September Grant Highlights

We’re thrilled to announce $9.9 million in September grants to organizations serving Lake, Geauga and Cuyahoga County residents! This takes the foundation’s third-quarter grantmaking total to $21.1 million, bringing the yearly investment in Greater Cleveland to $62.9 million.Many of our grants this month concentrated on education...

Local AAPI leaders reflect on the contributions of Cleveland’s AAPI community

By Cameron Aloway, Cleveland Foundation Marketing & Communications Intern The month of May recognizes the identity of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI). AAPI Heritage Month is an opportunity to reflect on the influence these cultures contributed on the world. AAPI Heritage Month also provides a time to acknowledge and...

May Centennial Gift: Cleveland Foundation Day on Wade Oval

May Centennial Gift: Cleveland Foundation Day on Wade Oval May 24 will be the first free Saturday for Cleveland Botanical Garden, Cleveland Museum of Natural History and Western Reserve Historical Society Includes special free programming at the always-free Cleveland Museum of Art Download the Cleveland Foundation Day on Wade...

Fred Talks

Learn. Engage. Champion. Fred Talks build on Cleveland Foundation founder Frederick Harris Goff's legacy of innovative thinking by inviting community members to learn, engage with one another, and champion new ideas in conversations with local and national thought leaders. Each free event features a thought-provoking conversation...

#CLExHAV: Behind the Scenes of the Cleveland Havana Ballet

Building on a collaboration that began as part of our spring 2017 Creative Fusion: Cuba Edition international artist residency, Verb Ballets of Cleveland and ProDanza of Havana have taken their partnership a step further to form the Cleveland Havana Ballet, a temporary merging of the two companies to produce the full-length Cuban ballet...

Adapting to change and building inclusion through augmented and virtual reality

By Nelson Beckford, Program Director, Neighborhood Revitalization & Engagement I stopped saying “pivot” when referencing how the local nonprofit sector has adapted to this new reality (e.g. COVID, racial unrest/uprising, the lock-down, social isolation, unemployment and economic uncertainty). To call this is a “pivot,” a...

Fellow Friday: Meet the 2020-21 Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellows

Launched in 2016, the Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellowship immerses talented, emerging leaders from across the country in the work of Cleveland’s public sector, providing them an opportunity to develop their skills, enhance their networks, and jumpstart a career in public service. With the goals of attracting and retaining...