April Centennial Gift: Cleveland Foundation Day at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

April Centennial Gift: Cleveland Foundation Day at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Saturday, Apr. 26, will be the first free weekend day for all visitors to the Zoo in nearly 20 years and includes admission to The RainForest Download the Cleveland Foundation Day at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo: Special Programming Schedule Flyer Fact...

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...

Measuring how much your organization matters

Read an interesting piece last night on community engagement from Chris Corrigan, Canadian facilitator and blogger who moves within the space between. He mentions several principles such as “find a centre, find something that you can continually come back to that roots you in who you are” and “don’t sacrifice relationships at the...

What nonprofits can learn about collaboration from Run DMC

While watching Run DMC's 1986 Walk This Way video I started to think about collaboration.  It starts out with a rock band, Aerosmith on one side of the wall and a rap group, Run DMC, on the other side.  The rock group start to warm up and the guitarist lays down that distinct riff.  On the other side of the wall, the rap group decides...

Dear Mayor Jackson…

Cheikhou Ba, from Senegal, was the quietest of our Fall 2013 Creative Fusion artists – but only in his speech.  His work spoke very loudly indeed, and his presence made a profound impression on all those he touched – especially the young people with whom he worked during his residency here.  Even Cheikhou’s name – which we all...

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...