If you tuned in for the 2021 Cleveland Foundation Annual Meeting Week Presented by KeyBank, you likely heard the news that the Cleveland Foundation has been developing a new strategic direction that will guide our work over the next decade. Well before the pandemic, conversations had started around how we could work more closely with...
Foundations for Philanthropy is an interactive cohort experience presented by the Cleveland Foundation that is designed to launch individuals into lifelong philanthropy by teaching the skills and strategies to leverage time, talent and treasure into meaningful impact for our region. Participants in Foundations for Philanthropy engage in...
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 Hannah Xu, who spent her summer with Social Venture Partners (SVP) Cleveland, where she supported nonprofit...
Nine organizations and groups receive funding in latest round of grantmaking from Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund
Dollars also awarded from Cuyahoga County CARES Act grant for homelessness
Release Date: 4.6.2021
The Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund announced today its 11th cycle of biweekly grants as part...
Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund announces latest round of Phase II grants
Since inception of the pandemic, more than $11.5 million has been distributed to support frontline nonprofit organizations in Greater Cleveland
Release Date: 3.9.2021
CLEVELAND – The Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund announced today...
Partners announce final round of phase 1 Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund grant recipients
Coalition designing potential phase 2 of fund to support ongoing needs of nonprofit partners confronting the impact of the pandemic
Release Date: 7.17.2020
CLEVELAND – The Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund coalition...
Nearly eight months into our community’s response to COVID-19, the pandemic continues to impact the Greater Cleveland community in profound ways. At the outset of the pandemic, local philanthropic partners joined together quickly to establish the Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund to support nonprofit organizations working...
By Katrice Williams, Senior Criminal Justice Fellow
At the Cleveland Foundation, we believe that one of the best ways to help people interacting with the criminal legal system is to prevent them from ever landing there in the first place. Last year in Ohio, nearly 43,000 people were incarcerated in state prisons, at a cost of $1.9 billon...
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...
As Black History Month comes to a close and we prepare to kick off Women’s History Month, the board and staff of the Cleveland Foundation recognize the inspiring leadership of Constance Hill-Johnson, who made history as the first African American woman elected chairperson of the foundation’s board of directors. Connie joined the board...