Yesterday we announced the winners of the 82nd Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, the only national juried prize for literature that confronts racism and examines diversity. Anisfield-Wolf Jury Chair Dr. Henry Louis Gates delivered the big news at the 2017 F. Joseph Callahan Distinguished Lecture at Case Western Reserve University last...
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...
We’re thrilled to announce $6.8 million in July grants to organizations serving residents of Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties. Here are just a few highlights in the areas of music, health, environment, education, aging and neighborhoods:
$195,000 to Cleveland Leadership Center supporting the launch of “Advancing Cleveland,”...
“Changing Minds, Changing Lives,” is the motto behind the Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coalition’s (MHAC) overarching goal to improve access to mental health and addiction services. As a nonprofit coalition currently consisting of 118 member organizations, the MHAC provides a platform where diverse organizations come...
We’re excited to share a few highlights from our recent grants to organizations serving residents of Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties. These May grants focus support on services for senior citizens, community engagement efforts, as well as criminal justice advocacy and services for citizens returning from incarceration.
Services for...
Launched in 2013 by the Cleveland Foundation, Encore Cleveland helps to connect and fund a network of organizations to provide experienced Greater Clevelanders an array of meaningful opportunities in the community upon retirement or near the end of their primary careers. In our “Spotlight Encore Cleveland” guest blog series, we go...
The COVID-19 pandemic is drastically affecting individuals, families, businesses, public agencies and nonprofit organizations across our community. As the pandemic and its effects continue to evolve, the need for help is – and will continue to be – staggering. In this uncertain and unprecedented time, we are inspired by the response...
We believe a strong community is an inclusive community, where people of all abilities can live their best lives. We’re proud to support nonprofit organizations across Northeast Ohio that provide essential services—from residential housing to inclusive sports to job training and more—to individuals with developmental disabilities...
Americans throw away nearly half of the food they buy. It’s a staggering statistic considering one in five Cuyahoga County residents are going hungry, according to Stacy Soulimiotis, Program Director of the Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland.
“It makes no sense that food—perfectly viable, good food—isn't being given to those...
Follow our “#CG2018 Stories” blog series for updates, information and stories about Common Ground 2018. This guest blog from staff at The Food Trust, who are hosting no less than eight Common Ground conversations this year, in neighborhoods across the city. It’s no secret that our health is deeply linked to the economic and social...