The Cleveland Lutheran Educational Endowment Fund (CLEEF)
The Cleveland Lutheran Educational Endowment Fund, commonly referred to as CLEEF, was established in 1985 with a mission to further the educational program of the CLHSA, largely through annual endowment distributions to the schools’ operating budgets.
Endowments provide something rare and powerful: stability. They ensure that Christian education remains accessible to families year after year, regardless of economic uncertainty or changing times.
Funded largely through planned gifts (bequests and estate gifts made through wills and trusts), CLEEF has been and will continue to be essential to the ongoing funding of school operations and student experiences.
As the student bodies and programmatic offerings expand at Lutheran East and Lutheran West, operating costs will also increase. In order to sustain, a focus must be placed upon growing our endowment.
As Christians, we believe we are stewards of the gifts God has entrusted to us. An endowment gift is an act of faithful stewardship, transforming today’s generosity into tomorrow’s opportunity for students.