Know any impressive undergraduates, graduate students, or recent college graduates with an interest in the nonprofit field? Encourage them to apply for our summer internship program. We place some of the area's best students at local nonprofit organizations for a paid 11-week experience. What will the interns do? They won't be sitting...
So what’s with the clouds this summer? Have you noticed? Maybe it’s just me, but I have to say the artist in me has been amazed and thrilled by the magnificence of the cloud formations along the eastern horizon here in Cleveland all summer. These are classic summer clouds, and the beauty of this season’s pattern of rain and sun has...
This week I received a newsflash from Americans for the Arts, a nonprofit arts advocacy organization, alerting me to the presidential candidates' views on the arts. Whether or not you believe the federal government should support the arts, the statements and policy positions of the candidates that can be found at this site are...
I heard a great story at a conference a few months back. In my mind this story represents how responsive and innovative nonprofits can and must be. I was on a site visit in East Los Angeles at a nonprofit called Homeboy Industries. A staff member recounted a story of how frustrated a client was at his inability to find employment. ...
Times are tough, and as nonprofit executives you don’t need me reminding you. Every day my colleagues and I hear from more and more organizations that are stretching their dollars and reevaluating their programs. Everyone is searching for new funding sources, shifting service delivery and sometimes cutting staff. Despite all the doom...
The documentary PolyCultures: Food Where We Live is set to screen March 25 and 26 at the Cleveland International Film Festival. One of our grantees, the New Agrarian Center, partnered with LESS Productions, to produce the film. The documentary highlights a lot of the innovative work being done around Northeast Ohio to grow a more...
What is Twitter? …and how does it relate to the nonprofit/philanthropic community? This week I’m posting some basics about Twitter, what it is and how I am using it. Next week I’ll post information about how I see Twitter benefiting the nonprofit/philanthropic community. Twitter is a microblogging site that allows you to follow...
The foundation just completed its third and final year of SmART in the City, a unique, comprehensive summer arts camp for urban pre-teens. It is with both pride and sadness that I think back on the three summers past. Pride, because the foundation created an unprecedented arts experience for many hundreds of fifth, sixth and seventh...
Did you ever see those Verizon commercials, the ones that boast about the size of their network? The Verizon network is made of a spokesperson with an army of technicians and suits who are there to support you - the customer. As I reflect on this year's Cleveland Foundation interns, I was impressed at how quickly they...
Thanks to the vision and generosity of many donors, the Cleveland Foundation offers more than 60 scholarships. While most are for graduating high school seniors attending institutions of higher learning, others enable individuals to pursue vocational training and professional development opportunities.
The Cleveland Foundation is...