Alex Hernandez Dueñas is one of five Cuban artists who have been in residence in Cleveland since late last year. Brought here by the Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA) under the Cleveland Foundation’s Creative Fusion program, Alex and the other artists have been making art and lecturing about Cuba – its art and history – in...
Cristian Schmitt, a 2011 Creative Fusion artist from Chile, came back to Cleveland for the wedding of a staff member at Playhouse Square – his host organization. He got so close to the people he worked with here that he continues to refer to Cleveland as his “home,” and he remains in touch with many of us. Cristian is an...
Cleveland Courage Fund
Thanks to the generosity of thousands of people from Northeast Ohio and around the world, more than $1.2 million has been donated to help the three women held captive in a Cleveland home for a decade. All money raised – 100 percent – will benefit survivors Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight, and Amanda Berry and...
When I graduated from my Northeast Ohio high school, I had no idea what my future would be like, but I did know that I wanted to get out of Ohio. I was enamored by the idea of living in New York City or San Francisco and building a life in a glitzy coastal city full of young professionals. Rhode Island was my first step in that...
The past month working as a development intern at The Montefiore Foundation has been very new, exciting, and rewarding for me. Two themes that have emerged in these first four weeks and that I have been reflecting on are opportunity and collaboration.
Coming into the internship I had a narrow understanding of what it meant to raise money...
What I Know Meets Who I Know
My mother has always told me, “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” While sometimes I believe that’s the case, I’ve come to the conclusion that 99% of the time it’s a hefty dose of both.
I am a “people person” by nature. Not only has The Cleveland Foundation connected me with...
Are you a nonprofit hoping to connect with younger generations? This guest blog post by Melissa Libertini, Research Assistant on our Advancement team, explores charitable trends and preferences among millennials.The millennial generation is creating a lot of buzz in the workforce right now, and employers are eager to learn how to retain...
Cleveland Foundation partners with Tri-C to bring free mastery dance program to three low-income Cleveland neighborhoodsLatest grant in foundation’s Mastery Arts Initiative will nearly triple the number of youth served in Tri-C’s year-round Creative Arts Academy dance programRELEASE DATE: 4.7.2017CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation...
Greater Clevelanders’ dedication to their professional sports teams is legendary, but what many don’t realize is that our teams have long reciprocated that commitment off the field, ice and court, giving back to the community that cheers for them on game day.Through the Cavaliers Youth Fund of the Cleveland Foundation, the Cleveland...
Just this summer, we celebrated the rededication of Public Square following a $50 million transformation that gave our city a vibrant new gathering space in the heart of downtown. The Cleveland Foundation supported the redesign of Public Square with an $8 million lead gift, in line with our longstanding commitment to support world-class...