| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Cleveland Foundation Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1955-1999 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Foundation was the first community trust established in the United States. It was organized in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1914 by Frederick J. Goff and the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Trust Company. It has provided funds for educational and artistic development and for humanitarian purposes such as housing and aid to children and the handicapped. The collection consists of grant files, both accepted and declined, which include agreements, award letters, brochures, budgets, correspondence, evaluations, financial statements, forms, memoranda, newsletters, notes, press releases, programs, proposals, and reports. All photographs and audio/visual media have been retained in their respective grant files. The Cleveland Foundation Assistance to Other Foundations series contains much the same document types as the grant files. Other document types contained in the collection include annual reports, articles, budgets, correspondence, declaration of trusts, forms, indexes, lists, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, notes, and reports. The dates of the grant files and assistance to other files series are not necessarily a date range of what is in the file, but are the dates given as the grant periods on the paperwork contained in the files. | | | | Call #: | MS 5237 | | | | Extent: | 365.80 linear feet (383 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cleveland Foundation | Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Economic development -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Human services -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | University Circle (Cleveland, Ohio)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation Records
| | | | Creator: | Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1987-1999 | | | | Abstract: | The Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation was established in 1987 in Cleveland, Ohio, through the estate donations of Joseph M. Bruening and his wife Eva L. Bruening. It is an independent foundation which provides grants to agencies in the greater Cleveland, Ohio, area. The foundation's focus areas are education and social services, with an emphasis on care for the elderly, disabled, and disadvantaged. Proposals funded include those in the fields of early childhood education, primary and secondary education, higher education, domestic violence and child abuse prevention, human services, and children and youth services. Special consideration is given to Roman Catholic organizations and institutions that provide these types of programs and services. Joseph M. Bruening founded the Ohio Ball Bearing Company in Cleveland in 1923, later known as Bearings Inc. The collection consists of agendas, budgets, correspondence, financial statements, grant proposals, memoranda with attachments, minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, press releases, publications, reports, and trust disbursement authorizations. | | | | Call #: | MS 4846 | | | | Extent: | 4.20 linear feet (5 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bruening, Joseph M. | Bruening, Eva L. | Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Catholic Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3 | Title: | Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | The Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1992-2006 | | | | Abstract: | The Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation was established in 1987 in Cleveland, Ohio, through the estate donations of Joseph M. Bruening and his wife Eva L. Bruening. It is an independent foundation which provides grants to agencies in the greater Cleveland, Ohio, area. The foundation's focus areas are education and social services, with an emphasis on care for the elderly, disabled, and disadvantaged. Proposals funded include those in the fields of early childhood education, primary and secondary education, higher education, domestic violence and child abuse prevention, human services, and children and youth services. Special consideration is given to Roman Catholic organizations and institutions that provide these types of programs and services. Joseph M. Bruening founded the Ohio Ball Bearing Company in Cleveland in 1923, later known as Bearings Inc. The collection consists of applications, budgets, correspondence, grant proposals (including: audit reports, budgets, correspondence, fact sheets, financial statements, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, reports, rosters, summaries, and testimonial letters), invoices, memoranda, photographs, reports, rosters, and workshop packets. | | | | Call #: | MS 5089 | | | | Extent: | 20.00 linear feet (22 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Bruening, Joseph M. | Bruening, Eva L. | Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation. | Catholic Church -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Nursing home care -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Family violence -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Prevention -- Charities. | Child abuse -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Prevention -- Charities. | Youth -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | People with social disabilities -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Homeless persons -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Mentally ill -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. | Hunger -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 5 | Title: | George Gund Foundation Records, Series IV
| | | | Creator: | George Gund Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1974-2012 | | | | Abstract: | The George Gund Foundation is a charitable foundation established by Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and philanthropist George Gund. It supports education and various projects of community organizations located primarily in northeastern Ohio, but also in Ohio and the United States. Of particular interest to the Foundation are new teaching methods and education for disadvantaged people. The arts, civic affairs, economic development, the environment, and human services are also priorities of the Foundation. Abortion rights, women's issues, handgun control, homelessness, equal housing, museum development, retinitis pigmentosa research, AIDS public policy and education, community gardening, historic preservation, population control, family planning, and nuclear weapons control are also areas supported by the Foundation. The collection consists primarily of grant files. These grant files include audited financial statements, brochures, correspondence, proposals, newspaper clippings, reports, publications, and other material submitted as attachments to proposals and reports. The collection also includes studies, receipts, minutes, notes, agendas, charters, and evaluations. | | | | Call #: | MS 5296 | | | | Extent: | 70.80 linear feet (75 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Environmental protection -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 6 | Title: | George Gund Foundation Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | George Gund Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1984-2008 | | | | Abstract: | The George Gund Foundation is a charitable foundation established by Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and philanthropist George Gund. It supports education and various projects of community organizations located primarily in northeastern Ohio, but also in Ohio and the United States. Of particular interest to the Foundation are new teaching methods and education for disadvantaged people. The arts, civic affairs, economic development, the environment, and human services are also priorities of the Foundation. Abortion rights, women's issues, handgun control, homelessness, equal housing, museum development, retinitis pigmentosa research, AIDS public policy and education, community gardening, historic preservation, population control, family planning, and nuclear weapons control are also areas supported by the Foundation. The collection consists of grant files, including agendas, annual reports, architectural drawings, budgets, compact discs, correspondence, financial statements, grant proposals, lists, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, posters, press releases, publications, reports, and slides generated by the grant recipients and grant proposal forms and notes generated by the George Gund Foundation. | | | | Call #: | MS 5038 | | | | Extent: | 139.40 linear feet (140 containers) | | | | Subjects: | George Gund Foundation. | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Environmental protection -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work with youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | AIDS (Disease) -- Research. | Birth control.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 7 | Title: | George Gund Foundation Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | George Gund Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1966-1998 | | | | Abstract: | The George Gund Foundation is a charitable foundation established by Cleveland, Ohio, businessman and philanthropist George Gund. It supports education and various projects of community organizations located primarily in northeastern Ohio, but also in Ohio and the United States. Of particular interest to the Foundation are new teaching methods and education for disadvantaged people. The arts, civic affairs, economic development, the environment, and human services are also priorities of the Foundation. Abortion rights, women's issues, handgun control, homelessness, equal housing, museum development, retinitis pigmentosa research, AIDS public policy and education, community gardening, historic preservation, population control, family planning, and nuclear weapons control are also areas supported by the Foundation. The collection consists of grant files, which include architectural drawings, budgets, correspondence, financial statements, grant proposals, lists, newspaper clippings, one audio cassette tape, photographs, posters, press releases, publications, reports, and slides generated by the grant recipients and grant proposal forms and notes generated by The George Gund Foundation. The collection also contains limited administrative records of The George Gund Foundation, including correspondence, lists, publications, and reports related to grant recipients and a joint project with the Cleveland Public Schools based upon the effective schools model of school-based educational reform entitled Project Perform. | | | | Call #: | MS 4821 | | | | Extent: | 140.44 linear feet (141 containers and 4 oversize folders) | | | | Subjects: | George Gund Foundation. | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Environmental protection -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Social work with youth -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Pro-choice movement. | Women's rights. | AIDS (Disease) -- Research. | Discrimination in housing -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Retinitis pigmentosa. | Birth control. | Nuclear arms control. | Economic development.
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