Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they reflect on 11 weeks spent working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog, we hear from Eric Grimm, who spent his summer at Holden Forests & Gardens, where he worked in close collaboration with...
Cleveland Foundation 2020 Annual Meeting Presented by KeyBank moves online, expands to encompass a week of virtual community convenings
John Thornton and Karen Rundlet to deliver Robert D. Gries Keynote Lecture
Release Date: 8.6.2020
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation announced today that its 2020 Annual Meeting Presented by...
Release Date: 5.3.24
Cleveland Black Futures Fund announces fifth grant opportunity to support Black leaders and Black-serving organizations
Application portal opens May 13; technical assistance workshops and grant-writing support available
CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Foundation today announced the upcoming fifth round of grantmaking...
The physical, mental and social benefits of spending time outdoors are well documented. Especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, outdoor places and activities have been a refuge for many. These spaces should be inclusive and welcoming to all people who wish to enjoy them, but unfortunately that hasn’t always been the case.
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Facebook awards $1 million to Cleveland Black Futures Fund
Now over $4 million, the Fund plans to open applications early next year for Black-led and Black-serving social change organizations engaged in anti-racism work in Cleveland
Release Date: 12.11.2020
CLEVELAND – Catalyzed by a $1 million grant from Facebook, the Cleveland...
Purpose: To provide scholarship support as a memorial to honor the life of Christina Sunga Ryook, a graduate of the University of Michigan and Westlake High School, who died in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. The Christina Sunga Ryook Memorial Scholarship is for Westlake High School graduates who will be attending the University of...
By Bri Oldham, Cleveland Foundation Equity Communications and Engagement Fellow
Transgender Awareness Week is the week leading up to Transgender Day of Remembrance, an annual observance on Nov. 20 that honors the memory of transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. This is typically a time when...
Cleveland, OH (March 26, 2024) – The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, presented by the Cleveland Foundation, today announced the winners of the 89th annual awards. The 2024 recipients of the only national juried prize for literature that confronts racism and explores diversity are:
Maxine Hong Kingston, Lifetime Achievement
Ned...
Everyone wants a seat at the table. Common Ground offers the ability to take a seat – or to set the table for others – and participate in community conversations designed to encourage and foster new connections. Common Ground challenges individuals, organizations and community leaders to build, join and share conversations across our...
Funders Collaborative on COVID Recovery announces grantmaking to support vaccine uptake
Release Date: 3.24.2022
CLEVELAND – The Funders Collaborative on COVID Recovery (FCCR) has announced seven recipients of Vaccine Uptake Initiative grants. The initiative aims to increase COVID-19 vaccination in neighborhoods that have experienced...