Now Recruiting: Summer Interns

For fifteen years, the Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship program has stayed true to its goal of connecting undergraduate and graduate students with meaningful, career-related experiences in nonprofit and public sector agencies. The program adds value to the agencies by recruiting the talent and providing funding to pay the interns...

Apply Now for Census Outreach Grants

Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts a headcount of everyone living in our country. This information paints the picture of our nation and influences important decisions such as congressional representation and the distribution of federal funding. With the lowest response rate of large cities, only 46.9% of Cleveland households...

Summer of Purpose: Shneur Kushner

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 Shneur Kushner, who is working with Union Miles Development Corporation (UMDC), where he is assisting with various...

Summer of Purpose: Megan Fleisher

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 Megan Fleisher, who spent her summer at Oh Sew Powerful Inc. where she helped to further develop their board and...

Meet our 2020 Summer Internship Program Host Sites

The Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship Program gives local college students and recent grads an opportunity to work with Greater Cleveland nonprofit and public sector organizations during an 11-week paid summer internship. We’re currently accepting applications for 2020, and we’re excited to announce the organizations that will...

How I Spent My Summer: Graham Welling

This summer, I crossed the line from college student to young professional. I'll admit that I was a bit apprehensive about leaving the tight community that is Ohio State, but my fears were unfounded. I've loved my experience this summer as a Cleveland Foundation intern placed in the planning department at Shaker Heights, and I've found...

Celebrating the Faces of African American Philanthropy: Inspired Giving

Valdia Burns-Frazier knew from a young age that she wanted to own her own business, and with this dream, she believed that serving her community should be at the core of her career path and life. As a featured philanthropist at the 2018 African American Philanthropy Summit, we spoke to Burns-Frazier, entrepreneur and founder of Rogers...

Cleveland Said Yes to Education! What’s Next?

After years of careful planning and collaborative fundraising, Cleveland was announced as the newest Say Yes to Education community-wide chapter in January. Just as the first class of Say Yes to Education Cleveland scholars begins their first year of college, The City Club of Cleveland held a forum on August 23 featuring a panel of key...

Hope

Greetings, and welcome to what I intend to become a regular sharing of ideas and information from my world to yours. My world is complex and so the sharing may take many forms, but mostly I will focus on issues relating to the Cleveland Foundation and the arts - writ large. Being a generally optimistic person, even in situations that...

Derek Owens Memorial Scholarship

Purpose: Derek Owens served with the Cleveland Police Department for 10 years and was assigned to the 4th District. At his passing in March 2008, family, friends, and co-workers contributed resources to commemorate his life by enhancing the opportunities for higher education for graduating high school seniors in the City of Cleveland’s...