Tammi Amata

216.615.7599 | Email tAmata [Enable Javascript to send an email] Tammi Amata has shared responsibility over the daily accounting processes of the Finance department. In addition to the day-to-day operations, she manages the month-end closing process, financial statement reporting to donors and supporting organizations, and various other...

Summer of Purpose: Matthew Compan

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 Matthew Compan, who is working with the City of Euclid’s Planning and Development Department where he is assisting with...

J. David Heller

Appointed 2022 by the Board of Directors J. David Heller is the President, CEO and Co-Founder of The NRP Group. Over the past 27 years, Mr. Heller has helped to create one of the largest multifamily development companies in the U.S., from the ground up. Since its founding in 1994, The NRP Group has delivered more than 45,000 apartment...

Summer of Purpose: Sara Támara Giraldo

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they reflect on 11 weeks spent working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog, we hear from Sara Támara Giraldo, who's spending her summer at Legal Aid Society of Cleveland as a Porter Cleveland Fellow...

Deep Fusion

Opera diva, folk singer, classical piano virtuoso, French chanteuse, jazz improviser, new age and sacred music composer – to say that Armenian artist Lucineh Hovanissian is a musician is to say that Niagara is just a waterfall. Rarely have so many gifts been assembled in a single creative individual. All of them were on display this...

Brittany Schultz

216.685.2004 | Email bSchultz [Enable Javascript to send an email] Brittany Schultz joined the Foundation in 2017 and focuses on cultivating and strengthening relationships with individuals, families, and organizations to help them achieve their philanthropic goals. Prior to joining the Cleveland Foundation, Brittany worked at JumpStart...

Princes and Devils: The Art of Ivan Lecaros

Ivan (ee-VON) Andres Lecaros Correa is fond of saying, “If I tell you what all the symbolism is in my art, I would go to jail.” Ivan is one of the Cleveland Foundation’s 2012 Creative Fusion artists. He’s from Santiago, Chile, and he grew up under the Pinochet regime – an experience that has had a profound effect on his work as...

September Grant Highlights

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we are pleased to announce the Cleveland Foundation board of directors has approved $10.4 million in September grants, bringing the foundation’s third-quarter grantmaking total to $17.9 million. Check out some of this month’s grantmaking highlights, centered around the themes of education and...