Preview #CommonGroundCLE on July 30: Part 2

Common Ground is just days away! On our blog each day this week, we are previewing Common Ground conversations happening Sunday, July 30 across Cuyahoga County. Register to attend one (or more!) of these free community events here.    Better Together SolarDiscuss issues around energy justice, pollution, carbon emissions and...

Meet our 2023 Summer Internship Program host sites, and apply for a #SummerOfPurpose

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. All internships are full-time experiences, paid at a rate of $16 per hour. We are pleased to introduce the...

#SummerOfPurpose: Hakmat Manaa

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 Hakmat Manaa, who spent her summer working at the May Dugan Center where she provided communications and programmatic...

Meet our 2024 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. All internships are full-time experiences, paid at a rate of $17 per hour. 2024 summer interns will be placed...

Boots On The Ground

Today, the 11th class of the Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship program starts. These individuals went through a very competitive application and interview process - more than 250 applications were received for only 16 placements. The interns represent a variety of majors such as international business, human rights studies...

Summer of Purpose: Gabrielle Maginn

At the beginning of the summer, ten weeks sounded like a very long time. However, as I prepare to begin my last week at Equality Ohio, a statewide organization that advocates and educates to achieve fair treatment and equal opportunity for all Ohioans, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, I find myself...

Help Lit Fit NEO End Low Literacy

More than 20 nonprofit organizations across Cuyahoga, Lake and Summit counties have partnered up to compete in the Adult Literacy XPRIZE Communities Competition as team Lit Fit NEO with the goal of qualifying for a $100,000 prize that will be allocated to adult literacy efforts. With research showing that 77% of Americans now own a...

Jack Ulman

Jack Ulman Jack Ulman knew from an early age that you don’t need to be a John D. Rockefeller or a Bill Gates to make a sizable impact. The retired Bedford High School teacher, who has been spreading his generosity across multiple beloved Cleveland institutions, remembers visiting the Cleveland Museum of Art as a child with his mother...