Since 2008, more than 2,500 refugees have come to Northeast Ohio to resettle. Many have fled intense conflict in their home countries and are met with a series of obstacles – from learning a new language and customs to navigating unfamiliar employment, housing and education systems – as they try to acclimate to their new home.
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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 Hannah Xu, who spent her summer with Social Venture Partners (SVP) Cleveland, where she supported nonprofit...
Monday, April 13, 2009 A delicate third-grade girl wanted to know if we knew anything about NASA. She wanted to become an astronaut. Her classmate, a vocal young man wearing the blue and white sweater of the school uniform, asked if we knew anything about archeology. He once found part of an ostrich egg and decided he would become an...
Times are tough, and as nonprofit executives you don’t need me reminding you. Every day my colleagues and I hear from more and more organizations that are stretching their dollars and reevaluating their programs. Everyone is searching for new funding sources, shifting service delivery and sometimes cutting staff. Despite all the doom...
Greater Cleveland coalition announces $113,000 in microgrants for 2020 census outreach
37 organizations chosen out of nearly 200 submissions
Release Date: 3.10.2020
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation, The George Gund Foundation and two members of the Ohio Census Advocacy Coalition (OCAC) – Cleveland VOTES and the Children’s...
By Bri Oldham, Cleveland Foundation Equity Communications and Engagement Fellow
What does it mean to build Common Ground? One Cleveland multi-media artist answers this question by highlighting the issue of plastic pollution and putting words into action through the creation of plastic-based art.
On Sept. 12, Ron Shelton, along with...
My penchant for technology – especially new ways to connect and to share information – received a boost this fall.
For those willing to try it out, it just might change the way you interact with Cleveland. FourSquare is a location-based social networking program. It’s also a game. Users "check-in" at venues using their mobile...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Today, the members of the EMY team met with professors at Bosphorus University, one of Istanbul’s premier universities, to share research, learning and our experiences using the arts to work with youth, and engaging in violence prevention and conflict resolution through education training and the arts. Based...
What do you want for your future city, and how can you make it happen? That was the focus of the Future of Cities Week at Chautauqua Institution, presented this year by the Cleveland Foundation in partnership with The City Club of Cleveland. Throughout the week of August 1 – 5, Cleveland Foundation staff and community stakeholders...
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 Rachel McDonald, who spent her summer working with the City of Euclid where she gained experience in content creation...