Philanthropy Front and Center-Cleveland

Watch This! How to Score a Foundation Site Visit Touchdown

Have you ever gone out of bounds during a site visit? Been blindsided by a question you didn’t want to answer? We captured a Q&A session on video from a recent event aimed at helping nonprofits get their game plans together, and we invite you to watch! 

David Holmes moderates a discussion with Timothy McCue of the William J. and Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation, LaTida Smith of The Saint Luke’s Foundation, Deborah Vesy of The Deaconess Community Foundation, and Cecilia H. Render of The Nordson Corporation Foundation.

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Other Foundation Center videos can be found in our Multimedia Archive.

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Listen! Denise Zeman Discusses Grantmaking in the New Economy

Denise San Antonio Zeman, President and CEO of the Saint Luke's Foundation discusses the economic recovery, grantmaking, and the nonprofit landscape. Listen>>

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Funders Speak: Valerie Raines, KeyBank Foundation

This edition of our ongoing podcast series features Valerie Raines, Vice President for Corporate Philanthropy and Senior Program Officer at KeyBank Foundation. Valerie shares information about the impact of the economy on KeyBank's giving.

      

      

(Running time 6 minutes, 15 seconds)

Listen to our other podcasts here.

Funders Speak: Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland

Foundation president Susanna H. Krey says,"The impact on our endowment is a deferred problem, a problem waiting to happen. Our 2009 budget is just as strong as our 2008 budget. We are staying the course for 2009, but putting a plan in place the changing environment around us." Listen and learn more about how the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland is responding to the economic downturn. 

      

(Running time 6 minutes, 36 seconds)

Listen to our other podcasts:
Joel Ratner, Raymond John Wean Foundation
Hedy Milgrom, Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland
Cristin Slesh, Foundation Management Services
Michael Parks and Barbra Stonerock, The Dayton Foundation

Funders Speak: Joel Ratner, Raymond John Wean Foundation

"We're invested in a process of community change in the Mahoning Valley," says Joel Ratner, president of the Raymond John Wean Foundation, "and we are trying to do things as much the same as possible."  Listen and find out how the foundation is responding to the economic downturn.

      

(Running Time: 4 minutes, 5 seconds)

Listen to our other Funders Speak podcasts here.

Funders Speak: Hedy Milgrom, Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland

Our latest edition features Hedy Milgrom, Assistant Vice President and Director of Endowments & Foundations, Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, who provides an introduction to the Federation's grantmaking program (40+ supporting foundations and some 1,000 donor-advised and special purpose funds) while discussing how the foundations are reacting to the economy. 

      

(Running Time: 12 minutes, 16 seconds)

Listen to our other editions:
Cristin Slesh, Foundation Management Services
Michael Parks and Barbra Stonerock, The Dayton Foundation

Funders Speak: Michael Parks and Barbra Stonerock, The Dayton Foundation

Our second edition of Giving Voice features an interview with Michael Parks, president, and Barbra Stonerock, director of community relations, The Dayton Foundation. Giving Voice premiered here on 2/20/09 and features foundation leaders discussing how they are responding to the economic crisis. Listen!

      

(Running time: 5 minutes, 58 seconds)

Funders Speak: Cristin Slesh, Foundation Management Services

Our new podcast series features foundation leaders discussing their response to the economic crisis. The Foundation Center is pleased to join with Ohio Grantmakers Forum in this effort and to present the first one featuring Cristin Slesh, president, Foundation Management Services (FMS). FMS provides program support to seven private foundations:

• The Abington Foundation   
• The Althans Foundation   
• Eva L. and Joseph M. Bruening Foundation   
• The Ellie Fund   
• The McGregor Foundation   
• Thomas H. White Foundation   
• Woodruff Foundation   

Cristin discusses how her foundation clients' grantmaking is being affected by the current economic situation and offers some advice for her colleagues and partners.

(Total running time: 5 minutes, 20 seconds)