In early June, facilitators of the Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), along with AmeriCorps HPAC leaders, volunteered to bring SOLE [Self Organized Learning Environments] to the Cleveland Public Library system for their Staff Development Day. In all, over 500 staff members participated in these SOLE sessions that allowed...
Cleveland Foundation announces $5.5 million grant to CSU to support NEOMED-CSU Partnership for Urban Health
Largest-ever gift to Partnership supports the education of urban primary health care professionals to eliminate health disparities in core city neighborhoods
RELEASE DATE: 6.25.2015
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation board...
Cleveland Foundation announces $19.2 million in June grants
Foundation awarded $26.9 million to area nonprofits in Q2 2015
RELEASE DATE: 6.29.2015
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation board of directors has approved $19.2 million in grants for the month of June, bringing the foundation’s second-quarter grantmaking total to $26.9...
Cleveland Foundation announces $16.4 million in grants
Neighborhood engagement and revitalization a focus of first-quarter grantmaking
RELEASE DATE: 3.27.14
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation board of directors announced today a $3.3 million grant – the largest of its centennial year to date – to continue support of...
Cleveland Foundation receives $1.7 million from Geis Foundation to support youth
RELEASE DATE: 2.11.14
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation today announced the first major gift of its centennial year: $1.7 million from the Erwin & Katherine Geis Charitable Foundation. The gift will be used to establish the Erwin & Katherine...
Coming Full Circle
I am a firm believer in the timeless cliché that everything happens for a reason. This summer internship experience with The Cleveland Foundation has further reinforced that notion for myself and has the hamster wheels in my head spinning faster than ever before.
If you would have told me a year ago that I would be...
Every day, people search for that one thing that inspires them. They look for that something that excites them every morning when they wake up or titillates their imagination as they push through another hard day's work. I too, have been looking for my inspiration, and this summer I have come one step closer to knowing what it...
What do Adam and Eve, Jews, Japanese Americans, Armenians and Native Americans have in common? These and other peoples have all experienced exile from their homeland and the hardship and conflict of being displaced.
Some, like Japanese Americans during WWII, and Native Americans even today, were exiled within the borders of their own...
We are currently recruiting the region’s best and brightest for the 2010 Cleveland Foundation summer internship program. As we approach its 11th year, the program has helped us confirm two important pieces of information: 1) Nonprofits continue to provide interns with meaningful projects that are reflective of the times and 2)We...
NOCHE (The Northeast Ohio Council On Higher Education) recently released a fascinating report called the Internship Market Research study. In short, the report concluded that: As a student, you should know that internships provide real world experience which makes you a more desirable candidate for a job and helps you build a...