Launched in the summer of 2021, Assembly for the Arts is a nonprofit organization working to strengthen and support Greater Cleveland’s arts and culture sector with a focus on advocacy, cultural policy, racial equity initiatives, research, marketing that elevates the region, and services for nonprofits, artists, and creative businesses...
On Feb. 24 at the Idea Center, Mohsin Hamid, a Pakistani writer and 2008 winner of an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, came back to Cleveland to speak on "Literature, Pakistan and 'The West.'" The lecture was part of the annual series co-sponsored by the Cleveland Foundation and the Baker-Nord Center for Humanities at Case Western Reserve...
By Nicole Yapp, Common Ground Fellow
On May 2 and May 12, Neighborhood Connections’ Neighbor Up network hosted community conversations about public space use and digital connectivity in this unprecedented time. Those conversations were part of an ongoing series designed to give space to community members who want to share their...
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 Armin Ameri, who is working with the Refugee Response, where he works in close cooperation with the Director of Education...
Yesterday we announced the winners of the 82nd Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, the only national juried prize for literature that confronts racism and examines diversity. Anisfield-Wolf Jury Chair Dr. Henry Louis Gates delivered the big news at the 2017 F. Joseph Callahan Distinguished Lecture at Case Western Reserve University last...
Leta Obertacz named Cleveland Foundation Senior Vice President for Advancement
Ginger Mlakar promoted to general counsel and vice president for advancement
Release Date: 7.26.2022
CLEVELAND – Following a national search, the Cleveland Foundation is pleased to announce that Leta Obertacz will join the foundation’s leadership team as...
We’re excited to announce that our board has approved $2.4 million in grants this month. These grants support a variety of organizations and initiatives. Here are some highlights: The Ready Readers Plus (RR+) program of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland helps students in grades K-3 improve literacy and math skills through...
If you haven’t already heard the news, our region has a new ally in the effort to develop a thriving tech-driven ecosystem in Greater Cleveland. It’s a nonprofit called DigitalC that will work to solve pressing community problems with innovative technology, and help Greater Cleveland and other communities across the county build...
That’s what Lily Yeh said about fighting her fears and taking on the challenge of transforming a distressed Philadelphia neighborhood – and the lives of the distressed and forgotten people who lived there.
Lily Yeh is an artist who has worked most of her life to create an alternative world for others from the broken landscapes of...
We’re thrilled to announce $3.7 million in October grants to organizations serving Lake, Geauga and Cuyahoga County residents! Many of our grants this month concentrated on the arts and social services. Just a few highlights include:Social Services:$40,800 to the Lake County Free Clinic (LCFC), the only free clinic in Northeast Ohio...