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A blog that spotlights grantmakers, their grants, and the work of the Foundation Center in Northeast Ohio and beyond.
Philanthropy Chat Cleveland
Deborah Hoover Discusses the Economic Downturn, Entrepreneurship, and Foundation Giving for Economic Development (11:31) 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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Spotlight on Economic Development Grantmaking in Ohio
In 2005, 64 foundations gave $24.6 million in economic development grants to Ohio recipients, according to Spotlight on Economic Development Grantmaking in Ohio. This report includes statistical charts and data tables drawn from the Foundation Center’s annual grants sample, lists of top grantmakers and recipients, and profiles of two unique Ohio grantmakers, the Fund for Our Economic Future and the Generation Foundation.