Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
Creator: | Kulas Foundation |
Title: | Kulas Foundation Records, Series III |
Dates: | 1985-1990 |
Extent: | 4.00 linear feet (4 containers) |
Abstract: | The Kulas Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio, was founded in 1937 by Elroy J. and Fynette H. Kulas, as a charitable foundation to fund and promote music, music education, and higher education. The collection consists of correspondence, financial statements and investment reports, minutes of the board of trustees, and grant files. |
MS Number | MS 4679 |
Location: | closed stacks |
Language: | The records are in English |
The Kulas Foundation (f. 1937) was established by Elroy John Kulas (1880-1952) and his wife Fynette Hill Kulas. Kulas, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, acquired his wealth in the steel industry and formed the Midland Steel Company when his Cleveland-based Parish and Bishop Company merged with Detroit Pressed Steel. He was also the director of several railroads during his life.
The Kulas Foundation is interested in funding and promoting music and higher education in Greater Cleveland. No individuals or endowment funds receive grants from the foundation. In 1981 over $892,000 was distributed in 60 grants on a principal of $10,341,000. The foundation has a continuing relationship with the law firm Jones, Day, Reavis, and Pogue. Partner John Reavis was the first president of the Kulas Foundation; as of 1988, Richard E. Pogue held that position. Other officers of the institution were Allen O. Holmes, Frank E. Joseph, and Herbert E. Strawbridge.
click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry for the Kulas Foundation
click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry for Elroy John Kulas
The Kulas Foundation Records, 1985-1990, consist of correspondence, financial statements and investment reports, minutes of the board of trustees, and grant files.
This collection is of value to researchers studying the impact of philanthropies on society and culture in Cleveland, Ohio, the evolution of foundation management, and the nature of giving patterns, especially in the area of music education and programs involving a musical component. The detailed information in the grant proposals provides rich histories of many organizations and institutions in the fields of education, health, culture, music, and community enrichment.
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Related MaterialThe researcher should also consult MS 4158 Kulas Foundation Records and MS 4246 Kulas Foundation Records, Series II.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4679 Kulas Foundation Records, Series II, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Kulas Foundation, 1993.
Processed by Paula Cohen in 1994.
Series I: Correspondence, Financial/Investment Records, Grant Proposals, and Minutes 1985-1987 |
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Box | Folder | ||||||||||
1 | 1-3 | Correspondence 1985 | |||||||||
1 | 4-5 | Grant Proposals 1986 | |||||||||
1 | 6-9 | Correspondence 1986 | |||||||||
1 | 10-15 | Correspondence 1987 | |||||||||
1 | 16 | Paid Requisitions 1987 | |||||||||
1 | 17-18 | Paid Receipts 1987 |
Series II: Accepted Grant Files 1987-1990 |
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Box | Folder | ||||||||||
1 | 19-20 | Achievement Center for Children 1990 | |||||||||
1 | 21 | Accord Associates 1987 | |||||||||
1 | 22 | Andrews School for Girls 1989 | |||||||||
1 | 23 | Baldwin-Wallace College 1990 | |||||||||
1 | 24 | Bratenahl Community Foundation 1989 | |||||||||
1 | 25 | Broadway School of Music and Arts 1989 | |||||||||
1 | 26 | Campbell Court Apartments 1989 | |||||||||
1 | 27 | Case Western Reserve University, Arts Management 1988 | |||||||||
1 | 28 | Case Western Reserve University, Kulas Professorship 1990 | |||||||||
1 | 29 | Case Western Reserve University, Fine Arts History 1990 | |||||||||
1 | 30 | Center for Human Services 1987 | |||||||||
1 | 31 | Chanel High School 1989 | |||||||||
1 | 32 | City of Cleveland, Division of Recreation, Cultural Arts Unit 1989 | |||||||||
1 | 33 | City of Cleveland, Division of Recreation, Cultural Arts Unit 1990 | |||||||||
1 | 34 | City of Cleveland Heights, Cain Park 1988 | |||||||||
1 | 35 | City of Rocky River, Office on Aging 1987 | |||||||||
1 | 36 | Cleveland Ballet, special campaign 1988 | |||||||||
1 | 37 | Cleveland Ballet, "Graduation Ball" 1988 | |||||||||
1 | 38 | Cleveland Ballet, Sustaining Support 1989-1990 | |||||||||
1 | 39-40 | Cleveland Ballet, Financial Crisis 1990 | |||||||||
1 | 41 | Cleveland Ballet, European Tour 1990 | |||||||||
1 | 42 | Cleveland Ballet, "The Toreador" 1990 | |||||||||
1 | 43 | Cleveland Ballet, Kay Williams Scholarship Dinner 1987 | |||||||||
1 | 44 | Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Education Program 1988 | |||||||||
1 | 45 | Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Bioethics 1990 | |||||||||
1 | 46-48 | Cleveland Commission on Higher Education 1987-1988 1990 | |||||||||
1 | 49 | Cleveland Council on World Affairs 1987 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
2 | 50 | Cleveland Development Foundation 1989 | |||||||||
2 | 51 | Cleveland Education Fund 1990 | |||||||||
2 | 52 | Cleveland Foundation 1990 | |||||||||
2 | 53 | Cleveland Institute of Art 1988 | |||||||||
2 | 54 | Cleveland Institute of Music, Kulas Professorships and Cleveland Orchestra Ticket Program 1988 | |||||||||
2 | 55-56 | Cleveland Institute of Music, Encore String Program 1988-1989 | |||||||||
2 | 57 | Cleveland Institute of Music, Casadesus Competition 1989 | |||||||||
2 | 58 | Cleveland Institute of Music, Encore School for Strings 1990 | |||||||||
2 | 59 | Cleveland Institute of Music, Kulas Professorships 1990 | |||||||||
2 | 60-62 | Cleveland International Program 1988-1990 | |||||||||
2 | 63-64 | DanceCleveland 1989-1990 | |||||||||
2 | 65 | Cleveland Music School Settlement 1988 | |||||||||
2 | 66 | Cleveland Northcoast Development 1988 | |||||||||
2 | 67 | Cleveland Octet 1988 | |||||||||
2 | 68 | Cleveland Opera 1988 | |||||||||
2 | 69 | Cleveland Playhouse, Drury Theater 1987 | |||||||||
2 | 70-72 | Cleveland Playhouse 1988-1990 | |||||||||
2 | 73 | Cleveland Public Library 1990 | |||||||||
2 | 74-75 | Cleveland Public Radio 1989 | |||||||||
2 | 76 | Cleveland Public Schools, C.A. Roth School 1988 | |||||||||
2 | 77 | Cleveland Public Schools, Cleveland School of Science 1988 | |||||||||
2 | 78 | Cleveland Public Schools, Patrick Henry School 1987-1989 | |||||||||
2 | 79-80 | Cleveland Public Theater 1987 1990 | |||||||||
2 | 81 | Cleveland State University, Library 1988 | |||||||||
2 | 82 | Cleveland State University, Development Foundation 1990 | |||||||||
2 | 83 | Council Gardens, Cleveland Heights 1989 | |||||||||
2 | 84-86 | Council on Foundations 1988-1990 | |||||||||
2 | 87-88 | Cuyahoga Community College 1989-1990 | |||||||||
2 | 89-91 | DePaul School of Northeast Ohio 1987 1989 | |||||||||
2 | 92 | Dunham Tavern Museum 1989 | |||||||||
2 | 93 | Early Childhood Enrichment Center 1989 | |||||||||
2 | 94-95 | East Cleveland Community Theater 1988-1989 | |||||||||
2 | 96 | East Cleveland Neighborhood Center 1990 | |||||||||
2 | 97 | Educational Television Association of Metropolitan Cleveland, WVIZ-Channel 25 1990 | |||||||||
2 | 98 | Fairmount Center for Performing Arts 1990 | |||||||||
2 | 99 | Fairmount Montessori Association/Ruffing Montessori 1989 | |||||||||
2 | 100-102 | Fairmount Theater of the Deaf 1988-1990 | |||||||||
2 | 103 | Fine Arts Association, Willoughby 1989 | |||||||||
2 | 104 | First Church of Christ, Scientist 1988 | |||||||||
2 | 105-106 | The Foundation Center, Cleveland 1988 1990 | |||||||||
2 | 107-108 | Friends of Cleveland School of the Arts 1988 | |||||||||
2 | 109 | Friends of Project Learn 1990 | |||||||||
2 | 110 | Garfield Heights Community Center 1990 | |||||||||
2 | 111 | Geauga County Historical Society 1990 | |||||||||
2 | 112 | Geauga County Public Library 1989 | |||||||||
2 | 113-116 | Great Lakes Theater Festival 1988-1990 | |||||||||
2 | 117 | Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers 1989 | |||||||||
2 | 118 | Health Hill Hospital 1988 | |||||||||
2 | 119 | Hiram College 1988 | |||||||||
2 | 120 | Holy Name High School 1990 | |||||||||
2 | 121 | Imani African-American Dance Company 1987 | |||||||||
2 | 122 | International Health Services Foundation, Inc. 1989 | |||||||||
2 | 123-124 | Jewish Community Center 1987 1990 | |||||||||
2 | 125-126 | John Carroll University 1988 1990 | |||||||||
2 | 127 | Judson Park Manor 1988 | |||||||||
2 | 128 | Judson Retirement Community 1990 | |||||||||
2 | 129-130 | Karamu House 1988 1990 | |||||||||
2 | 131-133 | The Koch School of Music 1987 1989 | |||||||||
2 | 134 | Lake Erie College 1990 | |||||||||
2 | 135-136 | Lakewood Commission on Aging 1987 1990 | |||||||||
2 | 137 | Lakewood Little Theater/Beck Center 1988 | |||||||||
2 | 138-139 | Lyric Opera Cleveland 1987 1989 | |||||||||
2 | 140 | Martin DePorres Center 1990 | |||||||||
2 | 141 | Menorah Park Jewish Home for the Aged 1989 | |||||||||
2 | 142 | Merrick House Day Care 1989 | |||||||||
2 | 143-148 | Musical Arts Association (The Cleveland Orchestra) 1988-1990 | |||||||||
2 | 149 | National Urban Fellows, Cleveland 1989 | |||||||||
2 | 150 | New Directions 1986 | |||||||||
2 | 151 | Northern Ohio Children's Performing Music Foundation, Inc., "Singing Angels" 1986-1989 | |||||||||
2 | 152 | Notre Dame College of Ohio 1987 | |||||||||
2 | 153 | Oberlin College 1988 | |||||||||
2 | 154 | Ohio Boychoir, Inc. 1987 | |||||||||
2 | 155-157 | Ohio Chamber Ballet 1988-1990 | |||||||||
2 | 158 | Ohio Chamber Orchestra 1988 | |||||||||
2 | 159 | Our Lady of the Wayside, Inc. 1989 | |||||||||
2 | 160 | Padua Franciscan High School 1989 | |||||||||
2 | 161 | Parent's Volunteer Association for Retarded Children and Adults 1988 | |||||||||
2 | 162 | Playhouse Square Foundation 1989-1990 | |||||||||
2 | 163 | Regina High School 1989 | |||||||||
2 | 164-167 | Retired Senior Volunteer Program of Cleveland, Inc., RSVP 1987-1990 | |||||||||
2 | 168 | St. Francis of Assisi School 1990 | |||||||||
2 | 169 | St. Ignatius High School 1990 | |||||||||
2 | 170 | St. John Bosco School 1990 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
3 | 171 | St. Joseph High School 1988 | |||||||||
3 | 172 | St. Luke School 1988 | |||||||||
3 | 173 | St. Thomas More School 1989 | |||||||||
3 | 174-175 | The Salvation Army 1988-1989 | |||||||||
3 | 176 | Shnurmann, Cornelia Foundation 1987 | |||||||||
3 | 177 | Suburban Symphony Orchestra 1988 | |||||||||
3 | 178 | Sunny Acres Foundation 1988 | |||||||||
3 | 179 | United Way Services 1990 | |||||||||
3 | 180-182 | University Circle, Inc. 1988-1990 | |||||||||
3 | 183-184 | University Hospitals of Cleveland 1987 1989 | |||||||||
3 | 185 | University Schools, Chagrin Falls 1989 | |||||||||
3 | 186 | Villa Angela Academy 1987 | |||||||||
3 | 187 | Vocational Guidance Services 1987 | |||||||||
3 | 188 | Western Reserve Fine Arts Association 1987 | |||||||||
3 | 189 | The West Shore Chorale 1988 | |||||||||
3 | 190 | Whippoorwill Playpark, Taft School 1989 | |||||||||
3 | 191-194 | Young Audiences of Greater Cleveland, Inc. 1987-1990 | |||||||||
3 | 195 | Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) 1986-1990 | |||||||||
3 | 196 | Correspondence 1988-1990 | |||||||||
3 | 197-199 | Student Ticket Fund 1987-1989 |
Series III: Rejected Grant Files 1987-1990 |
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Box | Folder | ||||||||||
3 | 200 | Index of rejected grant proposals 1987-1990 | |||||||||
3 | 201 | Accord Associates, Inc. 1990 | |||||||||
3 | 202 | Archbishop Hoban High School 1990 | |||||||||
3 | 203 | Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management 1990 | |||||||||
3 | 204 | Catholic Hospice Network, Inc. 1990 | |||||||||
3 | 205 | Chardon United Methodist Church 1990 | |||||||||
3 | 206 | Cleveland Development Foundation 1990 | |||||||||
3 | 207 | The Tom Evert Dance Company 1990 | |||||||||
3 | 208 | Garfield Heights Community Center 1987 | |||||||||
3 | 209 | Lakewood Commission on Aging 1988 | |||||||||
3 | 210 | Lakeview Terrace Resident Management Firm, Inc. 1988 | |||||||||
3 | 211 | National Invention Center, Inc. 1990 | |||||||||
3 | 212 | North Coast Vocal Arts Ensemble 1990 | |||||||||
3 | 213 | Northeast Ohio Alliance for the Mentally Ill 1990 | |||||||||
3 | 214 | Ohioans Helping Improve Ohio 1990 | |||||||||
3 | 215-216 | The Robert Page Singers and Orchestra 1990 | |||||||||
3 | 217 | The Research Foundation of the City University of New York 1990 | |||||||||
3 | 218 | SPACES 1990 | |||||||||
3 | 219 | Vocational Guidance Services of Cleveland 1990 | |||||||||
3 | 220 | Western Reserve Concert Association 1990 | |||||||||
3 | 221 | West Side Ecumenical Ministry 1990 |
Series IV: Requisitions, Financial/Investments, Agenda Books 1987-1990 |
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Box | Folder | ||||||||||
3 | 222-225 | Requisitions 1984-1987 | |||||||||
3 | 226-236 | Agenda Meeting Books; including minutes, financial/investment records, proposals, correspondence 1986-1987 | |||||||||
Box | Folder | ||||||||||
4 | 237-255 | Agenda Meeting Books; including minutes, financial/investment records, proposals, correspondence 1987-1989 |