Funders Collaborative on COVID Recovery
updated oct. 10, 2022, 9 a.m. EST
The Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund (the Fund) was established in March 2020 to respond to pressing needs laid bare by the pandemic. It was designed to complement the work of public health and other...
Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund partners announce latest round of grantmaking
More than 100 organizations across Northeast Ohio have now received support since fund’s inception
Release Date: 5.29.2020
CLEVELAND – The Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund coalition announced today the most recent round of...
Equity in the Arts Fund announces most recent round of grant recipients
Fund has awarded nearly $9.6 million since its inception in 1994
Release Date: 3.8.2023
CLEVELAND – The Equity in the Arts Fund (EITAF) announced 15 organizations that have been awarded $269,000 in funding as part of the latest round of grants.
“EITAF uplifts...
Giving Tuesday is an international day of charitable giving that normally takes place on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States. Recognizing the enormous need caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Giving Tuesday organizers are responding with #GivingTuesdayNow, a global day of giving and unity that will take place on May 5, 2020...
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...
Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund partners announce latest round of grantmaking
Community raises more than $7.6 million, grants approach $2.8 million in support of frontline nonprofit organizations in Greater Cleveland
RElease date: 4.17.2020
CLEVELAND – The Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund coalition...
We’re excited to share a few highlights from our recent grants to organizations serving residents of Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties. These October grants focus on expanding access to arts and culture, as well as health and human services and youth development.
Arts & Culture – Expanding Access:
$14,850 to A Kid at Art for...
The 33,000 acres of protected land between Cleveland and Akron that we know as Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP) was established in 1974 as a part of President Nixon’s “Parks to the People” policy, an initiative created to make national parks relevant to nearby urban populations. Now, CVNP, the only national park in Ohio, is...
“Disability does not mean inability,” is what Mary Verdi-Fletcher, one of the first and foremost professional wheelchair dancers, hopes an audience understands when they see a performance of Dancing Wheels, the world’s first physically integrated professional dance company. Verdi-Fletcher founded the Dancing Wheels Company in 1980...
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Announce Updates for 2025 Award Year
Book prize welcomes new jurors and new category; sets October 16 deadline for submissions
Cleveland, OH – The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards – the only juried American book awards focused on works that address racism and diversity – have announced several updates...