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 Julia Mayer, who is spending her summer at The Upside of Downs of Northeast Ohio, where she is analyzing the DonorPerfect...
Nine journalism collaborative projects share in more than $110,000 to address community information needs in Cleveland and Akron
Cleveland Foundation and Akron Community Foundation also partner to bring City Scrapers open-source technology to Northeast Ohio
Release Date: 12.19.2019
CLEVELAND – Akron Community Foundation, The Center...
Community rallies to raise more than $5.37 million to date for Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund
New contributions total more than $1.42 million since fund launch just five days prior
Release Date: 3.23.2020
CLEVELAND – Contributions to the Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund now total more than $5.37 million...
Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund awards more than $625,000 in third cycle of Phase II grantmaking
Partners have granted in excess of $10 million since Fund inception in March
Release Date: 12.8.2020
CLEVELAND – The Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund announced today its third cycle of biweekly grants as part...
Project Hope for the Homeless serves homeless individuals and families in Lake County and the surrounding areas; it is Lake County’s only homeless shelter. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Northeast Ohio, Project Hope knew they needed to help their clients safely follow social distancing guidelines, including Governor Mike DeWine’s...
Collaborative Group of Business and Civic Leaders Announce Cleveland Innovation Project
Project designed to bolster Greater Cleveland’s innovation economy by engaging the community and producing strategies to accelerate innovation and drive inclusive economic growth
Release Date: 6.10.2019
CLEVELAND – A working group involving five...
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...
By Katie Brennan, Program Officer, Education, Cleveland Foundation
“The world around us is changing, and we are the change agents.”
These words, from Hon. Judge Sherrie Miday, kicked off the Inaugural Sister Cities Conference hosted by Cleveland Foundation nonprofit partner Global Cleveland on May 1-3, 2019. She was right—the...
The Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellowship offers emerging young leaders the skills and networks needed to create the community they envision and jumpstart a career in public service. In our #FellowFriday blog series, hear from members of the 2017-18 Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellowship cohort about their year-long...
Cleveland Foundation approves $27.5 million in third quarter grants
Foundation, donors grant more than $85.5 million year-to-date
Release Date: 9.29.2020
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation Board of Directors today announced $27.5 million in grants approved in the third quarter of 2020. Supporting residents in Cuyahoga, Lake and...