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Making a fully tax-deductible donation to SYC is an excellent way to support Cleveland’s students.
With Say Yes Cleveland, your donation truly matters
Why Donate?
With the support of philanthropy, business, families, and individuals, Cleveland met the first scholarship fundraising goal to become the fourth chapter of Say Yes to Education.
You can help ensure the continued success of this program by making a fully tax-deductible donation. Your support will help create a better future for current and future CMSD students and families.
Our Say Yes Cleveland Support Services Fund provides support to CMSD students in grades PreK–12 who face stumbling blocks on the path to graduation. The fund is used to provide a range of support services to students and families facing difficulties.
Our Say Yes Cleveland Scholarship Fund provides gap-funding tuition scholarships to every eligible CMSD student pursuing post-secondary education or career program.
How to donate.
Online donations to Say Yes Cleveland are accepted through the The Cleveland Foundation’s Giving site.
Donor Partners
Say Yes Cleveland is grateful to have received the following contributions and pledges to our scholarship fund:
$10,000,000+
Cleveland Foundation
KeyBank Foundation
The George Gund Foundation
$1,000,000 – $9,999,999
Agnes Gund
Anonymous (3)
Cleveland Clinic
Eaton
Geoffrey and Sarah Gund
Gordon and Llura Gund
Graham and Ann Gund
Haslam 3 Foundation
James and Angela Hambrick Foundation
Mayor Frank Jackson, City of Cleveland, and Cleveland City Council
Medical Mutual
Sandstorm – William E. Conway and Family, The Covia Foundation, The Daryl and Jenniffer Deckard Family, The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation
The Lubrizol Foundation
The McHale Family Foundation
The Thomas H. White Foundation, a KeyBank Trust
Third Federal Foundation
$500,000 – $999,999
Beth Mooney
Dominion Energy
The Dolan Family
The Oatey Foundation
$250,000 – $499,999
Albert and Audrey Ratner
Anonymous
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Metropolitan School District
College Now Greater Cleveland
Huntington
The Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
$100,000 – $249,999
College Club of Cleveland Foundation
The Treu-Mart Fund, a Supporting Organization of the Cleveland Foundation and the Jewish Federation of Cleveland
$5,000 – $99,999
Ann K. Mullin and Douglas C. Vanneste
Beth and Clay Rankin
Charles and Martha Rini
David Abbott and Jan Roller
Dawn and Eric Gordon
Helen Williams and Jay Westbrook
In Memory of Sidney and Vera Arlen
Inajo and John Chappell
Lee Friedman and Joseph Gogol
Margot Copeland and Tony Thomas
Significant leadership contributions or pledges have also been received from:
Amy and Marc Morgenstern
Bank of America
Brenda and David Goldberg Philanthropic Fund
Cleveland Board of Education Members
Edith Hirsch
Forest City Realty Trust
Jeffrey Grover and Family
John J. and Frances E. Dwyer Fund – In Honor of Anne Bingham
Kaye and Phil Ridolfi
Megan and Pete Granson
Minute Men/The Lucarelli Family
OMNOVA Solutions Foundation
Parker-Hannifin Foundation
PNC
Ronn and Bess Richard
The Sherwin-Williams Company
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VOICES FROM THE COMMUNITY
"How our children go is how our cities will go. If you're not coming at this from an equity point of view, then we just have to consider it from a practical point of view. Sixty-five percent of all jobs require some kind of postsecondary education. So if we all don't really take responsibility for educating all of our young people and providing them with the opportunities that they deserve we will not have a workforce. Eighty percent of our kids go to colleges in Ohio and in the surrounding states, and they are very likely to stay here. So you're investing in kids who are getting educated here, they are hopefully getting internships here, and they are ultimately making a future right here in Northeast Ohio. So there are very practical reasons for investing in Say Yes Cleveland, and they all have to do with one thing: the future of our youth and the future of our region."
Program Director for Education, The Cleveland Foundation
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