An important announcement about our grantmaking in 2022

Haga clic aquí para leer en Español To Our Community and Grantee Partners: Thank you all for your continued work to support Greater Cleveland throughout some of the most tumultuous times in our region’s history. Our residents, organizations, and institutions continue to be tested, but in the face of adversity, we have demonstrated...

#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...

#JuneteenthDay: A celebration of freedom

By Cameron Aloway, Marketing & Communications Intern Juneteenth is recognized nationally as the oldest commemoration celebrating the abolishment of slavery. Although President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on Sept. 22, 1862, enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas, would not be notified of...

Uptown: Cleveland’s live music neighborhood

Last month, we announced a grant supporting Cleveland Foundation Uptown Saturday Nights, a collaboration between University Circle, Inc., Case Western Reserve University and Roots of American Music (ROAM) to host a free live music series activating the Uptown District in University Circle on Saturday nights throughout late summer and...

Uptown RootsFest this Weekend!

Don’t miss the Uptown RootsFest this weekend, a FREE two-day roots music festival featuring performances in Toby’s Plaza in front of Cleveland’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), a children’s activities tent and family concerts.Uptown RootsFest will take place Friday, October 14 and Saturday, October 15, and will also include...

Cleveland Foundation announces more than $40 million in Q2 2021 grantmaking

Cleveland Foundation announces more than $40 million in Q2 2021 grantmaking Release Date: 6.24.2021 CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation Board of Directors today announced $40.4 million in grants approved in the second quarter of 2021. Supporting residents in Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties, the foundation and its donors have...