May Centennial Gift: Cleveland Foundation Day on Wade Oval

May Centennial Gift: Cleveland Foundation Day on Wade Oval May 24 will be the first free Saturday for Cleveland Botanical Garden, Cleveland Museum of Natural History and Western Reserve Historical Society Includes special free programming at the always-free Cleveland Museum of Art Download the Cleveland Foundation Day on Wade...

An Introduction to the Creative Fusion 2014 Fall Class: Mi-Chen Chiu

Once again the foundation has the pleasure of welcoming six remarkable artists for the Fall Creative Fusion residency. As chance would have it, we have two artists each from South Africa and Taiwan. But each is very different. In this diversely creative group, we have a puppeteer, a concert violinist, a documentary photographer, a video...

#FellowFriday: Marsalis Hammons

The Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellowship offers emerging young leaders the skills and networks needed to create the community they envision and jumpstart a career in public service. In this #FellowFriday blog, 2019-20 Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellow Marsalis Hammons talks about his fellowship experience working...

An Invitation to Opportunity in Greater University Circle

by Walter Wright [email username="wWright" link-text="Email"] Project Director of the Greater University Circle Community Wealth Building Initiative Some years ago, I was meeting with a national expert on community building and a group of community activists from Central, one of Cleveland’s poorest neighborhoods. The activists were...

Cleveland Foundation approves $27.5 million in third quarter grants

Cleveland Foundation approves $27.5 million in third quarter grants Foundation, donors grant more than $85.5 million year-to-date Release Date: 9.29.2020 CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation Board of Directors today announced $27.5 million in grants approved in the third quarter of 2020. Supporting residents in Cuyahoga, Lake and...

Summer of Purpose: Investment Need Not “Gentrify” Our Neighborhoods

By Nicholas DownerSt. Clair Superior Development Corporation Here’s a game anyone can play: Start talking about any Cleveland neighborhood and see if it takes more than five minutes before someone says the word "gentrification." Based on my experience, I’m betting it won’t. As an urban studies major at Cleveland State University...

Academic learning pods help Cleveland students learn remotely

Academic learning pods help Cleveland students learn remotely Coalition of partners including Cleveland Foundation and United Way of Greater Cleveland lead project to safely connect academically vulnerable students with small group, in-person support for virtual learning and tutoring Release Date: 9.14.2020 CLEVELAND – The Cleveland...