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A Life Shaped by Water—and a Legacy at Cleveland State University

May 27, 2026

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When Rameer arrived at Cleveland State University, he quickly realized that opportunity isn’t something to take lightly—it’s something you...

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GIFTS OF $100,000 OR MORE

  • Bernie Moreno Companies
  • Cleveland Foundation
  • Deckard Family Fund of the Cleveland Foundation
  • The George Gund Foundation
  • KeyBank Foundation
  • Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation
  • David and Inez Myers Foundation
  • Parker Hannifin Foundation
  • PNC

GIFTS OF $50,000-$99,999

  • The Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association
  • The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation
  • Fairmount Santrol
  • Fenn Educational Fund at the Cleveland Foundation
  • General Electric Company
  • The Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
  • Jewish Federation of Cleveland
  • Lincoln Electric
  • Lubrizol
  • PPG Industries
  • Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.
  • The Unger Foundation

GIFTS OF $25,000-$49,999

  • Aradhana Committee
  • The Robert F. Busbey Charitable Foundation
  • Cleveland Clinic
  • Eaton
  • GE Foundation
  • The William R. Hill Charitable Fund
  • Kulas Foundation
  • Lenovo, Inc.
  • Manta Test Systems Inc.
  • The MetroHealth System
  • John P. Murphy Foundation
  • Saint Luke's Foundation
  • Thompson Hine LLP
  • Tucker Ellis LLP

GIFTS OF $10,000-$24,999

  • Arkinetics Inc.
  • The Charles M. & Helen M. Brown Memorial Foundation
  • Cleveland Cavaliers
  • Cleveland Indians
  • Cleveland Neighborhood Progress
  • The Cliffs Foundation
  • Cohen & Company
  • DAPCEL Inc.
  • Deloitte Foundation
  • Destination Cleveland
  • The Richard Eaton Foundation
  • The Enterline Foundation
  • Enviro Systems, Inc.
  • Forest City Realty Trust
  • Jones Day
  • The Fred A. Lennon Charitable Trust
  • McCarthy Lebit Crystal & Liffman Co. LPA
  • Medical Mutual of Ohio
  • Meisel Family Foundation
  • Nordson Corporation
  • Nurenberg Paris Heller & McCarthy Co. L.P.A.
  • Ohio Department of Public Safety
  • Oswald Companies
  • Rascal House USA
  • Reinberger Foundation
  • Sisters of Charity Foundation
  • The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation
  • Technology Concepts & Design, Inc.
  • Thogus
  • University Hospitals
  • Woodruff Foundation

GIFTS OF $5,000-$9,999

  • American Campus Communities
  • BakerHostetler
  • Boyd Watterson Asset Management
  • Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
  • Cleveland Thermal, LLC
  • Collins & Scanlon LLP
  • Conway Family Foundation
  • Crawford Capital Company
  • Cuyahoga Community College
  • Deloitte & Touche LLP
  • Porter Wright LLP
  • Fifth Third Bancorp
  • FirstEnergy
  • Frantz Ward LLP
  • Huntington Bank
  • Institute of International Education
  • International Container Systems, LLC
  • Jackson Lewis P.C.
  • Karpinski Engineering
  • MAI Capital Management LLC
  • Marian Mitchell Special Needs Trust
  • Burton D. Morgan Foundation
  • Multiplast Systems, Inc.
  • Municipal Engineers Association of Northeast Ohio
  • National Interstate Insurance Company
  • NE Ohio AFT 279 - Retirees
  • NeoGraf Solutions, LLC
  • Nestle Prepared Food Company
  • Northeast Ohio Medical University
  • Ohio CAT
  • Old Stone Church
  • Omnova Solutions Foundation
  • Orbital Research, Inc.
  • Pearne & Gordon, LLP
  • PwC
  • Reminger Co. L.P.A.
  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
  • Rockley Family Foundation
  • Rockwell Automation, Inc.
  • RPM International Inc.
  • The Sherwin-Williams Company Inc.
  • Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
  • The Swagelok Foundation
  • UBS Financial Services Inc.
  • Ulmer & Berne LLP
  • Universal Medical Systems Inc.
  • Vitesse Solutions, LLC
  • Wyse Advertising, Inc.

GIFTS OF $1,000-$4,999

  • Allegro Real Estate Brokers & Advisors
  • American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Ancora Advisors
  • The Banks-Baldwin Foundation
  • Barber & Hoffman Inc.
  • RG Barber Consultants
  • BDO USA, LLP
  • Benefits Resource Group
  • Benesch
  • BlueBridge Networks, LLC
  • The Brewer-Garrett Company
  • Brown, Gibbons, Lang & Company
  • Robert Brown LLC
  • The Lillian Burke Fund at the Cleveland Foundation
  • Erskine Cade Strategic Health Care
  • Center for Community Solutions
  • Chestnut Hill Realty, Inc.
  • Ciuni & Panichi, Inc.
  • Cleveland Arts Prize
  • Cleveland Branch NAACP
  • Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Cleveland Sight Center
  • Climaco, Wilcox, Peca, Tarantino & Garofoli Co., L.P.A.
  • CM Wealth Advisors Inc.
  • Connor Foundation
  • ConstructAbility, Inc.
  • Continental Broadband, LLC
  • Corsaro & Associates Co., LPA
  • Dix & Eaton, Incorporated
  • Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
  • The Cyrus Eaton Foundation
  • Enterprise Holdings Foundation
  • Equity Administrative Services, Inc.
  • Faulkner, Hoffman & Phillips, LLC
  • Fay Sharpe LLP
  • The Fedeli Group
  • Employees of The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
  • Firstech Inc.
  • Flannery Georgalis LLC
  • Fortney Foundation
  • The Fortnightly Musical Club of Cleveland
  • Friedman, Domiano, & Smith
  • GBX Associates, LLC
  • Giant Eagle
  • Glidden House
  • Goecke Family Foundation
  • Great Lakes Construction Company Inc.
  • Greater Cleveland Partnership
  • Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
  • Hahn Loeser + Parks LLP
  • Hartland & Co.
  • Highland Consulting Associates, Inc.
  • Hitachi Vantara
  • InfoGPS Networks Inc.                                  
  • Institute for Supply Management
  • Institute of Internal Auditors
  • Irish-American Charitable Foundation
  • ISM-Cleveland Inc.
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Kastner Westman & Wilkins, LLC
  • Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter Co. LPA
  • KnowledgeWorks
  • Laub Foundation
  • Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
  • Liberty Development Company
  • Lunarline, Inc.
  • Maison Francaise De Cleveland
  • Malek & Malek, LLC
  • Maloney + Novotny LLC
  • Maloney & Associates
  • Mansour, Gavin, L.P.A.
  • McDonald Hopkins
  • McGowan Insurance
  • MCI Technologies, Ltd.
  • MCPc
  • Meaden & Moore Ltd.
  • Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation
  • NASA Glenn Research Center
  • National Settlement Consultants, Inc.
  • Northeast Ohio Chapter, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
  • Nord Family Foundation
  • Northern Ohio NAIOP Charities
  • Novogradac & Company LLP
  • Ohio Classic Awards
  • The Ohio Lions Foundation
  • Petitti Garden Centers
  • The Suzanne & Richard Pieper Family Foundation
  • PIRHL
  • Pivot Point Security
  • Playhouse Square Foundation
  • The Poetry Fund
  • The Progressive Insurance Foundation
  • Rea Foundation, Inc.
  • Regency Construction Services, Inc.
  • RSM US LLP
  • Siegel Jennings Co., LPA
  • Skoda Minotti CPAs
  • Society for Information Management
  • Southgate OMT LLC
  • Stealth Entry LLC
  • Tackla Court Reporting LLC
  • Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino, LLP
  • Tax Executives Institute Inc.
  • TEGNA
  • Tri-Arch 8, Inc.
  • United Technologies Corporation
  • United Way of Greater Cleveland
  • Urban Land Institute
  • Vestige Digital Investigations
  • VFW of Ohio Charities
  • Viking Tennis Academy
  • Visual Evidence Corp
  • Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
  • Walter | Haverfield LLP
  • Wells Fargo Foundation
  • Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A.
  • Westfield Insurance Foundation
  • Xerox Foundation

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