Each time one of our Creative Fusion residencies ends, we think we will never see as wonderful a group of artists again. Each time we are wrong. As you will see with the Fall 2015 residency, our international guests have jumped into their work with both feet, connecting with the community and beginning to explore their own creative...
Greater Cleveland coalition announces $47,000 in funding in final round of 2020 census outreach microgrants
A total of $250,000 awarded to reach hard-to-count populations over four rounds
Release Date: 9.2.2020
CLEVELAND – The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation, Cleveland Foundation, The George Gund Foundation, Saint Luke’s...
Our next group of international artists arrived last weekend and are here for a three-month stay. Creative Fusion, the Cleveland Foundation’s global artist-residency program, has welcomed seven artists who will be hosted by six local arts organizations. They will learn about our city, work with their host to share their culture through...
Cleveland Black Futures Fund announces $1 million to 42 nonprofits in its third round of grantmaking
Close to 40 organizations will also join four peer-learning fellowship groups
Release Date: 2.1.2023
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation and its partners today announced $1 million to 42 organizations in the third round of...
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...
Pulitzer Prize Winner Isabel Wilkerson to Deliver Keynote during Cleveland Foundation 2021 Annual Meeting Week Presented by KeyBank
Foundation to convene the community virtually for week of free events
Release Date: 7.29.21
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation announced today the schedule for its 2021 Annual Meeting Presented by...
The documentary PolyCultures: Food Where We Live is set to screen March 25 and 26 at the Cleveland International Film Festival. One of our grantees, the New Agrarian Center, partnered with LESS Productions, to produce the film. The documentary highlights a lot of the innovative work being done around Northeast Ohio to grow a more...
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Karen Bartrum Jansen joined the Cleveland Foundation more than 10 years ago. She currently works in Grants Management, helping donors and grantees through the foundation’s systems and processes. Prior to joining the foundation, Karen worked in various sales and...
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,”...
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...