5 Smart Ways to Maximize Your Donor-Advised Fund

Guest blog by Cleveland Foundation Senior Vice President of Advancement Kaye Ridolfi Donor-advised funds have become a universally popular tool in charitable giving, and with good reason! With careful planning they can bring you great tax savings, flexibility and the benefit of centralizing your charitable dollars in one convenient...

Cleveland Foundation announces $11.4 million in June grants

Cleveland Foundation announces $11.4 million in June grantsFoundation awards $21.2 million to Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga organizations in Q2 2017RELEASE DATE: 06.29.2017CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation board of directors today approved   $11.4 million in grants for the month of June to support residents in Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga...

Preview #CommonGroundCLE on July 30: Part 1

Common Ground is just days away! On our blog each day this week, we’ll share a selection of the Common Ground conversations happening Sunday, July 30 across Cuyahoga County. We hope you will register to attend one (or more!) of these free community events. You can explore all Common Ground locations, and register to attend here...

#SummerOfPurpose: Christina Abdelshahid

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 Christina Abdelshahid, who spent her summer working with the Economic and Community Development Institute (ECDI) where she...

#SummerOfPurpose: Caitlin Matthews

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series followed this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they spent 11 weeks working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog we hear from Caitlin Matthews, who spent her summer working with The Trust for Public Land where she supported the planning and hosting...

Cleveland Foundation announces $8 million in September grants

Cleveland Foundation announces $8 million in September grants Board approval brings 2018 total to more than $65 million for Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga nonprofits Release Date: 9.26.2018  CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation board of directors approved on Tuesday (Sept. 25) $8 million in grants for the month of September. With a...

One year in, reflecting on the pandemic in our community

This month marks one year since life in Greater Cleveland was upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past 12 months, the challenges have been profound; lives and livelihoods have been lost, and deep-seated disparities across nearly every measure of wellbeing in our community have widened. In the midst of all of this, we have also seen...

As a College Now mentor, you can change the life of a local student – learn how!

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...