2017 REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY CROSSING THE FINISH LINE MISSION LETTER FROM THE College Now’s mission is to increase college attainment in Greater through college and career access advising, financial aid counseling and scholarship and retention services. BOARD CHAIR AND CEO

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College Now Greater Cleveland 1 2016-2017 Annual Report COLLEGE NOW’S ADULT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES EXPAND AS DEMAND FOR EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT INCREASES

ortheast Ohio has a critical need for skilled came into the Resource Center and/or received our Adult workers. A gap continues to grow between the Learner Scholarship. While effective, we realized that Nskills necessary to fill open jobs and the skills that this approach was not enough to make a meaningful individuals possess, causing the number of unemployed to dent in the educational attainment gap. Now with more outpace the number of open jobs in the region. By 2020, manpower, our Adult Program Specialists reach individuals 64 percent of Ohio jobs will require a postsecondary in the community through partnerships with community credential,1 but only 38 percent of Cuyahoga County organizations, employer connections and resource fairs, adults (ages 25+) have this level of education,2 leaving a enabling adults to receive support where they are as they 26 percent gap. Currently ranking 37th in educational navigate the postsecondary process. 3 attainment, Ohio has significant ground to make up College Now offers services not only in college access to ensure that job-seeking adults have the credentials and career advising, but also in financial aid counseling, necessary to participate in the region’s workforce. Nearly scholarship services and student loan debt counseling. 440,000 adults (ages 25+) in Cuyahoga County are During the 2015-2016 school year, College Now served eligible to start or continue their postsecondary education; over 1,300 individual clients with these services - and 192,290 of these adults have some college, but no degree, we are on track to double that number in 2016-2017. and 247,342 have a high school diploma or equivalency.4 Cuyahoga County adults with a high school diploma HELPING ADULTS MANAGE STUDENT or some college, but no degree, are a critical piece of LOAN DEBT Cuyahoga County adults with a the educational attainment puzzle. To keep up with Just like traditional students, most adult learners changes in the workforce, our region’s adults need face the difficult task of paying back loans that they high school diploma or some college, to continue their education and job training. borrowed to finance their education. College Now has To meet this community need, College Now has built our Student Loan Rescue program over the past but no degree, are a critical piece of the strategically invested in expanding our adult learner work. few years, which provides graduates with individualized Last fiscal year, we grew our adult learner department counseling to determine which payment plan and/or from a team of 1.5 full-time equivalents to a standalone consolidation options make the most financial sense for educational attainment puzzle. department of five. These five uniquely trained advisors, their unique situations. plus one full-time AmeriCorps member, work proactively Local employers, like government agencies, school districts in our Resource Center and out in the community to and nonprofit organizations, have found our Student support adults as they decide what the appropriate and Loan Rescue program to be an enormous added benefit economically feasible next steps in their education may that they can offer to their employees. Since College Now be. For adults, more so than for traditional students, it is a began offering the Student Loan Rescue program in 2013, marathon, not a sprint, to college completion. College Now has saved 617 employees from seven different area organizations more than $46 million FINDING ADULT LEARNERS in anticipated federal student loan repayments. Setting out to find adult learners is a challenge, which is Now, more than ever, adults need support to pursue why our newly-expanded Adult Programs and Services and/or complete a postsecondary credential. College team has changed its approach. Previously, our primary Now’s expanded Adult Programs and Services team is method of serving adults was to work with those who equipped to help them cross the finish line to completion.

1 Lumina Foundation. (2013.) 2 U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2011-2015 Estimates. (Most recently available as of Jan. 2017.) 3 U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2011-2015 Estimates. (Most recently available as of Jan. 2017.) 4 U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2011-2015 Estimates. (Most recently available as of Jan. 2017.) Crossing the 2 Finish Line CollegeGOALS Now Greater Cleveland 3 2016-2017 Annual Report When students understand more fully how TARGETING STUDENTS EARLY TO their high school decisions can impact their IMPROVE POSTSECONDARY PREPAREDNESS educational opportunities after graduation and

t started with three simple questions: “Who am I?” throughout the entire high school experience, beyond, they can make more informed decisions “What am I good at?” and “Where is that needed in College Now is equipping students to be better about their eventual college and career goals. Ithe world?” prepared to make postsecondary decisions later in These questions used to shape the early awareness their high school careers. work that is underway with ninth and tenth grade As part of the early awareness initiative, College students at John Adams High School in the Cleveland Now also targets eighth grade students to ensure Metropolitan School District (CMSD) as part of College that they have an early start in developing a college- Now’s early awareness initiative. Under the guidance going mindset. Students at four John Adams High of a dedicated College Now advisor, students work School feeder schools (Miles Park, Nathan Hale, on building self-efficacy, resilience and aspirations for Charles Dickens and Miles Elementary) participate postsecondary education. in programs designed to acclimate them to the high College Now understands that academic success and school culture and prepare them for high school-level college and career readiness is not something that expectations and responsibilities. Eighth graders also happens overnight – nor is it something that should wait have the opportunity to participate in the Rebel Up until eleventh and twelfth grade years to develop. The Summer Bridge Academy, which encourages high groundwork has to be laid much earlier. Identifying school success through targeted summer programming. possible programs or areas of interest sooner enables Beyond College Now’s specific interventions in the students to shape a high school pathway that can lead John Adams/Mount Pleasant community, eighth grade EXPECTATIONS to the successful transition into life after high school. students in the CMSD also have the opportunity to Additionally, early awareness work helps students participate in our partner MyCom’s True2U program, understand that the work they do at any point during their which provides innovative mentoring and career high school career is vital to their postsecondary success. awareness to eighth graders to help them transition to At John Adams, College Now has developed a robust early high school. The program began during the 2015-2016 awareness strategy targeting younger students to ensure school year and served 807 youth with 150 mentors in that they receive specialized guidance as they transition Cleveland during its first year, including College Now’s into their high school years. This period at the beginning AmeriCorps College Guides. The goal is to expand to of high school can be daunting, and College Now’s serve 2,500 students in 68 schools by the beginning of proactive advising approach for these younger students the 2017-2018 school year. guarantees that they have the guidance they need when Eighth to tenth grade is a formative and transitional faced with the big decisions that they must make about period in a student’s life. When students understand their academic futures. more fully how their high school decisions can impact At the ninth and tenth grade level, College Now advisors their educational opportunities after graduation and employ online, interactive college and career planning beyond, they can make more informed decisions about tools like Naviance Succeed and Ohio Means Jobs to help their eventual college and career goals. College Now’s students assess their skill-sets and identify potential career early awareness work helps students start high school paths they might pursue after graduation. By targeting strong so they can cross the finish line prepared for students early and creating a college-going culture college and career success.

Crossing the 4 Finish Line College Now Greater Cleveland 5 2016-2017 Annual Report COLLEGE NOW ADDS 10 AMERICORPS CAREER PATHWAY COACHES TO DEEPEN AN ALREADY ROBUST AMERICORPS PROGRAM

dopted in 2012, the Cleveland Plan for college and career access services provided in the Transforming Schools emphasized college and five CMSD Academies – Garrett Morgan, Jane Acareer readiness for students in the Cleveland Addams, Martin Luther King Jr., Max Hayes and Metropolitan School District (CMSD), with a focus on Washington Park. Career-Technical Education. According to a 2014 In these schools, Career Pathway Coaches are tasked Futureworks report, only 12.4 percent of students in with providing direct support and interventions for all the CMSD concentrated in a specific career pathway. incoming freshmen and sophomore students through With the CMSD class of 2015 high school graduation rate individual meetings and group interactions. The Career at 69 percent, as reported by the Ohio Department of Education, and the college enrollment rate at 51 percent, Pathway Coaches ensure that students stay on track as reported by the National Student Clearinghouse, there for graduation by monitoring student attendance and is a clear gap between the percentage of high school academic progress and engagement. They also engage graduates and the percentage of these students who students in a number of college and career access advising graduate and then embark on an educational pathway to activities, exposing students to a variety of careers and the a career (certificates, two-year and four-year degrees). educational pathways to them, and providing mentoring and motivation for students to meet milestones related to College Now recognized an opportunity to work with college and career readiness. Understanding the benefit ServeOhio and CMSD to implement an AmeriCorps of a postsecondary education early in high school helps Career Pathway Coaches program at the beginning students complete high school with not only a vision for of the 2016-2017 school year to address this gap. their future, but also a distinct plan that outlines how This AmeriCorps program supplements our existing AmeriCorps College Guides program, which has been they can achieve their postsecondary goals. in place since 2009 and provides College Now with The AmeriCorps Career Pathway Coaches program 28 near-peer advisors (College Now also oversees the provides an additional layer to the already robust work entire statewide AmeriCorps College Guides program, of our advisors and AmeriCorps College Guides who which includes 70 Members who serve college access work in CMSD, providing targeted interventions in five organizations across the state). The 10 additional Cleveland high schools to ensure that all students have AmeriCorps Career Pathway Coaches supplement the a plan for college and/or a career after high school. ENROLLMENT

Crossing the 6 Finish Line College Now Greater Cleveland 7 2016-2017 Annual Report COLLEGE NOW ADVISORS TRAINED TO HELP STUDENTS ELIMINATE FINANCIAL AID HURDLES

eing accepted into a postsecondary program, be Metropolitan School District (CMSD) by at least 5 percent it an industry credential program or a two- or four- among the high school graduating class of 2017. College Byear degree program, is an exciting milestone. Now and our partners, the Higher Education Compact, However, the excitement is often diminished when CMSD and the Northeast Ohio Council on Higher students face the daunting task of determining how to Education (NOCHE), have been tasked with implementing pay for that education. This is where College Now advisors the grant. step in to help students find the financial aid they need. College Now advisors receive intensive training every year Postsecondary programs are expensive, and the cost on changes to the FAFSA so they can help students and can make it challenging, or even impossible, for some families complete the form as efficiently as possible – and students to complete a program without falling into the FAFSA underwent some major changes this year. financial hardship. The FAFSA was previously available to students starting January 1st, with a priority deadline of February 15th, Through our financial aid counseling, the low-income and tax information could be used from the prior year. students we serve in schools are awarded, on average, The federal government acknowledged that this wasn’t $70,000 in financial aid over four years of college. the most effective way to develop student aid packages, But students cannot receive these funds without first and decided to open the FAFSA earlier, starting on Postsecondary programs are expensive, completing the vital - and complicated - task of submitting October 1st. Students and their families are now also the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). allowed to use prior-prior year tax returns, to facilitate As the name suggests, the FAFSA is a free form that, if earlier completion. and the cost can make it challenging, correctly completed and submitted, unlocks the door to Once the FAFSA is completed, and students have federal, state and institutional student financial aid that received their award letters, College Now advisors or even impossible, for some students does not need to be repaid upon graduation. In addition help them make the best financial decision for their to this “free money,” the FAFSA is used to determine postsecondary paths. Advisors are specially trained to subsidized and unsubsidized loan eligibility and loan help students evaluate financial aid packages, which to complete a program without falling amounts that do have to be repaid. Last year, 7,000 includes analyzing current student financial obligations FAFSAs were submitted by students across all of College and anticipating future financial situations. . Now’s program sites. into financial hardship College Now is committed to ensuring that Recently, Cleveland was one of 22 cities nationwide to students are equipped to make the best financial receive a grant from the Kresge Foundation, administered decisions possible, given their individual goals and by the National College Access Network, to increase financial situations, so they can cross the completion the FAFSA completion rate for students in the Cleveland finish line without breaking the bank.

Crossing the 8 Finish Line FINANCIALCollege Now Greater Cleveland 9 2016-2017 Annual Report AID CLEVELAND FOUNDATION COLLEGE NOW SCHOLARS PROGRAM BOOSTS FINANCIAL AID AWARDS AND SELECTIVITY OF SCHOOLS FOR CMSD’S HIGHEST ACHIEVERS ACADEMICS or students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School the program’s specialized advising, students are matched District (CMSD), high academic marks in high school with schools that can support them not only academically, Fmay not be enough to secure a spot in the freshman but can offer stronger financial aid packages and provide class of some of the most academically competitive more individualized attention to help acclimate students colleges and universities in the country. Although to campus. Often, these are smaller schools that have high-achieving, these students do not always have the more resources to provide to students individually than knowledge of or resources to find, visit and apply to those campuses that cater to a much larger student body. top tier schools, resulting in a trend of under-matching, As part of the Cleveland Foundation College Now which is when academically-qualified students attend Scholars Program, students have the opportunity to a college or university that is less selective than their participate in a number of guided college tours as rising academic abilities. seniors throughout their final year in high school. In During the 2011-2012 school year, College Now and recent years, Scholars have visited schools in Washington, the Cleveland Foundation developed the Cleveland D.C., Baltimore, , Pittsburgh, Ann Arbor and Foundation College Now Scholars Program, which Chicago, and have enrolled in highly selective schools COLLEGE NOW AND GEAR UP BRING RENEWED FOCUS TO specifically targets the highest-achieving students in the throughout the country, including Barnard College, Bates CMSD to expose them to and match them with highly College, Case Western Reserve University, Carnegie STUDENT SUCCESS AND COMPLETION IN PARMA selective schools with the academic, financial and social Mellon University, Cleveland State University’s Honors resources to help them be successful and earn their Program, Columbia University, Harvard University, Howard degrees. University, New York University, The Ohio State University, n 2014, the State of Ohio was awarded a seven-year and college exploration. Participating students also have Skidmore College and the University of Pennsylvania. Selected students must have a 3.3 weighted GPA GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for the opportunity to visit additional college campuses and and at least a 25 composite ACT score to participate, and Since inception, over 250 Cleveland Foundation College IUndergraduate Programs) Ohio grant, to be administered apply for an additional GEAR UP-specific scholarship. they benefit from working with a dedicated College Now Now Scholars have received nearly $6.5 million in financial by the Ohio Board of Regents, the Ohio Department GEAR UP allows College Now to reach Parma students aid. Enrollment and persistence numbers have been advisor, Martha Basile. During the 2015-2016 school year, of Education and College Now. The highly competitive in all three Parma middle schools, focusing on seventh impressive for the Scholars – 98 percent of students in 52 students participated in the program. The average grant, targeting at-risk students in four Ohio school grade students in order to support the middle school the class of 2016 enrolled in college for the 2016-2017 ACT score for Scholars in this most recent cohort was districts, allowed us to forge a partnership with the Parma to college and career pipeline. Seventh grade students school year, and 92 percent of students from the class of a 26, and their average GPA was 4.17 (weighted). City School District. Parma, an inner-ring suburb, has participate in activities around early career and college 2015 persisted from their freshmen to sophomore year The individualized advising students receive from demonstrated a high need for the services provided by awareness, giving them a leg up when they transition of school. The first cohort of students, the class of 2012, Ms. Basile helps ensure that their application choices are GEAR UP Ohio – according to the 2015-2016 Ohio School into high school. Moreover, as students get closer to are currently achieving an 80 percent persistence rate. being made based on their academic prowess, as well Report Card for the Parma City School District, only high school, College Now hosts eighth and ninth grade The selectivity of the schools in which these students are as their specific personal situations. Ms. Basile coaches 64 percent of the district’s 2013 graduating class entered orientations to help students with the critical transition enrolling and persisting has also increased – 98 percent students through applications and essay writing, evaluates college within two years of graduation. GEAR UP Ohio is to high school. of enrolling students from the class of 2016 enrolled at an working to improve that rate by providing the community financial aid awards and advocates on their behalf for Knowing that parents are pivotal to the success of institution rated “Competitive” or higher by Barron’s, with comprehensive, holistic and research-driven programs more aid, if necessary. students’ pathways to postsecondary studies, GEAR UP as compared to 80 percent of enrolling students among to prepare low-income and minority students for higher Ohio also works to engage families. Parents of students The majority of the low-income students in the Cleveland the class of 2012. Giving high-performing students access education. Foundation College Now Scholars Program are first- to schools with the right academic, financial and social in grades seven through twelve have opportunities each generation college students who need deeper academic supports to help them succeed puts them on the right Over 4,000 students in Parma Senior High, Valley Forge academic year to learn more about the postsecondary and social supports when they enroll in college. Through track to crossing the finish line to college completion. High School and Normandy High School have been education system, college readiness and the college served through individual one-on-one advising sessions enrollment process. Our advisors also work closely since GEAR UP Ohio’s work began. During the sessions, with school district staff to build a career and college students receive college and success advising covering readiness culture in the district’s high schools. This culture topics such as career exploration, completing college has already begun to evolve and will continue to do so Since inception, over 250 Cleveland and scholarship applications and financial aid counseling. throughout the tenure of the grant. The goal is to ensure GEAR UP Ohio advisors also partner with Cuyahoga all aspects of the program are sustainable by year seven, Community College (Tri-C) to offer two weeks of intensive leaving a legacy of equitable college access, which in Foundation College Now Scholars have programming on Tri-C’s Western Campus for rising turn leads to increased college enrollment, persistence received nearly $6.5 million in financial aid. twelfth graders that focuses on essay writing, ACT prep and graduation.

Crossing the 10 Finish Line College Now Greater Cleveland 11 2016-2017 Annual Report COLLEGE NOW DONORS

This list reflects gifts, payments and multi-year pledges from Janary 1 - December 31, 2016. We have made every effort to ensure the completeness and accuracy of this report. If an error or omission has occurred, please accept our sincere apologies.

$1,000,000 and above Business of Good Foundation George M. & Pamela S. The Edward A. & Catherine L. AmeriCorps Ohio Margaret Cargill Foundation Humphrey Fund Lozick Foundation The Cleveland Foundation Eaton Corporation Information Security Summit Toby and Melanie T. Maloney Ohio Department of Education Martha Holden Jennings Patricia M., Jaclyn and William C. Meier Foundation Foundation Kathryn Inglis The Murch Foundation $500,000-$999,999 JPMorgan Chase Foundation Margaret A. Kennedy and Nissan of North Olmsted Jimmy and April Malone Robert Paul Elizabeth Riczko Cuyahoga County Maltz Museum of Jewish The Lincoln Electric Co. The Sears-Swetland Foundation The John Huntington Fund Heritage The Lubrizol Corporation The Sherwick Fund for Education Elizabeth Ring & William The Meisel Family Foundation Joseph D. and Catherine Ohio Department of Gwinn Mather Fund The MetroHealth Medical Sullivan Higher Education David & Inez Myers Foundation System TEGNA Foundation Ohio College Access Network Estate of Dorris C. Michalske Vocon Design, Inc. $250,000-$499,999 One Candle Foundation NOIA Foundation Anna L. Zverina City of Cleveland The Perkins Charitable Parker Hannifin Corporation The George Gund Foundation Foundation Preformed Line Products Co. $2,500-$4,999 KeyBank L to R: College Now Board Chair, Alan Kopit; College Now CEO, Lee Friedman; Katrina Evans, EVP and Director of PwC RPM International Inc. Richard and Sherry R. Aronson The Nordson Corporation Peter K. Ranney Robert J. and Cynthia Schneider Bicknell Fund Corporate Center, Key Corp and College Now Board Member; Invest in Success Honoree, Margot James Copeland; Foundation The Sherwin-Williams Kent H. Smith Charitable Trust Blue Chip Consulting Leah Hudnall, College Now Scholarship Recipient; Eric Gordon, CEO, Cleveland Metropolitan School District Swagelok Company Corporation The Swamy Family Foundation Stephen W. Boesel U.S. Department of Education The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Union Club Foundation Glenn and Jeanette Foundation Milton A. & Roslyn Z. Wolf Grasselli Brown $100,000-$249,999 COLLEGE NOW HONORS MARGOT JAMES COPELAND Third Federal Savings & Loan Family Foundation Buckley King LPA Jack W. & Shirley Berger The Treu-Mart Fund Dan and Ellen Zelman Harry and *Marjorie Carlson Endowment Fund of the U.S. Department of Housing Change for Charity AT FOURTH ANNUAL INVEST IN SUCCESS EVENT Jewish Federation of and Urban Development $5,000-$9,999 Cleveland State University Cleveland The George Garretson Wade Anonymous Corporate Charters The Fred A. Lennon Charitable Trust #2 Apple America Group Theresa M. Desmone n Tuesday, October 4, 2016, College Now hosted Ms. Copeland shared deeply personal, poignant examples Charitable Trust Westfield Insurance Foundation Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan DeWine Family Foundation, Inc. its fourth Invest in Success event, an annual from her childhood with the more than 150 Invest in Pipefitters Local 120 The Thomas H. White & Aronoff LLP DiGeronimo Aggregates, LLC opportunity during which College Now recognizes Success attendees to underscore why she holds the United Way of Greater Foundation Karen J. Carcione Christine & Guido DiGeronimo O Cleveland Cargill Incorporated Foundation and acknowledges the impact of an individual on the mission of educational attainment in such high regard. Jane D. White Fund No. 2 $10,000-$24,999 Centric Consulting, LLC Robert and Jennifer organization and the community. This year, College The efforts of both Ms. Copeland and the KeyBank The Abington Foundation DiGeronimo Now honored Margot James Copeland, Chair and Foundation as an institution – in education, neighborhood $50,000-$99,999 Akron Community Foundation Colleen M. Craven Shonda Draughn CEO, KeyBank Foundation and Executive Vice President prosperity, workforce development and community ACE Mentor Program Anonymous Deloitte J.D. Ellis Ministries of Cleveland ArcelorMittal Fortney & Weygandt, Inc. and Director of Philanthropy and Civic Engagement at service – have been instrumental and transformational, not Dominion Foundation KeyBank, for her commitment to education and her Anonymous City of Barberton Katinka Domotorffy and Harry K. Fox & Emma R. Fox only for College Now but also for the Greater Cleveland Barberton Community Christopher and Tina Benavides Mark Beeler Charitable Foundation long-standing support of College Now. Along with community. Recent examples of this impactful support Foundation M.E. & F.J. Callahan Foundation Downtown Cleveland Alliance Joyce Glickman Ms. Copeland’s individual dedication to educational include the KeyBank Foundation Scholars Program Richard and Doreen Cahoon Capital One FirstEnergy Foundation Guinto Schirack attainment, College Now also recognized the deep at Cleveland State University (CSU), where a series of Cliffs Natural Resources Cavaliers Youth Fund FirstMerit Bank Engineering, LLC commitment of KeyBank and the KeyBank Foundation initiatives have been designed to increase the on-time Char and Chuck Fowler Family William and Cathleen Forest City Enterprises Haskell Fund to ensuring educational opportunities for youth in Foundation Christopher The Ginn Foundation Shane Hollett completion rates of CMSD graduates attending CSU. GAR Foundation Foundation John L. and Virginia Keiser Northeast Ohio. Robert and JoAnn Glick Likewise, the KeyBank Foundation has awarded a grant Medical Mutual of Ohio Cleveland Public Library David B. Goldston and Kinzua Environmental, Inc. Held this year at the new Cleveland School of the Arts, to Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) to enhance and National College Access Cleveland Rotary Foundation Bonnie Borman Charles and Joyce Kullik Invest in Success featured remarks from College Now expand the school’s public safety education and training Network The George W. Codrington Grant Thornton LLP The Laub Foundation PNC Charitable Foundation Lucky Shoes CEO Lee Friedman, Cleveland Metropolitan School District programs, as well as provide scholarship opportunities. Howard Hanna Saint Luke’s Foundation The Community Foundation Hyatt Legal Plans, Inc. Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & (CMSD) CEO Eric Gordon and College Now scholarship Previous Invest in Success honorees include Patrick S. of Cleveland of Lorain County Insurance Industry Charitable Manos Co., LPA recipient Leah Hudnall, all of whom celebrated Ms. Mullin, Retired Managing Partner, Deloitte, and former Fred E. Scholl Charitable Harry Coulby Fund No. 2 Foundation Marketplace Events Copeland’s achievements. Beth Mooney, Chairman and Board Chair of our organization; Jeanette Grasselli Brown, Foundation Judith and Thomas J. Embrescia Kiwanis Foundation of Medic Management Group Chief Executive Officer of KeyCorp, and Katrina Evans, Retired Scientist, Standard Oil Company, and former Board Lauren Rich Fine and Gary Cleveland, Inc. Megan L. Mehalko $25,000-$49,999 Giller John G. and Karen R. Nestor Executive Vice President and Director of Corporate Center member; and Paul Clark, Regional President, PNC Bank. Laborers’ International Anonymous Ty and Stephanie Forstner Union of North America, Norhio Plumbing, Inc. for KeyCorp, also attended, and Ms. Evans provided Thank you, Ms. Copeland, for all that you do for College Arconic Foundation Fortney Foundation Local No. 894 Northeast Ohio Fulfillment additional remarks that spoke to Ms. Copeland’s impact Now and education in Northeast Ohio! The Eva L. and Joseph M. The Giant Eagle Foundation Toby Lewis Center on both KeyBank and the community. Bruening Foundation The Higley Fund Gilbert and Carol Lowenthal Oswald Companies

* deceased Crossing the 12 Finish Line College Now Greater Cleveland 13 2016-2017 Annual Report Our Lady of the Wayside Cleveland Hillel Foundation Bobby R. Larkin, Sr. Charitable Combined Federal Campaign George Wenz Robert S. and Sylvia Reitman Elizabeth and Brody Day Tom E. and Betsy Leib Parkway Pharmacy Richard J. and Michelle B. Association, Inc. Cuyahoga Community College Dickson L. and Ann Whitney Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Paul J. and Lisa DeFilippis Earl M. Leiken James Peelman Creger Littler Mendelson P.C. Dennis M. Daar Vicki Widmor Todd Runyon Jose Delgado Marcia Levine Cheri M. Phyfer Robert R. and Gay C. Cull McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Manohar L. and Chandra K. John H. and Jacqueline F. James and Judith Saks Cynthia Deliz Stephen and Lillian Levine Julie A. and Peter Raskind Family Foundation Liffman Co., L.P.A. Daga Woods Salini Impregilo Healy Samuel D. Delzoppo Lincoln Financial Group The Ratner Miller Shafran J. Patrick Cunningham McKinsey & Co. Mark and Fran Doris Mark A. Worford George F. Schaefer Gary S. and Andrea Desberg Foundation Foundation William W. Cushwa Bradley Mendelson Dworken & Bernstein YWCA of Greater Cleveland Donald and Toni Scherzer Lee DiGeronimo Kimberly Littell Charles and Sally Inglis Rich Steven Kutnick and Jacquelyn Dale A. and Carol J. Miller Terri B. Eason Denise Zeman John D. and Barbara Schubert Michael and Robyn Doris Lawrence A. Mack Roetzel & Andress F. Derrow John C. Morley Charles and Kirsten M. Thomas Zlatoper Mitchell C. Shaheen Diane Downing and Tom Philip Madden Mark Ross Katrina Evans and Ken Birch Patrick S. and Amy Mullin Ellenbogen Rob and Nancy Stall Corrigan Dawn Magnasco Traci and Scot Rourke Fedeli Family Charitable John P. Murphy Foundation Catherine Fishbach $250-$499 Jill Stanley Ed Duncan Joseph Malone Scholnick Family Foundation Foundation Evelyn B. Newell Fount, LLC Elizabeth Allen Howard A. and Terri Steindler Letcher C. Eley, II Joseph Mannino Lawrence M. and Sally Z. Sears Thomas J. and Barbara A. Gerald F. and Evelyn Newman David C. and Claudia Fulton Anchor Manufacturing Elaine Straub ERC Richard T. and Polly A. Squire Patton Boggs Ferkovic Ohio Concrete Resurfacing, Inc. Jose and John George Group, Inc Julie A. and George M. Szeltner Richard and Cynthia Marie Marabito Tucker Ellis LLP Scott Fine Ohio CAT Jim R. and Laura Geuther Martha Basile U.S. Bancorp Foundation Fairman Rachael Martinez-Finn Universal Windows Allen H. Ford Rosemary Palmer and Paul E. Joseph A. and Christine Deborah C. Beckwith Verizon Foundation Barry Feldman Stacey Marx Jeffrey M. and Hallie Lee A. Friedman and Joe Gogol Schroeder Douglas Glick Michael Bohinc Walthall, Drake & Wallace, LLP Bill and Carol Foley Margaret Mathna Wasserman James and Carol Garanich Robert D. and Trisha Pavey John and Sharon Hosek Charles P. and Julia Bolton Stacy and Sam Watts Allen Foster Anthony C. May The S. K. 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Jewell Mark Phillips and Lita Gonzalez WJW Fox 8 Cleveland Linda Ross Galewood George and Margaret Anne Deborah Kamat Gregory E. and Margaret Q. WKYC Donald J. and Kathleen Mary Maloney Cannon Teresa Kammerman Prevette Timothy and Sandy Wuliger Rynbrandt Garry W. and Jane A. Marquiss Frank Carrino Carl and Carol Keske Robert Prevette Aaron Saltzman Lauren H. and John Mastracco CCAP Enterprises Brett Ketvertis Progressive Corporation $500-$999 Stacey Schroeder Bridget M. McFadden Barbara Chambers Gary and Janet V. Klie Wanda Ramsey Thomas W. and Joann Adler Michele Scott Taylor and Jeff J. and Rhonda McKissick Richard and Joanne Clark Bret Kopf Linda Rice Jennifer L. and Mark J. Altstadt Douglas Taylor Lorraine Miller Nicholas Cole Michele L. Krantz Sharon E. Richman Rita Andolsen Fareed and Laura Siddiq Marc and Amy Morgenstern Christopher and Michele L. Richard L. Kreske Barbara S. Robinson Anonymous Larry E. and Kathleen T. Smith Warren L. and Betsi Morris Connell Constance Kuehn Walter J. and Janice A. Ric and Kate Asbeck Sports & Scholars NACCO Industries, Inc. Ben and Jolene Cook Chip E. and Amy Kullik Romansky Norman and Deborah Bolden Steve Standley Dale and Barbara Nitzsche Celeste Cosentino Brian Kus Tim and Lisa Rose E.F.Boyd & Son Funeral Home R. Thomas and Margaret Linda and John Olejko Michael A. Costanzo Monica Lacks Beth Rosenberg and Crematory Stanton Michael B. Pasternak Matthew Curry Matthew and Rachel Langlais David and Enid Rosenberg Phil and Carole Cartwright Ingrid Tolentino Scott Peckham Pitt A. and Sally H. Curtiss Jacqueline Lanning Barbara Rosenthal Richard A. and Sheila Chircosta Kittie D. Warshawsky Adrienne Pounds Carrie B. Davis Brian Larson and Laurie Elisa Ross and Timothy Tibbitts Yadira Ramos-Colon Eric O. Davis, Sr. Albright Susan Russell

* deceased Crossing the 14 Finish Line College Now Greater Cleveland 15 2016-2017 Annual Report Joel Saltzman and Shiri Katz Brian and Sherry Buckner-Sallee Laura Llapa Scott Stewart Julie A. Szeltner Tim and Mary Holzheimer Kathryn Samuels Thomas Butchko Jeff and Emily Lockshine Alan and Laura Tartakoff Andrew W. and Leslie Prusinski Gary and Janet V. Klie Dorothy M. Sawyer Justin Byrne Angela Loving-Wiley Christine Taylor Shelby Vest Terry Messer Curtis Scheck Bailey Capelle Nataliya A. and Andrey Lozovyy Michael Taylor Sue Maier Pepco Emma K. Scheer Dwayne Cheeks Patricia E. Mack Charles and Gretchen Tice Gervase and Beverly Rose Kittie D. Warshawsky Kathleen Schroeder Lawrence Chrystal Sue Maier Linda E. Tirk Susan Russell Kenneth and Kristi Horner Katharyn Schwab Cleveland Consignment Shoppe Teresa Mancuso Beth A. Tirpak Salini Impregilo Healy Elizabeth H. Warshawsky Karen A. Seawall and Greg Michael and Bonnie Cole Amanda Maxfield Darlene Toney Gary and Denise Schroeder Warren Michael and Lori Conley Margaret McGrath Patricia Triggs Shyla Yanetta-Terrell Frank and Virginia Siskovic Robert and Donna Simoneau Victor Courtney Richard Medvick United Way of Central Ohio Kathryn Samuels Gregory Stewart Anthony Sinagra Glenda Cox Terry Messer Charles and Adrienne Van Dyke The Superior Group John R. Sinnenberg Marianne Crosley Donald and Sally Messinger Homer A. Virden In Memory Of Barb Smith Roderick and Barbara Dibble Jason Miller Jessica R. Vitale Robert C. Coplan Matching Gift Companies Jean Spinosi-Rond Nancy Dice Shirley A. Mooney Richard and JoAnn Walters Bernard D. and Susan and Organizations Angie Spitalieri Diane Douglas Shanese Moore De’Antae Ware Goodman Erie Insurance Gregory Stewart Charles Downing Daniel Moorhead Roger and Jane Warner Tina Marie Davis GE Lighting Company Dianne Stiver-Lang Vincent and Karen Eckdahl Kirk and Lori Neiswander Marvin and Ieda Warshay Eric O. Davis The John Huntington Fund Howard H. Stoller Walter and Carole Elbrecht Joseph Nero Kathy Washington for Education William Stultz Brooke Emmel Andrew Netzel Charles and Frances Feiner Sue Watkins JPMorgan Chase Foundation Betty Marcus Sunshine Jeffrey and Leah Epstein New Direction Church of Steven Kutnick and Jacquelyn Austin Webb KeyBank The Superior Group Erie Insurance God in Christ F. Derrow Krissie Wells Lincoln Financial Group Lisa Thomas Adrienne Fischer Megan Nier Todd and Shelley F. Rodman CoLean Williams Foundation Hope Threatt R. D. and Sara Follett Nancy Oakley Peter and Robyn F. 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Patrick In Honor Of Betty Jacobs Angie Spitalieri Martha Holden Jennings Mitchell Wasserman to thank the following Emily Grannis Michael Pawelkowski William and Carol Jacobs Laura Vexler Foundation Mary E. Weems Nan Cohen entities for their in-kind Sarah Griffin Susan Perry Neil Kurit Alenka M. Winslett Ceena R. Jewell Frederick E. and Ruthanne Geralyn Presti Norman and Cheryl Gutmacher Alexander Phipps Donna Chernin Kurit donations KeyBank Weinmann April Miller Boise Lute H. and Susan Harmon Cynthia I. Pierce Business of Good Foundation College Now is very Kiwanis Foundation of David and Cindy Werner Jeff and Lisa Willbrand Ralph T. Krogh Jason Harris Donald and Patricia Pilarski Case Western Reserve Cleveland, Inc. Laurel Wilder Walter J. and Janice A. appreciative of those Nancy Hartman David Polk Paul Clark University The Lincoln Electric Co. Jeff and Lisa Willbrand Romansky individuals whose planned Kristene Hawk Dan Polster and Deborah Stephen W. Boesel Chicago Deli Gilbert and Carol Lowenthal Margaret W. Wong gifts will benefit future William Haywood Coleman Mary Lou Nixon Cleveland Browns The Lubrizol Corporation Aimee J. Wright Judith and Thomas J. Embrescia Cynthia Heil Elinor G. Polster Mary C. Warren Cleveland Indians generations of students The Murch Foundation Corie and Travis Wright John P. Murphy Foundation Herbst Electric Co Charlene Porter C and Molly Oommen Deloitte Dorris C. Michalske David & Inez Myers Stephen and Diane Young Roger S. and Sharon K. Vail Betty G. Holdstein Bette Prendergast Ritika Giju EFS Personal Training Foundation Steven and Ellen Young Lee Friedman Kenneth and Kristi Horner Geralyn Presti Forest City College Now is grateful The Perkins Charitable Sydelle Zinn McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Amanda Schroeder Valerie Howard-Overton Andrew W. and Leslie Prusinski Home Depot Foundation Thomas Zung Liffman Co., L.P.A. Karen L. Beckwith to these longstanding Rosanna Hraburky Taryn Rechenbach KeyBank PNC Kandy Hricik Alisa Riccardi Walter and Carole Elbrecht donors whose sustained Dorothy Gilliland Kinetico Incorporated Robert C. and Katharine C. Ruhl $99 and under Nicholas Hunter Christopher Riddle and Lauren John A. Mitchell commitment to Warren Kerrigan Maltz Museum of Jewish Aaron Saltzman William and Carol Jacobs Marchaza Rosemary Palmer and Paul E. educational attainment Julie Allen Athena Guo Heritage The Sherwick Fund Adrienne Allotta Deanna Jarvis Bernadette Robinson Schroeder Gail Arnoff Medical Mutual of Ohio is both inspiring and The Sherwin-Williams Chad V. Johnson Gervase and Beverly Rose Marylyn E. Park Bianca Arendas Microsoft impactful Corporation Courtney Johnson-Benson Rosanne Rosenberger Margaret A. Kennedy Jeanette L. Schroeder Gail Arnoff Moen Inc. Kent H. Smith Charitable Trust Loreal Jones Twyla Sales Donald and Patricia Pilarski Kathleen Schroeder 25+ Years Lauren E. 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Berger Warren Kerrigan Scranton Road Ministries Capital One United Airlines Charitable Foundation 10+ Years Patricia Bishop Manjit S. Khuban Racheal Seibert Sally Inglis Rich Clayton Tripp Dominion Foundation Lisa Black Sandra Kiely Kolb Jon and Barb Shane Charles and Adrienne Van Dyke Frederick E. and Ruthanne Richard M. Donaldson Consecutive Giving Weinmann College Now would like Melvina Blair Sandra M. Kisel Brittany Shatteen Jordon Roth to thank the following Eaton Corporation The Abington Foundation Christiana Blakeslee Judson A. Kline Joanne Siegla Ken and Terri Kraus Bertie Lou Williams FirstEnergy Corporation Thomas W. and Joann Adler Roma Blunt Andrew and Joan E. Kohn Frank and Virginia Siskovic Linda Bodner individuals for their in- David B. Goldston and Bonnie Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan Brian Boyd Beth Korth Katarina Smiley Erin Shank Emily H. Brasfield kind donations Borman & Aronoff LLP Emily H. Brasfield Alice Kostic Maria Spangler ERC Ben and Jolene Cook Suzanne Aral-Boutros The George Gund Foundation Flora Blumenthal Semia Bray Ken and Terri Kraus Stephanie and Jeffrey Spencer Howard Steindler Marion and Gena Faubel Beth Brandon Douglas E. and Judith C. Haas Michael Bohinc Vincent Briley Elroy and Dee Kursh Jonathan Steele Norman and Cheryl Gutmacher Herbst Electric Co Nan Cohen Haskell Fund Norman and Deborah Bolden

* deceased Crossing the 16 Finish Line College Now Greater Cleveland 17 2016-2017 Annual Report Charles P. and Julia Bolton Laborers’ International Union Kent H. Smith Charitable Trust Lauren Rich Fine and Gary Michele Scott Taylor and Cleveland State University Parma City School District Children War Memorial Fund of Glenn and Jeanette Grasselli of North America - Local 894 Squire Patton Boggs Giller Douglas Taylor Columbia Local School District Passages the Cleveland Foundation Brown Tom E. and Betsy Leib Joseph D. and Catherine FirstMerit Bank Lawrence M. and Sally Z. Sears Cuyahoga Community College The Peace Corps Bill Christopher Alcoa The Eva L. and Joseph M. Jimmy and April Malone Sullivan Bill and Carol Foley Fareed and Laura Siddiq Cuyahoga County PNC Fairfax Leadership Scholarship Fund Bruening Foundation Richard D. and Margaret James Szabo Forest City Enterprises Robert and Donna Simoneau Cuyahoga County Public Promise Academy The Christopher Family Charles M. and Susan I. Caito Margolis Howard J. and Sara S. Tucker Harry K. Fox & Emma R. Fox Larry E. and Kathleen T. Smith Library Richmond Heights City Scholarship Fund Cleveland Browns Foundation Materion Corporation Susan M. and Bill Tyler Charitable Foundation Stephanie and Jeffrey Spencer Cuyahoga Valley Career Center School District City of Cleveland Black History Cleveland Indians Medical Mutual of Ohio U.S. Bancorp Foundation Lee A. Friedman and Joe Gogol Jill Stanley Dress for Success Rocky River City School District Scholarship Fund The Community Foundation of Stanley and Barbara Meisel United Way of Greater James and Carol Garanich Sally and Terry Stewart East Cleveland City School Shaker Heights City School City of Cleveland Scholarship Lorain County John C. Morley Cleveland The Ginn Foundation Swagelok Company District District Fund Harry Coulby Fund No. 2 Warren L. and Betsi Morris University Hospitals Health Matthew Glickman and Julie A. and George M. Szeltner Educational Service Center of Solon City School District Cleveland Association of Pitt A. and Sally H. Curtiss Patrick S. and Amy Mullin System Susie Hwang Third Federal Savings & Loan Cuyahoga County South Euclid-Lyndhurst Phi Beta Kappa William W. Cushwa John P. Murphy Foundation Richard and JoAnn Walters Bruce and Deborah Goode Universal Windows Elyria City School District City School District Cleveland Browns Foundation Manohar L. and Chandra K. Dale and Barbara Nitzsche Mary C. Warren Florence S. Goodman Deborah Vesy Esperanza St. Edward High School The Cleveland Foundation Daga The Nordson Corporation Stacy and Sam Watts Grant Thornton, LLP Elizabeth H. Warshawsky Euclid City Schools St. Ignatius High School Cleveland Indians Gary S. and Andrea Desberg Foundation Jane D. White Fund No. 2 Richard and Carol Gross Kittie D. Warshawsky and Federal Bureau of Investigation St. Joseph Academy Cleveland Rotary Foundation Roderick and Barbara Dibble Norhio Plumbing, Inc. Alenka M. Winslett Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP Timothy Tibbitts Firelands Local School District St. Martin de Porres High Cliffs Natural Resources Christine & Guido DiGeronimo Ohio CAT Milton A. & Roslyn Z. Wolf John S. and Elaine M. Marvin and Ieda Warshay Friendly Inn Settlement School Cliffs Natural Resources- Foundation Our Lady of the Wayside Family Foundation Hibshman Jeffrey M. and Hallie Garfield Heights City School Starting Point Breakthrough Schools Lee DiGeronimo Paul H. Pangrace Thomas Zlatoper Charles R. Honton and Wasserman District Summer on the Cuyahoga Scholarship Robert and Jennifer Patricia A. Patrick Margaret Beck George Wenz Greater Cleveland Sports Teach For America Roy and Willie Coleman Dickson L. and Ann Whitney DiGeronimo Pipefitters Local 120 5+ Years of Huntington National Bank Commission Towards Employment Scholarship Fund Peter and Robin F. 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Doll Endowed Wellington Exempted Village William and Carol Jacobs Dorothy M. Sawyer Virginia Benjamin and Philip Lawrence A. Mack Avon Local School District Lorain City School District Scholarship Fund School District JPMorgan Chase Foundation Richard F. and Elizabeth A. Woodcock Mark Magyar Baldwin Wallace University Lorain County Community Deloitte Youth Opportunities Unlimited Margaret A. Kennedy and Schiferl Cynthia Emlen Boncella Toby and Melanie T. Maloney Barberton High School College Eaton Corporation Robert Paul Robert J. and Cynthia Schneider Theodore and Luann Brenner Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Barberton Public Library Lorain County JVS Educators for Fair Consideration Kinzua Environmental, Inc. Fred E. 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Mehalko Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland The MetroHealth Medical Foundation Scholarship Fund of the Richard and Doreen Cahoon Estate of Dorris C. Michalske Breakthrough Charter Schools System Joseph Babin Endowed Cleveland Foundation Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP Lorraine Miller Broadway - Slavic Village P-16 Midview Local School District Scholarship Fund Even Cut Abrasive Company Capital One Kenneth Moore Care Alliance National College Access Michael Baruschke and Denise Charles and Frances Feiner Sunil and Cynthia Chand Kirk and Lori Neiswander Case Western Reserve Network Huck Scholarship Fund Endowed Scholarship Fund Change for Charity John G. and Karen R. Nestor University Neighborhood Leadership Cornelia W. Beardslee Fund of Ferro Foundation Endowed City of Cleveland Gerald F. and Evelyn Newman Center for Arts-Inspired Institute the Cleveland Foundation Scholarship Fund Cleveland Clinic Nissan of North Olmsted Learning Northeast Ohio Council on James C. Beardslee Fund of Robert L. Fortney Endowed Cleveland Public Library Northern Trust Bank The Centers for Families Higher Education the Cleveland Foundation Scholarship Fund Cliffs Natural Resources Oswald Companies and Children Northeast Ohio Regional Jack W. and Shirley Berger General Electric Scholarship Michael and Bonnie Cole Melissa A. Parey Cincinnati Youth Collaborative Sewer District Endowment Fund of the Fund Combined Federal Campaign Paul and Kim Pesses City of Barberton Ohio Association of Student Jewish Federation of Eleanor Gerson Endowed Corporate Charters Sandra Pianalto City of Cleveland Financial Aid Administrators Cleveland Scholarship Fund Michael A. Costanzo James R. Pierce Cleveland Central Catholic Ohio Department of Education George H. Boyd Scholarship of George Gund Foundation Colleen M. Craven Gregory E. and Margaret Q. High School Ohio Department of Higher the Cleveland Foundation Sondra and Stephen Hardis Carrie B. Davis Prevette Cleveland Heights-University Education Britton Endowed Scholarship Endowed Scholarship Elizabeth and Brody Day Robert Prevette Heights School District OhioGuidestone Fund Fund Deloitte PwC Cleveland Hillel Foundation Ohio Means Jobs Jeanette Grasselli Brown Harvard Business School Club Diane Downing and Tom The Ratner Miller Shafran Cleveland International Film The Ohio State University Endowed Scholarship Fund of Northeast Ohio Corrigan Foundation Festival Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Scholarship Fund Robert and Sarah Durham Charles and Sally Inglis Rich Cleveland Metroparks Olmsted Falls City School Foundation Endowed Henkel Consumer Adhesives Judith and Thomas J. Embrescia Todd and Shelley F. Rodman Cleveland Metropolitan District Scholarship Fund Endowed Scholarship Fund Richard and Cynthia Marie Alan and Barbara Rosskamm School District Open Doors Academy Cambodian Scholarship for Hitachi Medical Systems Fairman Steven and Lydia Rzucidlo Cleveland Public Library Padua Franciscan High School Excellence Fund America, Inc.

* deceased Crossing the 18 Finish Line College Now Greater Cleveland 19 2016-2017 Annual Report 20 MENTOR George M. Humphrey Gloria Pointer Scholarship BOARD OF DIRECTORS 66 Scholarship Fund Fund 26 27 Gilbert and Louise Ireland Anita Lois Poole Minority CHAIR COLLEGE NOW LOCATIONS 14 55 58 EUCLID Humphrey Endowed Scholarship Fund 54 Alan S. Kopit, MediLogix LLC 34 12 11 8 44 Scholarship Fund Preformed Line Products Co. 42 CLEVELAND The John Huntington Fund F.M. Pritchard Fund of the TREASURER 47 63 16 45 13 for Education Cleveland Foundation Dick Cahoon, Dealer Tire (ret.) 61 4 60 25 10 3 37 46 18 David S. Inglis Endowed Florence Mackey Pritchard and 38 56 43 57 SECRETARY 41 48 31 Scholarship Fund P.J. Pritchard Scholarship 62 39 69 33 1 35 72 17 7 Mayor Frank G. Jackson Fund of the Cleveland Brent Buckley, Buckley King LPA 30 32 71 51 59 9 68 Scholarship Fund Foundation 21 23 TRUSTEES 64 Charles and Margaret Jones William Roberts Endowed 29 Kristen Baird Adams, PNC LORAIN 53 Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund 6 5 Jennifer Altstadt, Sea-Land Chemical Co. 50 52 Margaret A. Kennedy Endowed Samuel Rosenthal Foundation 65 49 Rita Andolsen, The MetroHealth Medical System 22 Scholarship Fund Endowed Scholarship Fund 17 PARMA KeyBank National Association Robert J. Schneider Endowed Brian Barren, Cleveland Indians 15 Corttrell Kinney Scholarship Scholarship Fund Mary Beth Beck, Ernst & Young Fund Fred E. Scholl Charitable Virginia Benjamin, Calfee Halter & Griswold LLP Kiwanis Scholarship Fund Foundation Suzanne Aral-Boutros, State Farm Insurance STRONGSVILLE KnowledgeWorks Foundation Augie Schroeder Endowed Gabe Bruno, Lincoln Electric 40 Endowed Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund Harry Carlson, Lincoln Electric (ret.) William R. Koehler Scholarship Ratner Miller Shafran Fund Foundation Fiona Chambers, Deloitte Charles E. Kullik Scholarship Shearer’s Foods, Inc. Katinka Domotorffy, Community Leader 70 Fund Sherwin-Williams Company Diane Downing, Huntington National Bank Laborers’ International Union Shiksha Daan Scholarship Fund Ward Dumm, Swagelok 28 of North America, Local Sisters of Charity Healthcare Judith Embrescia, Community Leader No. 894 Foundation Scholarship Fund Trina Evans, KeyBank CUYAHOGA Marcia LaRiche Endowed Kent H. Smith Charitable Trust Lauren Rich Fine, Gries Financial Scholarship Fund Joi Renee Smith Scholarship MEDINA FALLS David Fulton, Hartland Bobby R. Larkin, Sr. Charitable Fund 36 24 Association, Inc. Endowed Sally Stewart Scholarship Fund James Garanich, FirstEnergy Scholarship Fund Stocker Foundation Endowed James R. Geuther, Community Leader AKRON 2 67 Leadership Cleveland Endowed Scholarship Fund Joe Glick, Deutsche Bank BARBERTON Scholarship Fund Ralph P. Stoddard Memorial David Goldston, Jo-Ann Stores, LLC Fred A. Lennon Charitable Trust Fund of the Cleveland Richard (Rick) Gross, Grant Thornton, LLP Sue L. Little Fund of the Foundation Patricia Inglis, San Francisco Forty Niners 1 Avon High School 26 50 Olmsted Falls High School Cleveland Foundation Swagelok Advantage Kathleen Kennedy, Nordson Corporation 2 Barberton Public Library 27 51 PACT Elizabeth T. Lohmiller Fund of Scholarship Fund the Cleveland Foundation Swaminathan and Garg Margaret Kennedy, Benesch, Friedlander, 3 Bay High School 28 Highland High School 52 Padua High School Theresa Mae MacNab Fund of Foundation Scholarship Coplan & Aronoff LLP (ret.) 4 Beachwood High School 29 Holy Name High School 53 Parma Senior High School/Shiloh the Cleveland Foundation Fund William Koehler, Team NEO 5 Bedford High School 30 James Ford Rhodes High School Middle School The Jimmy Malone Scholarship Swamy Family Scholarship Fund Jimmy Malone, WMJI (Clear Channel) 6 Berea – Midpark High School 31 Jane Addams – Business Careers Academy 54 Patrick Henry Middle School Fund Teamsters Truck Drivers Union Megan Mehalko, Benesch, Friedlander, 7 Charles Eliot Middle School 32 John Adams High School 55 Richmond Heights High School Maltz Museum of Jewish Local 407 Coplan & Aronoff LLP 8 Charles F. Brush High School 33 John F. Kennedy High School 56 Rocky River High School Heritage University Hospitals Endowed Russ Mitchell, WKYC 9 Clearview High School 34 John Hay High School – All Schools 57 Shaker Heights High School Materion Corporation Scholarship Fund Cleveland Central Catholic High School John Marshall High School Shaw High School Elizabeth Ring & William George Garretson Wade Joseph Morford, Tucker Ellis LLP 10 35 58 Gwinn Mather Endowed Charitable Trust #2 Patrick S. Mullin, Deloitte (ret.) 11 Cleveland Heights High School 36 Kenmore High School 59 Scholarship Fund Ella M. Walz Memorial Fund Raju Patel, Bank of America 12 Cleveland School of the Arts 37 Lakewood High School 60 St. Edward High School Meisel Family Scholarship Fund of the Cleveland Foundation Cheri Phyfer, The Sherwin-Williams Company 13 College Now Resource Center 38 Lincoln West High School 61 St. Ignatius High School The Bernie Moreno Company Waxman Family Scholarship Sandra Pianalto, Federal Reserve Bank 14 Collinwood High School 39 Lorain High School 62 St. Joseph Academy Drive to Succeed Scholarship Fund of Cleveland (ret.) 15 Columbia High School 40 Lorain JVS High School 63 St. Martin de Porres High School Fund William M. Weiss Endowed Julie Adler Raskind, Community Leader 16 Design Lab Early College 41 Magnificat High School 64 Trinity High School David A. and Florence F. Moritz Scholarship Fund Sean Richardson, Huntington National Bank 17 Eagle Academy 42 Martin Luther King – Health Careers 65 /Greenbriar Endowed Scholarship Fund Jane D. White Fund No. 2 Max S. 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