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...

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...

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...

Launching our Digital Excellence Initiative

We're thrilled to announce our new Digital Excellence Initiative to build a strong, equitable and resilient digital community across Greater Cleveland.The Digital Excellence Initiative aims to position Greater Cleveland as a leader in digital innovation and access by investing in efforts that align with five focus areas:  Creating a...

Funding a Microgrid Study

We’re excited to announce a new grant to study how microgrids—localized energy systems—can spur economic development in downtown Cleveland. Our support will fund a collaboration between Cleveland State University (CSU), Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cuyahoga County and the City of Cleveland to explore how the city might...

Press Archive

540 Items2024Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Announce Updates for 2025 Award Year Press ReleaseCleveland Foundation Introduces LGBTQ+ Opportunity Fund; Announces $3 Million for Endowment to Ensure Long-Term Impact Press ReleaseCleveland Neighborhood Safety Fund announces $1 million in grantmaking to support violence prevention efforts Press...

LinkedIn Joins Key Northeast Ohio Stakeholders to Analyze Vital Health IT Talent Data

LinkedIn Joins Key Northeast Ohio Stakeholders to Analyze Vital Health IT Talent DataProject is a tactic within HIT in the CLE Regional Talent Initiative Release Date: 07.20.2017CLEVELAND – LinkedIn, which operates the world’s largest professional network on the Internet with more than 500 million members in over 200 countries and...

#CLExHAV: Behind the Scenes of the Cleveland Havana Ballet

Building on a collaboration that began as part of our spring 2017 Creative Fusion: Cuba Edition international artist residency, Verb Ballets of Cleveland and ProDanza of Havana have taken their partnership a step further to form the Cleveland Havana Ballet, a temporary merging of the two companies to produce the full-length Cuban ballet...