A Historic Day for Our Community: Cleveland is Named a Say Yes to Education Chapter

This just in: Cleveland has officially been named a Say Yes to Education community-wide chapter! Cleveland is only the fourth Say Yes chapter city, joining Buffalo, Syracuse and Guilford County, North Carolina. You can read the full announcement here. Today’s announcement is a historic day for Cleveland, and a life-changing day for...

Cleveland Foundation to Offer Free Ice Skating During Winterfest

Free ice skating during Winterfest thanks to the Cleveland Foundation RELEASE DATE 11.1.2018 CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation will provide free ice skating on the Cleveland Foundation Skating Rink to Winterfest participants as part of this year’s celebration.    This is the third consecutive year the Cleveland...

#CommonGroundCLE 2018 – What’s Next?

Yesterday, thousands of Northeast Ohioans gathered at more than 100 locations across our region to break bread and engage in conversations prompted by the question, “why does place matter?” Groups small and large gathered at parks, libraries, businesses, homes and other locations to connect with one another and discuss how we can move...

#CLExHAV: Behind the Scenes of the Cleveland Havana Ballet

Building on a collaboration that began as part of our spring 2017 Creative Fusion: Cuba Edition international artist residency, Verb Ballets of Cleveland and ProDanza of Havana have taken their partnership a step further to form the Cleveland Havana Ballet, a temporary merging of the two companies to produce the full-length Cuban ballet...

A Link in the Chain Reaction

Lillian Kuri, our Vice President, Strategic Grantmaking, Arts & Urban Design Initiatives, was live on Fox 8 yesterday representing the Cleveland Foundation as one of five investors participating in Cleveland Chain Reaction, an economic development project that will match local investors with local entrepreneurs to open five new...

#AWBA2018: A History of Hoaxes, a Mississippi Ghost Story and the Interplay of Freedom and Captivity are among the winners of the 83rd Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards

We’re excited to announce this year’s cohort of Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winners! Unveiled today by 2015 Anisfield-Wolf winner Marlon James onstage at Case Western Reserve’s ThinkForum, 2018 winners include:Shane McCrae, In the Language of My Captor, PoetryN. Scott Momaday, Lifetime AchievementJesmyn Ward, Sing, Unburied, Sing...

Cleveland Foundation to host fifth biennial African-American Philanthropy Summit

Cleveland Foundation to host fifth biennial African-American Philanthropy SummitBestselling author, social entrepreneur and Robin Hood CEO Wes Moore to deliver keynote addressRelease Date: 2.9.2018CLEVELAND – The fifth biennial African-American Philanthropy Summit and luncheon, presented by the African-American Philanthropy Committee of...

Apply now for a scholarship through the Cleveland Foundation!

Did you know? Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we have more than 64 scholarship funds here at the foundation. Most of the scholarships are designated for graduating high school seniors attending colleges and universities, but some of the funds provide current college students and adults returning to school the opportunity to pursue...