Join us at Independent Sector’s 2021 Upswell Summit

The countdown is on for this year’s Upswell Summit hosted by Independent Sector and taking place Oct. 20-22. Over the course of three days, Upswell will virtually bring together thousands of changemakers, hundreds of speakers, brilliant thought leaders, inspired innovators, and powerful creators to unleash civil society's fullest...

Cleveland Black Futures Fund

Click Here to Give to the Cleveland Black Futures Fund Since its inception in 2020, the Cleveland Black Futures Fund has granted a total of $6.5 million to invest in and strengthen Black-led and Black-serving nonprofits.   updated sept. 3, 2024, 9 A.m. EST About the Fund In 2020, in the midst of a global pandemic, we bore...

Celebrating Pride in the CLE

By Cameron Aloway, Cleveland Foundation Marketing & Communications Intern Love and acceptance filled the streets of Greater Cleveland as the city commemorated Pride in the CLE in person for the first time since 2019. Every June, the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland organizes a march and hosts a free festival to advance...

Summer of Purpose: Mohamed Manaa

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they reflect on 11 weeks spent working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog, we hear from Mohamed Manaa, who spent his summer at Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless where he developed a...

Cleveland Black Futures Fund provides hope for tomorrow

By Briana Oldham, Cleveland Foundation Equity Communications and Engagement Fellow There is no time like the present. If anything, 2020 has taught us nothing is more important than living in the now. Focusing on today while planning for tomorrow can prove challenging, but since 2020 is doling out lessons left and right, it’s also...

A Novel Singing Zambia, Poetry from a “Deaf Republic” and a Group Portrait of Anthropology’s Renegades Have All Won the 85th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards

A Novel Singing Zambia, Poetry from a “Deaf Republic” and a Group Portrait of Anthropology’s Renegades Have All Won the 85th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Release Date 3.30.2020 CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation today unveiled the winners of its 85th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. The 2020 recipients of the only...

Bob and Sally Gries

Reflecting on an impactful journey ‘centering’ philanthropy Bob and Sally Gries have collaborated to help enhance the quality of life in our region through decades of service and philanthropy   (This article originally appeared in the foundation's Summer 2023 issue of its Gift of Giving publication.) Bob and Sally Gries were...

Be part of Common Ground 2021! Here’s How

By Bri Oldham, Cleveland Foundation Equity Communications and Engagement Fellow Are you ready for the supersized celebration of the fifth anniversary of Common Ground? If not, by the time you’re done reading this, you’ll be a #CG2021 semi-pro. Let’s go down the list; first things first, conversations will take place over two weeks...