December Grant Highlights

Happy holidays! We’re ending the year on a great note, with a number of grants to organizations serving residents of Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties. Here are just a few highlights from December’s grants:$95,562 to WIRE-Net, a local manufacturing sector intermediary, to support the development and expansion of an apprenticeship...

Corporate Services

The Corporate Community Gives Back with the Cleveland Foundation Center for Philanthropy The Cleveland Foundation is uniquely positioned to help companies give back to the community. The corporate funds and services offered through the Center for Philanthropy help businesses of all sizes take a strategic, cost-effective approach to...

Explore Common Ground Events by Topic – and Join Us June 30!

Our third annual Common Ground day of community conversation returns June 30, 2019. Common Ground is a single-day initiative where people gather at locations across our region to share a meal and a conversation about the places we call home. Individuals and organizations across Cuyahoga, Lake, and Geauga counties will bring family...

Summer of Purpose: Meet the 2019 Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns

We call it a “Summer of Purpose.” Since 1999, the Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship Program has provided undergraduates, graduate students and recent graduates an opportunity to work in Cleveland-area nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies during an 11-week paid internship. The program aligns with the foundation’s...

February Grant Highlights

We’re excited to share a few highlights from our recent grants to organizations serving residents of Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties. These February grants focus support on Health & Safety, Human Services and Arts & Culture. Health and Safety $120,000 to American Red Cross, Greater Cleveland Chapter to expand Operation...

Become a Mentor with College Now Greater Cleveland!

In this guest blog from College Now Greater Cleveland, learn how easy it is to mentor a local college student - and why it matters: What if you could personally have a hand in breaking the cycle of poverty in Cleveland? It all starts with a relationship, two emails per month, and three meetings per year. That’s how mentoring works...

Spotlight #EncoreCLE: Opportunities with Fairhill Partners

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...

#CLEFund: Celebrating Organizational Fund Partner Appreciation Week

Each day, as 186 nonprofits fulfill their missions in our community, dollars designated for their long-term needs are growing quietly in special funds that help secure their future – and that help make the nonprofit landscape strong and vibrant for us all! With the generosity of donors and the foresight of board members and leaders who...

#InterUrbanCLE Request for Artist Proposals – Public Art on the RTA Red Line

Calling all artists! LAND Studio is seeking 25 local, national and international artists to create works inspired by Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winners that will be installed on windows of 25 Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) train cars.It’s phase II of the Inter|Urban Art & Culture Connector project that we helped...

Common Ground

Common Ground This year marks the 5th anniversary of Common Ground, a celebration of community-led conversations convened by partners across Greater Cleveland. Traditionally held on one day, this year’s anniversary event will expand to two weeks of community conversation from July 16-30.   Each year, Common Ground hosts build...