Spotlight Encore Cleveland: Teach for America and School Impact

Launched in 2013 by the Cleveland Foundation, Encore Cleveland helps to connect and fund a network of organizations to provide experienced Greater Clevelanders an array of meaningful opportunities in the community upon retirement or near the end of their primary careers. In our “Spotlight Encore Cleveland” guest blog series, we go...

Active Parks, Healthy Cities

Nelson Beckford, Program Director, Neighborhood Revitalization & Engagement By Nelson Beckford - Cleveland Foundation Program Director, Neighborhood Revitalization & Engagement   The City Parks Alliance, RAND Corporation, and Trust for Public Land’s National Study of Neighborhood Parks is a document I reference often...

Cleveland Foundation to host sixth biennial African American Philanthropy Summit

Cleveland Foundation to host sixth biennial African American Philanthropy Summit Award-winning activist, author and tech executive Valeisha Butterfield Jones to deliver keynote address Release Date: 2.24.2020 CLEVELAND – The sixth biennial African American Philanthropy Summit and luncheon, presented by the African American...

August Grant Highlights

We’re excited to share a few highlights from our recent grants to organizations serving residents of Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties. These August grants focus on arts & culture, economic development and equity-focused human services. Arts & Culture A total of $150,000 in grants to Arts Cleveland to support a formal...

Gay Games Makes History, Donates Nearly $150,000 to Northeast Ohio LGBT Funds

Gay Games Makes History, Donates Nearly $150,000 to Northeast Ohio LGBT Funds Most-profitable Games ever gives $120,000 to new fund at Cleveland Foundation and $27,000 to Akron’s Gay Community Endowment Fund release date: 2.19.2015 CLEVELAND+AKRON, Ohio – The ninth Gay Games were the most profitable in its 32-year history...

Cleveland Foundation announces $26.2 million in Q2 2020 grantmaking

Cleveland Foundation announces $26.2 million in Q2 2020 grantmaking Foundation, donors grant more than $58 million year-to-date  Release Date: 6.30.2020 CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation board of directors today announced $26.2 million in grants approved in the second quarter of 2020. Supporting residents in Cuyahoga, Lake and...

A renaissance in the making, but there’s so much more to do in Cleveland

By Ronn Richard President & CEO, Cleveland Foundation Last December, as the Cleveland Foundation prepared to commemorate its centennial, we invited Plain Dealer readers to celebrate this milestone with their community foundation, the world's first. More than 172,000 Greater Clevelanders joined the year-long birthday party that...