By Cameron Aloway, Marketing & Communications Intern
Did you know that Greater Clevelanders have one of the highest volunteer rates in the country? It’s amazing that so many of our neighbors give back to our community – and you can too!
In 2018, the Corporation for National and Community Service or AmeriCorps, which gathers data...
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Christine Lawson joined the foundation in 2001 and is responsible for overseeing accounts payable and 1099 reporting, the funding of grant requests, and the creation of quarterly board financials.
Previously she worked at Alltel Communications in the finance department...
Our conversation went something like this.
“So, where are you working this summer?” “I’m going to be at ShoreBank Enterprise.” “Oh…Yeah, you look like you’d work at a bank.”
It was this seemingly innocuous statement in the midst of an otherwise beneficial and exciting first day of work that began a train of thought...
It is just a week since our Creative Fusion artists arrived, and they’ve already begun to connect, frenetically, with the community. After orientation at the Cleveland Foundation, a Lolly the Trolley tour of Greater Cleveland, a docent tour of the Art Museum, and an informal dinner at the Rainey Institute (all this between Tuesday...
Summer Splash in The Square presented by the Cleveland Foundation starts June 1
Popular free kids program returning for second year, now with expanded hours
Release Date: 5.30.2019
CLEVELAND – Downtown Cleveland's coolest summer fun program is returning to Public Square for a second year with expanded hours. Summer Splash in the...
Cleveland Foundation continues support for redesigned Public Square with $100,000 grant for community programming
release date: 11.14.2016
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation board of directors today announced a $100,000 grant to support ongoing community programming on Cleveland Foundation Centennial Plaza in Public Square. This...
By Tara Jefferson, originally published June 4, 2019 on www.anisfield-wolf.org
Anisfield-Wolf Fellow Zachary Thomas has sparked an idea that is igniting across Northeast Ohio.
In 2016, as a sophomore at John Carroll University, Thomas pioneered a creative writing program for youth incarcerated in an Ohio juvenile detention...
This interview was originally published in our winter 2019 issue of Gift of Giving magazine.
JoAnn and Bob Glick are on a philanthropic mission: By giving to humanitarian causes close to home, they believe they can support the most vulnerable in our community and simultaneously underscore the need to bring large-scale philanthropic...
Schedule Unveiled for Cleveland Book Week 2018
Judy Blume, Steven Pinker, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and 83rd edition of awards highlight Cleveland’s status as a literary destination
Release Date: 8.3.2018
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation today announced the schedule for its third annual Cleveland Book Week. This year’s showcase...
We’re excited to announce $5 million in February grants to organizations serving Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga County residents. Many of our February grants provide support for workforce development among vulnerable populations, purposeful programming for local seniors, as well as health services and resources for Greater Cleveland...