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Mission The Cleveland Foundation’s mission is to enhance the lives of all residents of Greater Cleveland, now and for generations to come, by working together with our donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide leadership on key community issues. Statistics Year Ended 2022: Total assets...

The jury’s in

Well, the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) is over for another year, it’s 33rd. And despite the economy – or just maybe because of it – it broke every record from previous years. More than 60,000 people attended over the 11 days of the festival. And CIFF’s Audience Challenge Match fundraiser, embedded cleverly within...

Cleveland Foundation announces $26.2 million in Q2 2020 grantmaking

Cleveland Foundation announces $26.2 million in Q2 2020 grantmaking Foundation, donors grant more than $58 million year-to-date  Release Date: 6.30.2020 CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation board of directors today announced $26.2 million in grants approved in the second quarter of 2020. Supporting residents in Cuyahoga, Lake and...

Introducing Cleveland Place.Makers

Seeking to celebrate the people behind the buildings, programs and places that Greater Clevelanders encounter in our community, the Cleveland Foundation recently commissioned a series of 17 portraits by local artist Billy Delfs of those who are making our region a better place by building better places.We call them Place.Makers. They...

An Introduction to the Creative Fusion 2014 Fall Class: Anele Mhlahlo

Once again the foundation has the pleasure of welcoming six remarkable artists for the Fall Creative Fusion residency. As chance would have it, we have two artists each from South Africa and Taiwan. But each is very different. In this diversely creative group, we have a puppeteer, a concert violinist, a documentary photographer, a video...

Back from Istanbul

(EDITOR'S NOTE: The Cleveland Foundation's Kathleen Cerveny recently traveled to Istanbul, Turkey, as part of a contingent of Cleveland-area arts professionals. Their goal is to work with Turkish artists, teachers and others to develop arts programs for urban youth. Click here for more information.) Two days back from the remarkable...

Homer C. Wadsworth Award

Creativity, Ingenuity, Risk-Taking, and Good Humor Homer Wadsworth - Executive Director 1974–1983 Homer Wadsworth was executive director of the Cleveland Foundation from 1974 to 1983. He was known as an innovative, visionary, and energetic leader, overseeing the foundation's work not only as a community grantmaker, but also as...

Explore Common Ground Events Happening Across the Community on June 30

Our third annual Common Ground day of community conversation returns June 30, 2019. Common Ground gatherings are planned at homes, businesses and community locations across Northeast Ohio throughout the day on June 30; we hope you’ll make plans to attend one – or a few! In the weeks leading up to #CG2019, we’re highlighting these...