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PRESIDENTS CABINET $1,000,000+

  • Anonymous
  • Altera Corporation
  • Ansoft Corporation
  • Anonymous
  • Cleveland Foundation
  • Fenn Educational Fund at the Cleveland Foundation
  • The George Gund Foundation
  • The Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
  • Jewish Federation of Cleveland
  • KeyBank Foundation
  • Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation
  • Mandel Supporting Foundations of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland
  • Medical Mutual of Ohio
  • John P. Murphy Foundation
  • David and Inez Myers Foundation
  • Parker Hannifin Foundation
  • PNC
  • Saint Luke's Foundation

PRESIDENTS CIRCLE $500,000 - $999,999

  • Anonymous (2)
  • AT&T Company
  • BP Foundation
  • The Robert F. Busbey Charitable Foundation
  • Eaton
  • Forest City
  • Fund for Our Economic Future of Northeast Ohio
  • General Electric Company
  • Kulas Foundation
  • The Lubrizol Corporation
  • Mellen Foundation
  • Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation
  • Rockwell Automation Inc.
  • The Unger Foundation
  • The Wallace Foundation

HONORS CIRCLE $100,000 - $499,999

  • Anonymous (5)
  • ALCOA
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • Allen-Bradley Company
  • American Greetings Corporation
  • Aradhana Committee
  • BakerHostetler
  • Bascom Little Fund
  • James C. Beardslee Fund
  • Bernie Moreno Companies
  • Bruening Foundation
  • BV Technologies, Inc.
  • Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
  • Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund at the Cleveland Foundation
  • Cleveland Clinic
  • Cleveland Indians
  • Cohen & Company
  • The Community West Foundation
  • A. E. Convers Fund
  • The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc.
  • Deloitte & Touche LLP
  • George S. Dively Foundation
  • Dominion Energy
  • L. Dale Dorney Fund
  • The Richard Eaton Foundation
  • Elanix, Inc.
  • Ernst & Young LLP
  • Porter Wright LLP
  • Homer Everett Fund
  • Fairmount Santrol
  • Federal-Mogul Corporation
  • FirstEnergy Corporation
  • Ford Foundation
  • Fox Sports Ohio & SportsTime Ohio
  • George H. Boyd Fund at the Cleveland Foundation
  • George C. and Marion S. Gordon Fund
  • Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation
  • Hanban/Confucius Institute Headquarters
  • HNTB
  • Honeywell International
  • Hostetler Foundation
  • Huntington Bank
  • Jane White Fund No. 2
  • John and LaVerne Short Memorial Fund
  • The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • Jones Day
  • Joyce Foundation
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • The Kent H. Smith Charitable Trust
  • Otto & Lena Konigslow Memorial Fund
  • The Bernie J. Kosar Charitable Trust
  • Laborers-Employers Cooperation & Education Trust
  • Lincoln Electric
  • Samuel & Flora Stone Mather Memorial Fund
  • McCarthy Lebit Crystal & Liffman Co. LPA
  • Meisel Family Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland
  • The MetroHealth System
  • Microtek Controls, Inc.
  • NASA Glenn Research Center
  • National Geographic Society
  • Nord Family Foundation
  • Nordson Corporation
  • Nurenberg Paris Heller & McCarthy Co. L.P.A.
  • Ohio College Access Network
  • Ohio Real Estate Commission
  • Ohio Savings Bank
  • The William J. & Dorothy K. O'Neill Foundation
  • The Plain Dealer Publishing Company Inc.
  • PolyOne Corporation
  • Ambrose and Jessie Wheeler Purcell Memorial Fund
  • Redwood Living Inc.
  • Rockefeller Foundation
  • rp+m
  • RPM International Inc.
  • RuleStream Corporation
  • Sambu Construction Co. Ltd.
  • Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trusts, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee
  • The Sherwin-Williams Company Inc.
  • Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland
  • The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation
  • Spencer Foundation
  • Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
  • Third Federal Savings & Loan Association of Cleveland
  • Thompson Hine LLP
  • Tom L.E. & Martin E. Blum Fund
  • TRW Inc.
  • Tucker Ellis LLP
  • United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc.
  • USS Kobe Steel Company
  • Vanderberg Foods of Unilever Corporation - Durkee Division
  • Wal-Mart Foundation
  • The Whitaker Foundation
  • Whitehill Fund of the Cleveland Foundation

SCHOLARS CIRCLE $10,000 - $99,999

  • Anonymous (3)
  • Abbott Laboratories
  • Abington Foundation
  • Accountancy Board of Ohio
  • Acme Arsena Company Inc.
  • Administrative Management Society
  • Advantage Consulting
  • Affordable Careers Staffing Services
  • Akron General Medical Center
  • American Abatement & Asbestos Removal
  • American Association for Clinical Chemistry Inc.
  • American Campus Communities
  • The American Concrete Institute Northeast Ohio
  • American Economic Development Council
  • American Electric Power Service Corporation
  • American Heart Association
  • American Planning Association Cleveland Section
  • American Real Estate Society
  • American Society of Civil Engineers
  • American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
  • The Andrews Foundation
  • Nathalie and James Andrews Foundation
  • Angelica Textile Services
  • Applied Industrial Technologies
  • Arkinetics Inc.
  • Armenian General Benevolent Union
  • Arthur Andersen LLP
  • Arthur P. & Elizabeth M. Williamson Fund
  • Ashland, Inc.
  • A.S.H.R.A.E. Cleveland Chapter
  • Aspen Institute
  • Association of Asian Indian Women in Ohio
  • Audiologic Hearing Services, Inc.
  • Sophie Auerbach Fund
  • The Austin Company
  • Avery Dennison Corporation Headquarters
  • AVI Foodsystems Inc.
  • Babcock & Wilcox
  • Frederic M. & Nettie E. Backus Memorial Fund
  • The Banks-Baldwin Foundation
  • Barber & Hoffman Inc.
  • Bardons & Oliver Inc.
  • Barnes & Noble Bookstores Inc.
  • Barnes Wendling CPAs Inc.
  • Battelle Foundation Fund
  • Behrens Gioffre & Schroeder Co.
  • Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
  • Benesch
  • The Berner Charitable and Scholarship Foundation
  • Beverage Distributors Inc.
  • Bird Electronic Corporation
  • Black Professionals Association Charitable Foundation
  • Blue Technologies Smart Solutions
  • Bodies Done Right, LLC
  • Boeing Company
  • Boyd Watterson Asset Management
  • Mary E. Brainard Trust
  • The Brewer-Garrett Company
  • The Charles M. & Helen M. Brown Memorial Foundation
  • BrownFlynn
  • Buckley King
  • Bulk Trading & Transport Co.
  • The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation
  • Capital One Partners
  • Case Western Reserve University
  • Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Caterpillar Foundation
  • Cleveland Cavaliers
  • Cavaliers Youth Fund of the McCormick Tribune Foundation
  • Center for Community Solutions
  • The Center for Health Affairs
  • Charles J. Stilwell Scholarship at the Cleveland Foundation
  • Corrine T. Voss Fund at the Cleveland Foundation
  • Irene Ewing Trust at the Cleveland Foundation
  • Mabel Breckenridge Wason Fund at the Cleveland Foundation
  • Mary McGrow Everett Fund at the Cleveland Foundation
  • Channel Products
  • Bank One
  • Christian Family Outreach
  • Cinergy Corp
  • Citizens Bank
  • City of Cleveland
  • Ciuni & Panichi, Inc.
  • Civic Foundation Inc.
  • Clark Oil & Chemical
  • Cleveland Advanced Energy Fund
  • Cleveland Advanced Manufacturing Program
  • Cleveland Arts Prize
  • Cleveland Browns Football Company LLC
  • Cleveland Chamber Symphony Council Inc.
  • Cleveland Charcoal & Salt Supply Co.
  • Cleveland Citywide Development Corp.
  • Cleveland Education Fund
  • Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company
  • Cleveland Marathon Inc.
  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
  • Cleveland Neighborhood Progress
  • Cleveland Play House
  • Cleveland Recreational Arts Fund
  • Cleveland State University Alumni Association
  • Cleveland Thermal, LLC
  • Cleveland Women's City Club Foundation
  • Cleveland-Marshall Educational Foundation
  • The Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association
  • Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
  • Climaco Wilcox Peca Tarantino & Garofoli Co. L.P.A.
  • The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation
  • Helen C. Cole Charitable Trust Fund
  • Collins & Scanlon LLP
  • Consolidated Edison Company of New York
  • Convergence Education Foundation
  • Harry Coulby Fund
  • Council of International Programs U.S.A.
  • Crawford Capital Company
  • The Edward F. Crawford Foundation
  • CRM Companies, Inc.
  • CSU Convocation Center
  • CSU Wrestling Booster Club
  • CSU-CLE Inc.
  • Cuyahoga Community College
  • Cuyahoga County Mayors' Secretaries & Assistants Association
  • CVS Corp.
  • DaimlerChrysler Corporation
  • Dante Solutions Inc.
  • DAPCEL Inc.
  • Dart Foundation
  • DCD Technologies, Incorporated
  • Deaconess Hospital
  • Delphi Packard Electric Systems
  • Positively Cleveland
  • Direct Opinions
  • Discount Drug Mart
  • The Walt and Lilly Disney Foundation
  • Division of Police-Department of Public Safety
  • Donley's Inc.
  • Dorn Color Inc.
  • DPOCO, Inc.
  • DS Express Carriers, Inc.
  • Mary & Wallace Duncan Fund
  • Dwellworks
  • The Cyrus Eaton Foundation
  • Electronic Exchange Systems
  • ElectroSonics Medical Inc.
  • ELTECH Systems Corporation
  • Irene C. & Karl Emmerling Scholarship Fund
  • Enterprise Holdings Foundation
  • Enterprise Rent-A-Car
  • Enviro Systems, Inc.
  • Equipment Merchants International, Inc.
  • Everett Collection Inc.
  • Exelon Foundation
  • Fairview Health System
  • Fay Sharpe LLP
  • The Fedeli Group
  • Employees of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
  • Ferro Corporation
  • Fifth Third Bank of Northeast Ohio
  • First Interstate Properties, LTD
  • FirstPower Group, LLC
  • Erwin and Fanny Fisher Memorial Fund
  • Richard Fleischman + Partners Architects Inc.
  • Geraldine & Emory Ford Foundation
  • Ford Motor Company
  • The Fortnightly Musical Club of Cleveland Endowment Fund
  • Fortnightly Musical Club of Cleveland
  • Foseco Holding Inc.
  • Foundation for Physical Therapy
  • Frankel Family Foundation
  • Frantz Ward LLP
  • Friedman & Gilbert
  • Friends of Baseball
  • Helene Fuld Health Trust
  • Gannett Foundation
  • Gardiner Trane Company
  • Garrett & Heaton LLP
  • Gateway Cold Storage
  • GCA Services Group Inc.
  • GE Lighting
  • General Electric Aircraft Engines
  • General Mills Inc.
  • The Generation Foundation
  • Genesis HealthCare LLC
  • Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation
  • Giffen & Kaminski LLC
  • GlaxoSmithKline Foundation
  • The Glenmede Trust Company N.A.
  • Global Spectrum, LP
  • GOJO Industries, Inc.
  • Goodrich Corporation
  • The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
  • Grace Diving Enterprises Inc.
  • GrafTech International Ltd.
  • Great Lakes Construction Company Inc.
  • Greater Cleveland Hotel/Motel Association
  • Greater Cleveland Partnership
  • Greif Inc.
  • Gruhin & Gruhin
  • Guilford Technical Community College
  • Hahn Loeser + Parks LLP
  • Hartland & Co.
  • Harvard University
  • Henry E. & Marie Hays Heiner Memorial Fund
  • Henry E. & Ethel L. Widdell Fund
  • The Nathan L. and Regina Herman Charitable Fund, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland
  • Highland Consulting Associates, Inc.
  • The Albert M. Higley Co.
  • Home Pool Cooperative Resource
  • Mildred E. & Arthur Hommel Memorial Fund
  • Honeywell Foundation Inc.
  • The Honor Project Trust
  • The Hungary Initiatives Foundation
  • Huntington National Life Insurance Company
  • Huron Road Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association
  • Hyland Software Inc.
  • Hy-Level Industries
  • I Have a Dream Foundation
  • IBM Corporation
  • IFSA Foundation Inc.
  • Independence Excavating   Inc.
  • InduSoft
  • The Louise H. and David S. Ingalls Foundation
  • Institute of Internal Auditors
  • InsureOne Benefits, Inc.
  • Intel Foundation
  • International Space University
  • Inter-University Council of Ohio
  • Invacare Corporation
  • MS & ME Jackson Fund
  • Jackson Lewis P.C.
  • Jeffries Kube Forrest & Monteleone Co. L.P.A.
  • John Carroll University
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
  • Karpinski Engineering
  • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
  • Keene Building Products
  • Keithley Instruments, Inc.
  • Kohrman Jackson & Krantz P.L.L.
  • Konica Minolta Business Solutions
  • KPMG LLP
  • Lake Shore Electric Railway
  • Laub Foundation
  • Laurence H. Lang Fund
  • The Arthur A. and Ruth L. Lederer Fund
  • The Fred A. Lennon Charitable Trust
  • Lenovo, Inc.
  • The Lerner Foundation
  • Eleanore Lewis Fund of the Cleveland Foundation
  • Liberty Development Company
  • Links, Inc. - Cleveland Chapter
  • Littler Mendelson P.C.
  • Vida C. Logan Fund
  • Lowe Eklund Wakefield Co., L.P.A.
  • LTV Corporation
  • Macy's Foundation
  • Made2Manage Systems, Inc.
  • Magicwork Entertainment, Inc.
  • Maloney + Novotny LLC
  • Manta Test Systems Inc.
  • Master Builders Inc.
  • MBNA America Bank N. A.
  • McDonald Financial Group
  • McDonald Hopkins
  • The McGregor Foundation
  • MCI Technologies, Ltd.
  • The Merck Company
  • Meriam Process Technologies
  • Meridia Health System
  • Microsoft
  • Middough Inc.
  • Darius Milhaud Society
  • Helen Gibbs Mills Memorial Fund
  • Moen Incorporated
  • Burton D. Morgan Foundation
  • Morgan Stanley Smith Barney GIFT, Inc.
  • Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
  • The MPB Charitable Foundation
  • Myers Family Memorial Philanthropic Fund
  • N.A.A.D. Northern Ohio Chapter
  • National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying
  • National Electrical Contractors Association
  • National Interstate Insurance Co.
  • NE Ohio AFT 279 - Retirees
  • Nebraska Book Company
  • Neighborhood Centers Associations
  • Nestle Prepared Food Company
  • NewMarket Corporation
  • North Coast Seal Inc.
  • Northeast Ohio Medical University
  • Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council
  • Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
  • Northern Ohio NAIOP Charities
  • Oatey Company
  • Oberlin College
  • Ohio CAT
  • Ohio Department of Public Safety
  • The Ohio Lions Foundation
  • O*H*I*O Masters Swim Club
  • Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants
  • Ohio State Bar Association
  • The Ohio State University
  • Old Stone Church
  • OLDC-OCA Cooperative Education Trust
  • Orbital Research, Inc.
  • Oswald Companies
  • Parma Community General Hospital
  • P.B. Express Inc.
  • Pearne & Gordon, LLP
  • The Peoples Natural Gas Company
  • PepsiCo
  • Perkins Charitable Foundation
  • Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
  • Philips Medical Systems
  • Pile Dynamics, Inc.
  • Playhouse Square Foundation
  • The Poetry Fund
  • Postech
  • PPG Industries
  • Precision Environmental Company
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP                            
  • Pritsker Corporation
  • Probuilt Homes Inc.
  • Procter & Gamble Fund
  • Progressive
  • PwC
  • Quandt, Giffels, Buck & Rodgers Co., L.P.A.
  • Quicksilver Messenger Service
  • R. P. Carbone Construction Co. Inc.
  • Rascal House USA
  • The Rawlings Foundation, Inc.
  • Red {an orchestra}
  • Reinberger Foundation
  • Reliance Electric Company
  • Reminger Co. L.P.A.
  • Richmond Industries
  • Right Management
  • RMS Management
  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
  • Roetzel & Andress LPA
  • Rebecca & Etta Rosenberg Memorial Fund of the Cleveland Foundation
  • Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.
  • Saving our Daughters Publishing, Inc.
  • Charles E. Schell Foundation for Education
  • Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
  • The Scott Fetzer Company
  • Selas Heat Technology Company LLC
  • SFX-Magic Work Entertainment
  • Shapero & Green LLC
  • The Sherwick Fund, a supporting organization of the Cleveland Foundation
  • The S.K. Wellman Foundation
  • SMG
  • Kent H. Smith Fund
  • Society of Automotive Engineers Inc.
  • Software Support Group
  • Southwest General Hospital
  • Spangenberg Shibley & Liber LLP
  • Square D Foundation
  • St. Ann Foundation
  • St. Vincent Charity Hospital
  • State Farm Insurance Company
  • Steel Service Center Institute
  • STERIS Corporation
  • Stocker Foundation
  • Leonard F. Stowe Fund
  • Student Bar Association
  • Summa Health System
  • The Superlative Group Inc.
  • Support Systems International, Inc.
  • Sustainable Buildings Industry Council
  • The Swagelok Foundation
  • Synopsis, Corporation
  • The S&Z Tool & Die Company, Inc.
  • Task Force on Violent Crime
  • TB Philly, Inc.
  • The Teagle Foundation
  • Technical Consumer Products Inc.
  • Technology Concepts & Design, Inc.
  • Telecommunications Insight Group Inc.
  • Katherine Holden Thayer Fund No. 2

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