The Cleveland Foundation partners with donors to improve the lives of residents in Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties, now and for generations to come.
The Cleveland Foundation is made up of more than 800 funds representing individuals, families, organizations and corporations.
[2] The foundation was established in 1914 by Frederick Harris Goff, a well-known lawyer and banker at the Cleveland Trust Company,[3] who sought to eliminate the "dead hand" of organized philanthropy,[4] where charitable dollars were trapped in outdated, irrevocable wills.
Steven A. Minter, who had served as the commissioner of public welfare for the State of Massachusetts and first under secretary of the US Department of Education, was CEO from 1984 to 2003.
[6][7] Ronald B. Richard, with experience in the U.S. Foreign Service, the CIA, and the private sector, led the foundation from 2003–2023.