Cleveland Black Futures Fund

Click Here to Give to the Cleveland Black Futures Fund Since its inception in 2020, the Cleveland Black Futures Fund has granted a total of $6.5 million to invest in and strengthen Black-led and Black-serving nonprofits.   updated sept. 3, 2024, 9 A.m. EST About the Fund In 2020, in the midst of a global pandemic, we bore...

History

The World’s First Community FoundationFrederick H. GoffBanker and lawyer Frederick H. Goff was a “mover and shaker” in Cleveland long before that phrase became part of the American lexicon. Today, the moving and shaking that Goff began with his revolutionary idea have become a benevolent worldwide rumble. And its greatest...

Supporting Community News and Information

The local media landscape of Northeast Ohio reflects the alarming trends faced by newsrooms across the country. With financial and journalistic resources continuing to shrink, the gap between news organizations in Northeast Ohio and the diverse needs of consumers continues to widen, often at the unfortunate expense of residents seeking...

Organizational Funds

Strengthening our Community It seems that just when a charitable organization is needed most by its constituents, funds from private, philanthropic and government resources become all the more difficult to obtain. Forward-thinking board members and staff of charitable organizations are discovering the need to establish stable investments...

Homer C. Wadsworth Award

Creativity, Ingenuity, Risk-Taking, and Good Humor Homer Wadsworth - Executive Director 1974–1983 Homer Wadsworth was executive director of the Cleveland Foundation from 1974 to 1983. He was known as an innovative, visionary, and energetic leader, overseeing the foundation's work not only as a community grantmaker, but also as...

New $500,000 Grant to Cleveland Public Theatre Expands Brick City Program

This month we kicked off our mastery-based arts initiative with a $500,000 grant to Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT), to expand their successful Brick City Theatre program for Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) kids. This new grant highlights our focus on providing access to mastery-based arts programs for underserved young...