Mon 12/12 @ 5-8PM
Generation Give: How altruistic are they? Find out on Mon 12/12 at the Idea Center at PlayhouseSquare where present-day young philanthropists will talk about their brand of giving, whether it be money or time.
My guess is we’ll find out that people in their 20s and 30s are committing their energy at places where they make their financial donations. I know young professionals who are leading successful grassroots tutoring programs in Cleveland public schools, volunteer at soup kitchens and libraries, and organize incubators to build up small businesses. There must be hundreds of examples of the giving of time and money by the next generation of philanthropists.
The whole point of the evening is to find out where today’s benefactors volunteer and make their financial donations. The big question the promoters are asking is, how do today’s young people fit into Cleveland’s philanthropic narrative?
Those who work, live and play downtown are committed to the community in a different way than their parents and grandparents, who often haven’t lived in the inner city, were. Yet Cleveland is known for its generous support of social services, educational programs and libraries, and the arts. The moneyed gentry left Euclid Avenue generations ago; the new gentry has moved back in and sees where improvements need to be made. The legacy continues.
On Monday evening, John Grabowski of the Western Reserve Historical Society and Jen Bokoff, director of knowledge services of the Foundation Center, will talk about Cleveland’s past, present, and future. The evening will continue with a discussion with young philanthropists and nonprofit leaders. The panelists will include Windsor Ford, fourth generation, Abington Foundation; Treye Johnson, program officer, the Burton D. Morgan Foundation; Allison Taller Reich, co-chair, Young Leaders Cabinet, United Way of Greater Cleveland; and Mike Ruttinger, co-chair, Philanthropy Committee, Column & Stripe: the Young Friends of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
[Written by Claudia Taller]
Cleveland, OH 44115
Cleveland, OH 44115