A renaissance in the making, but there’s so much more to do in Cleveland

By Ronn Richard President & CEO, Cleveland Foundation Last December, as the Cleveland Foundation prepared to commemorate its centennial, we invited Plain Dealer readers to celebrate this milestone with their community foundation, the world's first. More than 172,000 Greater Clevelanders joined the year-long birthday party that...

Cleveland Foundation announces $13.1 million in grants

Cleveland Foundation announces $13.1 million in grants Education, economic development, new career and technical education strategy, among highlights of third-quarter grantmaking rELEASE DATE: 9.29.2014 CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation board of directors announced  $13.1 million in grants for the third quarter of 2014. More than...

Cleveland Foundation announces next centennial legacy grant: Public Square

Cleveland Foundation announces next centennial legacy grant: Public Square Board of directors approves $8 million for transformation of Public Square; South plaza to be named “Cleveland Foundation Centennial Plaza”  Download: Public Square grant announcement remarks from Ronn Richard, President & CEO. EMBARGOED UNTIL 10...

#SummerOfPurpose: Audra Mahon

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they spend 11 weeks working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog we hear from Audra Mahon, who is spending her summer working at Eliza Bryant Village, where she is supporting the work of the...

Celebrating the Faces of African American Philanthropy: Leaving a Legacy

Robert P. Madison always dreamed of becoming an architect, but as an African American man growing up in the 1920s and 1930s, social inequality continuously tried to block his path to success. After overcoming countless obstacles, Madison achieved his goals by establishing a successful architecture firm that celebrates diversity, as well...

Ulysses and Achilles, Fidel and Che

I have been amazed and enlightened by many things I have learned from the Cuban artists who have been in residence these past months as part of our Creative Fusion program. Last week, art historian Meira Marrero and visual artist Josè Toirac presented their work at a lecture in collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic at the clinic’s...