#OurCGStories blog series highlights Cleveland Foundation staff who participated in our Common Ground day of community conversation on June 30. In today's blog, we hear from Jason Weiner, Donor Relations Officer. On Common Ground day, Jason hosted "Plastic Surgery: Cutting Plastic Out of Your Life" at Distill Table in Lakewood. Here’s...
Cleveland Foundation accepting scholarship applications for 2020-21 academic year
During the 2019-20 academic year, the foundation’s scholarship funds have supported nearly 400 new and returning recipients
Release Date: 1.14.2020
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation is accepting scholarship applications through March 15 for the...
Americans throw away nearly half of the food they buy. It’s a staggering statistic considering one in five Cuyahoga County residents are going hungry, according to Stacy Soulimiotis, Program Director of the Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland.
“It makes no sense that food—perfectly viable, good food—isn't being given to those...
Did you know? In most parts of Ohio, it's still legal to discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation and gender identity or expression. The Ohio Fairness Act, House Bill 369, adds sexual orientation and gender identity or expression to the laws that make discrimination illegal in Ohio; the bill protects LGBTQ people from...
Cleveland Foundation to host sixth biennial African American Philanthropy Summit
Award-winning activist, author and tech executive Valeisha Butterfield Jones
to deliver keynote address
Release Date: 2.24.2020
CLEVELAND – The sixth biennial African American Philanthropy Summit and luncheon, presented by the African American...
UPDATED Dec. 17, 2021, 3 P.M. EST
Dear Friends,
The well-being of the Greater Cleveland community has been our focus for more than a century. During that time, our community has faced a number of serious challenges: from the 1918 Influenza pandemic to the HIV epidemic – from the Great Depression to the Great Recession. Through it all...