Fellow Friday: Courtney Hutchinson’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 this #FellowFriday blog, 2018-19 Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellow Courtney Hutchinson talks about her year-long experience working...

Summer of Purpose: Delana Ray

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 Delana Ray, who spent her summer at DigitalC supporting initiatives at the MidTown Tech Hive.      Name...

#OurCGStories: Jason Weiner

#OurCGStories blog series highlights Cleveland Foundation staff who participated in our Common Ground day of community conversation on June 30.  In today's blog, we hear from Jason Weiner, Donor Relations Officer. On Common Ground day, Jason hosted "Plastic Surgery: Cutting Plastic Out of Your Life" at Distill Table in Lakewood. Here’s...

Join us at the 2018 African American Philanthropy Summit

The African American Philanthropy Committee of the Cleveland Foundation invites you to attend the fifth biennial Cleveland Foundation African American Philanthropy Summit from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at Landerhaven. This year’s summit: “CLE for Life, Giving for Life,” celebrates African American philanthropists in...

Story of Giving: Meltrice Sharp and LaRese Purnell of CLE Consulting Firm

When financial consultants Meltrice Sharp and LaRese Purnell kept crossing paths after launching parallel firms, they knew they had to talk. It only took one business dinner for the pair to discover they had more than potential clients in common. “Our visions were the same: we wanted to change the financial trajectory of our...

Summer Internship Host Organizations

Information for Host Organization Applicants Host Site applications for the 2025 Summer Internship Program are open through Friday, January 7, 2025. The program provides a limited number of college students, recent graduates, and first year graduate students an opportunity to work in Cleveland-area nonprofit organizations or...

Summer of Purpose: Elise Provident

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 Elise Provident, who spent her summer at Cleveland Public Theatre assisting with grantwriting and auditing.  ...