Fellow Friday: Meet the 2020-21 Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellows

Launched in 2016, the Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellowship immerses talented, emerging leaders from across the country in the work of Cleveland’s public sector, providing them an opportunity to develop their skills, enhance their networks, and jumpstart a career in public service. With the goals of attracting and retaining...

Creative Fusion Artists Arrive in Cleveland

They hail from Taiwan, South Africa, Pakistan and Albania. Their crafts range from interactive installations and paintings to sculpture and martial arts-inspired dance. On March 1, the Cleveland Foundation’s newest cohort of Creative Fusion artists arrived in Cleveland for their spring residencies.So far this month, the artists...

#SummerOfPurpose: Jason Guo

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 Jason Guo, who is spending his summer at The Nonprofit and Public Service Center at Lakeland Community College, where he is...

#FellowFriday: Takasha Nutall’s Fellowship Experience

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 our #FellowFriday blog series, hear from members of the 2016-17 Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellowship cohort about their year-long...

#FellowFriday: Stephanie Choi’s Fellowship Experience

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 our #FellowFriday blog series, hear from members of the 2017-18 Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellowship cohort about their year-long...

2017 Grantmaking in Lake and Geauga Counties

We’re thrilled to announce $172,590 in grants from our Lake-Geauga Fund to organizations serving residents of Lake and Geauga counties. This year’s round of grants from the Lake-Geauga Fund brings our total support to Lake and Geauga counties to $2.8 million in 2017!Our history of support in Lake and Geauga counties Established in...

Celebrating the Faces of African American Philanthropy: Inspired Giving

Dr. Barbara Harris, philanthropist and retired educator, believes that anyone can be philanthropic, whether through charitable giving, volunteering or a combination of both. As a featured philanthropist at the 2018 African American Philanthropy Summit, we asked Dr. Harris to share the origins of her philanthropy and what inspires her to...

Celebrating the Faces of African American Philanthropy: Mother-Daughter Charity

When Belva Denmark Tibbs became a mother, she was eager to pass on her long-standing family tradition of serving the community to her daughter, Imani. Guided by the belief that anyone can be a philanthropist, regardless of age or wealth, the women teamed up to create a donor-advised fund with the Cleveland Foundation that will benefit the...