On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we’re reflecting on the important role faith-based organizations play in the communities around them. Often, religious leaders and their congregations are vanguards in grassroots efforts to protect basic human dignity and...
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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...
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...
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Do You Remember Polynomials and Quadratic Equations? The GED is getting overhauled. Starting in January 2014, the GED will be based on the national Common Core state standards, designed to better prepare grades K-12 for the workplace and higher education. The...
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A discussion of hashtags needs to start with a discussion of Twitter. I first blogged about Twitter in early 2009 (see post). Since that time more and more nonprofits and foundations have started using it (including @CleveFoundation). On the other hand, many...
Read MoreWe’ve all heard the sobering statistics about the shortage of nurses: 40 percent of Ohio’s practicing nurses expect to leave the field in the next 10 years – a shortfall of nearly 32,000 registered nurses by 2020. At the same time, an educational...
Read MoreThink about the YMCA, Salvation Army, and Habitat for Humanity. What do they all have in common? (Besides, of course, the fact that each organization has made significant contributions to society.) Each of them was founded as a faith-based organization. In...
Read MoreAs I reported last month, the foundation is pleased to join with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Center for Creative Leadership to support 30 community and public health fellows in the Ladder to Leadership program. The initiative is geared to...
Read MoreLately I have been reflecting on the following points related to the topic of the locally grown foods: As a region we spend $7,000,000,000 a year on food. Yes! 7 BILLION dollars yet less than 1% of that goes to local farmers and producers Local food...
Read Moreby Jill Paulsen, program officer Cleveland is a town where you can make a real difference. Where you can lead. Just ask our 30 newly minted Ladder to Leadership fellows, participants in a joint initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the...
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