Public Service Fellowship Application Information

Applications for the 2025-2026 Public Service Fellowship Program will be accepted through March 3, 2025.   Details on Eligibility & How to Apply: Applicants must be: College graduates who earned their undergraduate degrees between spring 2021 and spring 2025 or their graduate degree in spring 2025. A wide range of degrees...

Advice From Grantees

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 folks are still shunning this technology. One of the benefits I’ve discovered...

Make your voice count for your community

Engaged residents make their communities stronger. Now more than ever, it is vital that Greater Clevelanders exercise their civic rights by voting, taking the census and holding their government leaders accountable. Here are three simple ways to make your voice count for your community:  Vote Early voting in Ohio has begun! Check...

Cleveland Foundation announces more than $24 million in third quarter grantmaking

Cleveland Foundation announces more than $24 million in third quarter grantmaking Release Date: 9.30.2021 CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation Board of Directors today announced more than $24 million in grants approved in the third quarter of 2021. Supporting residents in Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties, the foundation and its...

Support hurricane relief in Puerto Rico and Florida

As residents in Puerto Rico and Florida grapple with catastrophic damage from Hurricanes Fiona and Ian, organizations in the communities impacted and across the country are mobilizing to provide relief. Generous donors are also responding to these back-to-back crises in an effort to fulfill the humanitarian needs. If you are searching for...

Summer of Purpose: Ale Andrzejewski

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they reflect on 11 weeks spent working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog, we hear from Ale Andrzejewski, who spent his summer at West Park Kamm’s Neighborhood Development, where he worked to...

Greater Cleveland Celebrates Black History Month 2022

By Sinegugu Gasa, Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellow for Community Narrative and Engagement   Why do we celebrate Black History Month? Did you know that each year, Black History Month focuses on a particular theme to accompany the month-long reflections and celebrations of our nation’s history? This  year’s theme is...