More than 10 years ago, a respected colleague of mine, John Kreidler, then the senior arts grantmaker for the San Francisco Foundation, began talking and writing about a critical dynamic of the nonprofit art world: the willingness of arts leaders to discount their labor in order to work in the field of the arts about which they were...
Not all nonprofits are created equal. From small, grassroots organizations to massive private universities, any number of odd and different organizations have come together under the umbrella of “nonprofit.” In the past three weeks, working with an organization on the smaller end of the scale, I’ve noticed a few common threads...
What could be better than strolling out of your office on a warm summer day than freshly harvested produced, flowers, prepared lunch food, and more? On Wednesday, June 5, the North Union Farmers Market opened two summer lunch-time markets at the Cleveland Clinic main campus and Cleveland Clinic in Beachwood. The markets start at 10:30...
This week we welcomed the 15th class of the Cleveland Foundation’s Summer Intern Program – a group we are calling our “centennial cohort.” This group of 16 professionals represents some of the top talent and emerging leadership of our region. The summer internship program’s objectives are to provide a meaningful...
Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund partners announce recipients of third week of grantmaking
Community raises more than $7.1 million, grants to date exceed $2 million to support frontline nonprofit organizations in Greater Cleveland
Release Date: 4.10.2020
CLEVELAND – The Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund...
Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund partners award $1.18 million in second week of grantmaking
Community raises more than $6 million and counting to support frontline nonprofit organizations in Greater Cleveland
Release Date: 4.3.2020
CLEVELAND – The Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund coalition announced today...
Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund awards more than $350,000 in fifth cycle of Phase II grantmaking
Fund stands at more than $3.5 million to support frontline nonprofit organizations in Greater Cleveland
Release Date: 01.12.2021
CLEVELAND – The Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund announced today its fifth cycle...
Greater Cleveland coalition announces 15 recipients in third round of 2020 census outreach microgrants
More than $200,000 awarded to date to reach hard-to-count populations
Release Date: 8.18.2020
CLEVELAND – The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation, Cleveland Foundation, The George Gund Foundation, Saint Luke’s Foundation and...
Cleveland’s anchor institutions pledge $3.2 million to continue Greater Circle Living program in University CircleCleveland Foundation, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals partner to sustain successful ‘live near work’ programRELEASE DATE: 12.15.2015CLEVELAND –...
People with disabilities face a higher risk of serious health problems from COVID-19. To help organizations serving this population during the current pandemic, the Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund awarded a $100,000 grant to support a consortium of nonprofit service agencies in Cuyahoga County to purchase PPE for their...