Summer of Purpose: Sara Támara Giraldo

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they reflect on 11 weeks spent working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog, we hear from Sara Támara Giraldo, who's spending her summer at Legal Aid Society of Cleveland as a Porter Cleveland Fellow...

Summer of Purpose: Catherine Galla

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they reflect on 11 weeks spent working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog, we hear from Catherine Galla, who spent her summer at Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation assisting with...

Leta Obertacz named Cleveland Foundation Senior Vice President for Advancement

Leta Obertacz named Cleveland Foundation Senior Vice President for Advancement Ginger Mlakar promoted to general counsel and vice president for advancement Release Date: 7.26.2022 CLEVELAND – Following a national search, the Cleveland Foundation is pleased to announce that Leta Obertacz will join the foundation’s leadership team as...

Public Service Fellowship Host Organizations

Information for Host Organization Applicants   Host Site applications for the 2024-25 Public Service Fellowship Program will close on Friday, February 9, 2024. Through a competitive application and interview process, recent college graduates are selected from across the country to participate in the Cleveland Foundation Public Service...

Summer of Purpose: Rachel Zvara-Barrington

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns, who spent 11 weeks working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog we hear from Rachel Zvara-Barrington, who worked with Cleveland Rape Crisis Center assisting the manager of the Sexual Assault Kit...

Celebrating Pride in the CLE

By Cameron Aloway, Cleveland Foundation Marketing & Communications Intern Love and acceptance filled the streets of Greater Cleveland as the city commemorated Pride in the CLE in person for the first time since 2019. Every June, the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland organizes a march and hosts a free festival to advance...

A Legacy for Everyone: Named Funds

by Sandy Lucas, JD, Gift Planning Advisor, Cleveland Foundation Contact Sandy at sLucas@clevefdn.org or 216.615.7174   Throughout our lives, many of us ponder the legacies we hope to leave for our families and our communities. How will we be remembered? What impact can we have in our community, even after we are gone? A Named...