Crisis, Necessity and Innovation: Adapting Census Outreach During a Pandemic

By Nelson Beckford, Program Director, Neighborhood Revitalization & Engagement A complete census count is incredibly important. U.S. census data is used to direct the flow of billions of dollars in federal spending, it helps decide political representation at all levels, and it is the go-to data set for the private, philanthropic and...

We Support the Ohio Fairness Act. Here’s Why.

Did you know? In most parts of Ohio, it's still legal to discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation and gender identity or expression. The Ohio Fairness Act, House Bill 369, adds sexual orientation and gender identity or expression to the laws that make discrimination illegal in Ohio; the bill protects LGBTQ people from...

Helping Cleveland students stay on the path to postsecondary success

Students across the country have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic; for high school seniors, the crisis presents extra barriers at a critical time on their path to college or career training programs. Say Yes Cleveland and its partners are working to ensure Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) and partnering charter school...

Announcing the winners of the 85th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards

Each spring, we celebrate a new class of writers joining the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards canon. This year, in the midst of a global pandemic, the announcement has moved online while the works being honored take on a new kind of importance. "The new books explore human diversity in riveting style, putting the lie to racism and ableism,...

A Novel Singing Zambia, Poetry from a “Deaf Republic” and a Group Portrait of Anthropology’s Renegades Have All Won the 85th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards

A Novel Singing Zambia, Poetry from a “Deaf Republic” and a Group Portrait of Anthropology’s Renegades Have All Won the 85th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Release Date 3.30.2020 CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation today unveiled the winners of its 85th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. The 2020 recipients of the only...

Our Response to COVID-19

UPDATED Dec. 17, 2021, 3 P.M. EST Dear Friends, The well-being of the Greater Cleveland community has been our focus for more than a century. During that time, our community has faced a number of serious challenges: from the 1918 Influenza pandemic to the HIV epidemic – from the Great Depression to the Great Recession. Through it all...

Cleveland Foundation to host sixth biennial African American Philanthropy Summit

Cleveland Foundation to host sixth biennial African American Philanthropy Summit Award-winning activist, author and tech executive Valeisha Butterfield Jones to deliver keynote address Release Date: 2.24.2020 CLEVELAND – The sixth biennial African American Philanthropy Summit and luncheon, presented by the African American...