The Cleveland Foundation is the world’s first community foundation — and one of the largest nationally — with nearly $3 billion in assets and annual grants of more than $120 million made in partnership with our donors since 2020. In addition to our grantmaking, the Cleveland Foundation is a national leader in impact investing, with...
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 Ale Andrzejewski, who spent his summer at West Park Kamm’s Neighborhood Development, where he worked to...
We believe a strong community is an inclusive community, where people of all abilities can live their best lives. We’re proud to support nonprofit organizations across Northeast Ohio that provide essential services—from residential housing to inclusive sports to job training and more—to individuals with developmental disabilities...
From funding early experimental research to driving biomedical commercialization to partnering in a rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cleveland Foundation has a long history of supporting innovations in health care. Since our founding in 1914, promoting the health and wellbeing of Greater Clevelanders has been among our chief...
Equity in the Arts Fund announces almost $300,000 in 2023 grantmaking
Fund has awarded close to $10 million since its inception in 1994
Release Date: 12.19.2023
CLEVELAND – The Equity in the Arts Fund (EITAF) announced 18 organizations that have been awarded $299,000 in funding as part of the latest round of grants.
“One...
Engage in Grantmaking
Donor-advised funds are charitable funds for donors seeking active involvement in grantmaking. Donors – and their children, if desired – advise or recommend grants from their fund to support nonprofit organizations. Donors can learn about community needs from the foundation’s donor-focused educational...
Pulitzer Prize Winner Isabel Wilkerson to Deliver Keynote during Cleveland Foundation 2021 Annual Meeting Week Presented by KeyBank
Foundation to convene the community virtually for week of free events
Release Date: 7.29.21
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation announced today the schedule for its 2021 Annual Meeting Presented by...
As Americans get ready for Thanksgiving this year, many are facing a very different kind of holiday. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, posing serious safety concerns for in-person gatherings, and millions of people across the country are newly facing food insecurity due to the economic effects of the pandemic; as Greater...
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...
Tickets now available for Cleveland Foundation Annual Meeting Presented by KeyBank
World-renowned presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin to deliver Robert D. Gries Keynote Lecture
release date: 5.11.2016
CLEVELAND – Free tickets are now available for the Cleveland Foundation Annual Meeting Presented by KeyBank, scheduled for...