Spotlight Encore Cleveland: Legacy Leaders

Launched in 2013 by the Cleveland Foundation, Encore Cleveland helps to connect and fund a network of organizations that provide experienced Greater Clevelanders an array of meaningful opportunities in the community upon retirement or near the end of their primary careers. In our “Spotlight Encore Cleveland” guest blog series, we go...

#CommonGroundCLE Conversations: Empowering Youth, Exploring Justice

Our #CommonGroundCLE Conversations guest blog series showcases groups across Cuyahoga County hosting community conversations July 30 as part of our Common Ground event. Find out what Empowering Youth, Exploring Justice (EYEJ) is planning for their Common Ground conversation in this guest blog from the organization:In our city and across...

#SummerOfPurpose: John Brett

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 John Brett, who is working with Chagrin River Watershed Partners, where he supports the assessment of stream and wetland...

#SummerOfPurpose: Sarah Pincus

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 Sarah Pincus, who is working with Maximum Accessible Housing of Ohio, where she researches, presents activities, and...

#CLEFund: Celebrating Organizational Fund Partner Appreciation Week

Each day, as 186 nonprofits fulfill their missions in our community, dollars designated for their long-term needs are growing quietly in special funds that help secure their future – and that help make the nonprofit landscape strong and vibrant for us all! With the generosity of donors and the foresight of board members and leaders who...

Helping Cleveland students stay on the path to postsecondary success

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...

Celebrating the Faces of African American Philanthropy: Mother-Daughter Charity

When Belva Denmark Tibbs became a mother, she was eager to pass on her long-standing family tradition of serving the community to her daughter, Imani. Guided by the belief that anyone can be a philanthropist, regardless of age or wealth, the women teamed up to create a donor-advised fund with the Cleveland Foundation that will benefit the...