Cleveland Foundation and had its own staff and 11-member board of trustees. In terms of financial control, however, GCAF was essentially a trust fund of The Cleveland Foundation. With the interlocking boards and Distribution Committee, GCAF now essentially controlled more than $5 million a year in grant-making, provided by The Cleveland Foundation. To accommodate the newly energized programmatic goals of The Cleveland Foundation, the Distribution Committee created five subcommittees (cultural affairs, education, health and welfare, public affairs, and youth) to evaluate proposals before sending them to the Distribution Committee and then the Cleveland Foundation board for approval. In 1968, John Sherwin, Sr. was elected chairman of the Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation. J. Kimball Johnson retired as director of The Cleveland Foundation on December 31, 1967, Norton was appointed director of The Cleveland Foundation—effectively unifying the chief executive officer position for both organizations. Legacy Historian Diana Tittle, who has best chronicled the history of The Cleveland Foundation and GCAF, assessed GCAF's legacy in this way: In the years preceding the election of Carl B. Stokes as Cleveland's mayor in 1967, the Associated Foundation would spark or shape public debate on the need for improvements in the schools, race relations and city governance, thus helping to create a climate for reform. Acting on the new ideas generated, GCAF would help to make possible such sweeping changes as the creation of the first publicly supported community college in the state, the integration of Cleveland's near eastern suburbs and the total overhaul of the creaky management structure of City Hall. Citations Notes Citations Bibliography 1961 establishments in Ohio 1971 disestablishments in Ohio Community foundations based in the United States