If you haven't noticed lately, there's a rising pulse in the Cleveland: unity. It's beating faster each day, growing louder and louder as we Clevelanders feel it and believe it. And of course, I'm #AllinCLE, so you can bet a part of this unity has come from...
Read MorePaying for college is daunting, but thanks to the generosity of our many generous donors, the Cleveland Foundation is offering more than 60 scholarships to eligible applicants this year. The scholarships support a range of educational and professional...
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By Ronn Richard President & CEO, Cleveland Foundation As 2014 came to a close, the Cleveland Foundation completed a yearlong centennial observance that surpassed our dreams. Thanks to dedicated donors, superb media partners like Crain's, generous...
Read More By Ronn Richard President & CEO, Cleveland Foundation Last December, as the Cleveland Foundation prepared to commemorate its centennial, we invited Plain Dealer readers to celebrate this milestone with their community foundation, the world's first. More...
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In case you missed it, our December centennial gift to the community is “Cleveland Foundation Day of Family Fun” featuring a variety of healthy activities at more than three dozen sites in six counties throughout Northeast Ohio on Tuesday, Dec. 30. The...
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For 16 years, the Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship program has stayed true to its goal of connecting undergraduate and graduate students with meaningful, career-related experiences in nonprofit and public sector agencies. The program adds value to the...
Read More By Ronn Richard President & CEO, Cleveland Foundation I was honored to write for the Crain's Cleveland Business 2014 Giving Guide on behalf of the board and staff of the Cleveland Foundation, the world’s first community foundation. We take pride in that...
Read More The summer of 2015 will be the 16th year of the Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship program. The program is based on a simple, yet effective recipe: connect undergraduate and graduate students with meaningful work-related projects in Cleveland-area...
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By Mark NowakCity of South Euclid As I was growing up, many people told me to “follow my passion” when planning a career. I’ve come to believe this advice is at best misleading … but more on that later. Several years ago, I earned an engineering...
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By Maggie StarkHolden Arboretum This was certainly not the summer I expected. Road trip, backpack, plane, train or walk if I had to escape; the only thing on my mind was the six months of loan deferment I had left between graduation and entry in the real...
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