Cycling Cleveland

This summer I was lucky enough to visit Montreal for the first time. My favorite part of the experience wasn’t the great cultural institutions, history, architecture, art, or festivals – but the experience of being in a city that has embraced bicycles. The Bixi program and designated bike-ways around the city were a joy to...

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540 Items2024Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Announce Updates for 2025 Award Year Press ReleaseCleveland Foundation Introduces LGBTQ+ Opportunity Fund; Announces $3 Million for Endowment to Ensure Long-Term Impact Press ReleaseCleveland Neighborhood Safety Fund announces $1 million in grantmaking to support violence prevention efforts Press...

#SummerOfPurpose: Christina Abdelshahid

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 Christina Abdelshahid, who spent her summer working with the Economic and Community Development Institute (ECDI) where she...

Cleveland Foundation receives $1.7 million from Geis Foundation to support youth

Cleveland Foundation receives $1.7 million from Geis Foundation to support youth RELEASE DATE: 2.11.14 CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation today announced the first major gift of its centennial year: $1.7 million from the Erwin & Katherine Geis Charitable Foundation. The gift will be used to establish the Erwin & Katherine...

2017 Grantmaking in Lake and Geauga Counties

We’re thrilled to announce $172,590 in grants from our Lake-Geauga Fund to organizations serving residents of Lake and Geauga counties. This year’s round of grants from the Lake-Geauga Fund brings our total support to Lake and Geauga counties to $2.8 million in 2017!Our history of support in Lake and Geauga counties Established in...

Host Sites for Summer Internship Program? Check.

In early October, we issued a call to our nonprofit and public sector partners to apply to host a Cleveland Foundation intern for the summer of 2013. Out of a pool of 90 applications, we selected 17 projects (see list  below) that address a variety local challenges and opportunities, from adult literacy and youth...