Apply for a Mission Related Investment
To be considered for a Cleveland Foundation Mission Related Investment, please review the information below and complete the application form that follows.
What are Mission Related Investments?
Mission Related Investments come from the Foundation’s endowment assets and must achieve two goals...
A guest blog by Jill Koski, Holden Forests & Gardens President & Chief Executive Officer
Happy Arbor Day!
For more than 90 years, Holden Forests & Gardens (HF&G) has focused on trees and plants as a living museum at both the Holden Arboretum in Kirtland and the Cleveland Botanical Garden in Cleveland’s University...
Thea DeRosa Cerra grew up surrounded by books. As the executive director of the Cleveland Kids’ Book Bank, she’s helping build home libraries for children and families across Northeast Ohio.
“Having books in the home is one of the biggest predictors of future academic success,” she says. “Our goal for every child is to have...
#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...
Thanks to the vision and generosity of many donors, the Cleveland Foundation offers more than 60 scholarships. While most are for graduating high school seniors attending institutions of higher learning, others enable individuals to pursue vocational training and professional development opportunities.
The Cleveland Foundation is...
Download the Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund Community Report here.
It's been just over a year since life in Greater Cleveland was upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. Soon after the first cases were officially reported in Ohio, a group of funders in our community came together to launch the Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid...
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...
Cleveland Black Futures Fund announces nearly $2 million in grants
49 organizations supported by first round of grantmaking
Release Date: 6.29.2021
View video from Cleveland Black Futures Fund committee.
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation and its partners today announced $1.89 million to 49 organizations in the initial round of...
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 Macin Sheeder, who spent her summer at Arts Impact supporting the organization's work providing arts-based...
Cleveland Neighborhood Safety Fund announces first $1 million in grantmaking to grassroots violence prevention programs
Release Date: 12.20.2023
CLEVELAND – Today the City of Cleveland and Cleveland Foundation announced the first round of programs to be funded through the newly established Cleveland Neighborhood Safety Fund.
The...