Common Ground Host Stories: Cosmic Bobbins

Our Common Ground day of community conversation returns for its third year on June 30, 2019! In this blog series, we're featuring the stories of people who have hosted Common Ground conversations in years past. In this guest blog, Sharie Renee of Cosmic Bobbins reflects on her experience as a Common Ground host.  Name:  Sharie...

Spotlight Encore Cleveland: Entrepreneur Series

Launched in 2013 by the Cleveland Foundation, Encore Cleveland helps to connect and fund a network of organizations to provide experienced Greater Clevelanders an array of meaningful opportunities in the community upon retirement or near the end of their primary careers. In our “Spotlight Encore Cleveland” guest blog series, we go...

Cleveland Foundation Expands Arts Mastery Initiative to Include Tri-C Vocal Program

Cleveland Foundation Expands Arts Mastery Initiative to Include Tri-C Vocal Program College receives $150,000 for program in partnership with Cleveland Public Library Release Date: 3.1.2019 CLEVELAND — As part of its continued commitment to community arts mastery programs across nearly 20 Cleveland neighborhoods, the Cleveland...

Cleveland Foundation announces $17.2 million in March grants

Cleveland Foundation announces $17.2 million in March grants  Release Date: 3.28.2019 CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation board of directors today approved $17.2 million in grants for the month of March. Supporting residents in Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties, the foundation has now invested $31 million in the community year to...

Stories of Impact: How the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park is Connecting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion with Environmental Justice and Preservation

The 33,000 acres of protected land between Cleveland and Akron that we know as Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP) was established in 1974 as a part of President Nixon’s “Parks to the People” policy, an initiative created to make national parks relevant to nearby urban populations. Now, CVNP, the only national park in Ohio, is...

#CLESuccess: Highlights From Our Annual Meeting

Thank you to everyone who joined us on May 7 for the Cleveland Foundation 2019 Annual Meeting presented by KeyBank! It was our largest annual meeting yet, with more than 1,600 people in attendance.  Pictured above are talented dancers from the Cuyahoga Community College Creative Arts Dance Academy's Advanced Ensemble, who closed the...