Second, the George Gund Foundation:
Foundation Awards $5.9 Million in July
CLEVELAND OH - Efforts to increase access to health care for Ohio residents, focus on issues affecting the state’s largest school districts and educate the public about environmental concerns received funding from The George Gund Foundation this month.
Trustees made 92 grants and one program-related investment totaling $5,931,306 to a wide range of education, human service, environment, arts and economic and community development organizations at the second quarterly meeting of 2007.
The Foundation continued its support for the Columbus-based Health Policy Institute of Ohio, which conducts policy analysis and research on health care issues and trends affecting the state’s residents, with a two-year $225,000 grant.
CATALYST: Cleveland, an independent newsmagazine that has reported on school improvement efforts in Cleveland since 1999, will use a two-year $350,000 grant to expand its focus to other urban districts in the state. The expanded publication will be known as CATALYST: Ohio.
Earthwatch Ohio, a free bimonthly newspaper reporting on environmental issues, received a two-year $50,000 grant.
The Foundation also made a $500,000 program-related investment as a loan to Neighborhood Progress Inc. for redevelopment of the former St. Luke Hospital site.
Other grants of interest included:
• $50,000 to the United Labor Agency for Ohio Youth Voices, a program to involve young people in development of state polices that affect their lives.
• $60,000 over two years to the Ohio Association of Childcare Agencies, Inc. to develop outcome measures for residential child welfare programs in Ohio.
• $50,000 to Karamu House for the 2007-2008 theater season.
• $15,000 to the Burning River Foundation for Burning River Fest 2007.
• $25,000 to the Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio for strategic planning.
The George Gund Foundation was established in 1952 by George Gund, former chairman of the Cleveland Trust Company. The Foundation funds programs that enhance our understanding of the physical and social environment in which we live and increase our ability to cope with its changing requirements. Grants are made quarterly in the areas of education, human services, economic and community development, environment and arts. Foundation commitments to date have totaled almost $493 million.
For further information contact:
Deena M. Epstein (216)241.3114
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