Meet our 2017 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Winners!

Yesterday we announced the winners of the 82nd Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, the only nation*]}*al juried prize for literature that confronts racism and examines diversity. Anisfield-Wolf Jury Chair Dr. Henry Louis Gates delivered the big news at the 2017 F. Joseph Callahan Distinguished Lecture at Case Western Reserve University last...

A Look Back at our 2016 #CLECaucus Series

In a year when partisan politics dominated the headlines, the Cleveland Foundation – in partnership with The City Club of Cleveland, Cleveland Young Profession*]}*al Senate, Neighborhood Connections, ideastream and Crain’s Cleveland Business – launched a yearlong series of events to convene Greater Clevelanders in civil conversations...

Honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Stokes Brothers

We're proud to help lead a yearlong series of events to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Carl Stokes' election as Mayor of Cleveland. In addition to honoring Mayor Stokes, the celebrations will recognize his brother, Congressman Louis Stokes, in an effort to build on their legacy of leadership and advocacy.Mayor Stokes became the first...

#SummerOfPurpose: Simone Malone

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 Simone Malone, who spent her summer working with SPACES Gallery, where she undertook a multifaceted Salesforce Management...

Fred Talks

Learn. Engage. Champion. Fred Talks build on Cleveland Foundation founder Frederick Harris Goff's legacy of innovative thinking by inviting community members to learn, engage with one another, and champion new ideas in conversations with local and nation*]}*al thought leaders. Each free event features a thought-provoking conversation...

Cleveland Foundation announces $3 million in January grants

Cleveland Foundation announces $3 million in January grants RELEASE DATE: 01.30.2015 CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation board of directors has approved $3 million in grants for the month of January.  A focus of the January funding will advance the Cleveland Foundation's priority area of neighborhood revitalization, with a...