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The Cleveland Foundation makes grants to tax-exempt agencies classified as 501(c)(3) organizations (public charities as defined by the Internal Revenue Service) in Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties.  Standard Grant Application Deadlines APPLICATION DEADLINE  NOTIFICATION DATE  December 31  End of...

A Legacy for Everyone: Named Funds

by Sandy Lucas, JD, Gift Planning Advisor, Cleveland Foundation Contact Sandy at sLucas@clevefdn.org or 216.615.7174   Throughout our lives, many of us ponder the legacies we hope to leave for our families and our communities. How will we be remembered? What impact can we have in our community, even after we are gone? A Named...

Boris Oicherman named Cleveland Foundation program director for arts & culture

Boris Oicherman named Cleveland Foundation program director for arts & culture Curator, artist and engineer joins the foundation team today Photo courtesy of Katya Oicherman Release Date: 9.19.2022 CLEVELAND – Following a national search, the Cleveland Foundation is pleased to announce that Boris Oicherman, Ph.D. will join...

Summer of Purpose: Audrey 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 Audrey Ray, who spent her summer at FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, a free public...

The Lake-Geauga Fund of the Cleveland Foundation unveils 2023 grantmaking

The Lake-Geauga Fund of the Cleveland Foundation unveils 2023 grantmaking Release Date: 11.16.23 CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation Board of Directors recently approved $227,000 from the Lake-Geauga Fund of the Cleveland Foundation to support 11 organizations serving Lake and Geauga counties. Established in 1988, the Lake-Geauga...

Stories of Giving: Ashley and Michael Fisher

The stress of the COVID-19 pandemic weighs heavily on all, perhaps none more than America’s young people. Experts were warning of an intensifying mental health crisis among children and young adults in the United States before the pandemic – data from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health...

Celebrating Leading Women in Philanthropy

Women’s history is part of Cleveland Foundation history. Forward-thinking female philanthropists made some of the earliest gifts to the foundation, and today, women make up 46% of our Board of Directors. From generous donors to bold executives to inspiring community leaders, we’re celebrating women who helped build the Cleveland...

Announcing the 2024 Foundations for Philanthropy class

The Cleveland Foundation today announced the 21-member class of its Foundations for Philanthropy (FFP) program. Now in its fifth cohort, FFP is an award-winning, interactive experience designed to launch individuals into lifelong philanthropy by teaching skills and strategies to leverage participants’ time, talent, treasure and ties...