Welcome, Guardians of Free Speech!

2023 City Club Annual Report

WELCOME

This has been a transformational year for your City Club. By far, the most visible transformation has been the construction of our new home at Playhouse Square. If you’ve read the coverage or seen a forum online or on WVIZ, you start to get a sense of it, and if you’ve had a chance to enjoy a forum in the new space, you have felt the magnitude of the change. It’s all because of you—whether you’re a member, donor, partner, sponsor, stakeholder, volunteer, speaker, or audience member—you are a Guardian of Free Speech.

When we launched our fundraising campaign, we chose the name “Guardians of Free Speech” because the City Club has long been known as a Citadel of Free Speech, but an institution is only strong because of the people who make it so—the Guardians. And as Guardians of this sacred and patriotic work of honoring freedom of thought and expression, look at what we’ve accomplished together:

  • Hosted another banner year of more than 100 forums including national and local leaders from Talib Kweli, Liz Cheney, and Bill Barr to Jazmin Long, Ted Ginn, Jr., and Kristin Warzocha.
  • Raised over $9 million on our way to a $12 million goal in this historic fundraising campaign.
  • Navigated the twists and turns of building a new home at Playhouse Square through design and construction to a fully realized beautiful new facility.
  • Brought together more than 16,000 Clevelanders for conversations of consequence, making our democracy a little more resilient and our community a little stronger.


So, as you explore this annual report, I hope you see yourself as part of this story. Your participation—sitting in the audience, listening online, posing a question—you are protecting, practicing, and celebrating freedom of speech. You’re a Guardian of Free Speech. 

We look forward to welcoming you to the City Club’s new home throughout the year ahead.

Dan Moulthrop
Chief Executive Officer

Kristen Baird Adams
Board President

Forums Held
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Forums

At the City Club, we believe in the power of conversation to bridge divides and foster understanding. Our forums connect individuals, viewpoints, and actions to strengthen our community. Speakers from around the community, the nation, and the world come to the City Club to share their expertise and engage with City Club members and friends in civil, civic dialogue.

CIVIC DIALOGUE

Arts & Culture


“As we represent the US and the Rust Belt, we know that we have really impressive ideas here. This is the 4th pavilion in a row for the Architecture Biennale that is coming from an organization in the Midwest.”

– Tizziana Baldenebro, Executive Director SPACES

 

See more Arts & Culture forums

Authors In Conversation

“I don’t always want to talk about being gay. I don’t want that to be the thing people associate me with. I’m a teacher. I’m a dad. I have other goals and dreams and wants. I don’t want you to just think about me as a gay person. I just want to be Chasten.”

– Chasten Buttigieg, Teacher & Author

 

See more Authors In Conversation forums

Business & Economy

“Cleveland’s economic story exemplifies a basic truth: government, industry, and labor, working together in partnership, can unlock extraordinary economic potential.”

– Brian Deese, Director, White House National Economic Council


See more Business & Economy forums

Education

“If there’s not a teacher at the table, that is problematic. You cannot form policies without the experience of classroom instructors.”

– Kurt Russell, National Teacher of the Year


See more Education forums

Environment & Sustainability

“I love when people work together on things, when systems work for folks, when wastewater treatment plants work, and bureaucracies are doing the best that they can do to work for people.”

– Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells, CEO, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District


See more Environment & Sustainabiltiy forums

Health Equity

“By focusing on the root cause of these disparities that play out in different ways across our communities, we can start to get to the conditions that are actually creating these negative experiences for some people.”

– Marcus Walton, President & CEO, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations


See more Health Equity forums

Healthcare


“I do think it’s incumbent upon the generations above [teenagers today], to do their part to create hope. By helping solve and address some of the deeper challenges that young people see around them.”

– Dr. Vivek Murthy, US Surgeon General

 

See more Healthcare forums

Local Heroes


“Part of my draw to Birthing Beautiful Communities was the fact that I could be part of building a village for women that needed it.”

– Jazmin Long, President & CEO, Birthing Beautiful Communities


See more Local Heroes forums

Local Matters


“We changed the name ultimately because we believed it was the right thing to do, and we actually think it was the smart thing to do.”

– Paul Dolan, Owner, Cleveland Guardians


See more Local Matters forums

Politics & Policy


“Trump will not deliver Trump policies. He will deliver chaos. And if anything lead to a backlash that will set his policies much further back than they otherwise would be.”

– Bill Barr, Author & Former United States Attorney General


See more Politics & Policy forums

Science, Technology & Innovation


“It’s empowering to see Native women stepping forward again and being supported to reassert that authority and power, and become leaders again in our communities – and one of the ways we’re doing that is through STEM.”

– Sarah EchoHawk, CEO, American Indian Science & Engineering Society


See more Science, Technology & Innovation forums

Social Justice


“Treat kids like kids, especially in the school system where we make them go, and we tell them they have to be there. That should not be this huge gateway into the justice system like it is.”

– Brooke Burns, Managing Counsel, Youth Defense Department, Office of the Ohio Public Defender


See more Social Justice forums

World Affairs


“In this war, there is only one aggressor and that is Vladimir Putin. There’s only one victim and that is Ukraine.”

– Wendy Sherman, Deputy Secretary of State 


See more World Affairs forums

New Members

Thanks to these individuals who decided to become champions of free speech and join the City Club as members this past year. 

Philanthropy Circle Members

Philanthropy Circle Members give at least $1,000 annually through their membership.

Longtime Members

For more than three decades, these individuals have served as the foundation of the City Club. Some have even been members for more than 50 years. 

FRIENDS

Members

The City Club was founded in 1912 when 78 individuals bought shares for $10 and became our first members. This past year, 877 people renewed and joined the City Club as members. Whether they are here in Cleveland or across the globe, we grateful to all our members who support our mission by asking questions of our speakers, serving on programming committees, inviting friends to forums, and giving generously to keep us strong.

Meet Our New Members

Emily Adams

Kenyette Adrine-Robinson

Matthew Ahn

Curtis Arrington

Patrick Arthofer

Marcia Bakst

Daniel Barson

Christopher Benson

Marc Benson

Andrew Berman

Jan Biederman

Rev. Stephen Blonder Adams

Dr. Karen Bradley

Brenda Brown

Jennifer Brush

Kasia Bufford

Patricia Campbell

Gloria Campos

Kevin Cassidy

Marjorie Chambers

Mary Cierebiej

Jeannie Citerman-Kraeger

Hubert Clayton

Nicole Colvard

Dr. Sue Corbin

Jo Cowan

James Crosby

Michael Culp

Lee Czerniawski

Evan Dammarell

Cosmoronde Danielly

Audrey Dawson-Watson

William Day

Suzanne DeGaetano

Dr. Tyffani Dent

Mark Destino

Laura DeYoung

Kyle Dillon

Ralph Dise

Jeanine Donaldson

Russ Donda

Cynthia Dunn

Carter Edman

Kate Eidam

Elise Ellick

Tiana Ellington

Nicholas Faehnle

Kenyon Farrow

Todd Federman

David Feighan

Jackie Fiocca

Mary Ann Franey

Polly Furey

Gordon Geiger

Rev. Andrew Genszler

Vicki Giambrone

Colette Gibbons

Tom Gilchrist

Dr. Medha Godbole

Daniela Goncalves

Sharron Grant-Burton

Matthew Green

Ashley Griffin

Lisa Griffin

Lori Griffiths

Mandi Grimes

Susan Gundich

Tatum Haas

Karl Hadley

Jane Hargraft

Ann Harlan

Larry Heller

Christopher Herbruck

Dr. Robert Heyka

Eric Hillenbrand

Laura Hnat

Amaree Horne

Kyle Hutnick

Hannah Illencik

Dean Jackson

Sumithra Jagannath

Dr. Jes James Sellers

Toni Johnsom

Michael Anne Johnson

Michelle Jones

Jeffrey Jones

Ethan & Michelle Karp

Dr. Julie Keller

Courtney Kenney

Lori Kershner

Alexis Kim

Kimberly Kirkendall

Richard Knapp

Ivana Kopacevic

Miles Kostolansky

Kevin Kovach

Elizabeth Kravanya

Shawn Kunkle

Rebecca Kuzma

Brian Laakso

Christine Lang

Mary Jane Larsen

David Legeay

Rachael Lerman

Professor Daniel Lesnick

Daniel Lettenberger-Klein

Eve Liebfried

Mary Louise Madigan

Radin Mason

Eileen McCaffrey

Alice McGinty

Pamela McKee

William W. McLeod

Jamie McMillen

Darcy Mehling Good

Suzanne Meola

Cecelia Mercer

B.J. Miller

Daniel Mistak

Stephanie Morrison Hrbek

John Moss

Jacqueline Murphy

Ronald Neill

John Nestor

Iris November

Grafton Nunes

Bob O’Brien

Megan O’Bryan

Jeremiah O’Sullivan

Kimberly Padilla

Jen Pannell

Maureen Paschke

Sara Peckham

Jill Penrose-Smith

Donna Picone

Kayla Pincus

Laura Pokorny

Professor Gina Prescott

Josh Prest

Nicki Price

Patricia Prunty

Winthrop Quigley

Dr. Denise Reading

Janet Ricchetti

Michelle Rieger

Michelle Riley

Amy Rogat

Tess Rosch

Michelle Rose

Robert Rosing

Danielle Ross Wroblewski

Marjorie Roth

Nicholas Rutherford

Jack Ryan

Benjamin Schaefer

Sarah Schneider

Sharon Schuldt

Janice Scotton

Marie Scovron

Aleksandra Seckers

Mary Seidler

Qasim Shakoor

Marilyn Shea-Stonum

Omar Siddiq

Paul Siemborski

Susan Silver

Lindsay Sims

Peter Snavely

Holly Stamper Morgan

Leon Staniszewski

Connor Stease

Sam Steinhouse

Carol Stephens

Alyssa Strayer

Elizabeth Stueber

Christina Tamburro

Patrick Tannish

Kathy Telban

Geoffrey Thrope

Sarah Tibbitts

Dr. Kyle Tipton

Holly Tomasch

Jason Tout

Jeremy Umansky

Jay Urban

Linda Uveges

Lisa Vahey

Stacey Vaselaney

Todd Waddle

Tomesha Walker

Ruth Wasem

Matt Weinkam

John Williams

Saywrane Williams

Kayleigh Williams

Martha Williams

Julie Wisneski

Sue Wolpert

Suzanne Zilber

Donald Zimmerman

Matt Zone

Meet Our Philanthropy Circle Members

Joann & Thomas Adler

Kenyette Adrine-Robinson

Col. Harold Anderson

Artis Arnold

Kristen Baird Adams

Jon & Laura Bloomberg

April Miller Boise

Ellen Botnick

Dwight  Bowden

Terry Brennan

James Carulas

Louis Chaiten

Joanne Clark

Kevin Clayton

Robert  Conrad

Anita & Tom Cook

Jeffrey Cristal

Susan & Michael Cristal

Barbara Danforth

Courtney DeOreo

Robert Falls

Judith Feniger

Dave Ferrante

Mark Filippell

Char & Chuck Fowler

Chann Fowler

Eduardo Gonzalez

Megan Granson

Kirsten & Tom Hagesfeld

Alexandra Hanna

Patricia Hanvan

Paul Harris

Richard Hollington

Paulette Hervi Hughes & William D. Hughes

Kelly Jasko

Sharon Jordan

David Kall

James Kemp

Mary Khouri

Ariane Kirkpatrick

Bob Littman

Shana Marbury

Rob Martens

John McGuire

Hugh McKay

Jim McMonagle

Patricia Mintz

Rebecca Morgan

Dan Moulthrop

Leta Obertacz

Bill Pavilonis

Richard Pogue

Lindsay Radisek

Kaye Ridolfi

Mark Ross

Alan Rosskamm

Elisa & Salvatore Russo

Shelly Saltzman

Alex Schmitt

Hewitt Shaw

Kim Sherwin

Patty Shlonsky

Fareed Siddiq

Paul Siemborski

Lindsay Sims

Robyn Minter Smyers

Chann Fowler-Spellman

Charles Stack

Taras Szmagala

Alan Unger

Richard Veres

Molly Walsh

Douglas Wang

Jeff & Lisa Weiss

Morris Wheeler

Catherine & Peter Whitehouse

Sheila Wright

Dan Zelman

Jill Zimon

Meet Our Longtime Members

P. Thomas Austin
Fran Belkin
Charles Bolton
Dwight Bowden
John Boyle
William Burges
Leonard Calabrese
Ruth Anna Carlson
James Carulas
Thomas Chema
Robert Conrad
Anthony Coyne
Henry Doll
Dennis Dooley
Scott Finerman
Merle Frankel
Mark Freeman
Stuart Friedman
Avery Friedman
Rebecca Gerson
Nina Gibans
Joyce Goldstein
Bernard Goodman
Nancy Hammond
Richard Hollington
Carole Hoover
Robert Jeffreys
Milton Katz
Morton Levin
P.J. Lucier
Leonard Lybarger
Gerald Meyer
Kenneth Moore
Lana Moresky
William Olah
Daniel Pavsek
Linn Raney
Barbara Robinson
Johnathan Rosskopf
Meredith Seikel
Roberta Steinbacher
Thomas E. Stratton-Crooke
Rick Taft
Jeffry Weiler
Lucile Weingartner
Robert Weltman

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TOGETHER

Community

From the individuals who serve on our board of directors, to the community partners who uplift our conversations, to the audiences who attend forums at the City Club throughout our city, community is the foundation on which we build all of our work.

Meet Our Community Partners

20/30 Club

ACE Mentor Program of Cleveland

ACLU of Ohio

ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County

AIDS Funding Collaborative

American Red Cross

Antioch Baptist Church

Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging

Better Health Partnership

Black Environmental Leaders

Black Professionals Association Charitable Foundation

Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc.

The Buckeye Flame

Case Western Reserve University Center on Trauma and Adversity

Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Case Western Reserve University Schubert Center for Child Studies

Case Western Reserve University Social Justice Institute

The Center for Community Solutions

The Center for Health Affairs

The Centers Ohio

Cleveland Book Week

Cleveland City Planning Commission

Cleveland Council on World Affairs

Cleveland Foundation African American Philanthropy Committee

Cleveland Leadership Center

Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

Cleveland Neighborhood Progress

Cleveland Police Foundation

Cleveland Public Library

Cleveland Rape Crisis Center

Cleveland Transformation Alliance

Cleveland VOTES

Cleveland Water Alliance

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

College Now Greater Cleveland

Colors+ Youth Center

Creative Healing Foundation

Cuyahoga Community College

Cuyahoga County Department of Health and Human Services

Cuyahoga County Progressive Caucus

Cuyahoga County Public Library

Daily Dose of Reading

Diaper Bank of Greater Cleveland

Downtown Cleveland Alliance

East Cleveland Public Library

Enlightened Solutions

Euclid Public Library

Facing History & Ourselves

Famicos Foundation

Family Promise of Greater Cleveland

Fatima Family Center

First Year Cleveland

Friendly Inn Settlement

FrontLine Service

Fund for Our Economic Future

Georgetown Alumni Club of Cleveland

Global Cleveland

Great Lakes African American Writers Conference (GLAAWC)

Greater Cleveland Association of Black Journalists (GCABJ)

Greater Cleveland Food Bank

Greater Cleveland Partnership

Greater Cleveland Sports Commission

Harvard Community Services Center

Heights Libraries

Help Me Grow

HFLA of Northeast Ohio

Honesty for Ohio Education

Ingenuity Cleveland

Joseph & Mary’s Home

Lake Erie Native American Council

The Land

League of Women Voters

The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland

Levin College of Public Affairs and Education

LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland

Life Exchange Center

The Links, Incorporated

The Literacy Cooperative

Literary Cleveland

Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries

MAGNET

Magnolia Clubhouse

Manufacturing Works

The Marshall Project

Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coalition

Midtown Cleveland

Midtown Cleveland

Minds Matter Cleveland

NAACP Cleveland Branch

NAMI Greater Cleveland

Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless

Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development

Northeast Ohio Women’s Sports Alliance

Northwest Neighborhoods CDC

Ohio Environmental Council Action Fund

Open Doors Academy

Our Hope, Our Future Giving Circle

Passages

Philanthropy Ohio

Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio

Plexus

Policy Matters Ohio

Positive Education Program

Pre4CLE

Pregnant with Possibilities Resource Center

The Press Club of Cleveland

The Refugee Response

Rocky River Public Library

Saint Luke’s Foundation

Say Yes Cleveland

Scholastic Games – Standout Production Group

School Choice Ohio

Shaker Heights Public Library

Signal Cleveland

St. Clair Superior Development Corp.

Sustainable Cleveland

Team NEO

ThirdSpace

Towards Employment

Union Miles CDC

United Way Greater Cleveland

University Settlement

University Settlement

Village of Healing

Western Reserve Land Conservancy

Westlake Porter Public Library

YMCA of Greater Cleveland

Youth Opportunities Unlimited

YWCA Greater Cleveland

Zonta Club of Cleveland

Meet Our Board of Directors

Kristen Baird Adams, President

John J. McGuire, Vice President & Chair, Governance Committee

Molly Walsh, Vice President & Chair, Advancement Committee

Louis A. Chaiten, Co-Chair, Program Committee

Patty Shlonsky, Vice President & Co-Chair, Program Committee

Alex Schmitt, Treasurer

Robyn Minter Smyers, Immediate Past President


Colonel Harold V. Anderson

Artis A. Arnold III

April Miller Boise

Terry Brennan

Kevin Clayton

Robert Falls

Judi Feniger

Eric M. Fiala

Paul N. Harris

Kelly M. Jasko

Sharon Sobol Jordan

David M. Kall

Shana F. Marbury

Hugh E. McKay

Michelle Najda

August A. Napoli, Jr.

Leta Obertacz

Kaye Ridolfi

Mark Ross

Fareed Siddiq

Nigamanth Sridhar

Charles Stack

Sheila Wright

State of the Schools

CMSD CEO Eric Gordon presented his final State of the Schools as he prepared to retire after 11 years at the helm of our community’s largest school district.


See more about this forum.

State of the City

This year Mayor Justin Bibb presented his second annual State of the City address at East Tech High School where hundreds of Clevelanders gathered.

See more about this forum.

State of the County

This past summer newly elected Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Roynane presented his first State of the County from the bank of the Cuyahoga River.


See more about this forum.

Happy Dog Takes on the World

Throughout the year, audiences joined us for a hot dog, a beer (or root beer), and informal community forums at Happy Dog in the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood.


See more about this series.

City Club in Public Square

Every summer we present a free series of forums at Public Square designed to bring the community together to discuss issues in neighborhoods throughout our city.


See more about this forum.

Health Equity Spotlight

In partnership with Saint Luke’s Foundation, we returned to Morning Star Baptist Church to hear hip hop legend Talib Kweli discuss how music can be activated to promote healing and community strength.


See more about this forum.

Liz Cheney in Conversation with Judy Woodruff

A special City Club forum hosted at Cleveland State University featured Former Congresswoman Liz Cheney in conversation with Judy Woodruff, Anchor at PBS NewsHour, to offer her thoughts on the state of the nation and the future of the republic.

See more about this forum.

A City Club for All

GUARDIANS

Guardians of Free Speech

Through the Guardians of Free Speech Campaign we are building a new home for civic dialogue at Playhouse Square and a $10 million endowment to sustain your City Club and protect freedom of speech for generations to come. We hope you’ll join a growing community of supporters are helping us bring civic dialogue to more people, lift new voices, amplify necessary conversations, protect free speech, inspire bold thinking, and build a strong foundation for City Club’s future.

Campaign
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Hard Hat
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Free Forums
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Student Participation

Student attendance at the City Club helps cultivate civic engagement and participation is absolutely free. When students come with their teachers to a forum, they have the opportunity to see civic dialogue in action and to use their voice to ask questions of our speakers. Not to mention, they get a great meal and often get to meet the speakers after the forum.

Youth Forum Council

When students join the Youth Forum Council, they find a special opportunity to work with engaged students from across the region to collaboratively plan and execute forums from start to finish, centered on issues most important to them and their peers. Through working directly with production professionals, they strengthen team planning, production, marketing, event management, scripting, public speaking, and other critical skills.

High School Debate Championship

We are honored to host the annual high school debate championship at the City Club and to have served as a home for student debate for decades. This past year Jeremy Battle from University School and Ella Jewell from Kenston High School faced off in a Lincoln-Douglas style debate on the following topic: In a democracy, a free press ought to prioritize objectivity over advocacy.

Free Speech Essay Contest

Since 2013, The Hope and Stanley Adelstein Free Speech Essay Contest challenges high school students to examine the role of free speech in the 21st century. The top three winners of each age group receive scholarship prize money. This year’s essays about critical race theory were judged by 25 community volunteers who helped pick our winners.

INSPIRATION

Students

High school engagement at City Club forums is rebounding with attendance increasing 150% over last year. This year, 1,337 students from 32 Greater Cleveland schools attended forums, including MC2STEM High School whose students attended more than 30 forums, making them our most active school partners. In addition to growing our current student programs, our new Educational Engagement Manager is creating a holistic approach to student engagement, collaborating with educators to integrate City Club resources into school curriculum, and building a new college-focused engagement program.

High Schools who attended City Club forums

Beaumont School

Bedford High School

Benedictine

Benjamin Franklin School

Campus International High School

Chagrin Falls High School

Charles F. Brush High School

Cleveland Central Catholic High School

Cleveland Heights High School

Cleveland School of Architecture and Design at John Hay

Cleveland School of Arts

East Tech High School

Educational & Career Advancement Center of Maple Heights

Euclid High School

Fairview High School

Glenville High School

Hathaway Brown

Hawken School

Horizon Science Academy Cleveland High School

John Adams College & Career Academy

John F. Kennedy High School

Laurel School

MAGNET

MC2STEM High School

Saint Martin De Porres High School

Shaker Heights High School

Shaw High School

Solon High School

Success Academy

Trinity High School

Warrensville Heights High School

Wickliffe City School District

Thank you to our student engagement funders: Special thanks to those companies and individuals who supported student attendance at forums including AT&T, The George W. Codrington Foundation, Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, Nordson Corporation, Dorris C. Michalske Trust and William M. Weiss Foundation. And thanks to BakerHostetler for their longtime support for the Annual High School Debate Championship.

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GRATITUDE

Annual Support

Special thanks to all of our donors who supported our work this past year. In addition to the generous individuals who contributed to our annual fund and other projects, we received more than $1 million in sponsorship and grant support from companies and foundations throughout our community. We are grateful for every financial contribution that together helped us serve our community, balance our budget, and strive to fulfill our mission. Contributions to our Guardians of Free Speech Campaign are listed separately. 

$100,000 - $249,999

Baker Hostetler
Cuyahoga County
Falls & Co.
KeyBank
Nordson Corporation Foundation
Thompson Hine LLP

$50,000 - $99,999

Advance Ohio
Bank of America
PNC Bank
Saint Luke’s Foundation

$20,000 - $49,999

Cleveland Foundation
Citizens Bank
Eaton
Deaconess Foundation
The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation
Huntington
Martha Holden Jennings
Nord Family Foundation
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
The William M. Weiss Foundation
Unger Family Foundation

$10,000 - $19,999

BakerHostetler
Cuyahoga Arts & Culture
Dominion Energy
The George Gund Foundation
G2G Consulting
Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation
Lincoln Institute on Land Policy
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry
Medical Mutual
The MetroHealth System
Dorris C. Michalske Trust*
Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation
Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland
Sisters of Charity Health System
United Way of Greater Cleveland

$5,000 - $9,999

Center for Health Affairs
Cleveland State University
College Now
Cuyahoga Community College
Calfee
EY
Paul Harris
Intel
MyCom Cleveland
Shelly Saltzman

$2,500 - $4,999

Kristen Baird Adams
Artis Arnold
BDO, USA
Beyond Breakthrough
John & Laura Bloomberg
Capitol Partners
The Center for Community Solutions
Centric Consulting
Louis Chaiten
Charter Communications
Jeffrey Cristal
Susan & Michael Cristal
Rob Falls
Fifth Third Bank
Alexandra Hanna
Ariane Kirkpatrick
Dr. Rustom Khouri and Mary Hanna Khouri
Robert Littman
The Laub Foundation
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation
George Misencik Living Trust
Rebecca Morgan
Plexus
Dick Pogue
Plante Moran
Porter Wright
Kaye Ridolfi
Mark Ross
RPM International
Patty Shlonsky
Fareed Siddiq
ThirdSpace Action Lab
United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland
Urban League of Cleveland
Molly Walsh
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA
Westfield
Morris Wheeler
Visable Voice Charitable Fund

$1,000 - $2,499

Thomas Adler
Kenyette Adrine-Robinson
American Red Cross
Col. Harold Anderson
ASCE Cleveland Section
Fran Belkin
Benjamin Rose Institute On Aging
April Miller Boise
Dwight Bowden
Ellen Botnick
Arthur Brooks*
Case Western Reserve University
CHN Housing Partners
Kevin Clayton
Joanne Clark
Cleveland Public Library
Cleveland Transformation Alliance
Cleveland Votes
Anita & Tom Cook
Community West
Cuyahoga County Public Library
Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority
Barbara J. Danforth
Courtney DeOreo
Falls & Co.
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Judi Feniger
Eric Fiala
Mark Filippell
First Energy
Eduardo Gonzalez
Friendly Inn Settlement
Greater Cleveland Partnership
Greater Cleveland Schools Superintendents’ Association
Megan Granson
Kirsten & Tom Hagesfeld
Pat Hanavan
Ralph Hayes*
Health Action Council Ohio
Richard Hollington
Paulette Hervi Hughes & William D. Hughes
Kelly Jasko
Sharon Sobol Jordan
JumpStart
James Kemp
Dave Kall
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
Longview Foundation
MAGNET
Mary Coit Sanford Memorial Fund
Rob Martens
John McGuire
Hugh McKay
Jim McMonagle
Patricia Mintz
Dan Moulthrop
David and Inez Myers Foundation
Leta Obertacz
Ohio Guidestone
Open Doors Academy
Positive Education Program
Port of Cleveland
Linsay Radisek
Barbara Robinson*
Alan Rosskamm
Elisa and Salvatore Russo
Alex Schmitt
Hewitt B. Shaw
Sherwin Williams
Paul Siemborski
Lindsay Sims
Robyn Minter Smyers
Taras Szmagala
Chann Fowler-Spellman
Team NEO
Towards Employment
Richard Veres
Douglas Wang
Peter Whitehouse
Sheila Wright
University Hospitals
YMCA of Greater Cleveland
Youth Opportunities Unlimited
Jill Zimon
Dan Zelman

*deceased

$500 - $999

Christa Jo Abood
Jonathon Adler
Keith Ashmus
Eric Baumgartner
Jeanette G. Brown
Joseph Cimperman
Alfred Cowger
David Cupar
Henry Doll
Jason Drake
Jeremiah Guappone
Donnald Heckelmoser
Edward Jerse
Meryl Johnson
Sanjiv Kapur
Ursula Korneitchouk
Nora Katzenberg
Morton Levin
Alex Machaskee
Anne Myers
Amy Morgenstern
Otis Moss
Jewel Moulthrop
Michelle Mulhern
Randy Myeroff
John Nestor
Greg Nosan
Marlon Primes
Sara Peckham
Linn Raney
Noel Salwan
Janet Sharp
Celia Sinclair
Nigamanth Sridhar
Jennifer Stapleton
Mary Warren
David Weiss
Nancy Wolpe
Kirk Zehnder

Brittany O’Connor of Citizens Bank provides ongoing support for our Local Heroes series.

Anthony Richardson, President of the Gund Foundation, represents one of more than a dozen foundations that support civic dialogue at the City Club.

Individual donors like Amy Morgenstern provide generous general operating support to help fulfill our mission.

Financials

The City Club ended fiscal year 2023 favorably with a change in net assets from operations of $34,000. Revenues from forum ticket and table sales grew and contributed support from sponsorships and grants totaled over $1.3 million. Expenses were managed to budget.

Total Revenue: $ 2,227,870

Total Expenses: $ 2,193,971

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