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 thropy, continually ranking among the most charitable cities sta of the Cleveland Foundation, the world’s rst community C I 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 nonprots 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 identication with place prompts a desire to give Cleveland’s nonprots 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 nonprots, their mis- In recognition of all our donors and the nonprot grantees sions, structure, leadership and successes. we have supported over the decades, we have supplemented the For nonprots, 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-prot advertisers, throughout our 100th year. we were able to oer nonprots deeply discounted space. We took Additionally, we have made a series of signicant, forward-look- care of the layout, printing and postage. In the end, participating ing grants, most recently to revitalize communal spaces, including nonprots 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 nonprots play in North- tion, you have the freedom to support any tax-qualied 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 nonprots. cares about charitable giving in our community. JOHN CAMPANELLI RONN RICHARD Publisher President & CEO, Crain’s Cleveland Business Cleveland Foundation Crain’s Cleveland Business 10 2014 Giving Guide 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. GIVING continued on page 54 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 dierent 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.