Cleveland Foundation approves $27.5 million in third quarter grants

Cleveland Foundation approves $27.5 million in third quarter grants Foundation, donors grant more than $85.5 million year-to-date Release Date: 9.29.2020 CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation Board of Directors today announced $27.5 million in grants approved in the third quarter of 2020. Supporting residents in Cuyahoga, Lake and...

#SummerOfPurpose: Caitlin Matthews

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series followed this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they spent 11 weeks working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog we hear from Caitlin Matthews, who spent her summer working with The Trust for Public Land where she supported the planning and hosting...

#SummerOfPurpose: Christina Abdelshahid

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 Christina Abdelshahid, who spent her summer working with the Economic and Community Development Institute (ECDI) where she...

Three Clouds Coming Together

Last week, a privileged number of us were given the gift of a private concert by Pham Thi Hue, a (perhaps the) world master of ancient ca tru music of Vietnam. Hue is here as one of the Cleveland Foundation’s Spring 2013 group of Creative Fusion artists.  She is hosted by Young Audiences. The concert was in a private home with about 25...

Year of the Cleveland Snake

Artists' creativity has children dancing through the streets with the "Lake Erie Monster"Creative Fusion artists Mely Barragan and Daniel Ruanova live in Tijuana, Mexico, but spend a lot of time in Beijing, China, where they maintain a studio for Chinese artists to create temporary exhibits. So it was a natural placement for them, as...

2017 Grantmaking in Lake and Geauga Counties

We’re thrilled to announce $172,590 in grants from our Lake-Geauga Fund to organizations serving residents of Lake and Geauga counties. This year’s round of grants from the Lake-Geauga Fund brings our total support to Lake and Geauga counties to $2.8 million in 2017!Our history of support in Lake and Geauga counties Established in...

Summer of Purpose: The Best of Both Worlds

By Kathleen MarincicWest Side Market Storytelling is something I have always been passionate about. I love recounting events in as much detail as I can, hoping to prompt a few laughs and share nice memories with those I encounter. Stories help define us, give meaning to context and connect generations. I decided to major in public...

Summer of Purpose: Call for Places

By Jamie Orr Cleveland Public Theatre I do not consider myself particularly creative or artistic. I have never been in a play, and the last play I went to was in the Little Theatre of Ursuline College, where I supported a friend from the back row. So how did I end up interning at Cleveland Public Theatre? I hadn’t even considered...