By Julie Patterson, director, AIDS Funding Collaborative, Center for Community Solutions
Coalitions are powerful places to create community, form relationships, and work toward a shared vision of the future. Joining forces with others in collective action is one of the most effective ways to fight for justice and equity.
In...
As residents in Puerto Rico and Florida grapple with catastrophic damage from Hurricanes Fiona and Ian, organizations in the communities impacted and across the country are mobilizing to provide relief. Generous donors are also responding to these back-to-back crises in an effort to fulfill the humanitarian needs. If you are searching for...
Support the community you love by celebrating #GivingTuesday, Nov. 30, with the Cleveland Foundation and its more than 200 Organizational Fund Partners! Our Organizational Fund Partners are often well-known nonprofit organizations working in the community to address a variety of unmet needs, uplift local residents and society at large...
By Cameron Aloway, Cleveland Foundation Marketing & Communications Intern
Community banks play a vital role organizing support efforts and distributing resources to people in need. Several community banks in the Greater Cleveland area focus on specific initiatives to ensure that all residents' needs are met.
Whether these...
Getting into college is hard, but it can be even harder to get through college. Students benefit from the support of a caring adult who has been through college before and can offer perspective and advice. That’s the idea behind the College Now Mentoring Program, a program that connects Say Yes and College Now scholarship recipients...
By Cameron Aloway, Cleveland Foundation Marketing & Communications Intern
August is Black Philanthropy Month. As we celebrate the power of giving in the Black community, we’re showcasing the work and talent of organizations that received grants from the Cleveland Foundation’s Cleveland Black Futures Fund in its second round of...
Cleveland Foundation announces more than $24 million in third quarter grantmaking
Release Date: 9.30.2021
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation Board of Directors today announced more than $24 million in grants approved in the third quarter of 2021. Supporting residents in Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties, the foundation and its...
Getting into college is hard, but it can be even harder to get through college. Students benefit from the support of a caring adult who has been through college before and can offer perspective and advice. That’s the idea behind the College Now Mentoring Program, a virtual program that connects Say Yes and College Now scholarship...
You can now view Courting Justice online, a forum held this month in Cleveland and hosted by Tavis Smiley of the national talk show "Tavis Smiley" on PBS. Courting Justice is part of a national series facilitated by Smiley on judicial reform.Watch "Part 1" here, and watch "Part 2" here.The forum brought Ohio judges face to face with...
For seventeen years, the Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship program has stayed true to its goal of connecting undergraduate and graduate students with meaningful, career-related experiences in nonprofit and public sector agencies. The program adds value to the agencies by recruiting the talent and providing funding to pay the interns...