A Novel Singing Zambia, Poetry from a “Deaf Republic” and a Group Portrait of Anthropology’s Renegades Have All Won the 85th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Release Date 3.30.2020
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation today unveiled the winners of its 85th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. The 2020 recipients of the only...
Each spring, we celebrate a new class of writers joining the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards canon. This year, in the midst of a global pandemic, the announcement has moved online while the works being honored take on a new kind of importance. "The new books explore human diversity in riveting style, putting the lie to racism and ableism,...
Students across the country have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic; for high school seniors, the crisis presents extra barriers at a critical time on their path to college or career training programs. Say Yes Cleveland and its partners are working to ensure Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) and partnering charter school...
By Nelson Beckford, Program Director, Neighborhood Revitalization & Engagement
A complete census count is incredibly important. U.S. census data is used to direct the flow of billions of dollars in federal spending, it helps decide political representation at all levels, and it is the go-to data set for the private, philanthropic and...
Cleveland Foundation’s sixth biennial African American Philanthropy Summit will go virtual May 30
Featured speaker is award-winning activist, author and business leader Valeisha Butterfield Jones
Release Date: 5.20.2020
CLEVELAND – The sixth biennial African American Philanthropy Summit, presented by the African American...
The Cleveland Foundation African American Philanthropy Committee has announced $25,050 in grants from the African American Philanthropy Committee Legacy Fund to support three Northeast Ohio nonprofit organizations working to help communities most impacted by COVID-19 recover from the effects of the pandemic: Cleveland VOTES, the Northeast...
On April 5, The George Gund Foundation announced the inaugural gift of $1 million to the Cleveland Metropolitan School District Arts Education Fund, in honor of Ann Gund as she retired from The Gund Foundation’s board.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District Arts Education Fund is a new donor advised fund here at the Cleveland...
Cleveland Foundation, Cuyahoga County and T-Mobile partner to launch the Greater Cleveland Digital Equity Fund
Coalition formed to bridge the digital divide throughout Greater Cleveland
Release Date: 7.16.2020
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation, Cuyahoga County and T-Mobile today announced the creation of the Greater Cleveland...
Just when many Northeast Ohio residents are turning to nature for exploration and respite, a new 2-mile trail, boardwalk and viewing platform in Geauga County, southeast of Punderson State Park, are now available for the public's enjoyment.
The newly opened Barbara A. Lipscomb Snow Lake Trail, located on a 272-acre addition to the Lucia...
Engaged residents make their communities stronger. Now more than ever, it is vital that Greater Clevelanders exercise their civic rights by voting, taking the census and holding their government leaders accountable. Here are three simple ways to make your voice count for your community:
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Early voting in Ohio has begun!
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