Dreams of Istanbul children

Monday, April 13, 2009 A delicate third-grade girl wanted to know if we knew anything about NASA. She wanted to become an astronaut. Her classmate, a vocal young man wearing the blue and white sweater of the school uniform, asked if we knew anything about archeology. He once found part of an ostrich egg and decided he would become an...

Managing through the Downturn

Times are tough, and as nonprofit executives you don’t need me reminding you.  Every day my colleagues and I hear from more and more organizations that are stretching their dollars and reevaluating their programs. Everyone is searching for new funding sources, shifting service delivery and sometimes cutting staff. Despite all the doom...

Peace, spice and baby chicks: a day in Istanbul

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Today, the members of the EMY team met with professors at Bosphorus University, one of Istanbul’s premier universities, to share research, learning and our experiences using the arts to work with youth, and engaging in violence prevention and conflict resolution through education training and the arts. Based...

July Grant Highlights

We’re thrilled to announce $6.8 million in July grants to organizations serving residents of Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties. Here are just a few highlights in the areas of music, health, environment, education, aging and neighborhoods: $195,000 to Cleveland Leadership Center supporting the launch of “Advancing Cleveland,”...

FourSquare: Stepping Up Your Game By Exploring Cleveland

My penchant for technology – especially new ways to connect and to share information – received a boost this fall. For those willing to try it out, it just might change the way you interact with Cleveland. FourSquare is a location-based social networking program. It’s also a game. Users "check-in" at venues using their mobile...

Winches and Wheels, or How to Move a Store

Rather than "How to move a store," this blog should be titled "Why move a store?" When Creative Fusion artist Cristián Schmitt came to Cleveland from his home in Santiago, Chile, in April this year, he saw much to inspire him in creating new work. Cristián is an architect-designer with a passion for finding solutions for distressed...

Welcome 2014 Summer Interns!

This week we welcomed the 15th class of the Cleveland Foundation’s Summer Intern Program – a group we are calling our “centennial cohort.”  This group of 16 professionals represents some of the top talent and emerging leadership of our region. The summer internship program’s objectives are to provide a meaningful...

Cleveland Foundation talks future cities in Chautauqua

What do you want for your future city, and how can you make it happen? That was the focus of the Future of Cities Week at Chautauqua Institution, presented this year by the Cleveland Foundation in partnership with The City Club of Cleveland. Throughout the week of August 1 – 5, Cleveland Foundation staff and community stakeholders...