Philanthropic Archives
Philanthropic Archives
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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The Philanthropic Archives provides two critical services:
• Preserves the evidence of philanthropic activities in Northeast Ohio by organizing and providing access to valuable operating records, allowing for efficient and informed management of the philanthropies.
• The records allow the study of resource allocation decisions by the donor agencies for both current grant-making and historical analysis.
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. The philanthropic archives provides the information necessary for determining the most effective strategies and endeavors, which in turn help to inform future grant requests and decisions. This documentation becomes an invaluable social legacy for the region.
Browse Collections
Below are some of the organizations that have donated to the Philanthropic Archive
| 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
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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 |
Philanthropic Archives Exhibits
The Philanthropic Archives is part of the WRHS Heritage Management| Corporate and Philanthropic Archives Program.