A Mentor’s Perspective: 3 Things I Learned with True2U

Donisha Greene In this guest blog, True2U mentor Donisha Greene shares lessons learned from her experience mentoring eighth grade Cleveland Metropolitan School District students. By Donisha Greene It was a no brainer. I was absolutely joining True2U’s newest volunteer mentor recruits, me and 44 of my fellow Cuyahoga County...

December Grant Highlights

We’re ending the year on a high note! Our board of directors approved $18 million in grants for the month of December, bringing the foundation’s fourth-quarter grantmaking total to $30.7 million and the 2016 total to $91.2 million to date.* Here are a few highlights:Empowering youth through educationOur December grantmaking includes...

Local students tackle serious topics in self-produced media projects

How does it feel to be the new kid at school? How can teens in urban areas benefit from learning about agriculture, aquaculture and how to build a greenhouse? What can we do to reduce bullying and violence among youth? These are just a few of the questions explored in media projects produced by local elementary and high school students as...

Rosanne Potter

Executive Assistant: Pamela Jaffe 216.615.7183 In her current role as CFO, Rosanne manages the finance function for the Cleveland Foundation and their $3B endowment. She co-leads the foundation’s new headquarters construction project, manages a $20M budget and co-leads the social impact investing program. The Cleveland Foundation is...

Following Cleveland’s Path to Say Yes

You may have heard the news announced earlier this year that Cleveland is in the running to become the next Say Yes to Education chapter. Say Yes to Education is a national nonprofit that aims to revitalize communities by helping them give every public high school graduate access to college or other post-secondary opportunities. Using...

Community partners fight lead poisoning in Glenville

Greater Cleveland has a lead poisoning problem and it’s threatening our youngest residents. Approximately 15% of children ages six and younger in Greater Cleveland have tested positive for elevated blood lead levels. In some areas, more than one in four children tested have lead poisoning.Children living in low-income urban areas, where...

A Look Back at Cleveland Book Week 2017

Last week we celebrated Cleveland Book Week, a series of book and literacy-themed events surrounding the 82nd annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. Sept. 5-8, community events across Greater Cleveland honored this year’s Anisfield-Wolf winners and celebrated all things literary in our community.   Sept. 5 – We kicked Book Week...

#SummerOfPurpose: Briana Snoddy

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 Briana Snoddy, who is working with Towards Employment, where she summarizes and cites research, monitors key issues, and...