Meet Our 2019 Summer Internship Host Sites!

Heading into its 20th year, the Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship Program gives local college students and recent grads an opportunity to work with Greater Cleveland nonprofit and public sector organizations during an 11-week paid summer internship. We're currently accepting applications for the 2019 summer internship, and we're...

#SummerOfPurpose: Allosious Snodgrass

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 Allosious Snodgrass, who is working with the The Presidents' Council Foundation to assist with planning the 2017 Annual...

How I Spent My Summer: Austin Boxler

When I graduated from my Northeast Ohio high school, I had no idea what my future would be like, but I did know that I wanted to get out of Ohio. I was enamored by the idea of living in New York City or San Francisco and building a life in a glitzy coastal city full of young professionals.  Rhode Island was my first step in that...

#SummerOfPurpose: John Brett

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 John Brett, who is working with Chagrin River Watershed Partners, where he supports the assessment of stream and wetland...

#FellowFriday: Jordan Lopez’s Fellowship Experience

The Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellowship offers emerging young leaders the skills and networks needed to create the community they envision and jumpstart a career in public service. In our #FellowFriday blog series, hear from members of the 2017-18 Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellowship cohort about their year-long...

This #EarthDay, a Glimpse at our Eco-Friendly Grants

In honor of Earth Day, we’re looking back at our recent grants supporting a healthy planet! The Cleveland Foundation has a long history of support for green spaces and efforts to preserve and protect our natural resources. In fact, one of the foundation’s first acts was to commission a study that helped launch the Cleveland...

#SummerOfPurpose: Meshal Muzaffar

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns and Porter Cleveland Fellows as they spend 11 weeks working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog, we hear from Meshal Muzaffar, a Porter Cleveland Fellow who is working with The Legal Aid Society of...