The Erwin and Katherine Geis Foundation

The Erwin and Katherine Geis Foundation Mission Statement: Charity begins at home: our teammates, our community, our clients, our extended G German immigrants, Mr. and Mrs.

The Geis Foundation’s story and mission is intrinsically intertwined with the story of the Geis Family. Geis came to Northeast Ohio with little in their pockets and the dream of a better life in America. Though hard work, perseverance, and some help from new friends along the way, they formed the Geis Companies in 1967, a small design build company. The more successful their endeavors became, the

more they felt the need to give back. As they became involved in numerous charitable efforts, it was their employees that established the first scholarship in their names as a Christmas gift in 2001. It is in their honor that The Erwin & Katherine Geis Charitable Foundation promotes education to underprivileged youth, assists in the development of the design/build industry, and encourages the philanthropic efforts of Geis employees. We routinely fund $50,000 of scholarships to several Greater Cleveland Catholic High Schools, $12,000 of scholarships to Geis extended family members, and we also award grants to local non-profits, including Rainey Institute, Boys Hope Girls Hope, and numerous other worthy groups. In 2014, the Geis Companies focused on downtown Cleveland re-development and completed several game-changing projects for the city. The Foundation decided, as premier Cleveland developers, we could do more to help our city still reeling from the housing market crash and trying to deal with the influx of refugees. The Geis Foundation was founded shortly thereafter with the mission of renovating vacant and undesirable properties within Cleveland neighborhoods in order to provide housing for new immigrants and refugee families, and thereby make a meaningful difference house by house, family by family. At the time of this writing, we have three houses underway, which we lovingly refer to as “Geis Village.”

Geis Gala 2019
12/17/2019

Geis Gala 2019

Another great year!
07/31/2019

Another great year!

Congratulations to New Tech East High School and Brandon Moore for having the winning project to develop a pedestrian br...
05/10/2019

Congratulations to New Tech East High School and Brandon Moore for having the winning project to develop a pedestrian bridge from the Mall to the Browns Stadium/waterfront. They killed it! Their project included a bus/rail station, a glass dome, and 180 “wind turbine trees” to self generate power. They generated a sketch-up walk thru, a video commercial about the project, a physical model, and a project budget (98Million!).

We are so grateful we are able to participate in the ACE Mentor Program and proud to be the Presenting Sponsor.
04/24/2019

We are so grateful we are able to participate in the ACE Mentor Program and proud to be the Presenting Sponsor.

Bowling, Food, & Fun
04/15/2019

Bowling, Food, & Fun

We really enjoyed meeting our scholarship recipients this week. Big thanks to Jimmy Malone for taking the time to share...
10/26/2018

We really enjoyed meeting our scholarship recipients this week. Big thanks to Jimmy Malone for taking the time to share your knowledge and experience with us.

What beautiful produce from Ohio City Farm and the Refugee Response. We will miss our CSA (Community Supported Agricult...
09/21/2018

What beautiful produce from Ohio City Farm and the Refugee Response. We will miss our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) come colder weather!

09/13/2018

The Geis Foundation, led by Fred Geis, a local Cleveland developer, has donated a four-apartment building with a storefront to USCRI, as well as the 1/2 acre lot next door.

We want to wish The Refugee Response success at REAP the Benefit this weekend. We had a great time volunteering on the f...
09/13/2018

We want to wish The Refugee Response success at REAP the Benefit this weekend. We had a great time volunteering on the farm earlier this summer!

So proud to turn this eyesore into something more!
09/06/2018

So proud to turn this eyesore into something more!

We had such a great turnout at our open house last week. Thank you to everyone to who helped get this project completed....
09/05/2018

We had such a great turnout at our open house last week. Thank you to everyone to who helped get this project completed. Can't wait to post before and after photos. Stay tuned!

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Streetsboro, OH
44241

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Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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+13305283500

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