Scholarships

Cleveland Leadership Center (CLC) is fortunate to be able to underwrite program tuition to make its programs more accessible to a broad range of applicants. Generous donors have provided funding to help prevent tuition from being a barrier to participation for any program.

Scholarship awards are offered with acceptance to a class. Prospective applicants are encouraged to talk with program directors to get more information about scholarships. All conversations are confidential and scholarship requests do not factor in the selection process.

See CLC’s wide array of programs and offerings.

Scholarship Funds include:

General scholarships

Generous alumni and community leaders regularly make contributions to support scholarships that are available for any program, including Leadership Cleveland, Cleveland Bridge Builders, OnBoard Cleveland, Advanced Leadership Institute, and Civic Leadership Institute.

The George Gund Foundation scholarships

Through the generosity of The George Gund Foundation, CLC can offer scholarships to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, Asian, and other People of Color) candidates from the nonprofit and public sectors for any program, including Leadership Cleveland, Cleveland Bridge Builders, OnBoard Cleveland, Advanced Leadership Institute, and Civic Leadership Institute.

Leadership Cleveland scholarships

Income from an endowment established at the Cleveland Foundation in 1999 by Leadership Cleveland alumni provides an annual source of scholarship funding. Only available for Leadership Cleveland.

Cleveland Bridge Builders scholarships

Each graduating Cleveland Bridge Builders (CBB) class is invited to contribute to a scholarship fund that was established by the CBB 10th Anniversary Committee in 2010. Over time many other CBB alumni have contributed to the fund to pay forward their own experience. Only available for Cleveland Bridge Builders.

Allan C. Krulak Endowed Scholarship Fund

The Krulak Scholarship is a one-time college scholarship awarded annually to one male and one female graduate of Look Up To Cleveland during their senior year of high school. Members of the Look Up To Cleveland Class of 2024 can contact Maya Smith (216-659-1289) to learn more about applying for the 2025 scholarship. Applications are due April 1, 2025.

Help pay it forward

Want to support scholarships? Click Donate below and select your scholarship choice from the Designation drop-down menu on the donation form. If you are interested in establishing a scholarship fund, please contact Joan Palumbo (440) 315-1037.

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In their words

The Cleveland Leadership Center rightly recognizes that individual economic disparities have no place in determining who the future leaders of our region are. The Cleveland Bridge Builders program has been invaluable to me and my participation would not have been possible without receiving a partial scholarship. I [now] contribute to the CLC Scholarship Fund because I want this opportunity to be available to countless other civic leaders for years to come.

John Lynch
CBB, Class of 2014