), each of whom devoted more than 20 years of more than simply build endowment and award grants. We have the outstanding service to the Foundation and the community. financial and human resources to provide thoughtful leadership not Finally, we wish to express our great appreciation to the only on the issues of today, but of tomorrow as well. entire staff of The Cleveland Foundation. It is their hard work, day Bold philanthropic leadership is critical for a region like in and day out, and their commitment to our donors, our grantees Greater Cleveland, which is undergoing an enormous transfor- and all of Greater Cleveland that enables us to fulfill our mission. mation as it seeks to regain its rightful place as one of America’s great places to live and work. As you read through this report to the community, you will see time and again where we are playing a leadership role. The Cleveland Foundation itself has been evolving over the Jacqueline F. Woods Ronald B. Richard past decade. Increasingly, we seek to be more proactive in identify- Chair, Board of Directors President and Chief Executive Officer Jackie Woods and Ronn Richard witnessed the new wind turbine at the Great Lakes Science Center come to fruition in May 2006 with the help ing and anticipating community needs. With the strong support of of a grant from The Cleveland Foundation. The wind turbine is a tangible symbol of both the potential of renewable energy and the prospect our board of directors, we now proactively direct the majority of our June 2006 of building an industry in Northeast Ohio to meet rising global demand. Two years earlier, before the importance of alternative energy had made headlines throughout the nation, the Foundation supported a number of initiatives related to advanced energy and was the first to call for creating an advanced energy industry for the region.

8| 3| across the full spectrum of issues and play a leading role – if not the of our local companies to compete in the global marketplace of the leading role – in proactively tackling many of our most challenging future, so we must look at it as our issue too. problems. We can lead from the front seat or the back seat – we Another example is energy. As we all are aware, our nation can lead through grantmaking, facilitating, convening, partnering, is dangerously dependent on foreign oil, a nonrenewable resource mentoring or merely by example – but we must lead. predicted to become extremely scarce and prohibitively expensive Also critical to our vision is impact. in our lifetime, or in that of our children. Although we have known In this era of shrinking state and federal funding, what is our of this eventuality for some time, only now are we awakening to its impact on the community we serve and how do we measure it? implications for our nation and our region. Have our grants made a lasting difference? Have we helped our grantees achieve long-term business transformation or have we In the future, to have greater impact foundations of merely provided band-aid solutions to their problems? Have we and truly make a difference, we may truly fulfilled our mission? award fewer but larger grants – highly To answer in the affirmative requires us to set priorities, re- strategic grants with greater potential LEADERSHIP main focused on those priorities and make difficult choices. In the to help alleviate the region’s most future, to have greater impact and truly make a difference, we may pressing problems. award fewer but larger grants – highly strategic grants with greater by Ronald B. Richard, President and Chief Executive Officer potential to help alleviate the region’s most pressing problems. And because resources are finite, we must constantly priori- However, unlike other nations, we lack effective policies There is no substitute for leadership. It has become increasingly evident that we cannot expect tize as we measure the value of the grants we make, always asking to support development of new, advanced energy industries that Washington to solve Greater Cleveland’s problems. We must take With it, almost anything is possible. Without ourselves, “If we make this grant, will a higher priority not get could reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and unstable foreign the lead in solving them, which calls for vision and leadership here funded?” In turn, this approach dictates a more proactive stance nations, and create new and stable jobs for our work force. We it, success is achieved only by dint of luck and now. However, our first-class public officials, and business in our grantmaking. must address this issue not only at the national level, but at the and in the rarest of circumstances. and civic leaders are extremely busy. Their jobs are more com- local level as well. plex than ever, requiring them to focus on the immediate problems Community foundations such as ours, If we have a wish for the future, it is this: When future genera- Today, Greater Cleveland and the nation of the day or on quarterly results, and often taking them away working with other local philanthropies tions look back on these critical years in our region’s history, they face extreme challenges on multiple fronts: from Cleveland on global travel. Despite this reality, it is admirable and public and private partners, are in will say that the leadership and support provided by The Cleveland the plight of urban public education, the that so many still find time to engage heavily in a broad array of a unique position to address broad Foundation played a pivotal role in restoring Northeast Ohio to its charitable activities. community issues. rightful place as a national leader in science, technology, education effects of globalization on our economy, per- Who has time to examine the big picture? Who has the luxury and the arts. sistent poverty, environmental degradation, to think long-term strategy for the region? Who has the bandwidth And that at a time when our nation was caught up in a rush to focus on the greater good of the community? We also must pay more attention to public policy. Even a of geo-political events, all of us in the nonprofit world sharpened the decline of manufacturing and with it the Community foundations such as ours, working with other lo- foundation our size, with some $1.7 billion in assets in 2005, is our focus to help improve the quality of life in our great city and our decline of relatively well-paying and stable cal philanthropies and public and private partners, are in a unique limited in the impact we can make. Therefore, we must be more lovely region for the benefit of all our citizens, especially those most jobs for our labor force, the aging of a large position to address broad community issues. We can help the city, attentive to public policy. We must help conceive of impactful, non- underserved and vulnerable. county and state explore long-term approaches to major problems. partisan public policies and communicate them to our local, state That is our responsibility as leaders in our community. portion of our population, the skyrocketing We can learn from our peers at charitable foundations around the and federal legislators in order to affect budget priorities. That is our role in society. cost of health care, and the list goes on. country about which innovative, regional approaches worked and Being so intimately involved with our community, and having That is the mantle that we must wear to be worthy of our which did not. To solve these complex and urgent the ability to see the ramifications of public policy on the ground, founders who conceived of The Cleveland Foundation, the world’s We can plant the seeds of new ideas. If we do our job well, we can and should weigh in whenever necessary and appropriate to first community foundation, almost 100 years ago. problems, our need for strong leadership what we plant today will grow into a more vibrant, inclusive, regional leverage our dollars, address policy issues, and seize opportunities. has never been greater nor have the stakes economy and a just society, with more jobs, far better education We know, for example, that our nation will need large num- for our youth, and stronger leadership in the public, private and bers of engineers in the future, many more than are in the pipeline been higher. nonprofit sectors. today. However, only 3 percent of our college students are majoring Last year, The Cleveland Foundation articulated a near- in engineering versus more than 35 percent of students in China term vision for addressing community issues. This vision is less and India. So, 10 years from now, where would an international a departure from the past than a logical extension of the direction company like General Electric locate its aircraft research and in which we have been heading for many years, with greater development operations if we have a shortage of engineers? emphasis on being proactive rather than reactive in this time Probably not in our region or elsewhere in the United States. of heightened need. We know the problem exists, but lack public policy to address At its core is our fundamental belief, consistent with our it. This issue, which at first might not seem like one of concern to mission, that we must be a leader. We must step up to the plate a community foundation, will have a profound effect on the ability

4| 5| Brad Whitehead, program director for economic development, and Richard Stuebi, BP fellow Bob Eckardt oversees the Foundation’s grantmaking. In 2006, Grantmakers In for energy and environmental advancement, at new, environmentally friendly dormitories on Health, a national organization of his peers, recognized him with its highest award the campus of Case Western Reserve University. University Circle is an important target of for his groundbreaking work in improving health care for the sick and aging. the Foundation’s economic development agenda, as are energy and environmental solutions. vital issues of the day leadership on vital issues economic transformation The focus of this report to the community is the leadership role of our Foundation. If we are to best fulfill our mission, it is The Cleveland Foundation’s goal for economic transforma- tion is anything but modest. We aim to take a leadership role in It is an important focus, because while foundations often are viewed largely as grantmakers, incumbent upon The Cleveland Foundation restyling Greater Cleveland’s economy from one battered by global it is critical for them to be leaders. to work toward achieving long-term solu- forces to one that excels in the global marketplace. tions to many of the larger, more persistent We believe that a regional, long-term, collaborative strategy can restore and strengthen our economy. To that end, between To best meet our responsibility as a community leader, we public schools, early childhood, neighborhoods and housing, and issues facing Greater Cleveland. Our board 2003 and 2005, the Foundation awarded more than $20 million divide our grantmaking into two categories: proactive grants the arts. We also report on a multiyear project completed this past in grants and is committed to ongoing support for economic de- addressing vital issues in the community, and responsive grants year dealing with successful aging. of directors has identified priority areas that velopment initiatives. In the work of our grantees, we see signs of that come to us in the form of direct requests. It is worth noting that none of these initiatives “solved” a now receive significant board attention, progress. The Civic Innovation Lab is providing seed money to grow Proactive grantmaking starts with leadership. Our board and problem. There are no easy answers to complex issues. staff time, and financial commitments. entrepreneurial ideas into successful civic ventures. JumpStart staff, in concert with community leaders, have identified areas of What we hope to convey is an understanding of how the and BioEnterprise are launching new companies. Voices & Choices critical, ongoing and widespread need: economic transformation, Foundation identified significant needs and then, through the use They represent issues vital to the long-term is fostering unprecedented civic engagement. public school improvement, early childhood development, neigh- of creative thinking and creative grantmaking, invited disparate well-being of Greater Cleveland: a vibrant Our collaborations embrace the business, civic, public, re- borhoods and housing, and arts advancement. The Foundation is in groups to come together, often forming dynamic partnerships, to search and philanthropic sectors. To contribute the greatest value, a singular position to actively advance these agendas and, through attack those problems. economy, respected public schools, healthy our focus is on supporting endeavors that address the following thought leadership and grants, to inspire and support our commu- In the end, it is not dollars alone that will solve our problems. children, strong neighborhoods, a thriving priorities: nity. We are in a strong position to take the long-term view, look It also takes thoughtful leadership and thought leadership to make arts community, and a caring environment › Building economy-boosting industries in the region, primarily beyond the interest of any single institution, act as a bridge between a true difference. through our close relationship with the Fund for Our Economic sectors, and amplify voices that need to be heard. for our older citizens. Through proactive Future, a dynamic collaborative of some 80 philanthropic Responsive grantmaking is what most people are familiar grantmaking, as described on the follow- institutions with a shared goal: to make Northeast Ohio globally with. Someone might say, “Our nonprofit organization has a dem- competitive. onstrated need; let’s see if we can get a grant from The Cleveland Robert E. Eckardt, Dr. P.H. ing pages, we are taking a leadership role › Supporting a thriving urban core by working closely with leader- Foundation to support it.” These grants also are vital. They require Senior Vice President for Programs and Evaluation by initiating and supporting programs that ship at City Hall, Case Western Reserve University, and University us to listen carefully. Often, as we listen and learn, patterns of need will “enhance the lives of all residents of Circle to accelerate development in downtown Cleveland, begin to take shape, patterns that point to a larger picture and help University Circle, and our neighborhoods. us become better leaders. Greater Cleveland, now and for generations › Developing an advanced energy industry. This major commitment In past years, much of our annual reporting highlighted to come.” on the part of the Foundation is led by a national expert serving in community-responsive grants. This year, our report will focus a newly created Foundation position: BP fellow for energy and more on Foundation-initiated programs. In the following pages, environmental advancement. we briefly discuss ongoing initiatives in economic development, The Foundation also brings together other foundations, grant- ees, and community leaders to collaborate on critical projects that have a high probability of success; makes investments in promising early-stage and minority-owned companies; advocates for public

86| 7| Jay Talbot and Goldie Alvis, program directors for more than two decades each and retiring in 2006, have played lead roles in shaping the Foundation’s work in community development, neighborhood, and early childhood programs. The William Patrick Day Early Childhood Center is the scene of some of the important work of the countywide Invest in Children initiative the Foundation helped create in 1999.

policy changes to increase our global competitive position; educates possible start in life. The program offers prenatal care, childcare has championed Neighborhood Progress Inc. (NPI), Cleveland’s – such as schools and libraries – that strengthen the fabric of a the public on vital issues; and measures the performance of our from infancy through preschool, services for children with spe- community development organization. In turn, NPI has been a neighborhood. efforts and the region’s economy. cial needs, and support and education for parents. In 2005, Invest driving force in revitalizing 16 neighborhoods. It has rehabilitated Our support of NPI is a large-scale component of the When we began our economic development initiative three in Children reached some 65,000 youngsters and their families, existing homes, constructed new houses, re-energized retail areas, Foundation’s leadership in neighborhoods and housing. We are years ago, the region’s future was cloudy at best. Today, we have a including more than 6,000 newborns, each of whom received an and created parks and green space. Over the past three years, NPI, equally concerned about the human side of neighborhoods. Four clearer picture of what it will take to build economic success, and in-home visit from a registered nurse. using program-related investments and other below-market-rate years ago, the Foundation implemented Neighborhood Connections, we have a vision of what success will look like. At this point, we are Invest in Children has been recognized as a national model funds, has leveraged $3.8 million in Cleveland Foundation grants a program providing modest support – grants from $500 to $5,000 pleased with what we see. for how local communities can effectively address the needs of into more than $104 million in public and private investments. – to community-based groups concerned with improving their their youngest citizens. Independent evaluations of the program In 2004, NPI began the first phase of a new strategic initia- neighborhood’s quality of life. The program also helps grass roots The Civic Innovation Lab is providing seed over its first five years acknowledged its progress in reaching the tive to make Cleveland a more attractive place to live and work. groups and neighborhood leaders play increasingly responsible money to grow entrepreneurial ideas into vast majority of children in Cuyahoga County, strengthening fami- Six neighborhoods, carefully selected through a competitive pro- roles in civic life, their neighborhoods, and the city at large. successful civic ventures. lies through home visitation services, increasing the percentage of cess, are involved: Buckeye-Woodland, Detroit-Shoreway, Fairfax, children with health insurance, growing the utilization of preven- Glenville, Slavic Village and Tremont. Each neighborhood was se- The Cleveland Foundation for more than tive health care, and improving access to services for children with lected for its ability to undertake at least one housing development 15 years has championed Neighborhood early childhood development special needs. Program administrators are now exploring how to of sufficient scale to help restore market forces, retain and grow Progress Inc., a driving force in revitalizing expand prenatal services. They also are considering how to better population, and improve quality of life. The initiative addresses 16 neighborhoods. What can we do to improve a child’s earliest years? How can connect preschool day care with local public schools so that three- green space, retail districts, and other community-based services we give each child the best possible start? and four-year-olds are better prepared for kindergarten. We know that brain development is significantly shaped by environment during the first five years of life. We know that paren- Invest in Children has been recognized as tal nurturing, quality childcare, and basic medical services – all a national model for how local communi- TOMORROW’S LEADERS critical to a healthy start – often are lacking. Ideally, like public ties can effectively address the needs of education, early childhood programs should be universal. Yet that their youngest citizens. wasn’t happening in Greater Cleveland, according to a Cleveland Foundation community assessment completed in the late 1990s. Members of the Cleveland Executive Fellowship Program, The assessment showed that early childhood programs in supported by The Cleveland Foundation, worked with Cleveland the county operated in relative isolation from each other and at a neighborhoods and housing Mayor Frank Jackson on his nonpartisan transition team, one of scale insufficient to have broad impact. It also revealed that, of all Many of Cleveland’s neighborhoods, historically rich in char- the many career opportunities afforded them in their year-long of the community’s constituents, Cuyahoga County officials were acter and culture, continue to be lively, exciting and attractive. We experience. The program helps develop tomorrow’s civic leaders best positioned to support an all-inclusive approach to early child- want to keep them that way. for the region, preparing individuals for effective and ethical lead- hood services. At the same time, other neighborhoods have seen difficult ership in the public affairs arena. Fellows gain hands-on learning In 1999, as the result of collaboration between the Foundation, times characterized by out-migration, physical decline, and the through executive-level placements in the business, nonprofit and other philanthropic funders, and the Cuyahoga County Board of loss of retail businesses. They need revitalization. public sectors. They learn how sectors interact, how decisions are Commissioners, “Invest in Children” was born. The new agency’s To maintain the vigor and economic well-being of all our made, and who guides Cleveland’s civic agenda. Graduates are mission was to redesign services aimed at giving children the best neighborhoods, The Cleveland Foundation for more than 15 years encouraged to parlay their fellowship experience into leadership roles in Greater Cleveland.

8| 9| Helen Williams, program director for education, played a leadership role at the newly Kathleen Cerveny, program director for arts and culture, understands the importance of the arts to renovated John Hay Small School Campus. Set to open this fall, the campus is home to the Cleveland’s quality of life as well as to its economy. Here at the Cleveland Play House, a Foundation Cleveland School of Science and Medicine, which received considerable support from the grant supported its inaugural 2006 FusionFest, a performing arts festival presenting new works in Foundation, and two other small schools – the Cleveland School of Architecture and Design, opera, theater, dance and music produced by Cleveland-area arts organizations. and the Cleveland Early College High School.

arts advancement recognized experts in arts management. Each group is working to tioned to move forward with important capital projects; and Young public school improvement You read about it daily – how the nation’s arts and cultural achieve financial sustainability, audience growth, effective board Audiences has developed plans for more sustainable funding in the The year was 1917 when the nascent Cleveland Foundation institutions face extreme belt-tightening in response to declining engagement, a culture of continuous planning and learning, and face of cutbacks in subsidies for arts education. unveiled its first-ever major study. The topic: Cleveland’s public resources. Challenges in Greater Cleveland are no different. the ability to attract and retain visionary leaders. The Foundation An important byproduct of the Arts Advancement Program schools. “Public education must grow and change as fast as social Over the past decade, even our largest arts and cultural in- has provided them access to national and local consultants and is what it has taught us about the effectiveness of performance- conditions make such changes necessary,” the report stated. “It stitutions have been challenged by declining support from the Ohio has supported performance-based grants for operations, working based grantmaking. We have learned much about what works and can never be complete, crystallized, perfected.” The education of Arts Council, the loss of once-generous corporate sponsors, and capital, new staff positions, planning and feasibility studies, and what doesn’t – information that can help strengthen internal opera- our children was a major concern in 1917; almost a century later, the need to grow next-generation audiences. Greater Cleveland marketing. tions and leadership at arts organizations in today’s continuously it continues to challenge us. faces the task of sustaining its impressive legacy of cultural as- Initial reviews indicate that the participating organizations changing environment. This past year, we undertook a major review of our educa- sets while maintaining an environment of creativity and community are making gains earlier than is typically expected in advancement tion grantmaking. What emerged is a new strategic direction to engagement in the arts. programs. Apollo’s Fire (the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra) has Greater Cleveland faces the task of help improve public schools at the local, regional and state levels. To address these imperatives, the Foundation in 2004 created grown its audience base through appearances at national and sustaining its impressive legacy of Without strong public schools, our children suffer, and so does the Arts Advancement Program. This three-year initiative seeks international music festivals; the Cleveland Film Society has cultural assets. our region. to strengthen well-established, but typically undercapitalized, mid- collaborated with the Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater Our work in three areas – Cleveland public school reform, sized arts organizations by improving their operations and financial Cleveland to build a broad regional audience; the Great Lakes regional collaboration, and state policy – is an extension of our positions. Five arts groups were selected with the help of nationally Theater Festival and the Museum of Contemporary Art are posi- leadership in education and our concern for children.

ANISFIELD-WOLF AWARDS

The Cleveland Foundation oversees two annual awards Virginia; Joyce Carol Oates, professor of humanities at Princeton The Anisfield-Wolf Memorial Award for Outstanding established by Cleveland philanthropist and civic leader Edith University; Steven Pinker, Johnstone family professor of psychology Community Service, administered by the Center for Community Anisfield Wolf, who named the awards in honor of her husband and at Harvard University; and Simon Schama, professor of humanities Solutions, is awarded to a Cleveland-area nonprofit organization her father. at Columbia University. that demonstrates outstanding service. The 2005 award went to The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, established in 1935, recog- Honored in 2005 were Geoffrey C. Ward for Unforgivable Adoption Network Cleveland, an educational, advocacy, support and nizes important contributions to our understanding of racism and Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (nonfiction); Edwidge search group for people affected by adoption. The 2006 award will our appreciation of the rich diversity of human cultures, and is the Danticat for The Dew Breaker (fiction); and A. Van Jordan for be announced in March 2007. only juried American competition specifically dedicated to recog- M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A (fiction). Playwright August Wilson received the nizing superior works of literature addressing issues of racism and Lifetime Achievement Award. diversity. Honored in 2006 are Zadie Smith for On Beauty (fiction); A panel of nationally known jurors led by Dr. Henry Louis and Jill Lepore, New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., W.E.B. Du Bois professor of the humanities Gates Jr., W.E.B. Du Bois professor of the humanities at Harvard Eighteenth-Century Manhattan (nonfiction). Novelist William Denby at Harvard University and chairman of the selection committee of University, chooses the winners. Other jury members are Rita received the Lifetime Achievement Award. the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, presides annually at the award ceremony. His eloquence and inspiration make this national book Dove, commonwealth professor of English at the University of award a very special annual event in Cleveland.

108| 119| Stacey Easterling is director of community responsive grantmaking. The Foundation’s Under a Cleveland Foundation grant, the Lake Erie Nature and Science Successful Aging Initiative, which supports the work of community organizations like Center provides classes focused on astronomy and space science in Fairhill Center for Aging, was designed to keep older adults engaged and to support its Outreach to the Stars environmental program for elementary school communities that proactively work to meet seniors’ needs. students in the Cleveland Municipal School District.

First, we need to accelerate change in the Cleveland Municipal successful aging community responsive grantmaking School District. Until recently, the Foundation had invested primar- The statistics are everywhere. Our nation’s population is In 2005, The Cleveland Foundation was pleased to be able to act favorably on more ily in an agenda defined by the schools. Now, together with other growing older. People are living longer and healthier. And they are foundations and civic institutions, the Foundation will work to pro- seeking more purpose and enjoyment in their later years. than 340 grant requests from the community. In addition to priority areas of need discussed actively advance systemic innovation and strong reforms. In 2005, the Foundation completed its Successful Aging earlier in this report, grants were awarded in human services, health and the environ- Second, we need to foster more collaboration and enhance Initiative, which was quickly recognized as a national model. ment. Many supported our community’s most vulnerable populations: children, people with existing alliances among the region’s school systems and higher The three-year program has begun to change the way people in education institutions. Many of the region’s urban districts – not Cuyahoga County – the urban county with the nation’s second- mental illness and homeless people. only Cleveland – face similar challenges: declining enrollments, oldest population outside of the Sun Belt – think about aging. Following is a small sample of community responsive grants for major capital needs, concerns about administrative and teacher quality, need for Defining “successful aging” is itself a challenge. In simplest standards-based curriculum and assessments, safety and dis- terms, it means dealing effectively with changes and challenges as leadership, strategic planning and direct services. For a complete list of grants awarded in cipline, and parental involvement. Two urban collaboratives we grow older – and doing so with the overall sense of well-being 2005, please visit our website, www.clevelandfoundation.org. supported by the Foundation – the Ohio 8 Coalition and First Ring that comes from living with purpose and joy, meaningful relation- Superintendents Collaborative – have shown promise. We must ships, and a sense of belonging. For communities, it means caring build on those successes. for the physical, social, and emotional needs of people as they age. Third, we must work to make a positive impact on state policy, Rather than attempt to create new organizations, the initia- which is critical to the future of children in Cleveland and through- tive brought together existing community resources and awarded out Ohio. We are collaborating with the Ohio Grantmakers Forum grants to 18 groups, which used the funds to test and implement new to assess the quality of education in Ohio. The resulting report will ideas. The initiative created six Lifelong Learning and Development help foundations and policy makers address key issues, such as Centers, numerous activities to engage older adults in the commu- student achievement, funding, and teaching quality. nity, a public awareness campaign, and an assessment tool to help communities gauge and address how well they meet the needs of We need to accelerate change in the their aging populations. Cleveland schools. Together with other Now, ongoing programs are in place in Greater Cleveland that foundations and civic institutions, the say, “Here is where you can go for lifelong learning, for meaningful Foundation will work to proactively advance activities, and for civic engagement.” While the initiative itself has systemic innovation and strong reforms. ended, the Foundation will continue to make grants supporting the principles of successful aging. The funds will be offered through our community-responsive grantmaking process.

Here is where you can go for lifelong learning, for meaningful activities, and for civic engagement.

12| 139| Care Alliance, which provides free or affordable primary medical care and comprehensive A grant to Cleveland Public Art from The Cleveland Foundation dental care to people who are homeless or living in public housing, received a grant from will help fund strategic planning so that the private organization The Cleveland Foundation enabling it to expand its services. is better positioned to continue its mission to support and promote public art.

major capital needs leadership strategic planning for direct services Some of the major capital grants awarded include $500,000 Among the grants supporting leadership is a $5 million stronger futures The year’s grants supporting direct services included $10,000 to Mental Health Services for Homeless Persons for the purchase grant to Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine to the Lake Erie Nature and Science Center for its Outreach to Grants supporting strategic planning for a stronger future and renovation of a 36,000-square-foot building on Payne Avenue. for establishment of the Case Proteomics Center, for the study the Stars environmental program. Its traveling exhibit includes a included $3 million to the Cleveland Orchestra to help restruc- The building will allow MHS to consolidate its crisis services under of basic proteins, and for a program in immunology, which portable planetarium and provides elementary school students in ture its business model, in addition to continued annual support for one roof, provide separate clinical areas for children and adults, examines a host of defense mechanisms against pathogens and the Cleveland Municipal School District with experiential learning community outreach and education. The grant enables the orches- and create sufficient office space to support growth of the agency. other harmful agents. Case plans to consolidate all immunology- in astronomy and space science. tra to develop a sophisticated new business plan to strengthen it Care Alliance, which gives primary medical care and com- based activity into a single hub that would be viewed as a central ParkWorks, an organization promoting parks and green economically not for just one year, but far into the future. The Poets’ prehensive dental care to individuals who are homeless or live in access point for research occurring between Case, University space for community development, received $75,000 for its health and Writers’ League of Greater Cleveland was awarded $30,000 public housing, received a $500,000 grant for its health center ex- Hospitals of Cleveland and the Cleveland Clinic. promotion program. This grant will support planning efforts for a for strategic planning. The group is a literary organization that pansion projects. The increase of space will allow the organization A grant for $150,000 was awarded for transition commit- new, permanent home for the fitness group Clevelanders in Motion, promotes writers and their work throughout Ohio. to provide care to a minimum of 1,500 more people per year. tee work for Mayor Frank Jackson’s incoming administration. The which finds ways to increase and sustain exercise for all age groups A $41,300 grant to Cleveland Public Art will help fund stra- Center for Families and Children was awarded $500,000 for grant was used to help recruit a national pool of candidates for in the community. tegic planning to enable the private organization, which has few renovation and expansion of its Midtown Human Services Training cabinet posts. And a $58,000 grant was awarded to the Cleveland The Cleveland Rape Crisis Center was awarded $70,000 sources of income, to sustain itself and continue its mission to Center. The expansion will allow the center to concentrate its pro- Municipal School District for the search and selection of a new to fund the position of a full-time trauma and addiction special- support and promote public art. An award of $82,000 went to the grams in one location, saving $400,000 annually with room for superintendent of schools. ist to better address the correlation between sexual assault and Cleveland Institute of Art for a market study and facilities planning future growth. Antioch Development Corporation was awarded $7,000 for substance abuse. The Covenant, a drug-treatment program for for its Single Campus Initiative. The institution currently operates in A $200,000 grant was approved for the Domestic Violence support of the African-American Leadership Summit on Regional- indigent adolescents, received a $40,000 grant for expansion of two separate facilities. This grant is helping CIA plan for its even- Center’s shelter renovation project. The renovation will create a ism. The symposium was effective in convening community conver- day-treatment services for chemically dependent or dually diag- tual relocation to a consolidated campus. facility better equipped to handle communal living and include sations and fostering civic engagement and inclusion on the issue nosed adolescents. The funds will go toward personnel expenses, The Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland was awarded additional space for programs, an ADA-accessible bedroom, of regionalism. Cuyahoga Community College received $10,000 contract services, equipment and supplies. $22,350 for a strategic planning process to focus the agency and its and a youth center. for its High-Tech Academy program. The academy, an innovative leaders on organizational and programmatic priorities for the next option school, prepares secondary-school students for careers three to five years. The Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging in technology and encourages them to pursue higher education in was awarded $35,000 to undertake a needs assessment and math, science and technology-related fields. strategic planning. The group plans to use its grant to engage a A $1.25 million grant went to Cleveland Scholarship Pro- strategic planning consultant. grams for its post-secondary advisory services and scholarships A $25,000 grant to Senior Outreach Services will enable the for its Six to Success and Adult Learner programs. Six to Success organization to develop a detailed plan for construction or renovation provides a continuum of services for all sixth through twelfth grad- of a building to serve as its headquarters for administration and pro- ers attending Cleveland middle and high schools, and inner-ring gramming. The agency’s board of directors plans to use the findings suburban high schools. The funds also will assist in the operation to determine the feasibility of creating a new facility. The Cleveland of a resource center. Foodbank, having greatly increased its capacity and undergone significant changes recently, was awarded $25,000 for a strategic plan to guide it through the next three years.

14| 15| Caprice Bragg oversees giftmaking at the Foundation. She works closely with donors, who can designate their contributions to specific organizations or causes, or give unrestricted dollars for the Foundation to use toward the community’s greatest needs.

“Get involved in the excitement of participating, the excitement of giving, the satisfaction you get. It’s very rewarding.” Hank Doll

Hank Doll

what motivates people to Caprice Bragg | Our purpose today is a conversation about Jane Neubauer | Like Fritz, I grew up with parents who didn’t Hank Doll | My involvement with The Cleveland Foundation is be philanthropic? philanthropy and some of the pressing issues facing Greater formally say, “This is philanthropy,” but they made it clear that this with a charitable remainder trust for the City Club. I was involved Cleveland. For starters, how did each of you “learn” philanthropy? is part of your obligation, this is what you do. Whether it was time or with the City Club Forum Foundation, a group I believe in deeply. The Cleveland Foundation invited donors your money, it was simply a way of life. I remember my mom doing They chose The Cleveland Foundation to manage whatever people June Antoine representing three different philanthropic | It goes back to Sunday school where you were taught a lot of volunteer work, and my dad now chairs a foundation board give as planned gifts. That’s how I got to The Cleveland Foundation, that anybody in need was your neighbor. And considering our fam- in Cleveland. That’s not a paid thing, that’s a giving thing. We were with a planned gift, so when I pass away the beneficiary is the traditions to be part of an informal panel to ily was blessed, we believed that “to whom much has been given, taught that when you’re blessed and can do the things you want to City Club Forum Foundation Fund at The Cleveland Foundation. discuss their motivations for giving. much is required,” that if you have anything, it’s your responsibility do, you should help others do the same. to help others. I never thought of that as philanthropy, because I Jane Neubauer | We wanted to find a way to involve our friends, Attending were Albert (“Bert”) and June thought that philanthropists had to be very wealthy. Fritz Neubauer | You see people our age who unfortunately take a people in our generation, to make philanthropy part of their lives, Antoine, who have established an education lot for granted. They think they are entitled rather than blessed. It’s even if it’s small amounts of money or time. I think you can make a Bert Antoine | June and I feel strongly that it’s just what you’re fund in honor of their late daughter; Henry not the way you want your kids to grow up. big difference without a huge wallet. So we started a donor advised supposed to do, that it is the right thing to do. fund called the “Feel Good Foundation.” It gives to organizations (“Hank”) Doll, who has created a planned Caprice Bragg | I’m curious. What causes inspired each of you that help children feel good – physically, mentally, emotionally. In Hank Doll | I had the same experience in my Sunday school and to give? addition to what we’re able to put in ourselves, we raise funds from gift; and Frederick (“Fritz”) and Jane got the message early on about how important it is to give back. our friends and family by creating small “feel good” events that Those who are richly blessed, you return something of what you’re Bert Antoine | We established a fund with The Cleveland Foundation Neubauer, who have established a fund to often have a “giving” element to them. benefit children. Caprice Bragg, vice pres- given. Kids in our church had those little pledge cards and you could in memory of our daughter. Janice was just 39 years old and she put even a nickel in it. Later, when my dad was involved with the had just had a baby before she died. We just wanted to honor her. Fritz Neubauer | Having recently had our first child, it makes us ident for gift planning and donor relations Erie Community Foundation, he modeled for me both in his own She was very active in encouraging minority women to go into realize, once again, how lucky we are. It’s heartbreaking to see at The Cleveland Foundation, moderated giving and in the foundation’s giving what a philanthropist could do mathematics and science. Our grant supports that. what a lot of children have to go through, whether it’s health or for the community. neglect or poverty. That’s why we’ve concentrated on children. the discussion. Ideastream, the home of pub- June Antoine | Bert’s expertise is science and chemistry, which lic television and public radio in Cleveland, Fritz Neubauer | Jane and I come from families that were involved is what our daughter followed. She earned her undergraduate in philanthropy for generations. It was second nature to them. Now, degree at MIT in chemical engineering and her master’s and Ph.D. graciously provided the setting. Following “We wanted to continue our daughter’s as a small business owner and relatively young, it’s fairly new to at the University of Pennsylvania in chemical engineering. She was dream of helping other women get graduate are excerpts from that conversation. me. Jane and I sat down and said, “Our parents and grandparents a leading professor at the University of Maryland in biochemical education in science and math, which is and great-grandparents did so much for the community and we engineering, where she took a special delight in mentoring under- why we established our fund.” June Antoine need to continue that.” And now we want to pass that on to our son. graduate and graduate women. We wanted to continue her dream of helping other women get graduate education in science and math, which is why we established this fund.

168| 179| “June and I feel strongly that philanthropy is what you’re supposed to do, the right thing to do.” Bert Antoine

Jane Neubauer “We come from families that were involved in philanthropy for generations. It was second nature to them. Now we want to pass that June Antoine on to our son.” Fritz Neubauer

Bert Antoine Fritz Neubauer

June Antoine | For a long time I had been aware of The Cleveland Jane Neubauer | I’d like to think the public schools could handle Hank Doll | If you’re going to be a leader, which is in your mission, Caprice Bragg | There’s a lot of responsibility that goes with that. Foundation. I became interested when a friend started a fund here. the needs of educating our future labor force, but it’s not working. you have to be willing to take positions. You have to be willing to say I thought that it had to be a huge sum to start one, but when I found And Cleveland schools are not the only ones with problems. They that from your perspective, here’s what’s really important, here’s Jane Neubauer | There is. But you do a lot of due diligence before out that you could start one with as little as $10,000, well, Bert and also exist in some suburban systems. The Cleveland Foundation what’s going to help our community. And you say that by investing you give grants, and I know those decisions aren’t taken lightly. I decided we could manage that. can take a lead in finding a solution. And in terms of invigorat- funds strategically, where they can make a big difference in the way Caprice Bragg | No, they are not. Does anyone have a final thought? ing Cleveland’s economic engine, again, I think The Cleveland in which our community grows, develops, and is perceived. But you Caprice Bragg | That’s interesting, because for some people the Foundation can and should be a leader. don’t do this in a vacuum. You have to always be listening to what Hank Doll | It would be great if the Foundation could somehow get word “philanthropy” does conjure up images of exceptional wealth, the community is saying. a lot more people involved in philanthropy at all levels, whether it’s yet it’s important that people know there’s a wide range of giving Fritz Neubauer | We have wasted resources, including a lot of families that have been around a long time or new entrepreneurs. options and that we are interested in donors who reflect a broad wasted shoreline. Have you ever been to Baltimore? They’ve done Bert Antoine | As you mentioned, alternative energy is a big issue in Get them involved in the excitement of participating, the excitement base of our community. I know that you, as donors, are interested wonderful things with their harbor, which tells me there’s a lot that this country. Whatever kinds of research or industry the Foundation of giving, the satisfaction you get. It’s very rewarding. in our five priority areas: economic development, public school could be done here. Cleveland could look like that. can help develop can only enhance the region. If our region could improvement, early childhood development, neighborhoods and develop an expertise in an area such as alternative energy, that Caprice Bragg | That’s a great way to end our discussion. Thank housing, and arts advancement. What do you see as the one or two would bring in a lot of talent and create jobs. you all very, very much. We’ve had three different philanthropic most pressing for Greater Cleveland? “For some people the word ‘philanthropy’ traditions represented here and we think it’s beautiful to see what Hank Doll | The Foundation doesn’t always have to be a visible leader. conjures up images of exceptional wealth, each of you has done. Bert Antoine | The two most important areas you have to address yet it’s important that people know there’s Playhouse Square’s renaissance wasn’t initiated by The Cleveland are economic development and public schools. We need to reduce a wide range of giving options and that we Foundation, but the Foundation saw its value, invested in it, helped unemployment and improve the schools. At one time Cleveland are interested in donors who reflect a broad to tweak it, and was leading from behind the scenes. That is just “The Foundation should be out there schools were the pride and joy of their neighborhoods. Cleveland base of our community.” Caprice Bragg as important. advocating initiatives that make a had a very high reputation for high-quality schools. We have to get difference. When people see the back to that. Fritz Neubauer | Like with anything else, the more active you get, Foundation make a grant to something, the more criticism and naysayers you’re going to have. So what? Jane Neubauer | Do we need a convention center? Maybe. Do we that adds credibility and can be a Hank Doll | I agree on both and would only add that when you think You just have to do your best thinking about what’s best for the need more on the lakefront? Yes. We need a lot of things that cost catalyst to get others involved.” Jane Neubauer about public schools, there has to be a change in the way they’re region, and then do it. money. Business will fund some of it, individuals might fund some funded in Ohio. Also, Cleveland’s schools aren’t going to improve of it, the state or county or local governments might fund some of very much unless all citizens in the county take ownership of them, Jane Neubauer | The Cleveland Foundation should be out there it, but it’s going to be foundations putting their “oomph” behind the not just those living in the city. Ultimately, everybody who lives advocating initiatives that make a difference. With your size and right projects that will make them happen. in this area is affected by the schools, not just intellectually, but track record, you have power and influence. When you make a grant, you’re basically saying you believe in what is being done. also economically. Caprice Bragg | In the future you might see The Cleveland You become an advocate. When people see the Foundation give to Foundation become more visible on issues such as economic de- June Antoine | We need better funding, better-educated teachers something, that adds credibility and can be a catalyst to get others velopment or alternative energy or education. We all know that and a better job administering the schools. We cannot have crowded involved. So when you choose to invest in alternative energy, for these are important issues. But do you feel that it’s appropriate classrooms. You do not get good quality with huge classrooms, example, which I think is a very good place to put research money, for the Foundation to be an outspoken advocate? Or should a no matter how good the teacher is. And there must be higher you should be out there advocating what you’re doing and why. foundation be neutral? expectations by teachers as to how well each child can do – we must insist on high standards from pre-K up.

188| 199| Kathryn Carlson Paul Csia Margaret Carlson and Curtiss Family Philanthropic Carlton Jones Fund of the Jewish Carney Foundation Community Federation Cascia LLC dba of Cleveland Lake County Captains Alexander M. Cutler Annie E. Casey Foundation Cuyahoga Valley National Central Indiana Park Association Community Foundation Central New York Community Foundation d Kathleen A. Cerveny Charles Daane Cathie T. Chancellor Deborah L. Daberko E. Bruce and Virginia Chaney Dade Community Foundation Alvin Character George and Martha Dalton Virginia O. Charman Glen and Cathryn Danahey Charter One Foundation Darling Fire & Safety Gerald B. Chattman David and Candice Darrah 2005 Kimberly Cherny Harold E. and June H. Daugherty M. Jane Christyson Diane Davie New Gifts Andrew Choi David G. Davies James A. Cihlar Davis and Associates Mary F. Ciricillo Marilyn E. Dawson City Club of Cleveland Harriet A. Decree Fundraising Event Joseph and Judith Delbrocco Atlanta Neighborhood Walter Branche III and Colleen Clark Charles and Donna Denny a Development Partnership Christine Branche Cleveland Association of Denver Foundation GIVING Anonymous (28) Albert and Elizabeth Augustus Robert and Lorrie Brancovsky Insurance & Financial Advisors Gene and Jeanette Desimone 1525 Foundation Automobile Dealers’ Educational Dr. Christopher Brandt and Cleveland Browns Nicola P. Deskovich through the cleveland foundation David Abbott and Jan Roller Assistance Foundation Inc. Dr. Beth Sersig Football Co. LLC Caroline H. DesPrez Ross and Patricia Dibello Brooke W. Ablon Vincent T. Aveni Estate of Linda K. Brengle Cleveland Cavaliers The Cleveland Foundation’s role as a leader in the community Michael and Mazie Adams AVI Foodsystems Inc. Robert W. Briggs Cleveland Chapter of Girl Friends Michael DiCillo Charles E. Adams Trust City of Cleveland Luren E. Dickinson would not be possible without the extraordinary philanthropy and Danferd C. Avis James and Mary Bright Adelphia Britton-Gallagher & Cleveland Clinic Health System Richard and Nancy Dietrich foresight of our donors – past and present – for nearly a century. Admiral Products, Inc. Associates Inc. Cleveland Fire Fighters Union Linda M. Diffee Each year, hundreds of individuals, families, organizations Advance Door Co. b Ms. Mary F. Brock Cleveland Industrial Anthony M. DiGeronimo Michelle K. Ahlgren Warehouse Corp. Alan P. Digirolamo and corporations utilize the Foundation as their partner in philan- Adrienne D. Bailey Gale and John Bromelmeier Akron General Health System Baker & Hostetler Co. LLP Carter and Connie Brooks Cleveland Metroparks System Dr. Morris S. and Jill Dixon Jr. thropy. Through our knowledge of the community and sound fiscal Alcoa Foundation Baltimore Community Foundation John and Marilyn Brooks Cleveland Social Venture Partners DJ Foundation stewardship, we help them achieve their philanthropic goals in intel- Alfred Publishing Co. Inc. Sally Banks Mrs. Conella Coulter Brown Robert T. Clutterbuck Suzanne and William Doggett ligent and creative ways, often by designing personalized funds that Allegiant Asset Douglas and Lu Bannerman Linda L. Brown, Ph.D. Coastal Community Foundation Donley’s Inc. Management Group Michael Barnhart David Brown of South Carolina Dr. Michael A. Donzella assure that their charitable contributions have the desired impact. Tanya M. Allmond Kathleen H. Barrie Drs. Glenn and Jeanette Jonathan and Sarah Cochran Dorman Farrell Benefits We deeply appreciate the contributions of each and every Hassan and Hala Allouba Battle Creek Community Grasselli Brown Helen C. Cole Charitable Trust Agency LLC donor. Their personalized funds and planned gifts enable us to Roberto and Lisa Almenar Foundation Kate L. Brown James and Lynn Combs Dorsky Hodgson & Partners Phillip J. Amantea Community Foundation for Joan E. Dowling continue our mission of improving the quality of life for all Greater Richard Batyko Eva L. and Joseph M. American City & County Gerald W. Beavers Jr. Bruening Foundation Greater New Haven David L. Drechsler Clevelanders, now and for generations to come. Magazine David and Pamela Bechtol Bryant & Stratton Community Foundation of Jeffrey Dross and American Orff-Schulwerk Bedford Historical Society Buckingham, Doolittle & Greater Atlanta Michele Ladouceur Association Vincent and Lisa Beemiller Burroughs Community Foundation of David Duane Dr. James S. Anderson Joseph and Julie Beene B. Kingsley and Cheryl Buhl Greater Greensboro Inc. Michael W. and Leslie A. Dunford Dolores D. Anderson Ronald and Diane Bell Lance C. Buhl Community Foundation of David W. Dunning Caprice H. Bragg Charles M. Andrews Trust Henry and Marcia Belman Timothy R. Buhl Greater Memphis E. Scott Dykes Vice President for Gift Planning and Donor Relations Antioch Baptist Church Benesch, Friedlander, John H. and Dee Burlingame Community Foundation of Dr. Albert C. and Coplan & Aronoff Margaret and Charles Bush Santa Cruz County June Sallee Antoine James S. Berkman Gerald and Marilyn Butcher David and Margaret Condit e Janice S. Apple Daniel and Mary Jo Berry James N. Butler Brian and Stacie Contat East End Neighborhood Jay and Susanne Apple Jan J. Bethke Ruth B. Byrns Gerald A. Conway House Inc. Lois Applegate David and Lynn Beveridge William E. Conway Eaton Charitable Fund Elizabeth Armington Joseph Bibbo and Maria Marconi Robert D. Coode Jr. Eaton Corp. Elizabeth Rieley Armington Diana Bilimoria c Marisol Coriano Employees of Eaton Corp. Charitable Trust Biomec Inc. Cadiz High School Alumni Janet L. Corrigan Bob and Ginny Eckardt Armstrong Group of Companies Bober Markey Fedorovich & Co. Association Scholarship Mary Ann Corrigan-Davis Lambert and Lucia Eiben Michael C. Arrigo Charles P. Bolton Fund Inc. William R. Cosgrove Lucinda and Thomas Einhouse Keith A. Ashmus Dorothy T. Booker Paul and Pamela Cahill Cynthia C. Costello and Lillian Emmons Theodore and Dona Ashton Embie Bostic Janet and Frank Caldwell Ted Mandes Charles and Ann Ennis Associated Builders & Bowden Manufacturing Calgary Foundation Linda Costello Taffy Epstein Contractors Inc. Sally M. Bowen Calgary Mennonite Centre Ensign and Lana Cowell Epstein/Zuckerman Association of Electrical A. Houston and Mary Bowers for Newcomers Susan and Richard F. Coyne Family Foundation Manufacturers BPB America Inc. Robert M. and Lori B. Charita and Duane Crockrom Constance Erhard Astrup Co. Christopher Brabander Campana Foundation Fred C. Crosby Ann and Richard Ernst David Cantrall Jack Crotty Betty A. Essi

20| 21| Invacare Foundation Larry and Kathleen Matejka h Irish American Archives Society l Margaret Mathna Timothy and Cheryl Haddon Ann Irish James and Colleen Lagree Dr. Melodie I. Mayberry-Stewart Ruth M. Hadlow Ellen Ivory Lakewood Foundation Mayfield Smoke Shop Robert A. Hager and Mary Miralia Lakewood Historical Society Philip and Lisa Mazanec Richard Hagle Russell Lamb and Maia Hansen MBNA Foundation Mary Louise Hahn j Tom H. Lang Nancy and Joe McAfee Dr. Howard R. and Katherine L. Jackson Dennis M. Langer Elizabeth McBride Dr. Jeanie M. Hall Herb and Pamela Jaffe Avis E. Lappin Willie M. McCoy Hallmark Excavating Inc. Susan Jaros Joy W. Lavelli Wayne and Lynda McCurdy Stacie and Jeffrey Halpern Martha Holden Jennings Thomas T. Law Foundation Diane O. McDaniel Hamilton Community Foundation Foundation William B. and Darlene Leahy Estate of Charles R. McDonald James J. Hamilton Jewish Community Federation Robert and Patricia Lease Lawrence E. and Sheila Estate of Barbara Gates of Cleveland David and Marlene Leber Rowan McHale Handyside Jo Ann Stores Inc. McMiller Ledyard Bryan and Tanya McInerney Ambassador Holsey John Marshall Alumni Association Benson and Vicki Lee Stephen and Janet McPeake Gates Handyside Robert and Sheri Johnson Christopher J. Lentz Anand M. Mehta Thomas B. Hardy & John F. and Virginia K. Drs. Alan Lerner and Erica New Stanley A. and Barbara S. Meisel Associates LLC Johnson Family Fund Dr. David G. Leshner Memphis Community Stephen and Pamela Hargett Jennie and Trevor Jones Raymond Lesser and Development Partnership 2005 New Gifts Robert M. Harmicar Sondra S. Jones Susan Wolpert Mentor Economic William Harper Barbara Joyner Foundation Rich M. Levenson Assistance Corp. William E. Harris Fundraising Event Marcia and Harold Levine Linda Mercadante D. Michael Harris JSJ Interiors Inc. Philanthropic Fund of Estate of Albert Y. and Daniel and Jennifer Hartman the Jewish Community Kathryn A. Meriam Geauga Park District Foundation Paul and Brenda Hartman Federation of Cleveland Janet Meskin Northern Ohio Children’s Ron and Liz Pertras Dennis M. Gehrisch Iris and C. Thomas Harvie k Bryan Levon Larry Middleton Performing Music Peter and Donna Pesch f Barbara P. Geismer Charles and Diana Hastings Eleanor M. Kahn Jack and Sharon Lew Christina Ryan Milano Foundation Inc. Marsha L. Peterson Thomas Fairchild and Doris Geist Karen L. Hathy Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Linking Employment Milano Monuments LLC Elizabeth Norweb Donna Petkus Rebecca Thomas Albert I. and Norma C. Geller William R. and of Ohio Abilities & Potential Nita Milbourn Norweb Foundation Daniel Petricig and Greta Fifner Jean E. Fairfax Benjamin Gerson Constance S. Hawke Kalamazoo Community Links Inc. Lee and Linda Miller Katrina Nummela Denise Ann Petro Betty H. Fairfax Family Foundation Henry Hawley Unitrust Foundation Little Rock Eye Clinic Dorothy C. Miller J. Todd and Markay Pfeifer Fairfax Foundation Dr. Louis D. Giannetti Kathy Heidelberg Patricia L. Kalbac Hope and Robert Lomas H. Lee and Janice Miller Michael and Kathleen Phelps Charitable Trust Nina and James Gibans Heights Parent Center Kaleidoscope Magazine Donald and Donna Lombardo Sydell L. Miller o Philadelphia Foundation Fairfax Renaissance Giles Memorial Foundation Preston B. Heller Jr. David Kalina David G. Loucks Millisor & Noble Robert and Ann O’Brien Phillips-Osborne School Development Corp. Marc and Lynn Gitlitz Mrs. Frances J. Helman Karen Kannenberg H. Ross Lowenstein and Irwin A. Grace Lee Mims O’Brien Law Firm Stephen K. Pilotti Family Planning Association Glencairn Corp. Help Foundation Inc. Kathryn Karipides Lowenstein Philanthropic Steven and Dolly Minter Ohio Savings Charitable Plain Dealer Charities Inc. of Northeast Ohio Inc. Deborah Glosserman Chester A. Henderson Paul R. Keen Fund of the Jewish Arthur P. Moebius Marital Trust Foundation Planned Environmental Richard and Mary Farone Ted W. and Nancy L. Goble Hershey Foundation Suzanne D. Kellar Community Federation Bronwyn J. Monroe Ohio Teamsters Sports Design Corp. Charles and Paula Farrell Anil B. Gogate Martha E. Hickox W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Cleveland Mary B. Moon Irrevocable Trust Committee Inc. Planned Parenthood of Tamara Fedele Sheila A. Gogate Anne W. Higerd Barbara Kelsey Dr. Gilbert Lowenthal Max Morey Ohio Valley Supply & Greater Cleveland Inc. Fedeli Family Charitable Florine and Delmar Gogol Albert M. Higley Jr. R. Eric Kennedy Deborah E. Lucci June Morgan Maintenance Co. Fred and Mary Ann Pleger Foundation Michael and Stacy Goldberg Thomas C. and Anne T. Hilbert Gregg A. Ketterer Susan Luria David and Lindsay Morgenthaler Olivet Institutional Ernest and Ruthe Ploskunyak Giselle Felice Good Sports Recordings Inc. Maxwell Hill Key Foundation Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry John C. and Sally S. Morley Baptist Church Richard W. Pogue Thomas J. Fello Phyllis Gordon Robert Hinkle Key Foundation Matching Gift Megan Lykins Family Foundation William and Katherine O’Neill Richard Pool Family Living Trust Scott A. Fine Marion S. Gordon No. 2 HOB Entertainment Inc. Sandra I. Kiely Kolb Mary Susan and Charles Lyon Stephen C. Morris Oregon Community Foundation Estate of Frank H. Porter FirstMerit Bank N.A. Fund A Trust Ellen Ressler Hoffman and Patricia Kilpatrick Sarah R. Morrison Organizational Development Estate of Barbara Potter Henry and Margaret Fishkin Kristyn Gorton Mark Hoffmann Patti Kirchgassner Joan R. Mortimer Solutions John and Norine Prim Robert J. Fitzsimmons Kenneth and Margaret Grachan Arthur and Arlene Holden Fund Albert S. Kirchner m Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Organizational Effectiveness Kamala Prince Dorothy Fleak Theodora Graham Ronald D. 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Kondorossy Robert P. Madison Cherie Friedman Greenleaf H-Squared Foundation Terry and Sandy Koozer Che Madyun n James V. Fryan Robert and Sally Gries Marguerite S. Hughes John Kosek Chase A. Majewski Deborah H. Nash p q Mark and Audra Fullerman Gries Family Foundation James P. Hukill Kathleen Koss-Mayer and Kent A. and Debra M. Majewski National Black MBA Association Jane D. Page Quentin W. Quereau Gries Financial LLC George M. Humphrey II Robert Mayer Katherine and James Malone National Center for Construction Dr. and Mrs. Jack Palomaki g Carol J. Griffith Charles and Charlene Hyle E.G. Koury Richard and Connie Manuel Education & Research Karen and Gabriel Paoletti Archie and Bonita Griffin Leonard Krieger Trust Ronald and Lisa Margolis National City Bank Elaine M. Paradise r Galen Foundation Foundation Margaret S. Krudy Edward J. Marko Nature Center at Shaker Lakes Parker Hannifin Foundation Claiborne and Beth Rankin Galen Miller Foundation Grimm Family Foundation Joanne Kubicki Edgar and Gail Marquess Dennis and Debra Nero Elizabeth and Brendan Patterson John C. Rapacki Ranelle A. Gamble i Grossi Public Relations ideastream Nancy Kurfess Johnson, M.D. Joni and James Marra John G. and Karen R. Nestor Duane and Jane Paul Rachel Ratz Donald W. and Yolanda M. Games Martha Gubernath Debra Illes Kustom Clasiks Sharon Martin Jane M. Neubauer Beatrice Pautienis Todd R. and Mary L. Ray Louis and Marie Gammiere James P. Gulick IMG Center Joel D. Marx William and Shirley Nook Pat and Ed Pavlish Sarah and Kip Reader Leah S. Gary George Gund Foundation Independence Bank Master Manufacturing Co. North Coast Community Payne Fund Henry I. Reder Agnes Gaso Robert and Beth Gunton Katherine M. Ingersoll Dr. Elizabeth B. Mastrangelo Homes Inc. PDI/Saneck, A Cannon Redmond & Co. LLC Paul and Janie Gaydos Marie Gustavsson-Monago Dr. Scott R. Inkley Ellen L. Mastrangelo Northeastern Neighborhood Group Company Florence R. Reely Trust Geauga Park District Inner City Renewal Society Lisa B. Mastrangelo Development Corp. Richard Perloff and Frank J. Regalbuto International Partners in Mission Julia Kevans Perloff Donna Reid

22| 23| Janet L. Stawarski Vancouver Foundation Steans Family Foundation Vandra Brothers Mark and Leanne Stedman Venice Endowment Inc. James Steele and Janet Lilly Catherine G. Veres Dr. William P. Steffee and Terry W. Vincent Erica Collins Jane A. Steger Thomas and Margaret Steinke w Stephanie Tubbs Jones for Ellen Garretson Wade U.S. Congress Memorial Fund Mickey Stern Susan Wagner Stern Advertising Inc. Thomas and Maryann Wagner Patricia Stevens Nina and Norman Wain Patricia A. Stockhaus Family Foundation GOFF Society Elaine Straka Patrick A. Walker Edward and Terri Strayer Beverly Wallace Members of the Goff Society have established a charitable Korey Stringer Community Fund Walter & Haverfield Executive Committee Douglas Y. Wang fund or have made cumulative gifts of $10,000 or more. We Struggling Within Leber’s David M. Ward Trust are grateful to each of them, including the 53 anonymous Fundraising Event David H. and Elizabeth H. 2005 New Gifts Judith and G. Walter Stuelpe Warshawsky members, for their philanthropic support. Jeffrey D. Suhanic Robert C. Watkins, Jr. Dr. Kathleen Sullivan Neil R. and Constance B. Waxman Sullivan Family Fund Ronald F. Wayne Alan and Ann Sunshine Dr. Fatima L. Weathers Michael and Jeanne Reitz Scottish-American Surety Title Agency Inc. Jeffery J. Weaver Cloyd J. Abruzzo Family Robert and Virginia Burkhardt Adela D. Dolney Mary Jane and Shattuck Donald Renaudin and Cultural Society of Ohio Inc. Surgery, Education & Denby K. Webb Stanley I. and Hope S. Adelstein Mr. and Mrs. John H. Burlingame Sarah Lund and Roland W. Hartwell Jr. Laura Porto Hugh S. Seaholm Research Foundation Mary A. Weber Joan H. and Richard B. Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP Donnem Clark Harvey and Holly Selvaggi Gail G. Resch Sears-Swetland Thomas C. Sutton William M. Weber Ainsworth Jr. David and Ginger Campopiano Mrs. Philip d’Huc Dressler Donald F. Hastings and Robert R. Rhodes Family Foundation Mitchell and Mary Swick Weingart Design Nancy Amantea Harry and Marjorie M. Carlson Jim* and Isabelle* Dunlap Shirley T. Hastings Testamentary Trust Seattle Foundation Béla Szigethy Sam and Lillian Weisberg Dr. Max D. Amstutz Kathryn Carlson Dunning Family Henry R. Hatch and Ronald B. Richard and Seattle Works Grove N. and Judith A. Welch Dr. James S. Anderson and John J. and Tana N. Carney John J. Dwyer* Barbara Hitchcock Hatch* Elizabeth Rodriquez Self Family Foundation S.K. Wellman Foundation David W. Wittkowsky E. Bruce and Virginia Chaney Susan Lajoie Eagan, Ph.D. William R. and Constance S. Scott and Jeanne Rickert Timothy and Heather Semke t Weltman, Weinberg & Dr. Albert C. Antoine and Charter One Foundation Eaton Corp. Foundation Hawke Diane Rigney Leo and Marianela Serrano Frank and Ann Tait Reis Co. LPA June Sallee Antoine Kelly Chapman Ginny and Bob Eckardt Laura R. Heath* Mabel Louise Riley Foundation Deborah Sesek Joseph and Maureen Tarulli Mayethel V. White Keith A. and Marie S. Ashmus Judge Carl and Dee Ann Ann C. and Richard L. Ernst Preston B. Heller Jr. Kurt and Amanda Ringenbach Frank A. Sesek W. Hayden Thompson Michael R. White Astrup Co. Character Heather and Jeff Ettinger Beverly G. and Albert M. Higley Jr. Thomas Robatin Judith Shaffer and Lucille Murphy Neil L. Thompson Thomas H. White Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Augustus Allison E. Conrad Cherkinian and Doris Anita Evans, M.D. Anne and Thomas Hilbert William Hughes Roberts Gary and Mary Ann Shamis Family Foundation Carmel B. Whiting Mr.* and Mrs. Charles P. Baker Jr. Michael K. Cherkinian Betty H. Fairfax Debra Hirshberg and Alan Rocke and Cristine Rom Debra Shankland Miriam L. Thornton Dickson L. Whitney Fred J. Ball and Elizabeth S. Ball Emily Cherkinian Jean E. Fairfax Jamie Hecker Damon and Janet Rodehorst Estate of Henry D. Shapiro Joseph and Judith Tirpak Alan and Marilyn Wilde Mal and Lea Bank Michael E. Chesler Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas J. Federico Morley and Elizabeth N. Hitchcock Estate of Elizabeth F. Roeder Salivia Sharpe-Wilkins Diana Tittle and Tom Hinson Peter Wildenhaus D. Robert* and Kathleen Barber Corning Chisholm Lauren Rich Fine Robin and Meacham* Hitchcock Efren Sanchez Romero Richard Shatten Memorial Fund TNT Fashions Ronald M. Wilt Kent and Jeannine Ciulla, Smith & Dale LLP Scott Fine Arlene and Arthur S. Holden Elizabeth H. Rose Fundraising Event Lisa Tomlin-Houston Roger and Theresa Winslow Cavender Bares Mr.* and Mrs. M. Roger Clapp Fitzgerald Family Mr. and Mrs. Ronald D. Eugene and Jacqueline Ross Kevin and Joyce Shaw William Wray Torrey and Winston-Salem Foundation Carolyn and Doug Barr Michael A. and Susan K. Clegg Robert J. Fitzsimmons and Holman Sr. Sandra Russ, Ph.D. Ashok and Rajanee Shendure Darien Woo H. Robert and Hope Wismar Harry F. and Eltha J. Bartels Mrs. Kenneth Clement Margaret A. Collins Sandra Duncan Holmes and Russell Realtors Craig and Donne Shepperly Lyman and Nancy Treadway Philip Woltersom Hanna H. and James T. Bartlett City of Cleveland John Gabel Harry L. Holmes Stephen and Angela Rydinsky John and Carolyn Shettler Irene Trimble Womankind Inc. Sam Bartlett Doris A. Clinton-Gobec Yolanda and Don Games Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Horvitz John and Laura Shields Triple T Foundation Women’s Community Foundation Joseph A. Bauer, M.D. and Ginny and Bob Clutterbuck Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Garda Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan E. Ingersoll Michael Shin and Emily Gumper Heather Triplett Margaret W. Wong Sally E. Bauer, M.D. Communications Workers of Albert I. Geller and Ireland Foundation s Patrick and Lisa Shin Anthony and Susan Troia Margaret W. Wong & Associates William and Mary Beckenbach America-District 4 Norma C. Geller B. Scott Isquick Warren St. Charles Reginald and Lynn Shiverick Dina Tsiftis Co. LPA Leigh and Jim Bennett Caroline Conrad Judith Gerson Dr. Nancy Kurfess Johnson Investments LLC Deirdre Sibthorp Susan and John Turben Lauren Woo James and McKey Berkman Robert and Jean Conrad Ted W. and Nancy L. Goble Judge Perry B. Jackson St. James A.M.E. Church Norma and Ernie Siegler Foundation WPS Energy Services Leonard and Susan Berson Susan Conrad Anil B. and Prema A. Gogate Scholarship Foundation Inc. Saint-Gobain Corp. Foundation Family Foundation Tammy L. Turk Charles P. and Julia S. Bolton Andrea Conrad-Bachman Geofrey and Helen Greenleaf Rev. A. William Jamerson James and Judith Saks Professor J.B. Silvers Jane Turnock Mrs. Roger Bond Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William E. Conway Sally and Bob Gries Memorial Scholarship Adam R. Salvadalena Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Silversten Sophie Lasalle Tuteur Trust y BP America Inc. Kenneth H. and Blanche P. Jane and Jim Griswold Committee Carlyn and Alfred Yanda San Antonio Area Foundation Thomas J. Simon Michael J. Tylicki Brandon Family Foundation Cooley Sally K. Griswold Mr.* and Mrs. Brooks M. Jones Robert and Gail Yanniello Sauerland Foundation Thomas and Monika Sinclair Christopher Brandt, M.D. and Mary Ann Corrigan-Davis John, Christiane, Patrick and Elizabeth W.* and William M. Jones Yohar Supply Karen and John Sayre Edwin and Naomi Singer Beth Sersig, M.D. Ensign and Lana Cowell Oliver Guinness Kaiser Permanente Edward S. and Jane F. Young SBC Smart Business Network Inc. u Grace W. Bregenzer Jack* and Jeanette Crislip William R. Gustaferro Richard E. and Judith S. Karberg U S Bank Irene Yuan SBC Foundation Matching Gift V. Erika Smith Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Broadbent Tim and Susan Curtiss Gustavsson Family Donald J. Katt and Unilever Home & Personal Care Edward F. Scannapieco Billie E. Smith Brown, Flynn Communications David J. Darrah Susan M. Haffey Maribeth Filipic-Katt United Way Services Ralph and Lucille Schey Charles L. Smythe Jr. Jeanette Grasselli Brown and Ms. D. J. Davie Rev. Edward T. and Paul R. Keen and Foundation Dana Snyder z Glenn R. Brown David G. and Adelaide S. Davies Brenda J. Haggins Denise Horstman John and Margaret Zitzner Thomas and Elizabeth Schorgl Sogg Foundation Buckingham, Doolittle & Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Davis James J. Hamilton R. Eric Kennedy Jennifer Znidarsic Viktor and Virgene Schreckengost Marcia W. Sollisch v Burroughs - Cleveland John P. and Kathy M. Davis Ralph W. Hammond Valerie Kershaw V.I.P. Electric Raymond and Christine Zofcin Jack H. Schron Jr. David Spahn Lenore V. Buford, Ph.D. Deaconess Community Holsey Gates Handyside Paul S. and Cynthia M. Klug Benjamin Vail Barbara Schubert Susan A. St. John B. Kingsley Buhl Foundation Randolph M. and Teri A. Hansen Stewart A. and Donna M. Kohl Katherine Vail Sandra and Robert Schwartz Edward J. and Elizabeth Starr Lance C. Buhl James M. and Ann M. Delaney Sondra and Steve Hardis Vilma L. Kohn, Ph.D. Robert and Beverly Vail Bela R. Schwartz Thomas H. and Rita M. Stawarski Judge Lillian W. Burke Dietrich Family Foundation William E. and Nancy M. Harris Martin R. Kolb and Sandra I. Anthony M. Valore Cathy A. Stawarski Richard and Joyce Burke Dr. and Mrs. M. S. Dixon Jr. Kiely Kolb

24| 25| Jamir M. and Racquel A. Miller Taru Patel, M.D. and Lee A. and Linda P. Miller Mahesh Patel, M.D. Samuel H. and Maria Miller Barbara H. Patterson Foundation Frederick W. Pattison Steven and Dolly Minter Katherine and James Pender William A. and Margaret N. Arvid S. and Marianne B. Peterson Mitchell David R. Pierce and Philip M. J. Michael and Diane Monteleone Cucchiara Lindsay J. and David T. Florence K. Z. Pollack Morgenthaler Lucia C. Pomeroy Stephen C. and Amanda F. Morris Legacy Society Caroline Brewer Goff Prentiss Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr. and William Hughes Roberts Edwina Moss Members of the Legacy Society have planned a future gift to Marjorie A. Rott John P. Murphy Foundation their community through bequest, trust, pooled income fund, James L. Ryhal Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John G. Nestor Lynn Sargi Mr. and Mrs. Frederick life insurance, charitable gift annuity or charitable remainder Karen Sayre Neubauer Jr. trust. We are deeply grateful to each of them, including the 19 Robert Schneider Charles J. and Patricia Perry Nock Catherine Swing Sellors Shirley R. Nook anonymous members, for their foresight in helping to fund the Dr. Gerard and Phyllis Seltzer Northwest Emergency Team Mr. and Mrs. John Sherwin Jr. James A. (Dolph) and future needs of our community. Mrs. Josephine R. Sloan Fay-Tyler Norton Robert V. Spurney and Mrs. R. Henry Norweb Jr. Florence W. Spurney Joe and Arline Nosse Cathy A. Stawarski Ann and Bob O’Brien Billie Howland Steffee Jean A. Lang Ohio Savings Bank Bob Schneider Philip R. Uhlin Stanley I. and Hope S. Adelstein Doris Anita Evans, M.D. Anne C. Juster Ralph E. and Barbara N. String Mr. and Mrs. Tom H. Lang Charitable Fund Linda Burwasser Schneider Paul and Sonja Unger Tanya M. Allmond Betty H. Fairfax Joel and Donna Kaminsky Faith H. and Herbert J. Swanson Craig H. and Kristi J. Latham Mr. and Mrs. William M. Rev. Daniel Holt Schoonmaker Robert F. and Beverly May Vail Peter and Jane Anagnostos Jean E. Fairfax Walter C. Kelley* Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Thomas Susan and James Latham Osborne Jr. Schron Family Catherine G. and Dale E. Veres Lois M. Applegate Lauren Rich Fine William and Barbara Kirsch Robert Frazer Vail and Benson P. and Vicki P. Lee James B. Oswald Co. Jill Schumacher Village Foundation (Bay Village) Nikki* and Harold Babbitt Scott Fine Gay C. and James T. Kitson Beverly May Vail Mrs. David Lehtinen and Family J. Ward Pallotta Sandra R. and Robert Schwartz Senator and Mrs. George V. Dolores J. and Lawrence J. Badar Richard Fink Norman F. and Sandra L. Klopp David and Ellen Van Arsdale Alan Lerner and Erica New Marjorie K. Pallotta Mrs. Ellery Sedgwick Jr. Voinovich Marvelous Ray Baker Helen V. Fitzhugh August and Olga Koenig Dr. Cedomil* and Mary Vugrincic Cathy and John Lewis Charles G. Pauli Ashok and Rajanee Shendure Michael Waller and Deborah Fred J. Ball and Elizabeth S. Ball Virginia Q. Foley Stewart and Donna Kohl Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Werner Mr.* and Mrs. Wayne H. Lewis Jr. James E. and Barbara G. Pearce Mr. and Mrs. John Sherwin Jr. Thigpen Waller Mal and Lea Bank C. Henry and Caryn Foltz Vilma L. Kohn, Ph.D. John A. Wiegman Lincoln Electric Foundation Emily M. Peck John and Laura Shields Douglas and Holly B. Wang D. Robert* and Kathleen L. Barber Eddie Fryer Martin R. Kolb and Sandra William Wendling and Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. MacGregor W. Peck Reginald and Lynn Shiverick Neil R. and Constance B. Waxman Ronald C. Barnes John Gabel Kiely Kolb Lynne E. Woodman Lombardy Jr. Gilbert S. Peirce Terry Shockey, Florence* E. Cydney Weingart Hanna H. and James T. Bartlett Philip H.* and Jane G. Geier* June R. Kosich Thomas R.* and Dorothy G. Gilbert and Carol Lowenthal Katherine and James Pender Shockey and Bud* Mrs. Peter Wellman Richard and Mary Batyko Albert I. and Norma C. Geller Mr. Philip L. Krug Wigglesworth M.W. Prince Hall Grand Lodge Deborah Petrick (Lovell) Shockey William Wendling and Jean A. Bell Robert M. and Barbara Ginn Marjorie and Samuel Lamport Marilyn H. and Alan H. Wilde, M.D. of Ohio George J. Picha, M.D. Ruth J. Skuly and Leo A. Deininger Lynne E. Woodman Leona Bevis Julianne Goss Mr. and Mrs. Tom H. Lang Hazel Martin Willacy William E. MacDonald III and Pignolet Family Mrs. Josephine R. Sloan Margie and John Wheeler Caprice H. Bragg Winifred H. Gray William F. Laurie* and George E. and Rolande G. Willis Susan W. MacDonald Richard W. and Patricia R. Pogue Smart Business Network Inc. Michael and JoAnn White Jeannette W. Brewer Sally K. Griswold Georgia E. Laurie Genevieve and A. Carter Wilmot Alex and Carol Machaskee PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Robert L. and Anita L. Smialek Bradley W. Whitehead and Arthur V. N. Brooks Dr. Michael J. Grusenmeyer Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leamy Mr. and Mrs. H. Robert Wismar Jr. Linda Macklin Max and Linda Proffitt Deborah Ann Smith Amy Weisberg-Whitehead Lenore V. Buford, Ph.D. Barbara Gustafson Mr.* and Mrs. Wayne H. Lewis Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David L. Yeomans Robert P. and Leatrice B. Madison P. Eric and Carol A. Ralston Mrs. Kent H. Smith Carmel B. Whiting George W.* and Helen Marie Gustavsson-Monago Mr. and Mrs. G. Russell Lincoln Patrick Zohn Kent A. and Debra M. Majewski Mrs. Alfred M. Rankin Russell H. and Gretchen H. Smith Charles D. Whitmer and Boggis Burdg Rev. Edward T. Haggins Kenneth A. Linstruth, M.D. Malcolm and Helene Zucker Ted Mandes and Cynthia Costello Victoire and Alfred M. Rankin Jr. David S. Snapp and Virginia Mary G. Whitmer Robert and Virginia Burkhardt Mary Louise and Richard Hahn Charles S. Lurie, CLU Dan and Janice Margheret Charles A. and Ilana Roberts Snapp David P. Williams III and Minna S. Buxbaum* Alice Hamilton Thomas E. and Patricia A. Lusk * Deceased Richard G. and Cynthia C. Horowitz Ratner Sogg Foundation Janice Cross-Williams Manny and Carmella Calta Awilda Hamilton Sheldon and Marilyn MacLeod Marschner Mr. and Mrs. Todd R. Ray Frank U. Sowell and Ruth Williams Tom* and Peggy Campbell Marcia G. Handke Franklin F. Martin Herbert R. Martens F. James and Rita Rechin Linda A. Jackson Sowell Mrs. Michael A. Wipper Harry and Marjorie M. Carlson Holsey Gates Handyside Aline G. Masek Mrs. Leonard G. Martien Donna and James Reid Edward J. and Elizabeth Starr Susan Wolpert and Mary C. Carter Randolph M. and Teri A. Hansen Dr. Melodie Mayberry-Stewart Joel D. Marx Family David P. and Sandra Reif Billie Howland Steffee Raymond Lesser Kathleen A. Cerveny Mary Jane and Shattuck Fr. John R. McCarthy, Ph.D Dr. Elizabeth B. Mastrangelo Mr. and Mrs. Raymond M. Lael A. Stone, M.D. Margaret W. Wong Kelly Chapman Hartwell Jr. Steven and Dolly Minter Ellen L. Mastrangelo Reisacher George B. Storer Foundation Inc. John and Jacqueline Woods Joseph A. Chmielewski Dorothea Jean Hassler William A. and Margaret N. Lisa B. Mastrangelo Michael and Jeanne Reitz James P. Storer Robert J. and Janet G. Yaroma Michael A. and Susan K. Clegg Beverly G. and Albert M. Higley Jr. Mitchell Mark E. Mastrangelo Ronald B. and Bess Frank and Barbara Sullivan John Stanley and Margaret Ruth H. Cohn Edith Fellinger Hirsch Arthur P. Moebius* Marianna C. McAfee Rodriquez Richard Thomas C. Sullivan Jr. Ingersoll Zitzner Susan and Richard F. Coyne Morley and Elizabeth N. Hitchcock Diane L. Moffett Elizabeth McBride William Hughes Roberts Thomas and Sandy Sullivan Richard H. and Cathy L. Crabtree Michael J. and Suzanne I. Mary B. Moon* Diane O. McDaniel Dr. Richard and Kathryn Robins Alice and Béla Szigethy * Deceased John Cridland Hoffmann John B. Moore Thornton D.* and Penny P. Elizabeth H. Rose Frances P. Taft David B. and Elizabeth L. Crow Ms. Ruth R. Holm Ann Jones Morgan McDonough Scott D. and Laurie L. Roulston Dudley J. Taw Pitt A. and Sally Curtiss Ronald D. Holman Sr. Mrs. Stanley L. Morgan Lawrence E. and Sheila Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Roulston Mike and Jane Tellor Beth Darmstadter Samuel J. and Eva H. Horwitz Robert D. and Janet E. Neary Rowan McHale Scot M. and Traci L. Rourke Mr. and Mrs. Neil L. Thompson Philip Dawson P. Clark Hungerford Mr. and Mrs. John G. Nestor John J. and Doreen A. McLaughlin RPM International Inc. Congresswoman Stephanie Donna Steen Dettner Katherine and Jonathan* Ingersoll James A. (Dolph) and Medical Mutual of Ohio Inc. Russell Realtors Tubbs-Jones Henry and Mary Doll Sandra L. Janosek Fay-Tyler Norton Stanley A. and Barbara S. Meisel Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Rye Mr. and Mrs. John M. Turnbull John E. Doxsey Jerry and Martha Jarrett Mrs. R. Henry Norweb Jr. Don and Terri Milder SBC Joseph Tzeng Patricia Jansen Doyle Elizabeth W.* and William M. Jones John F. O’Brien Dennis L. Miller Katharine B. Scanlon Ruth A. Dreger L. Morris, M.D. and Adrienne L. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley C. Pace Kevin Ellison Jones, Ph.D. Margaret Patch

26| 27| new named funds, planned gifts, and donor advised funds The funds listed here were established to support the educational, charitable and new scholarship, organizational public needs of our community. We are grateful to each of them. endowment, and other funds

New Named Funds Allan MacDonald New Donor Advised Funds Avis E. Singleton Reitz Giftfund New Scholarship Fund Other Funds and Planned Gifts Memorial Fund Lappin Fund Established by Michael and Anonymous Charlotte Alexander Fund Ben Broussard Established by Established by Avis E. Lappin Jeanne Reitz Anonymous Established by Educational Trust Charitable Foundation Karen MacDonald James A. Carney Family Thomas T. Law Fund Established by Ben Broussard Linda K. Brengle Fund Foundation Sandys Fund of the Inner City Protestant Parish David and Lindsay Established by Thomas T. Law Established by the Estate of Established by the Carney Established by Sandra Robert R. Buhl Fund Morgenthaler Fund Foundation Linda K. Brengle Foundation Duncan Holmes and Established by B. Kingsley Buhl, Established by David and New Organizational Endowment Dr. Janice Antoine Sandra R. Schwartz Funds Lance Buhl and Timothy Buhl E. Bruce and Virginia R. E. Bruce and Virginia R. Lindsay Morgenthaler Lumpkin Fund Chaney Library Fund Chaney Scholarship Fund Santa Fund Bedford Historical North Coast to the SchoolPrism Fund Established by Dr. Albert C. Established by E. Bruce and Established by E. Bruce and Established by Society Endowment Fund Gulf Coast Fund for Children Antoine and June Sallee Antoine Virginia R. Chaney Virginia Chaney anonymous donors Established by Congresswoman Established by East End Neighborhood House MACD Education Fund Stephanie Tubbs-Jones Richard F. Coyne Organizational Condit Family Fund Schron Family Foundation Inc. Endowment Fund Established by Mary Ann Charitable Gift Annuity Effectiveness Established by David and Established by Corrigan-Davis Galen Foundation Fund Established by Richard F. Coyne Strategies Inc. Margaret Condit Jack H. Schron Jr. Geauga Park District Education Majewski Family Fund Shields Family Trust Phoebe Flory Fund Alan H. and Marilyn M. Charles and Donna Endowment Fund Established by the Wilde Charitable Denny Foundation Established by Kent A. and Established by John A. Shields Debra M. Majewski Geauga Park District Phoebe Flory Trust Gift Annuity Established by Charles and Richard G. Small Established by Donna Denny Unrestricted Robert D. Gries Majic Family Fund Memorial Trust Fund Marilyn M. Wilde and Endowment Fund Annual Lecture Fund John D. and Caroline H. Established by R. Eric Kennedy Established by Alan H. Wilde, M.D. Geauga Park District Established by the Gries VI DesPrez Charitable Fund Marra Family Fund Mark Small and Stewardship Generation Funds of Established by Caroline H. Michael Minotti Established by anonymous donors Endowment Fund The Cleveland Foundation DesPrez Mayor Jane Campbell’s Dr. Melodie Mayberry- and the Jewish Community Jenny Goldman Memorial Dietrich Family Foundation Hurricane Katrina Stewart 21st Century Federation of Cleveland Leadership Scholars Nature Outreach Fund Established by Richard and Relief Fund for the Nature Center Established by Dr. Melodie Myra Tuteur Kahn Nancy Dietrich Established by various City of at Shaker Lakes Memorial Fund Cleveland employees Mayberry-Stewart Mrs. Linda Diffee Betsey C. Kaufman Fund Established by the Sophie Lasalle J.D. Suhanic Fund Charitable Fund McBride Fund for Planned Parenthood Tuteur Trust Established by Linda M. Diffee Established by Elizabeth McBride Established by William H. Jr. and Jeannette Jeffrey D. Suhanic Margaret Clark Ted & Nancy Goble Fund Diane O. McDaniel Lytle Knight Fund Morgan Foundation Established by Ted W. Goble Charitable Fund Fund of the North Coast Established by the William H. Established by Diane O. McDaniel Community Homes Knight Jr. Trust Gustavsson Family Donor Advised Fund Barbara and Stanley Meisel National Black MBA Association Established by Marie L. Community Fund Cleveland - Gustavsson-Monago Established by Stanley A. and NE Ohio Endowment Fund Barbara S. Meisel JJ Fund Womankind Inc. Established by James J. Hamilton Phoenix Miller Fund Endowment Fund Established by Lee A. and Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit Fund Linda P. Miller Established by Kaiser Foundation New Arts Fund Health Plan of Ohio Established by an Keen Family Fund anonymous donor Established by Paul Keen and Denise Horstman

28| 29| external committee members, advisors, consultants, and investment options volunteers Choosing the investment option for philanthropic funds for growth is supporting Philanthropy is not just giving of treasure, bank just as important as the decision to entrust The Cleveland Foundation organizations but also of time and talent. We are thankful trustees with overseeing and distributing those funds. The Foundation pro- for the many individuals who volunteer their vides donors with a variety of investment options and strategies to and their energy and expertise in support of the mission committee choose from for the fund they establish, allowing them to select the directors of The Cleveland Foundation. members one that will help them meet their philanthropic objectives.

City of Cleveland’s Cable Medical Mutual of Ohio African-American Outreach Promoting Philanthropy Robert B. Heisler Jr. Banks Investment Management Firms Private Trust Co. Television Minority Arts and Charitable Foundation Advisory Committee Committee Chairman, KeyBank 1422 Euclid Avenue Bank One Ohio Trust Co. NA Alliance Bernstein Education Fund James M. Delaney Rev. Elmo A. Bean Richard B. Ainsworth Jr. CEO, McDonald Suite 1130 1300 East 9th Street 3201 Enterprise Parkway Hon. Roosevelt Coats Arthur Lavin, M.D. Teresa Beasley, Esq. Scott A. Fine Financial Group Cleveland, OH 44115 Suite 1300 Suite 240 Barbara J. Danforth Margo Roth Charles Burkett Jr. Vivian D. Hairston Cleveland, OH 44114 Cleveland, OH 44122 Union Heritage Sharon H. Glaspie Susan M. Tyler Inajo Chappell, Esq. Frank I. Harding III David J. Janus Capital Management Michael J. Hoffmann Thomas E. Wagner Hon. Lillian W. Burke Oliver C. Henkel Jr. President & CEO FirstMerit Bank NA Carnegie Capital 211 W. Fort Street Michael House Donald Graham Joseph W. Kampman FirstMerit Bank N.A. – 101 West Prospect Avenue Management Co. Sherwick Fund Suite 615 (effective April 2006) Donet D. Graves, Esq. James R. Pender Cleveland Suite 350 1228 Euclid Avenue John Sherwin Jr. Detroit, MI 48226 Steven A. Minter Vivian Hairston Kathy Pender Cleveland, OH 44115 Suite 1100 Heather Sherwin Jerry Kelsheimer Hon. Sabra Pierce Scott Dr. Adrienne L. Jones Maria Quinn, Esq. Cleveland, Ohio 44115 Stewart A. Kohl President, Northern Huntington National Bank Individual Advisors Yvonne Pointer-Triplett Sarah S. Kisner Paul J. Schlather Stephanie McHenry Ohio Region 917 Euclid Avenue Fairport Asset Management LLC Hilary S. Taylor Franklin F. Martin BDS Financial Services (effective July 2005) Scholorship Selection Huntington National Bank Cleveland, OH 44115 3636 Euclid Avenue Lorna Wisham Faye Prout David W. Whitehead and Advisory Committee Suite 3000 Cleveland Financial Group (completed term March 2006) Kimberly St. John-Stevenson James M. Malz Key Bank NA Jacqueline F. Woods Sister Alicia Alvarado Cleveland, OH 44115 Carmel Whiting President, 127 Public Square Ferris Baker Watts Alton F. and Carrie S. (completed term June 2005) Deborah Daberko Northeast Ohio 16th Floor Glenmede Trust Co. NA Davis Fund Audit Committee Santiago Feliciano Jr. Goldman Sachs Billie Howland Cleveland, OH 44114 One Corporate Exchange Marjorie M. Carlson Timothy Goler CHASE Steffee Family Fund James M. Delaney 25825 Science Park Drive Merrill Lynch Mary Jane Davis Hartwell Karen Kopp National City Bank Susan W. Cargile Communications Committee Philip L. Rice Suite 110 Shattuck W. Hartwell Jr., M.D. Mary Lynne McGovern 1900 East 9th Street McDonald Financial Group Susan Lajoie Eagan Larry Benders President and CEO Beachwood, OH 44122 Adrienne Lash Jones Natividad Pagan Cleveland, OH 44114 Steven A. Minter Richard DeChant National City Bank Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. Harvey G. Oppmann Christopher Sedlock Gries Financial LLC Jon H. Outcalt Karen R. Haefling Northern Trust Bank FSB Ryan Temple 1801 East 9th Street Goodrich Social Settlement Billie Howland Steffee Jerry W. Hoegner 127 Public Square Indexed Mutual Funds William Woods Suite 1600 S. Sterling McMillan III Jane Lisy Suite 5150 Treu-Mart Fund David Yen Cleveland, OH 44114 Vanguard Group Richard W. Pogue Cleveland, OH 44114 A supporting organization Mohan Reddy Michael J. Hoffmann Investment Fund for of both The Cleveland U.S. Bank TCF Pool Steven A. Minter Investment Committee As of June 1, 2006 Foundations Foundation and the Jewish David R. Boles 1350 Euclid Avenue 2405 Ivy Road Higley Fund Community Federation of Robert L. Bovinette Suite 1100 Charlottesville, VA 22903 James M. Delaney Cleveland Robert M. Hamje Cleveland, Ohio 44115 Albert M. Higley Jr. Hanna H. Bartlett John Sherwin Jr. Karpus Investment Management Beverly G. Higley Henry J. Goodman B. Grady Durham 183 Sully’s Trail Michael J. Hoffmann Mary Louise Hahn Patrick Sullivan Pittsford, NY 14534 Janet E. Neary Steven A. Minter Lake-Geauga Committee Lakepoint Investment Amy Morgenstern Partners LLC McDonald Fund Debra Hershey Guren Albert B. Ratner Key Tower Gary Bleiweiss Catherine C. Haworth Arthur W. Treuhaft 127 Public Square Peter Broer Bert Holt Suite 4130 David G. Hill John D. Leech Cleveland, OH 44114 (deceased September 2005) Raphael J. Omerza, Esq. Eric Tolbert Nancy W. Patterson Mellon Private Trust Co. NA Fatima Weathers Todd Ray 30195 Chagrin Boulevard Ernest Wilkerson Jr. Suite 350W Cleveland, OH 44124

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15 board of directors*

10 The board of directors governs The Cleveland Foundation, establishes policy, sets priorities and makes final grant 5 decisions. All board members are volunteers serving a maximum of 10 years. The board appointment process ensures a broad range of views and knowledge, and our board makeup reflects that of the larger community. % Return The Bank Trustees Committee, comprising the presidents of the Foundation’s five trustee banks, appoints The Cleveland Foundation Composite Return five of the Foundation’s board members. Public officials also appoint five members: one member each is -5 Market appointed by the chief judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Portfolio Blend 70/30 Division; the senior or presiding judge of the Probate Division, Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County; -10 the administrative judge of the Court of Appeals of the Eighth Judicial District of Ohio; the mayor of the City of Cleveland; and the board of directors of the Center for Community Solutions. The remaining five directors are -15 01 02 03 04 05 appointed by a majority vote of the Foundation’s board of directors.

2005 financial summary The assets of The Cleveland Foundation were $1,716,136,165 The chart above presents the difference in total returns of the Jacqueline F. Woods as of December 31, 2005, up from $1,632,621,913 at year-end 2004. Foundation compared with the returns of a portfolio of 70% stocks, Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr. 2005 was a year of positive growth from investments and as measured by the S&P 500, and 30% bonds, as measured by the Charles P. Bolton new gifts. Revenue from investment amounted to $134,437,420. aggregate. The chart covers the five-year period from 2001 through Terri Hamilton Brown Combined with donor contributions of $28,399,413 and other in- 2005. During this period, the Foundation generated $333,567,222 come of $1,128,446, total revenue was $163,965,279. from investment. It is important to note that the period includes Expenses in 2005 were $82,274,592, resulting in an in- 2001 and 2002 in which the S&P 500 returned -11.8% and -22.11%, crease in net assets of $81,690,687. Administrative expenses were respectively. $9,757,329, approximately 57 basis points or ½% of total assets at The composite return of the Foundation for 2005 was 9.6%, Tana N. Carney year end, continuing to be one of the lowest rates among peer com- compared with the average 4.15% return generated from a David Goldberg Joseph P. Keithley munity foundations and comparable to the private sector. Grant traditional portfolio of 70% stocks and 30% bonds. The Foundation Benson P. Lee expense according to generally accepted accounting principals benefited from an overweight position in the energy sector, a (GAAP) was $66,352,407. This amount does not include conditional 17% position in international equities, and positive returns from grants, which are approved by the board but not recognized in the the 13% position in alternative investments in the portfolio. We financial statements until certain conditions are met by the grantee continue to follow a strategy of diversification among various asset organization. Conditional grants as of December 31, 2005, totaled classes to limit risk and enhance returns. $11,546,474. We have continued to increase our position in alternative On the investment side, only two sectors in the traditional investments to increase our diversification and to reduce the corre- markets performed well in 2005. In the United States returns were lation between asset classes. We firmly believe that this approach driven by the energy and utilities sectors, 31.4% and 16.8%, respec- will allow us to achieve our primary goal of generating a consistent tively. Returns in the telecom and consumer discretionary sectors stream of resources to the community over time, while concur- were negative, and returns in the remaining sectors were minimal. rently increasing the purchasing power of the assets over time. Frederick R. Nance The return of the S&P 500 was 4.9% for 2005, clearly below the With our spending policy based upon the average market value of Sandra Pianalto historical average. the prior 12 quarters, we expect that the results of the last three Maria Jose Pujana, M.D. James A. Ratner Of the traditional asset classes, the best performing class years will provide growth in our Foundation’s grantmaking ability Alayne L. Reitman in 2005 was emerging market equities. This asset class generated in future years. Rev. Hilton O. Smith returns of 34.5% while international small caps generated 26.7%. Frank C. Sullivan International equities, measured by the European Australian Far East Index, generated returns of 14.0% compared to the S&P 500 at 4.9%. International equities clearly outperformed domestic equities J. T. Mullen last year. Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer In the bond market, the Lehman Aggregate as a measure of fixed income returns generated 2.4% for 2005.

*As of May 1, 2006

32| 33| Jacqueline F. Woods, Chairperson David Goldberg Maria Jose Pujana, M.D. Jackie Woods is retired president of SBC/Ameritech in Ohio (now David Goldberg is co-chairman of the board of Ohio Savings Bank. Maria Pujana, M.D., a clinical neurologist and neurophysiologist, is AT&T), and is a senior consultant for Landau Public Relations in He holds a bachelor of science from Ohio State University and a adjunct instructor at Case Western Reserve University’s Center for Cleveland. She currently serves as a director of the Timken Co. juris doctor from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Global Health and Diseases in the School of Medicine. She also is and the Andersons Inc.; is a member of the executive committee He is chairman of the board for Neighborhood Progress Inc. and president and designer of Marise Jewelry Designs Co. She serves of the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission; is a board mem- for the Downtown Cleveland Alliance. He also is a member of the on the boards of the MetroHealth Foundation, Greater Cleveland board of directors ber of Playhouse Square Foundation, Muskingum College, Kent board of NorTech, the Greater Cleveland Partnership, University Chapter of the American Red Cross, Beck Center for the Arts and State University and University Hospitals of Cleveland; a national Hospitals of Cleveland, and the Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation. Cleveland Institute of Art. She formerly served on the boards or trustee of the Foundation for Independent Higher Education; and Joseph P. Keithley in leadership positions for El Barrio, Hispanic Cultural Center, chairman emeritus of the Cleveland Chapter of the American Red Joseph Keithley is chairman of the board, president and CEO of Cuyahoga Community College Foundation, Rock and Roll Hall of Cross and the Great Lakes Science Center. She is a graduate of Keithley Instruments Inc. He is a member of the board of trustees Fame and Museum, and Cleveland Ballet. Dr. Pujana earned her Muskingum College. of Case Western Reserve University, on the visiting committee of medical degree from Universidad Complutense in Madrid. Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr., Vice Chairman the Case School of Engineering, and on the advisory council of James A. Ratner Rev. Otis Moss Jr. has been pastor of Olivet Institutional Baptist Cornell University’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. James A. Ratner is Executive Vice President of Forest City Church since 1975. Named by Ebony magazine as one of America’s He is vice chairman of the board of NorTech, a member of the Ohio Enterprises. Mr. Ratner is responsible for all commercial develop- greatest black preachers, he has been involved in the civil rights Aerospace Council, a director of Brush Engineered Materials ment including retail, office, bioscience and mixed use properties. movement for more than 40 years. A founding board member of and of Nordson Corp., and an advisor to Early Stage Partners. He is a member of the board of trustees of Case Western Reserve the Greater Cleveland Roundtable, he currently chairs the board He holds a bachelor of science and a master of operations research University, Cleveland Museum of Art, Urban Land Institute and of trustees of Morehouse College. He holds a bachelor of arts and industrial engineering from Cornell University and a master of Playhouse Square Foundation. He holds a bachelor’s degree from from Morehouse College and a Master of Divinity from Morehouse business administration from the University of Michigan. Columbia University and a master’s degree from Harvard University School of Religion of the Interdenominational Theological Center. Benson P. Lee Graduate School of Business Administration. He also holds a Doctor of Ministry from United Theological Benson Lee is president and chief executive officer of Technology Alayne L. Reitman Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. He was selected in 2004 to give the 2004-05 Management Inc., a developer of fuel cell systems. He is a trustee Alayne Reitman holds a bachelor of arts from Emory University Lyman Beecher Lecture Series at Yale University Divinity School. emeritus of Cornell University and is on the Executive Council of and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. Charles P. Bolton the Johnson School’s Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise. Reitman serves as a trustee and assistant treasurer of Hawken Charles Bolton is chairman of the board of directors of Brittany He serves on the Visiting Committee of the Cleveland State School, a trustee of the Immerman Foundation and the Robert S. Stamping LLP and Polychem Corp. He is a trustee of the Cleveland University Nance College of Business, MotivAsians for Cleveland, and Sylvia K. Reitman Family Foundation. She also is a member of Museum of Art, Musical Arts Association and Kelvin and and Sustainable Cleveland. He is a former trustee of the Center the board of directors of Sifco Industries Inc. Eleanor Smith Foundation; an honorary trustee of Case Western for Community Solutions and Cleveland Scholarship Programs, Rev. Hilton O. Smith Reserve University; and a life trustee of Hawken School. and a founding trustee of the Cleveland Tomorrow Center for Rev. Hilton O. Smith, an ordained minister, is a senior vice president He holds an A.B. degree in American history from Harvard College Venture Development, now JumpStart Inc. He received his bach- of Turner Construction Co., where he manages community and and an MBA from Harvard Business School. elor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from Cornell corporate affairs and educational programs. He is the former Terri Hamilton Brown University. president of the Cleveland Municipal School District Board of Brown is senior vice president for corporate diversity at National Frederick R. Nance Education, former chair of the Urban League of Greater Cleveland Few families in the 92-year history of The Cleveland Foundation City Bank. She previously served as president of University Circle Frederick R. Nance serves as the managing partner of Squire and on the board of numerous civic organizations. He holds a have been as influential as the Sherwins. On March 21, 2006, the day retiring chairman Jack Sherwin officiated his last board meet- Inc., as executive director of the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Sanders’ Cleveland office, where he focuses on commercial litiga- bachelor’s degree from St. Augustine’s College in Raleigh, N.C., ing, the Foundation dedicated its board room “to the legacy of the Authority, and in the City of Cleveland Department of Community tion, sports law, construction law and public-private partnerships. received an honorary doctorate from David Myers University in Sherwin Family, whose lasting impact on The Cleveland Foundation, Development. She is a trustee of Downtown Cleveland Alliance, He is the chairman of the Greater Cleveland Partnership and is a Cleveland, is a certified labor relations manager through Cornell the community foundation field and philanthropy in general will be felt for generations to come.” For nearly half a century, members First Tee of Cleveland, Gilmour Academy, In Counsel with Women, trustee of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He also serves on the University and a certified community development manager of the Sherwin Family – including the only father and son to chair and the President’s Council Foundation and is a graduate of boards of BioEnterprise Inc., United Way of Greater Cleveland, through Boston College; and studied urban theology at Yale The Cleveland Foundation – have supported the community’s needs Leadership Cleveland. Brown holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland Foundation. He holds a University. through their leadership. Clara and Jack Sherwin, with daughter Heather, joined in the dedication. from the University of Chicago and a master’s degree in city bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a juris doctor from Frank C. Sullivan planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. the University of Michigan. Frank Sullivan is the president and CEO of RPM International Inc. Tana N. Carney Sandra Pianalto He held various commercial lending and corporate finance posi- Tana Carney currently serves as a director on the boards of the Sandra Pianalto is the president and CEO of the Federal Reserve tions at Harris Bank and First Union National Bank prior to joining Cleveland Botanical Garden, the Cuyahoga County Library Bank of Cleveland. She joined the Bank in 1983 as an economist RPM as a regional sales manager. He serves on the boards of Foundation, West Side Ecumenical Ministry, and Ingenuity, a in the research department. She is a member of the board of the RPM International Inc., Timken Co., Greater Cleveland Chapter of Cleveland Festival of Art and Technology. She also has served Greater Cleveland Partnership, University Hospitals Health System, the American Red Cross, Cleveland Clinic Foundation’s Digestive on the alumni board of trustees at Goucher College in Towson, United Way Services of Cleveland, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Disease Center Leadership Board, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Maryland. Tana holds a bachelor of arts from Goucher College and Museum, Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education and the and Museum, Ohio Business Roundtable, and Greater Cleveland and a master of arts from Case Western Reserve University. Catholic Diocese of Cleveland Foundation. She holds a bachelor’s Partnership. He is a graduate of the Leadership Cleveland Class of degree in economics from the University of Akron and a master’s 2001, a member of the Cuyahoga County Bluecoats, and a found- degree in economics from George Washington University. ing member of the Medina County Bluecoats chapter. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina as a Morehead Scholar in 1983.

348| 359| Included in the leadership team at The Cleveland Foundation are Kathleen Stecky, human resources manager, James Bickel, director of technology, Margaret McGrath, chief of staff, Cynthia Schulz, director of public affairs, and Leslie Dunford, vice president for corporate governance and administration.

Talented and hard-working staff of The Cleveland Foundation dedicate their careers to the mission of improving lives of Greater Clevelanders.

Executive Office Governance & Administration Karen M. Sayre Jill M. Paulsen Suite 1300 Services Donor Relations Officer Program Officer Ronald B. Richard * Leslie A. Dunford * Suite 1300 Services Inc., a nonprofit organization, works with and is funded by The Cleveland President and Vice President for Corporate Joan R. Cerne Marcus F. Walton Chief Executive Officer Governance and Administration Donor Relations Assistant Program Officer Foundation. It operates charitable programs and provides fiscal, administrative and technical assistance to community projects and initiatives, often in cooperation with nonprofit partners in the community. Kathleen L. Stecky Janet M. Carpenter Alicia M. Ciliberto Annabel P. Bryan Human Resources Manager Administrative Services Manager Donor Relations Assistant Program Assistant Margaret A. McGrath Darlene A. Eden Rennae M. Coe Leslie A. Dunford THE CIVIC INNOVATION LAB LITERACY COOPERATIVE Chief of Staff Administrative Services Manager Information Systems Program Assistant Director Jennifer Thomas Omobola Lana Director Program Director Jennifer A. Teeter Linda M. Estacion James T. Bickel * Mary Clare Donnelly Jean Lang Executive Assistant Administrative Services Manager Director of Technology Program Assistant Staff Accountant Hannah Fritzman Erika Mason Lisanetta M. McDade Pamela F. Jaffe Janice Cutright Sarah L. King Program Coordinator Program Assistant NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS Administrative Assistant Assistant Corporate Secretary Technology Officer Program Assistant Joel Ratner CLEVELAND EXECUTIVE FUND FOR OUR Human Resources Denise R. Campbell Ciba Jones Manager FELLOWSHIP ECONOMIC FUTURE Receptionist Program, Grants Program Assistant Lynne Algrant Gwendolyn McDay Cynthia Lewis Public Affairs Management and Records Manager Fund Coordinator Erin M. Novak Administrative Assistant Cynthia V. Schulz * Gift Planning and Robert E. Eckardt * Administrative Assistant Hannah Fritzman Director of Public Affairs Donor Relations Senior Vice President for Project Access Program Coordinator Programs and Evaluation James G. Lubetkin Caprice H. Bragg * Diane C. Kaszei Senior Communications Editor Vice President for Gift Planning Richard T. Steubi Grants Manager and Donor Relations BP Fellow for Energy and Debra Sabol Environmental Advancement Charlotte J. Morosko diversity Administrative Assistant Michael P. Grzesiak Grants Administrator The Cleveland Foundation is committed to diversity and inclu- appreciates diversity in its many forms and provides all staff mem- Director of Gift Planning Stacey M. Easterling Director of Community Karen Bartrum-Jansen sion in everything that we do. From our grantmaking to our donors to bers with an opportunity to maximize the use of their work-related Finance Marie L. Monago Grants Assistant Responsive Grantmaking our staff, we strive to hear all voices and be fair and representative skills and talents. J. T. Mullen * Gift Planning Officer Goldie K. Alvis Carol A. Hellyar in all areas of our operations. Our statement on diversity reflects The Foundation seeks to work with external organizations Senior Vice President and Jennifer R. Bulloch Program Director, Grants Assistant Chief Financial Officer Gift Planning Associate our commitment to keeping diversity at the forefront. that reflect, as a group, the diversity of the Greater Cleveland com- Human Services Denise G. Ulloa Kathy S. Parker Linda F. Gersten munity. We look for grantees and business partners that include Kathleen A. Cerveny Grants Assistant Statement on Diversity Controller Gift Planning Assistant individuals of varied backgrounds, beliefs and perspectives. We Program Director, Barbara J. Compton The Cleveland Foundation exists to enhance the quality of Linda P. Puffenberger Donna C. Johnson Arts and Culture Records Manager encourage all organizations with which we work to recognize and Financial Analyst Gift Planning Assistant life for all residents of Greater Cleveland. Our ability to achieve this embrace the benefits of diversity. Bradley W. Whitehead Patty A. Takacs mission and to foster a commitment to excellence can best be pur- Mary J. Clink Marvelous R. Baker Program Director, Records Technician Finally, in order to achieve the highest standards in all our Assistant Controller Scholarship Officer Economic Development sued if our workforce, grantees, donors, partners and governing Joyce R. Wilson activities, it is important that the Foundation benefit from the Dorothy M. Highsmith Kendra Strother-Awwal Helen W. Williams Records Technician body include individuals of diverse backgrounds, beliefs and per- perspectives of many different segments of the community. Accountant Scholarship Assistant Program Director, spectives. Toward this end, we seek to collaborate with donors of varying Education Christine M. Lawson Beth Darmstadter The Foundation believes that diversity encompasses, but is not As of June 1, 2006 means and interests. In addition, we encourage those individuals Finance Associate Donor Relations Officer Kathleen A. Hallissey limited to, age, gender, race, national origin, religious beliefs, and organizations that appoint members to our board of directors Program Officer *Officers/Management Carmela Beltrante Lemuel E. Stewart physical abilities and characteristics, sexual orientation, economic Committee to seek community leaders who will bring varying points of view Financial Assistant Donor Relations Officer John Mitterholzer circumstances and lifestyle. Thus, the Foundation is committed Program Officer to board deliberations. to fostering a supportive work environment, which respects and

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