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January Grant Highlights

We’re kicking off the new year with $2.1 million in grants to organizations serving Lake, Geauga and Cuyahoga county residents! Learn about a few of the organizations and efforts we’re supporting this month:Employment opportunities for individuals with...

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#NeighborUpCLE at Network Night

Wondering how you can take action on the community issues you care about? Join Neighborhood Connections’ Neighbor Up network! Neighbor Up unites people across lines of difference, creates a web of collaboration and exchange, and encourages residents and...

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Celebrating a Championship Year for #CLE

Happy New Year! In case you missed it, check out our year-end highlight video, celebrating the many exciting moments for our community in 2016:   This year, we look forward to building on the momentum of 2016 and continuing our mission to enhance...

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2016: A Year in Blog Posts

Throughout the year, we have been sharing news and stories from the foundation on our bi-weekly blog. As we close out 2016 and ring in the New Year, we’re celebrating a few of the top stories from our year of blogging:A foundation of leadership We started...

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A Look Back at our 2016 #CLECaucus Series

In a year when partisan politics dominated the headlines, the Cleveland Foundation – in partnership with The City Club of Cleveland, Cleveland Young Professional Senate, Neighborhood Connections, ideastream and Crain’s Cleveland Business – launched a...

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December Grant Highlights

We’re ending the year on a high note! Our board of directors approved $18 million in grants for the month of December, bringing the foundation’s fourth-quarter grantmaking total to $30.7 million and the 2016 total to $91.2 million to date.* Here are a few...

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November Grant Highlights

The Cleveland Foundation board of directors has approved $9 million in November grants! Check out these highlights:Housing services for Greater Clevelanders in needThe Cleveland Foundation has approved a $120,000 grant to Enterprise Community Partners to...

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Celebrating Community Foundations

Tomorrow marks the beginning of Community Foundation Week 2016! Nov. 12-18, we’re joining more than 780 community foundations across the country celebrating this recognition week and the impact of our field in communities nationwide.  Cleveland roots As the...

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