#FellowFriday: Stephanie Choi’s Fellowship Experience

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...

Summer of Purpose: Jenna Thomas

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns, who spent 11 weeks working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog we hear from Jenna Thomas, who worked with the Greater Cleveland Food Bank, where she collaborated with partner agencies to expand the...

A Historic Day for Our Community: Cleveland is Named a Say Yes to Education Chapter

This just in: Cleveland has officially been named a Say Yes to Education community-wide chapter! Cleveland is only the fourth Say Yes chapter city, joining Buffalo, Syracuse and Guilford County, North Carolina. You can read the full announcement here. Today’s announcement is a historic day for Cleveland, and a life-changing day for...

Summer of Purpose: Ann Mastandrea

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns, who spent 11 weeks working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog we hear from Ann Mastandrea, who worked with Maximum Accessible Housing of Ohio in coalition with ADA Cleveland helping to finalize and...

Apply for a 2020 grant from the Minority Arts and Education Fund!

The Minority Arts and Education Fund (MAEF) is a supporting organization of the Cleveland Foundation that seeks to strengthen and build the capacity of organizations that promote the arts and cultures of communities of color, and to provide meaningful creative opportunities for artists of color.   Current grant opportunities  Now...

Summer of Purpose: Jordan Berkovitz

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 Jordan Berkovitz, who is working with Engage! Cleveland, playing a central role in the marketing, planning and execution of...

Minority Arts and Education Fund announces 2019 grant recipients

Minority Arts and Education Fund announces 2019 grant recipients More than $350,000 awarded to 34 minority-led organizations to assist with capacity building Release Date: 2.28.2019 CLEVELAND – The City of Cleveland’s Cable Television Minority Arts and Education Fund (MAEF), a supporting organization of the Cleveland Foundation...

Common Ground Host Stories: Cosmic Bobbins

Our Common Ground day of community conversation returns for its third year on June 30, 2019! In this blog series, we're featuring the stories of people who have hosted Common Ground conversations in years past. In this guest blog, Sharie Renee of Cosmic Bobbins reflects on her experience as a Common Ground host.  Name:  Sharie...

Common Ground Host Stories: Black Girl in the CLE

Our Common Ground day of community conversation returns for its third year on June 30, 2019! In this blog series, we’re featuring the stories of people who have hosted Common Ground conversations in years past. In this guest blog, Shana Black of Black Girl in the CLE reflects on her experience as a Common Ground host.  Name: Shana...