Crain's Giving Guide 2014

Giving Guide 2014 When it comes to generosity Cleveland: the Home and Heart Northeast Ohio ranks high of Community Philanthropy leveland continues to outpunch its weight class in philan- am honored to speak in this space on behalf of the board and C thropy, continually ranking among the most charitable cities I sta of the Cleveland Foundation, the world’s rst community when lists are released every year. Forget our sports teams, our foundation. We take pride in that distinction less for what it says winning streak with charitable giving rolls on. about our organization than for what it implies about the creativity We’ve earned a reputation as a generous region — and we keep and humanity of Clevelanders past and present. living up to it. In this, the foundation’s centennial year, we are keenly aware of We also have some of the best nonpro ts around, and that’s not the legacy of giving that donors from all walks of life have sustained just an opinion. in collaboration with us. People here have a very strong sense of Charity Navigator ranks charities every year based on two place; from lifelong residents to recent arrivals, we all feel the mag- dozen metrics, including eciency, expenses, CEO compensa- netic pull and the ghting spirit of a community that never quits. tion, transparency and accounting practices. As a group, Greater Oen, this close identi cation with place prompts a desire to give Cleveland’s nonpro ts rank No. 3 among the top 30 metro areas back. At the Cleveland Foundation, we never forget the role our in America. generous donors play in improving life for their fellow citizens, in- So not only do the people of Northeast Ohio dig deep, the re- cluding future generations they will never know. cipients of their generosity honor them with well-run operations. We have an exceptional donor partner in the organization highlight- e Crain’s Cleveland Business Giving Guide acts as a high- ed in this publication: the Cleveland Cavaliers. e Cavaliers Youth octane fuel for this already impressive engine. Fund is a Cleveland Foundation fund that supports programming for is annual special supplement accomplishes two important goals: children, families and young adults in education, health, recreation, For donors, the guide is a year-round reference manual, allow- employment, entrepreneurship and life skills. We are proud to be as- ing philanthropists of all wallet thicknesses to lean back, put up sociated with this fund and the team that established it. their feet and read more about our region’s nonpro ts, their mis- In recognition of all our donors and the nonpro t grantees sions, structure, leadership and successes. we have supported over the decades, we have supplemented the For nonpro ts, the guide is a showcase, allowing them to share the foundation’s regular grantmaking by giving our community free wonderful work they are doing with the contributions they receive. access to some of its most treasured public assets each month Because of the support of this publication’s for-pro t advertisers, throughout our 100th year. we were able to oer nonpro ts deeply discounted space. We took Additionally, we have made a series of signi cant, forward-look- care of the layout, printing and postage. In the end, participating ing grants, most recently to revitalize communal spaces, including nonpro ts were able to get their messages in front of our excellent Public Square. We can think of no better way to honor our past — and generous — audience for literally a few pennies a pop. than to position Cleveland for a dynamic future. ank you to our advertisers for making it possible. (I also need If you would like to learn how you can partner with the Cleve- to add that Crain’s Cleveland Business contributed the equivalent land Foundation, I invite you to turn to the article in which Kaye of more than $150,000 in advertising and marketing eorts to Ridol , our senior vice president for advancement, answers some make the 2014 Giving Guide possible.) frequently asked questions. As Kaye explains, through the founda- We realize the crucial role our region’s nonpro ts play in North- tion, you have the freedom to support any tax-quali ed charitable east Ohio, not just to the business and economic climate but to organization you favor. the health, culture, well-being and quality of life of everyone in In closing, I want to salute Crain’s Cleveland Business, a valued Greater Cleveland. media partner of the Cleveland Foundation, for compiling this in- Crain’s Cleveland Business is honored to be able to provide an- formative guide. It is a tremendous public service to everyone who other resource to local donors and nonpro ts. cares about charitable giving in our community.

JOHN CAMPANELLI RONN RICHARD Publisher President & CEO, Crain’s Cleveland Business Cleveland Foundation

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ILLUSTRATION BY JOHN ROMAN 100 YEARS OF GIVING By TIMOTHY MAGAW t age 16, around 1872, Katherine Bohm immigrated to the United States, and like thousands of other Germans, she and her mother settled in Cleveland. e smoky A city was on the heels of the Industrial Revolution, and thousands of immigrants were pouring into the region. By virtue of their own determination, Katherine and her mother found work as a cook and a laundress in the homes of some of the city’s most prominent industrialists. One of those industrialists, Samuel Mather, was neighbors with Frederick H. Go — a trusted local attorney and banker who had the courage and foresight to launch the Cleveland Foundation, the nation’s rst community foundation, in 1914.

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Crain’s Cleveland Business 52 2014 Giving Guide GIVING continued from page 52 “The best region’s pressing issues, including housing, health care and, of course, education. He Go ’s radical vision was to pool the encouraged the board to approve large- charitable resources of Cleveland’s philan- foundations scale commitments to move the needle thropists to create a permanent endow- are a product in those areas, and worked to ensure the ment for the betterment of the commu- nity. Inspired by Go ’s work, Bohm, who of vision foundation remained nimble enough to died nearly blind and with one leg, le al- respond to the city’s challenges. most her entire life savings — $6,454, to be and daring “ese issues don’t go away. ey take exact — to the foundation. leadership.” new forms, and people have a di erent A modest amount, sure, compared to take on them, but they’re enduring issues,” the millions of dollars others have le the ELEANOR SACKS Minter said. foundation. e circumstances surround- Well-known researcher Looking forward ing Bohm’s gi were no doubt unique, but of community foundations While the Cleveland Foundation has her intentions were not. Countless others and visiting scholar taken an opportunity to celebrate its cen- have also entrusted the Cleveland Founda- at Indiana University’s Lilly Family tennial, its work hasn’t stopped. tion to put their dollars to work to improve School of Philanthropy the quality of life in Cleveland — a city e foundation operates much in the rich with history and ripe with promise. same way it did in those early days. It con- Foundation aims to change trajectories tinues to dole out history-making grants, Cleveland Foundation president and CEO and to put new ideas on the table to solve but perhaps more importantly, it now Ronald B. Richard likes to say if he had a some of the city’s pressing issues. serves as a convener and wingman in vir- magnet that could suck up all of the impor- tually all of the transformative work occur- tant work the foundation has done over the “A community foundation allows donors last 100 years, there wouldn’t be much le. of all sizes to work together on a commu- ring in Cleveland. at work includes the e foundation has played an integral role nity they care about,” Eckardt said. “It’s not rebirth of the city’s public schools and the — also an understated one — in the evolu- just the vision of one person like a Ford or continued integration of University Circle tion of Cleveland and many of the important a Rockefeller. In a way that’s almost easier, and its surrounding neighborhoods. but we represent the broader community, institutions that call the city home. “We’ve been asked to ll these leadership and we need to build consensus. In that voids or nancial or scal voids more and e foundation, for instance, has played sense, we can have an even bigger impact.” a key role in the evolution of some Cleve- more and more, and our leadership has land’s hallmark institutions, including While the Cleveland Foundation is on become just as important as our grant dol- Cuyahoga Community College, the Cleve- solid footing today, at one point, it was a lars,” Richard said. land Orchestra, the Free Medical Clinic very real possibility that it may have to close its doors. About 15 years aer its found- at leadership role is just one of the rea- of Greater Cleveland, PlayhouseSquare, sons why the Cleveland Foundation and the Cleveland Metroparks, the city’s pub- ing, the nancial collapse of the late 1920s soured what small endowment the founda- its sta are looked at as thought leaders lic schools and countless others. Still, the in the community foundation space. Sure, foundation isn’t interested in a victory lap. tion had built. However, in 1931, a $3 mil- lion bequest from Harry Coulby — known the foundation is oen heralded as the na- Indeed, the Cleveland Foundation, as the Czar of the Great Lakes — cushioned tion’s rst. However, it’s commitment to whose assets now exceed $2 billion, con- the blow of the Great Depression. In fact, it taking bold stands on controversial issues tinues to turn passion into purpose. propelled the foundation into the ranks of has cemented its place in history. “If we can’t do 10 times more in the sec- the country’s ve largest community trusts. “e best foundations are a product of ond century than we did in the rst, there’s But while gis like Coulby’s are what en- vision and daring leadership,” said Eleanor something wrong with us,” Richard said. able the foundation to do the groundbreak- Sacks, a well-known researcher of com- munity foundations and visiting scholar at An enduring legacy ing work for which it’s known, community leaders chalk up the foundation’s enduring Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of By their very nature, community foun- legacy to its strong leadership over the last Philanthropy. “e Cleveland Foundation dations are challenging enterprises. Go ’s 100 years. ey, of course, point to the foun- has been a leader in daring to think big loy aspirations exceeded the foundation’s dation’s board, its current CEO in Ronn things for Cleveland when Cleveland was grasp, and in many ways, that still rings Richard, but also Steven Minter, who joined really down in the dumps.” true today, according to Robert E. Eckardt, the foundation in 1974 and served as its chief a 32-year veteran of the foundation and When asked what advice she would give executive from 1984 until retiring in 2003. its current executive vice president. Aer the Cleveland Foundation on its next 100 all, community foundations are designed Minter was known for deepening the years, Sacks said, “Just keep doing what to think big. Eckardt said the Cleveland foundation’s involvement in some of the you’re doing.”

(As published in a June 8, 2014, supplement to Crain’s Cleveland Business.)

Crain’s Cleveland Business 54 2014 Giving Guide Largest Grantmaking Foundations RANKED BY AMOUNT OF 2013 GRANTS

NAME 2013 YEAR ADDRESS 2013 LARGEST/ FOUNDED/ PHONE/WEBSITE GRANTS ASSETS SMALLEST TOTAL RANK TOP EXECUTIVE/TITLE (millions) (millions) GRANT STAFF LARGEST GRANTS

Cleveland Foundation Musical Arts Association, 1422 Euclid Ave., Suite 1300, Cleveland 44115 2013: $88.9 $10,000,000 1914 Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, $2,132.8 1 (216) 861-3810/www.clevelandfoundation.org 2012: $91.6 $49 77 Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Ronald B. Richard, President, CEO College Now Greater Cleveland

The George Gund Foundation Gordon Square Arts District, The Cleveland 45 Prospect Ave. West, Suite 1845, Cleveland 44115 2013: $24.8 $3,750,000 1952 Foundation, The Foundation Fighting $529.5 2 (216) 241-3114/www.gundfoundation.org 2012: $25.6 $2,000 12 Blindness, Trust for Public Land, David T. Abbott, Executive Director The Musical Arts Association

KeyBank Foundation Cleveland Zoological Society, JumpStart Inc., 800 Superior Ave., Cleveland 44114 2013: $12.0 $750,000 1969 Ohio State University Foundation, St. Vincent $40.5 3 (216) 828-7397/www.key.com/foundation 2012: $12.8 $500 5 Charity Medical Center, Syracuse University, Margot James Copeland, Chair United Way of Greater Cleveland

Saint Luke’s Foundation of Cleveland Cleveland Neighborhood Progress Inc., 11327 Shaker Boulevard, Suite 600W, Cleveland 44104 2013: $11.3 $1,000,000 1997 MetroHealth System, Case Western Reserve $181.8 4 (216) 431-8010/www.saintlukesfoundation.org 2012: $10.8 $1,000 9 University School of Dental Medicine, Anne C. Goodman, President, CEO Friends of Breakthrough Schools

Eaton Charitable Fund United Way of Greater Cleveland, 1000 Eaton Blvd., Cleveland 44122 2013: $9.3 $645,455 1953 Cleveland Museum of Art, $2.2 5 (440) 523-5000/www.eaton.com 2012: $8.7 $250 2 National Merit Scholarship Foundation, William B. Doggett, Sr. Vice President, Public and Community Affairs American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund

Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation Case Western Reserve University, 30195 Chagrin Blvd., Suite 275, Cleveland 44124 2013: $7.9 $1,000,000 1955 Cleveland Museum of Art, $157.4 6 (216) 591-9111/www.kesmithfoundation.org 2012: $7.2 $6,000 2 Fund For Our Economic Future, Ellen Stirn Mavec, Chairman, President Musical Arts Association

The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), 10 W. Streetsboro St., Suite 200, Hudson 44236 2013: $7.3 $5,500,000 2001 Active Minds Inc., Crisis Intervention $89.2 7 (330) 655-1366/www.mcmfdn.org 2012: $2.2 $500 3 & Recovery Center, MetroHealth System, Rick Kellar, President Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health

Akron Community Foundation Akron Art Museum, City of Akron Neighborhood 345 W. Cedar St., Akron 44307 2013: $7.2 $246,200 1955 Partnership, Akron Metropolitan Housing $185.4 8 (330) 376-8522/www.akroncf.org 2012: $7.2 $50 15 Early Learning Project, Boys and Girls Club John T. Petures Jr., President, CEO of the Western Reserve

GAR Foundation Akron Public Schools, BVU: The Center 277 E. Mill St., Akron 44308-1735 2013: $6.9 1967 for Nonprofit Excellence, United Way NA NA 9 (330) 576-2926/www.garfoundation.org 2012: $5.3 NA of Summit County, Greenleaf Family Center, Christine Amer Mayer, President Summit Education Initiative

Stark Community Foundation John H. and Evelyn L. Ashton Preservation 400 Market Ave. N., Suite 200, Canton 44702 2013: $6.6 $350,000 1963 Association Inc., Stark Education Partnership, $215.2 10 (330) 454-3426/www.starkcf.org 2012: $6.8 $100 11 United Way of Greater Stark County, Mark J. Samolczyk, President Arts@inStark, The Wilderness Center

Nordson Corporation Foundation Second Harvest Foodbank of North Central 28601 Clemens Road, Westlake 44145 2013: $6.4 $500,000 1988 Ohio, Boys & Girls Club of Trenton, $23.7 11 (440) 892-1580/www.nordson.com 2012: $4.0 $2,000 5 CollegeNow, Friends of Breakthrough Cecilia H. Render, Executive Director Schools, Vocational Guidance Services

Parker Hannifin Foundation United Way, Village at Marymount, 1953 6035 Parkland Blvd., Cleveland 44124 2013: $6.4 $0.0 $500,000 Cleveland State University-Allen 12 (216) 896-3000/www.parker.com 2012: $4.9 $1,000 1 Theater project, Cleveland YMCA, Don Washkewicz, President, Trustee Ursuline College

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