Lillian Kuri named president & CEO by the Cleveland Foundation Board of Directors

Lillian Kuri named president & CEO by the Cleveland Foundation Board of Directors Current executive vice president and chief operating officer will take over the reins Aug. 1 Release Date: 5.1.2023 CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation Board of Directors today announced that Lillian Kuri has been unanimously elected as the...

Perlman Foundation PK Management Employee Scholarship

Purpose: The Perlman Foundation PK Management Scholarship Fund is a scholarship fund created for the dependents of eligible employees of PK Management Company. The purpose of the fund is to advance education by providing scholarships to dependents (as herein described). "Dependents" shall mean the natural, adopted, or step-relationship...

COVID and College: A Mismatched Pair

By Maggie McGrath, Executive Director, Higher Education Compact of Greater Cleveland New classes, professors, study groups, meeting new people, dining halls, roommates and dorms… These are some of the things most of us think about when we remember our college experiences. For the high school graduating class of 2020, which enrolled...

Apply for a grant from the Equity in the Arts Fund!

The Equity in the Arts Fund (EITAF), previously known as the Minority Arts and Education Fund (MAEF), is a supporting organization of the Cleveland Foundation that seeks to strengthen and build the capacity of organizations that promote the arts and cultures of communities of color and to provide meaningful creative opportunities for...

An important announcement about our grantmaking in 2022

Haga clic aquí para leer en Español To Our Community and Grantee Partners: Thank you all for your continued work to support Greater Cleveland throughout some of the most tumultuous times in our region’s history. Our residents, organizations, and institutions continue to be tested, but in the face of adversity, we have demonstrated...

Summer of Purpose: Yoshmar Pinal-Alfaro

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 Yoshmar Pinal-Alfaro, who spent his summer at Hebrew Free Loan Association (HFLA) of Northeast Ohio, where he...

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...

The Ginn Family

Curating the Fine Art of Giving As art collectors with an eye for impressionist masterpieces and other European art, early 20th century Clevelanders Frank Hadley Ginn and Cornelia Root Ginn enjoyed meeting with New York art dealers at their home in Gates Mills. With each purchase, they were curating Cleveland history and laying the...

Apply now to host a Cleveland Foundation Summer Intern or Public Service Fellow!

Applications are now being accepted for local nonprofit and public sector organizations that wish to host a Cleveland Foundation Summer Intern in 2024 or a Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellow in the 2024-25 cohort. Host organizations benefit from increased capacity to conduct important projects, while interns and fellows benefit...

Advantages of a Community Foundation

Community foundations give donors benefits not available through private foundations. The chart below briefly summarizes the key differences between community foundations (using examples of two different fund types) and private foundations. The Cleveland Foundation vs. Private Foundations   Private Foundation Donor Advised Fund...