Fred Talks

Learn. Engage. Champion. Fred Talks build on Cleveland Foundation founder Frederick Harris Goff's legacy of innovative thinking by inviting community members to learn, engage with one another, and champion new ideas in conversations with local and national thought leaders. Each free event features a thought-provoking conversation...

Announcing the 2023-24 Public Service Fellowship host organizations

The Cleveland Foundation is looking forward to welcoming its largest Public Service Fellowship cohort to date with placements at the City of Cleveland, Cleveland Metroparks, Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Cuyahoga County, and four Greater Cleveland nonprofit organizations focusing on workforce development, land...

And Now, a Brief Analog Moment

Przemyslaw Jasielski, or Przemo, pronounced something like pshemo came to Creative Fusion from Poland, bearing the most remarkable dreadlocks, an engineer’s sensibility and an artist’s sensitivity.  A graduate of the Poznen Academy of Fine Arts, Przemo creates installations, objects, drawings and photographs combining art with...

Support hurricane relief in Puerto Rico and Florida

As residents in Puerto Rico and Florida grapple with catastrophic damage from Hurricanes Fiona and Ian, organizations in the communities impacted and across the country are mobilizing to provide relief. Generous donors are also responding to these back-to-back crises in an effort to fulfill the humanitarian needs. If you are searching for...

Coming together to fight COVID-19 with the Neighbor Up Network

Powerful things can happen when people come together. That’s the idea behind Neighborhood Connections’ Neighbor Up Network, a group of Greater Clevelanders who come together to share power, bridge boundaries and make an impact in their communities.   As we continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, residents and...

Ingenuity 4.0

On Saturday the sun was glorious and the clouds were Disney fantasy gorgeous; giant scoops of vanilla bean ice cream in the sky.  On the ground, the crowd was thinner than I remember from past festivals – but that may just be perception.  A lot was going on inside theaters and the Idea Center and in several creatively re-purposed...