CGLR Foundation
Solving for Sustainability
Mission
The CGLR Foundation brings leaders from all levels of government, business, academia, and the nonprofit sector together from across the eight Great Lakes states to create the first sustainable region in the world through educational events, public policy research and programs, and awareness building activities.
Ruling year
2019
President and CEO
Mark Fisher
Main address
11075 East Boulevard Canada-US Law Institute, Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
EIN
82-4736237
NTEE code
Human Service Organizations (P20)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Solving for Sustainability -- advancing the environmental and economic health of the Great Lakes region.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Circular Great Lakes
In the Great Lakes economic region, which spans eight states, from New York to Minnesota, it is estimated that 80% of the region’s post-consumer waste is lost to landfills, including valuable materials like plastic packaging and films. Worse, studies estimate that roughly 20 million pounds of plastic pollution could be entering the Great Lakes, one of the largest surface freshwater systems in the world, through a variety of sources and pathways.
Shifting to, and realizing the full socioeconomic and environmental benefits of, a circular economy is a monumental task facing the United States and the Great Lakes region. And, like elsewhere, no one level of government or sector in the region can close the loop and achieve a future without waste and litter on their own.
Circular Great Lakes provides a forum for pursuing the targeted multi-sector / stakeholder actions required to realize a circular economy in the region, starting with plastics.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of projects showing an upward trend in the number of conservation actions at site
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth, Ethnic and racial groups
Related Program
Circular Great Lakes
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of stakeholders/stakeholder groups with whom communication has been achieved and expectations shared
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth, Ethnic and racial groups
Related Program
Circular Great Lakes
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The Council of the Great Lakes Region Foundation plays an essential role in advancing sustainable economic growth in the region.
1. We convene key sectors -- industry, government, academia, and nonprofits -- to solve for sustainability at our annual, bi-national forum.
2. We engage representatives from all sectors in conversations about the urgent issues around sustainable economic growth in the region -- at the annual Forum, in webinars, and through CGLR Foundation's multiple initiatives.
3. We act as an incubator for pilot projects and demonstration projects, agreed upon and supported by the community we engage, to solve for sustainability and advance innovative industries and technologies.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
The CGLR Foundation brings the Great Lakes region's key actors and sectors together as one, so that we can solve for sustainability together, and create the world's first bi-national, sustainable region.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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CGLR Foundation
Board of directorsas of 09/25/2024
Brian Ames
Individual
Term: 2020 - 2024
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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Equity strategies
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- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
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