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Video
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Coffee and Conversation with a Grantmaker: Carrie Carpenter and Brittany O'Connor, Charter One Bank
Cleveland, OH
September 12, 2008
Carrie Carpenter, vice president of public affairs, and Brittany O’Connor, manager of community affairs, join Cynthia Bailie, director of the Foundation Center-Cleveland, to discuss the charitable giving and community involvement of Charter One Bank.
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Coffee and Conversation with a Grantmaker: Stephen Brick, the Joyce Foundation
Cleveland, OH
June 20, 2008
Stephen Brick of the Joyce Foundation discusses the foundation's work in protecting the Great Lakes through support for clean energy, combating global warming, and advocating investment in Great Lakes restoration.
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Coffee and Conversation with a Grantmaker: Richard Stuebi, The Cleveland Foundation
Cleveland, OH
June 6, 2008
In this edition of the Coffee and Conversation with a Grantmaker series of programs, Richard Stuebi, BP Fellow for Energy and Environmental Advancement at the Cleveland Foundation, discusses how the foundation supports advanced energy and the environment in Greater Cleveland.
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Coffee and Conversation With a Grantmaker: Jennifer Thomas, Civic Innovation Lab
Cleveland, OH
May 30, 2008
In this edition of the Coffee and Conversation with a Grantmaker series of programs, Jennifer Thomas, director of the Civic Innovation Lab, discusses how the lab supports and funds social enterprise in Greater Cleveland.
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Coffee and Conversation With a Grantmaker: Kathleen Hallissey, The Cleveland Foundation
Cleveland, OH
April 18, 2008
In this edition of the Coffee and Conversation with a Grantmaker series of programs, Kathleen Hallissey, director of community responsive grantmaking at the Cleveland Foundation, discusses the foundation’s interests, practices, and priorities for community support.
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Audio
Philanthropy Chat Cleveland: Clifford Cooper Explores the Impact of the Economy on the Work of Faith-Based Organizations
Cleveland, OH
November 18, 2008
Clifford Cooper, principal of Cooper and Associates, shares insights from his more than twenty years of experience working to advance the community programs of faith-based organizations. He discusses how the faith community is fairing in the current economy, providing social services to the most vulnerable among us, and shares advice and inspiration for staying focused in tough times.
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Philanthropy Chat Cleveland: Nonprofit Survival in Uncertain Times
Cleveland, OH
November 4, 2008
Michael Seltzer, educator, writer, and consultant on philanthropic matters, discusses how today's economic downturn compares to others he has weathered during his forty year nonprofit career while sharing advice for strengthening funding relationships and finding a silver lining in the current economic storm.
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Philanthropy Chat Cleveland: Deborah Hoover Discusses the Economic Downturn, Entrepreneurship, and Foundation Giving for Economic Development
Cleveland, OH
October 29, 2008
Cynthia Bailie interviews Deborah Hoover of the Burton D. Morgan Foundation about the foundation's mission to support the free enterprise system through philanthropic investments in entrepreneurship. Ms Hoover shares information about how this type of giving is contributing to a renewed economy in Northeast Ohio while pointing to support of entrepreneurship as one way that foundations might participate directly in an economic turnaround.
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Philanthropy Chat Cleveland: J. T. Mullen Discusses Foundation Investment and Spending in Times of Financial Turmoil
Cleveland, OH
October 10, 2008
Cynthia Bailie interviews J.T. Mullen of The Cleveland Foundation about the current financial crisis and The Cleveland Foundation's investment strategy and spending policies, offering some information and advice for weathering the current financial storm.
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Philanthropy Chat Cleveland: Deena Epstein Shares Insights into Arts and Culture Grantmaking at the George Gund Foundation
Cleveland, OH
October 10, 2008
Deena Epstein, senior program officer for arts at the George Gund Foundation, discusses current priorities and practices in arts grantmaking at the Gund Foundation including tips for first-time applicants, trends that nonprofits should be aware of, and how funding decisions get made at the board level.
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Philanthropy Chat Cleveland: Kathleen Cerveny Discusses How The Cleveland Foundation Advances Arts and Culture in Northeast Ohio
Cleveland, OH
October 3, 2008
Cynthia Bailie interviews Kathleen Cerveny of The Cleveland Foundation about her role at the foundation in developing and directing the foundation's special initiatives and programs and the trends she is seeing in arts philanthropy.
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Transcripts
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Going Green: Chronicle of Philanthropy Online Discussion
July 1, 2008
Cynthia Bailie, director of the Foundation Center's Cleveland Office and Special Online Initiatives, and other guests address questions about steps nonprofit organizations can take to become more environmentally friendly and to raise funds for these initiatives. Ms. Bailie is joined by consultant Sarah S. Brophy, co-author of the book The Green Museum: A Primer on Environmental Practice, and Kimberly Austin of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, which recently launched its Grants to Green program to provide environmentally focused knowledge and financing to nonprofit groups in metro Atlanta.
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Webinars
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Foundation Giving Trends: Focus on the Environment and Animals
Cleveland, OH
June 2, 2008
Learn about foundation giving for the environment and animals in this recording of a webinar conducted as part of the Foundation Center's 2008 Special Funding for the Environment Month.
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Spotlight on Economic Development Grantmaking in Ohio
Cleveland, OH
March 14, 2008
A panel of Ohio grantmakers discusses findings from the Foundation Center's report, Spotlight on Economic Development Grantmaking in Ohio, in a webinar that was recorded in March 2008. Watch the webinar recording to learn more about how foundation grants support economic development in Ohio and hear from grantmakers about how they determine where to place those dollars.
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