Cleveland Foundation's Parting Gift: Day of Family Fun

Bob Eckardt, Executive Vice President of The Cleveland Foundation and Jim McIntyre, Host of The 11th Hour

The Cleveland Foundation is ending its centennial year celebration in a big way.

All year long, the nation's first community foundation has been offering Northeast Ohioans monthly gifts to help celebrate its founding in 1914, and the final gift includes a day of family fun throughout six counties in Northeast Ohio.

Executive Vice President Bob Eckardt explains why the Cleveland Foundation has been so generous, partnering with more than 2 dozen agencies to provide expense-free benefits to more than 170,000 people in 2014.

Giving Public Square a $30 Million Dollar Facelift

Jeremy Paris and Bob Eckardt/Photo credit: Jim McIntyre

The effort to remake Public Square is being supported in a big way by the Cleveland Foundation, which is celebrating its centennial year by giving gifts back to the community.  The July gift: an $8 million grant for the Public Square project.  Shortly after the Cleveland Foundation announced its gift, the Gund Foundation pitched in $5 million more.

Bob Eckardt, Executive Vice President of the Cleveland Foundation explains why the project is so important.  Jeremy Paris, Executive Director of the Group Plan Commission, which has been charged with renewing public spaces downtown joins Bob in this interview.

Cleveland Foundation Celebrates Centennial With Gifts

   

 The Cleveland Foundation is celebrating its centennial year not by receiving gifts for its 100th birthday, but by giving away "Cleveland Foundation Day" gifts to the community.

The Cleveland Foundation was the first and remains one of the largest community foundations, distributing $1.7 billion over the years. Executive Vice President Bob Eckardt explains in this interview that different gifts will be given away each month this year, beginning with free rides on all RTA buses and trains on Thursday, January 16.