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…s remaining term as mayor. Running as an independent Democrat, in four successive mayoral elections he would flatten his opponents, including former safety director Eliot Ness. His administration instituted a large capital-improvement program, including a lakefront airport later named in his honor, the first downtown airport in the country. In 1954, Burke had a brief stay in Washington, appointed to fill the term of the late U.S. Senator Robert…
…rvices 1988 Boy Scouts of America, Northeast Ohio Council General support $500 Social Services 1988 Boys and Girls Clubs of Cleveland General support $897 Social Services 1988 Buckeye Area Development Corporation Apartment improvement program $22,500 Civic Affairs 1988 Capital University Scholarships $3,979 Education 1988 Case Alumni Association Special Honorary Scholarshps** $5,000 Education 1988 Case Alumni Association Special Honorary…
…y and advise other urban communities interested in replicating the Cleveland model. The Cleveland Foundation granted $1 million toward the start-up of the first three Evergreen Cooperatives. These seed monies, along with the promised procurement contracts, helped to leverage an additional $35 million in venture and operating capital from a variety of sources, including grants from local and national foundations, long-term, low-interest federal…
…(DCP), comprised of a cross-section of downtown business interests, had recently been established, and the Cleveland Foundation provided a $250,000 grant that allowed DCP to study the feasibility of innovative redevelopment projects that might not otherwise be considered by small property owners. In 2001, the foundation contributed $1 million to establish a second catalytic fund at DCP. Providing low-interest loans to property owners willing to…
…he sport with her interest in children. She became the executive director of The First Tee of Cleveland, a nonprofit organization with a novel mission: to positively impact the lives of young people from greater Cleveland by providing educational programs that build character, instill life-enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf. During her six-year tenure with The First Tee, she oversaw the opening of the…
…formed in 1989 to promote the health, educational and social benefits of rowing, needed to find a permanent headquarters on the Cuyahoga River for its 800 members and the urban schoolchildren it mentored. A vacant commercial site with 1,100 feet of riverfront and two buildings seemed ideal, but the $3.5 million price tag for the seven-acre property was daunting. CRF sought assistance from the Cleveland Foundation, which recognized the challenge…
…port, TPL opened a Cleveland field office in 1997, facilitating its efforts to connect Cleveland residents to Lake Erie, the Cuyahoga River and the national park. TPL-Cleveland subsequently acquired land for the Lake Link Trail connecting the river valley to Cleveland’s near west side and purchased property needed to extend the Towpath Trail through Cleveland’s industrial Flats. In 2006, the foundation made a $1 million program-related…
…iversity and Case, and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Yale. Lindseth first worked at CEI in 1924 as a summer intern, beginning full-time employment as a junior tester in 1926. A year later he became a production engineer, the first of many promotions. He was named CEI’s president in 1945 and board chairman in 1960, then chairman of the executive committee from 1967 until his retirement in 1974. Lindseth worked…
…s of two foundation CEOs: The People’s Entrepreneur: Homer C. Wadsworth, Director of the Cleveland Foundation 1974 to 1983 and A Foundation for Growth: The Dramatic Work of Steven A. Minter and the Cleveland Foundation. This site, which provides an overview of the foundation’s 100-year-old partnership with Greater Cleveland, is intended to be a living document. If you have collaborated with, or been touched by, the Cleveland Foundation, we would…