Cleveland Foundation announces $13.1 million in grants

Cleveland Foundation announces $13.1 million in grants Education, economic development, new career and technical education strategy, among highlights of third-quarter grantmaking rELEASE DATE: 9.29.2014 CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation board of directors announced  $13.1 million in grants for the third quarter of 2014. More than...

Summer of Purpose: Arianna Killing

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns, who spent 11 weeks working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog we hear from Arianna Killing, who worked with Cleveland Water Alliance, where she provided support for the launch of the Great Lakes One...

Cleveland Foundation receives $1.7 million from Geis Foundation to support youth

Cleveland Foundation receives $1.7 million from Geis Foundation to support youth RELEASE DATE: 2.11.14 CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation today announced the first major gift of its centennial year: $1.7 million from the Erwin & Katherine Geis Charitable Foundation. The gift will be used to establish the Erwin & Katherine...

Apply Now to Host 2015 Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns

The summer of 2015 will be the 16th year of the Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship program. The program is based on a simple, yet effective recipe: connect undergraduate and graduate students with meaningful work-related projects in Cleveland-area nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies. We are looking for projects that...

#CommonGroundCLE Conversations: YMCA Downtown

Our #CommonGroundCLE Conversations guest blog series showcases groups across Cuyahoga County hosting community conversations July 30 as part of our Common Ground initiative. Find out what the Greater Cleveland YMCA is planning for their Common Ground conversation in this guest blog from the organization:The Greater Cleveland YMCA invites...

Intern Learns Leadership Skills

We are now accepting host site applications for the 2013 Cleveland Foundation summer intern program. The deadline to apply to be a host site is Nov. 30.  Get more information here. To give you an idea of what the internship program is about, we are reposting past interns’ reflections on their experiences.  Today, we go back to July...

Summer of Purpose: Alexis Watkins

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they reflect on 11 weeks spent working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog, we hear from Alexis Watkins, who spent their summer at Lake Erie Ink where they worked on summer programming and fundraising...