A Novel Singing Zambia, Poetry from a “Deaf Republic” and a Group Portrait of Anthropology’s Renegades Have All Won the 85th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Release Date 3.30.2020
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation today unveiled the winners of its 85th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. The 2020 recipients of the only...
Each spring, we celebrate a new class of writers joining the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards canon. This year, in the midst of a global pandemic, the announcement has moved online while the works being honored take on a new kind of importance. "The new books explore human diversity in riveting style, putting the lie to racism and ableism,...
Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund partners award $1.18 million in second week of grantmaking
Community raises more than $6 million and counting to support frontline nonprofit organizations in Greater Cleveland
Release Date: 4.3.2020
CLEVELAND – The Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund coalition announced today...
Over the past few weeks, the Greater Cleveland community – together with communities across the country and the world – has engaged in challenging and necessary reflections, conversations and actions around the painful and fundamental reality of systemic racism in America. While many residents and organizations in our community have...
Academic learning pods help Cleveland students learn remotely
Coalition of partners including Cleveland Foundation and United Way of Greater Cleveland lead project to safely connect academically vulnerable students with small group, in-person support for virtual learning and tutoring
Release Date: 9.14.2020
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland...
The Cleveland Foundation is looking forward to welcoming its largest Public Service Fellowship cohort to date with placements at the City of Cleveland, Cleveland Metroparks, Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Cuyahoga County, and four Greater Cleveland nonprofit organizations focusing on workforce development, land...
Cleveland Foundation announces more than $40 million in Q2 2021 grantmaking
Release Date: 6.24.2021
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation Board of Directors today announced $40.4 million in grants approved in the second quarter of 2021. Supporting residents in Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties, the foundation and its donors have...
Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund awards more than $800,000 in latest round of grants
Partners have now granted out nearly $14.2 million since the Fund’s creation in March 2020
Release Date: 4.20.2021
CLEVELAND – The Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund announced today its 12th cycle of biweekly grants as...
Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund announces latest round of grants
Partners have now granted out more than $7 million in Phase II
Release Date: 5.4.2021
CLEVELAND – The Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund announced today its 13th cycle of biweekly grants as part of its Phase II efforts to support the Greater...
Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund announces latest round of Phase II grants
Contributions to the second phase total nearly $11 million
Release Date: 5.18.2021
CLEVELAND – The Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund announced today its 14th cycle of biweekly grants as part of its Phase II efforts to support the...