Cleveland Foundation announces $8.9 million in September grants

Cleveland Foundation announces $8.9 million in September grantsFoundation awarded $23.3 million to area nonprofits in Q3 2015RELEASE DATE: 9.29.2015CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation board of directors has approved $8.9 million in grants for the month of September, bringing the foundation’s third-quarter grantmaking total to $23.3...

What nonprofits can learn about collaboration from Run DMC

While watching Run DMC's 1986 Walk This Way video I started to think about collaboration.  It starts out with a rock band, Aerosmith on one side of the wall and a rap group, Run DMC, on the other side.  The rock group start to warm up and the guitarist lays down that distinct riff.  On the other side of the wall, the rap group decides...

The World Comes to the Heartland

Last Monday, five accomplished international artists arrived in Cleveland to begin their three-month residencies as part of the Cleveland Foundation’s revised Creative Fusion program. From now until the end of November, Sanjib Bhattacharya, Lucineh Hovanissian, Ivan Lecaros, Kapila Palihawadana, and Guillermo Trejo will be dancing, singing, printmaking, painting, and concertizing with local artists,

The importance of faith-based organizations

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we’re reflecting on the important role faith-based organizations play in the communities around them. Often, religious leaders and their congregations are vanguards in grassroots efforts to protect basic human dignity and support the neediest among us. Dr. King’s work exemplifies this ethos and the...

Free Workshops with the Greater Cleveland Interfaith Alliance

The Greater Cleveland Interfaith Alliance, launched by the Cleveland Foundation in 2015, is hosting two free workshops for faith-based and community-based organizations in Greater Cleveland this year.The group brings houses of worship together across lines of race, faith tradition and geography to better serve the community, and support...

Stories of Impact: Playing Strictly by Sound with the Cleveland Scrappers

By Cameron Aloway, Cleveland Foundation Marketing & Communications Intern Referred to as America’s pastime, baseball is a quintessential sport that has brought community members together to cheer on their favorite teams. The sport gives many people the opportunity to participate and play with others. But for people who are blind...

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...