Jack Ulman
Jack Ulman knew from an early age that you don’t need to be a John D. Rockefeller or a Bill Gates to make a sizable impact.
The retired Bedford High School teacher, who has been spreading his generosity across multiple beloved Cleveland institutions, remembers visiting the Cleveland Museum of Art as a child with his mother...
Justin and Andrean Horton
For Justin and Andrean Horton of Cleveland Heights, philanthropy takes many shapes.
“One way to be a philanthropist is to support organizations and missions that are important to you,” Andrean said. And sometimes, she says, philanthropy is deeply personal, and it takes lending a direct hand to shape a...
Launched in 2015, True2U is an innovative in-school group mentoring program serving every 8th grade student in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD). Thanks to the commitment of hundreds of volunteer mentors, True2U is helping students develop good decision-making skills and encouraging them to leverage their strengths and...
One year in, Say Yes Cleveland is already making a difference in the lives of local students. Say Yes is a program designed to remove the barriers that hold students back from successfully pursuing postsecondary education – either college or career training programs – by offering tuition gap closing scholarships and wraparound support...
Helping Individual and Institutional Donors Reach Their Charitable Goals
Donors who are passionate about supporting causes they care about and creating a more equitable community can access customized philanthropic guidance through the Cleveland Foundation Center for Philanthropy. The center supports donors throughout their charitable...
In the 106 years since the Cleveland Foundation was established, our community has faced a number of serious challenges. Through it all, people and organizations across the region have come together to help Greater Clevelanders weather the storm. Today, the COVID-19 pandemic presents an unprecedented challenge for our community and others...
By Nelson Beckford, Program Director, Neighborhood Revitalization & Engagement
A complete census count is incredibly important. U.S. census data is used to direct the flow of billions of dollars in federal spending, it helps decide political representation at all levels, and it is the go-to data set for the private, philanthropic and...
Since the community foundation concept was launched here in Cleveland in 1914 by our founder Frederick Harris Goff, place-based philanthropy has played an important role promoting the well-being of communities around the world. In times of crisis, residents often look to their local community foundation as a trusted leader in the...
This week, Neighborhood Connections announced the launch of two new programs designed to help organizations and residents serve their community during the pandemic and beyond.
The Neighbor Up COVID-19 Rapid Response Grants program will provide financial assistance to grassroots neighborhood civic groups as well as small nonprofit and...
Over the past few weeks, the Greater Cleveland community – together with communities across the country and the world – has engaged in challenging and necessary reflections, conversations and actions around the painful and fundamental reality of systemic racism in America. While many residents and organizations in our community have...