Get to know Old Brooklyn with Jeff Verespej

Jeff Verespej, former executive director of the Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation, gives us a tour of neighborhood treasures in this guest blog.   If you were born in Old Brooklyn like I was, or visiting for the first time, the highlight reel is well known. The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is the No. 1 tourism destination...

Foundations for Philanthropy: Mia Garcia shares her experience

Presented by the Cleveland Foundation’s Center for Philanthropy, Foundations for Philanthropy is an interactive cohort experience designed to launch emerging leaders into lifelong charitable giving. Supporting a pipeline of diverse, rising philanthropists, the program shares the critical skills and strategies necessary to leverage time...

Why mastery-based arts education matters

We believe every child in Greater Cleveland should have access to enriching, immersive arts programming. Cleveland is a city renowned for its world-class arts and cultural resources, but children in low-income neighborhoods don’t necessarily have access to the wellspring of artistic talent in our city. We’re working to change...

Stories of Impact: Playing Strictly by Sound with the Cleveland Scrappers

By Cameron Aloway, Cleveland Foundation Marketing & Communications Intern Referred to as America’s pastime, baseball is a quintessential sport that has brought community members together to cheer on their favorite teams. The sport gives many people the opportunity to participate and play with others. But for people who are blind...

An Encore for Cleveland Artists

Heard of Encore Cleveland? It's an effort to to channel the time, energy and talents of experienced Clevelanders into solving community challenges and filling unmet needs. Encore Cleveland opportunities abound in many areas, from entrepreneurship and education to arts and culture.Take the Encore Artists program at Benjamin Rose Institute...

Summer of Purpose: Sebastian Canales

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they reflect on 11 weeks spent working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog we hear from Sebastian Canales, who spent his summer with The Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association (GCNCA)...

Summer of Purpose: Melissa Haynam

Remaining Human and Keeping My Promises This entire academic year for me has been about getting out of my comfort zone and taking advantage of all the wonderful opportunities Cleveland State and the city of Cleveland have to offer. #CLE I participated in the Mentoring Program organized by Senator Grace Drake in the Maxine Levin College...

#SummerOfPurpose: Zoe Bale

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they reflect on 11 weeks spent working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog we hear from Zoe Bale, who spent her summer with Community Partnership on Aging, where she assisted with a new...

Celebrating second chances at EDWINS

You may be familiar with the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards – the ceremony honoring this year’s winning authors will take place later this week – but the book prize isn’t the only award with the Anisfield-Wolf legacy. Visionary Cleveland philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf also established the Anisfield-Wolf Memorial Award when she...