The CSU Foundation is proud to serve our students and University, helping to ensure that the promise of success and accomplishment becomes reality.
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.
Bill Latto, ’59, endows scholarship for engineering students
A long-time supporter of Cleveland State University, alumnus Bill Latto, BSME ’59, established the Professor Albert Lord Endowed Scholarship...
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.
"Always offer compassion"
When Wayne Nie left Yantai, China to attend college in the United States, he was fulfilling a lifelong dream...
Thank you for investing in our students. Your support is transforming lives, igniting hope and pulling dreams within reach.
Foundation Relations
Foundation Relations links the targeted interests and funding opportunities of the foundation community with the philanthropic needs of the campus community. While advancing the missions and strategic initiatives of foundations and the University, these partnerships also advance economic development and quality of life in Northeast Ohio.
Foundation funding significantly impacts the engaged learning experience for students at Cleveland State, as well as research and scholarship opportunities for faculty. Gifts and grants provide much-needed financial support for:
- Scholarships
- Academic programs
- Professorships and Endowed Chairs
- Capital projects
- Service programs
Foundation Relations helps match the funding interests of foundations with campus needs through coordinating grant/sponsorship/partnership information, planning efforts, proposal development and stewardship activities.
Foundation Relations works with foundations to ensure their goals are met by:
- Connecting foundations with CSU faculty and staff
- Assisting with proposal identification, coordination and development
- Planning on-campus site visits
- Editing and writing letters of inquiry and proposals
- Providing institutional data
- Preparing grant reports
Your investment and partnership with CSU on social issues and community challenges furthers your Foundation’s impact – today and in the future.
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