A History of Fugitives, a Contemporary Native American Novel and Civil War Voices as Poetry Have All Won the 84th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Release Date: 4.4.2019
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation today unveiled the winners of its 84th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. Jericho Brown, a 2015 Anisfield-Wolf honoree, made the...
Launched in 2013 by the Cleveland Foundation, Encore Cleveland helps to connect and fund a network of organizations to provide experienced Greater Clevelanders an array of meaningful opportunities in the community upon retirement or near the end of their primary careers. In our “Spotlight Encore Cleveland” guest blog series, we go...
Since 1999, the Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship Program has provided undergraduates, graduate students and recent graduates a "summer of purpose" - an opportunity to work in Cleveland-area nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies during an 11-week paid internship. The program aligns with the foundation’s commitment to...
Seventeen fellows will be placed across 11 organizations including the City of Cleveland, the Cleveland Foundation as part of the marketing and communications team, Cuyahoga County, Greater Cleveland Partnership, and seven community development corporations serving neighborhoods across the city.
The City of Cleveland will host a...
Support the community you love by celebrating #GivingTuesday, Dec. 3, with the Cleveland Foundation and its more than 200 Organizational Fund Partners! Our Organizational Fund Partners are often well-known nonprofit organizations working in the community to address a variety of unmet needs, uplift local residents and society at-large, and...
Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund partners announce recipients of third week of grantmaking
Community raises more than $7.1 million, grants to date exceed $2 million to support frontline nonprofit organizations in Greater Cleveland
Release Date: 4.10.2020
CLEVELAND – The Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund...
Cleveland Foundation and its donors grant $111 million in 2019
Foundation authorizes $39 million in Q4 grantmaking
Release Date: 12.20.2019
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation board of directors today announced $39 million in grants approved in the fourth quarter of 2019. Supporting residents in Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties...
Did you know? In most parts of Ohio, it's still legal to discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation and gender identity or expression. The Ohio Fairness Act, House Bill 369, adds sexual orientation and gender identity or expression to the laws that make discrimination illegal in Ohio; the bill protects LGBTQ people from...
Cleveland Foundation announces $26.2 million in Q2 2020 grantmaking
Foundation, donors grant more than $58 million year-to-date
Release Date: 6.30.2020
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation board of directors today announced $26.2 million in grants approved in the second quarter of 2020. Supporting residents in Cuyahoga, Lake and...
The COVID-19 pandemic and its ripple effects have dramatically affected daily life in Greater Cleveland. As agencies and businesses close to the public or adjust the way they serve clients, it can be difficult to know where to turn for help. Disruptions caused by the pandemic are and will continue to disproportionately affect the most...