Cleveland Foundation, Dunham Tavern Museum, MidTown Cleveland, Inc. partner to create a new civic district in MidTown
Foundation’s move to MidTown will help to anchor new civic space designed to connect Downtown and University Circle and catalyze additional equitable development along the East 66th Street corridor
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Book lovers, boxing fans and history buffs gathered at the Parma-Snow Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library on April 3 to hear Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards-winning poet Adrian Matejka read from his new book “Last on His Feet,” a graphic novel about the life of Jack Johnson, the first Black heavyweight boxing...
Esperanza Inc. Executive Director Victor Ruiz
“Having access is a must-have in assuring success in navigating the world,” says Victor Ruiz, executive director of Esperanza Inc. For 40 years, Esperanza has worked as the only Hispanic-serving community nonprofit organization primarily focused on the advancement of academic and...
The Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship Program gives local college students and recent grads an opportunity to work with Greater Cleveland nonprofit and public sector organizations during an 11-week paid summer internship.
All internships are full-time experiences, paid at a rate of $17 per hour.
2024 summer interns will be placed...
By Rachael RovniakBioEnterprise Corporation
“Go into pharmacy,” they said. “You’ll make a lot of money,” they said. I don’t know why I listened to “them” -- but I did. I started pharmacy classes, and it didn’t take long for me to realize that my calling was not behind a pharmacy counter – talking to doctors and...
In early October, we issued a call to our nonprofit and public sector partners to apply to host a Cleveland Foundation intern for the summer of 2013. Out of a pool of 90 applications, we selected 17 projects (see list below) that address a variety local challenges and opportunities, from adult literacy and youth...
Ways You Can Benefit Your Community
Your gift to the Cleveland Foundation allows you to support the causes you care about most and make a difference in our community. Giving to the foundation is flexible: you can donate to an existing fund or to a broad program area that addresses a specific community issue. You can also choose to make a...
This past week the foundation was host to Helmo Hernandez, the president of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, one of only six charitable foundations in that country. The Ludwig Foundation is dedicated to the support of contemporary art in Cuba and of the artists producing that work, and to advancing cultural exchanges. I was privileged...
From funding early experimental research to driving biomedical commercialization to partnering in a rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cleveland Foundation has a long history of supporting innovations in health care. Since our founding in 1914, promoting the health and wellbeing of Greater Clevelanders has been among our chief...
The Anisfield-Wolf SAGES Lecture at Case this week was delivered by Jamaica Kincaid, a 1997 winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. Ms Kincaid is known for her perceptive and thought-provoking writing on gardening as a metaphor for life. Her lecture is part of the focus for the Baker Nord Center’s Humanities theme for the current...