Did you know? In most parts of Ohio, it's still legal to discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation and gender identity or expression. The Ohio Fairness Act, House Bill 369, adds sexual orientation and gender identity or expression to the laws that make discrimination illegal in Ohio; the bill protects LGBTQ people from...
Cleveland Foundation to host sixth biennial African American Philanthropy Summit
Award-winning activist, author and tech executive Valeisha Butterfield Jones
to deliver keynote address
Release Date: 2.24.2020
CLEVELAND – The sixth biennial African American Philanthropy Summit and luncheon, presented by the African American...
UPDATED Dec. 17, 2021, 3 P.M. EST
Dear Friends,
The well-being of the Greater Cleveland community has been our focus for more than a century. During that time, our community has faced a number of serious challenges: from the 1918 Influenza pandemic to the HIV epidemic – from the Great Depression to the Great Recession. Through it all...
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...
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...
Please note I said open season FOR the artist. The first round of Fellowship grants to 20 local visual artists was delivered recently by the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture. The second round, for performing and literary artists, is now in the application stage and will be delivered this fall. Cleveland is becoming a...
Cleveland Foundation announces $16.8 million in March grantsFoundation awards $21.3 million to Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga nonprofits in Q1 2016 RELEASE DATE: 3.18.16 CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Foundation board of directors has approved $16.8 million in grants for the month of March, bringing the foundation's first-quarter grantmaking...
Cleveland Foundation adds Chief Technology & Information OfficerAnnounces expanded roles for two senior-level staff membersrelease date: 10.12.2015CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation has appointed Leon Wilson to the newly created role of Chief Technology & Information Officer and announces expanded roles for two of its...