Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they spend 11 weeks working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog we hear from Nahomy Ortiz-Garcia, who is working...
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Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they spend 11 weeks working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog we hear from Shneur Kushner, who is working with Union...
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The Cleveland Foundation African American Philanthropy Committee has announced $25,050 in grants from the African American Philanthropy Committee Legacy Fund to support three Northeast Ohio nonprofit organizations working to help communities most impacted by...
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Established in 1988, The Lake-Geauga Fund of the Cleveland Foundation is a committee-advised fund focused on serving the residents of Lake and Geauga counties. Since its inception, the fund has distributed more than $17 million and has been a critical resource...
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Since 1999, the Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship Program has provided undergraduates, graduate students and recent graduates a "summer of purpose" - an opportunity to work in Cleveland-area nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies during an...
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By Nelson Beckford, Program Director, Neighborhood Revitalization and Engagement In the era of COVID-19, my colleagues and community partners and I have spent time exploring the ways that people connect with each other, and with their community. Over the...
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Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts a headcount of everyone living in our country. This information paints the picture of our nation and influences important decisions such as congressional representation and the distribution of federal funding...
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In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the national reckoning on systemic racism in America that has been at the forefront in recent weeks, Common Ground has adapted this year to give existing registered and multi-year hosts the flexibility to take...
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Over the past few weeks, the Greater Cleveland community – together with communities across the country and the world – has engaged in challenging and necessary reflections, conversations and actions around the painful and fundamental reality of systemic...
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By Nicole Yapp, Common Ground Fellow On May 2 and May 12, Neighborhood Connections’ Neighbor Up network hosted community conversations about public space use and digital connectivity in this unprecedented time. Those conversations were part of an ongoing...
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