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Philanthropy and philanthropic endeavors have long term repercussions for a region in addition to the immediate impact created by funding a program, person, or groups.

Resource allocators and social planners need to know whether strategies were successful or not for both the recipient and for the philanthropic organization. This documentation becomes an invaluable social legacy for the region.

The Philanthropic Archives collects and makes available for research material that documents the history of philanthropy and charity in Northeast Ohio. It houses manuscript collections consisting of individual and family papers, oral histories, and the institutional records of foundations and nonprofit organizations. These materials include grant files and board minutes, administrative and financial records, correspondence, photographs, publications, and audio and video tapes.

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Donors

AHS Foundation
Air Foundation
Bascom Little Fund
Bingham Associates Fund
The Brush Foundation
Children’s Aid Society
Cleveland Clearing House Association
Cleveland Development Foundation
Cleveland Families Oral History Project
Cleveland Foundation
Cleveland Friends of Music
Cleveland Women’s City Club Foundation
Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation
Center for Community Solutions
Foundation Center-Cleveland
Gay Educational Awareness Resources (GEAR) Foundation
George Gund Foundation
George S. Dively Foundation
Grantmakers Forum
Greater Cleveland Growth Association
Greater Cleveland Community Shares
Gustavus Adolphus Aid Society
Health Fund of Greater Cleveland
Hungarian Ladies Charity Club
John P. Murphy Foundation
Katherine and Lee Chilcote Foundation
Kulas Foundation
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
The Mukti Fund
Nord Family Foundation
Nordson Foundation
Ohio Council of Fund Raising Executives
Payne Fund, Inc.
Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation
Saint Luke’s Foundation
The Sihler Mental Health Foundation
Thomas H. White Foundation
TRW Foundation
United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland
United Way Services of Greater Cleveland
William Bingham Foundation
Women’s City Club of Cleveland
Women’s Community Foundation
Woodruff Foundation

Western Reserve Historical Society is the oldest cultural institution in Northeast Ohio, the region's largest American history research center, and one of the leading genealogical research centers in the nation.

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