Northwest Emergency Team Fund Scholarship

Purpose: To provide scholarship support for children of police officers, firefighters, and paramedics (first responders) in the cities of Bay Village, North Olmsted, Westlake, Lakewood, Rocky River, and Fairview Park. Applicants must be pursuing vocational or technical training or an undergraduate college degree at an accredited...

Robert E. and Ada Hagan Public Service Scholarship

Purpose:  To provide scholarship support for students attending or accepted at Cleveland State University Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs pursuing a public service career. Robert E. Hagan was deeply committed to public service. He was an outspoken critic of the Vietnam War, and he marched in civil rights protests and on...

Charlotte Alexander Scholarship

Purpose:  This fund was established by a transfer of the Educational Trust of the Inner City Protestant Parish to the Cleveland Foundation to provide scholarship support to enable deserving individuals who are residents of Cleveland or its inner-ring suburbs to further and/or complete their formal education. Currently, the beneficiary...

Robert P. Madison Scholarship in Architecture

Purpose: To provide scholarship support for African American high school students and undergraduates enrolled in coursework at an accredited school of architecture, with a declared major in architecture.   About the program: The Robert P. Madison Scholarship Fund was established in 2004, seeded by generous contributions from Robert and...

Stephanie Tubbs Jones Memorial Scholarship

Purpose: The Stephanie Tubbs Jones Memorial Scholarship was funded in 2008 at the passing of the Hon. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, former U.S. congresswoman serving the 11th Congressional District and a native of Cleveland. Rep. Tubbs Jones served with distinction in several capacities in a life of public service. She was elected to the U.S...

Timothy Allen Hopkins Memorial Scholarship

Purpose: To provide scholarship support to graduating seniors (or graduated within one year) from Triway High School (3205 Shreve Road, Wooster, Ohio, 44691) who exhibit strong character and persistence to triumph over adversity and have a minimum 2.5 grade-point average (GPA) on a 4.0 grade scale. Eligible educational institutions shall...

Vince Federico Memorial Scholarship II

Purpose: To provide scholarship support for graduating seniors at Wickliffe High School. Scholarship recipients will be chosen based on scholastic achievement, demonstrated athletic or artistic ability (including but not limited to ability in graphic arts as well as performing arts), character, and financial need. Scholarship awards are...

Wilma A. Chapman Scholarship Fund

Purpose: To enhance scholarship opportunities for persons with mental challenges who aspire and have the potential to succeed in undertaking college/university course work at either the undergraduate or graduate level. The program is intended to offer scholarship grants annually to persons selected by a committee for...

How I Spent My Summer: Monica Laco

The Cleveland Foundation summer internship program is about going outside your comfort zone. Every week, in both our jobs and the weekly development seminars, we are challenged to think differently, dream big and jump in to new experiences, even if we’re not quite sure where we want life to take us. As a social media and marketing...

Cleveland Women’s City Club Foundation Scholarship

Purpose: Since 1948, the Cleveland Women’s City Club Foundation has awarded more than $400,000 in grants to nonprofit organizations and institutions in Greater Cleveland. Its mission is to provide educational, cultural, and social projects and programs that benefit the general public. Some of the grants have gone to Women's City...