How I Spent My Summer: Ahmad Hamad

For over thirty years as a forerunner in the Housing First Initiative, Enterprise Community Partners has raised and invested over $11 billion toward building communities all across America, and has built and restored more than 280,000 homes to date (14,000 of which are in Ohio). Along with providing residents affordable and sustainable...

Spotlight Encore Cleveland: Becoming an ENCOREpreneur

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...

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City of Cleveland Neighborhood Safety Fund The $10 million fund is housed at the Cleveland Foundation and was seeded with American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) money from the City. The fund will provide grants for community-driven, evidence-informed programming serving Cleveland residents that address the root causes of violence under the...

The importance of faith-based organizations

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we’re reflecting on the important role faith-based organizations play in the communities around them. Often, religious leaders and their congregations are vanguards in grassroots efforts to protect basic human dignity and support the neediest among us. Dr. King’s work exemplifies this ethos and the...

Schedule unveiled for Cleveland Book Week 2019

Schedule unveiled for Cleveland Book Week 2019; Free tickets for Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards available Sept. 5 84th edition of awards, new INTER|URBAN project highlight literary lineup in Northeast Ohio Release Date: 8.7.2019 CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation today announced the schedule for the fourth annual Cleveland Book Week...

Skate the Square!

Just this summer, we celebrated the rededication of Public Square following a $50 million transformation that gave our city a vibrant new gathering space in the heart of downtown. The Cleveland Foundation supported the redesign of Public Square with an $8 million lead gift, in line with our longstanding commitment to support world-class...

EDWINS named winner of $25,000 Anisfield‐Wolf Memorial Award

EDWINS Leadership and Restaurant Initiative has been named winner of the $25,000 Anisfield‐Wolf Memorial Award for helping currently and formerly incarcerated individuals to learn and become successful in a skilled trade while removing obstacles that may hinder their transition back into society. The award is presented annually by the...

Make a Date to Skate this Valentine’s Day!

We’re showing our love for Cleveland with free skating at Cleveland Foundation Skating Rink on Cleveland Public Square from 3 – 11 p.m. on February 14! Through our Valentine’s Day gift to the community, skaters will enjoy free skate rentals and a free 45-minute session on the ice, weather permitting.Plan your dateFirst, check the...

Gay Games Makes History, Donates Nearly $150,000 to Northeast Ohio LGBT Funds

Gay Games Makes History, Donates Nearly $150,000 to Northeast Ohio LGBT Funds Most-profitable Games ever gives $120,000 to new fund at Cleveland Foundation and $27,000 to Akron’s Gay Community Endowment Fund release date: 2.19.2015 CLEVELAND+AKRON, Ohio – The ninth Gay Games were the most profitable in its 32-year history...