The CSU Foundation is proud to serve our students and University, helping to ensure that the promise of success and accomplishment becomes reality.

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May 15, 2025

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Today’s students will one day join a talent pool and workforce that includes thousands of CSU graduates who have been influencing and advancing society’s collective good for the better part of 50 years.

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Your support helps alleviate the pressures that can cause some of our students to simply give up, only a few short steps away from obtaining a college degree.

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Thank you for investing in our students. Your support is transforming lives, igniting hope and pulling dreams within reach.

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Dean's Circle

Corporations, Foundations & Organizations

$100,000+

  • The Cleveland Foundation
  • KeyBank Foundation
  • Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation
  • Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation
  • David and Inez Myers Foundation
  • Parker Hannifin Foundation

$50,000 - $99,999

  • Fenn Educational Fund at the Cleveland Foundation
  • Eaton
  • FairmountSantrol
  • Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation
  • Huntington Bank
  • The Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
  • The Lubrizol Corporation
  • Darius Milhaud Society
  • John P. Murphy Foundation
  • Nordson Corporation
  • PNC Bank
  • RPM International Inc.
  • The Unger Foundation
  • United Way of Greater Cleveland

$25,000 - $49,999

  • Aradhana Committee
  • The Robert F. Busbey Charitable Foundation
  • Cavaliers Operating Company
  • Forest City Realty Trust
  • General Electric Company
  • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
  • Kulas Foundation
  • The Lincoln Electric Foundation
  • Redwood Living Inc.
  • The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation
  • Spencer Foundation
  • Vitesse Solutions, LLC

$10,000 - $24,999

  • American Greetings Corporation
  • The Andrews Foundation
  • Ashland, Inc.
  • AT&T Company
  • Bernie Moreno Companies
  • Channel Products
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation
  • Cleveland Indians Baseball Company
  • Cleveland Neighborhood Progress
  • DAPCEL Inc.
  • Dominion Foundation
  • The Richard Eaton Foundation Inc.
  • FirstEnergy Foundation
  • GlaxoSmithKline Foundation
  • Greater Cleveland Partnership
  • The George Gund Foundation
  • Karpinski Engineering
  • Keene Building Products
  • Medical Mutual of Ohio
  • Meisel Family Foundation
  • Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
  • Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
  • Nurenberg Paris Heller & McCarthy Co. L.P.A.
  • Orbital Research, Inc.
  • Pearne & Gordon, LLP
  • Porter Wright LLP
  • Rascal House USA
  • Reinberger Foundation
  • Saint Luke's Foundation
  • The Sherwin-Williams Company Inc.
  • The Teagle Foundation
  • Thogus
  • Thompson Hine LLP
  • University Hospitals 

$5,000 - $9,999 

  • American Campus Communities
  • arkinetics architects + urbanists
  • BakerHostetler
  • Richard L. Bowen & Associates, Inc
  • The Charles M. & Helen M. Brown Memorial Foundation
  • Cleveland Thermal, LLC
  • Cleveland Water Alliance
  • Conway Family Foundation
  • Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority
  • Dante Solutions Inc.
  • Deloitte Foundation
  • DS Express Carriers, Inc.
  • Fifth Third Bank of Northeast Ohio
  • FutureHeights
  • Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
  • Hyland Software Inc.
  • Jackson Lewis P.C.
  • Jones Day
  • Lumitex Inc.
  • McDonald Hopkins
  • MCI Technologies, Ltd.
  • NE Ohio AFT 279 - Retirees
  • Northeast Ohio Medical University
  • Ohio CAT
  • Old Stone Church
  • The Poetry Fund
  • Rockwell Automation Inc.
  • Rooftop Green LLC
  • The Sculpture Center
  • Selas Heat Technology Company LLC
  • Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
  • STERIS Corporation
  • Tucker Ellis LLP
  • United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc.
  • Universal Windows Akron
  • Walter | Haverfield LLP
  • Walthall CPAs
  • Wyse Advertising, Inc.
  • Xerox Corporation

$1,000 - $4,999

  • The Amalgamated Tuna Company
  • The American Endowment Foundation
  • Baltimore Heritage, Inc.
  • The Banks-Baldwin Foundation
  • Barber & Hoffman Inc.
  • Bodies Done Right, LLC
  • The Brewer-Garrett Company
  • The Lillian Burke Fund at the Cleveland Foundation
  • Patsie and Jenee Campana Foundation Charitable Trust
  • CBRE
  • Ceres Enterprises, LLC
  • Ciuni & Panichi, Inc.
  • Clark Oil & Chemical
  • Cleveland Arts Prize
  • Cleveland Cuyahoga County Port Authority
  • ConstructAbility, Inc.
  • Crawford Capital Company
  • Cushman & Wakefield
  • Cuyahoga Community College
  • Cuyahoga County Public Library
  • The Katy Danco Family C Fund
  • Developers Diversified Realty Corp.
  • The Walt and Lilly Disney Foundation
  • Dix & Eaton, Incorporated
  • DPOCO, Inc.
  • Dwellworks
  • The Cyrus Eaton Foundation
  • Enterprise Holdings Foundation
  • Exelon Foundation
  • Fay Sharpe LLP
  • Employees of The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
  • Ferro Corporation
  • First National Bank of Pennsylvania
  • Richard Fleischman + Partners Architects Inc.
  • Forest City Erectors, Inc.
  • The Fortnightly Musical Club
  • GCA Services Group Inc.
  • Giant Eagle
  • Gilbane Building Company
  • The Glenmede Trust Company N.A.
  • Google, Inc.
  • Great Lakes Construction Company Inc.
  • Hartland & Co.
  • The Nathan L. and Regina Herman Charitable Fund
  • The Harvey Hubbell Foundation
  • Infinity Construction
  • Institute of Internal Auditors
  • Irish Envy LLC
  • Just Natural Provisions Co.
  • Konica Minolta Business Solutions
  • Labyrinth Management Group, Inc.
  • Laub Foundation
  • Legacy Strategic Asset Management
  • Liberty Development Company
  • Macy's Foundation
  • Maloney and Associates
  • Tony Maloney's
  • Match Limited Golf Club
  • McCarthy Lebit Crystal & Liffman Co. LPA
  • Meaden & Moore Ltd.
  • Burton D. Morgan Foundation
  • Morgan Stanley
  • National Fluid Power
  • Nord Family Foundation
  • Northeast Ohio Regional Training Center
  • Northern Ohio Chapter of NAIOP
  • Novogradac & Company LLP
  • Now Valet Service, Inc.
  • The Ohio Lions Foundation
  • Omnova Solutions Foundation
  • Oswald Companies
  • P.B. Express Inc.
  • PB Foundation
  • PPG Industries Foundation
  • Progressive
  • River Road Restaurants
  • Sandhill Investment Management
  • Skoda, Minotti, Reeves & Co.
  • Slavic Village Development
  • Third Federal Foundation
  • Todd Associates, Inc.
  • Tradex International Inc.
  • Ulmer & Berne LLP
  • Universal Medical Systems Inc.
  • University Circle, Inc.
  • Urban Land Institute
  • Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio
  • US Bank
  • USA Parking Systems, Inc.
  • Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
  • Wells Fargo Foundation
  • Westfield Insurance Foundation
  • Women's Western Golf Foundation

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