Acknowledging the connections that uplift pride in the community

By Cameron Aloway, Cleveland Foundation Marketing & Communications Intern In 1989, Cleveland celebrated its first annual Pride in the city. Pride is the treasured time of year where members of the LGBTQ+ community can freely express their truest and authentic selves without repercussions. Every June, the city is decorated in...

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Announce Updates for 2025 Award Year

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Announce Updates for 2025 Award Year Book prize welcomes new jurors and new category; sets October 16 deadline for submissions   Cleveland, OH – The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards – the only juried American book awards focused on works that address racism and diversity – have announced several updates...

Investment Options for Funds

Choose the Best Investment Option The investment funds of the Cleveland Foundation are guided by an Investment Committee, which is comprised of directors and external volunteers who are knowledgeable in investment and financial matters. The Investment Committee is advised by an independent consultant who, along with staff, assists in...

Summer of Purpose: Cielle Brady

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 Cielle Brady, who spent her summer at East End Neighborhood House, where she worked collaboratively with a...

Ohio Local News Initiative Taps Local Innovator to Lead Cleveland Newsroom

Ohio Local News Initiative Taps Local Innovator to Lead Cleveland Newsroom With $6M raised, the statewide network will launch a newsroom in Cleveland, is joining forces with Cleveland Documenters Release Date: 4.19.2022 CLEVELAND — After a five-month open search, the Ohio Local News Initiative, a new nonprofit organization that has...

2024 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards winners include stories that navigate racial politics’ influence on Asian-American identity, Indigenous people’s shaping of American history, and race at the intersection of art and history

Cleveland, OH (March 26, 2024) – The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, presented by the Cleveland Foundation, today announced the winners of the 89th annual awards. The 2024 recipients of the only national juried prize for literature that confronts racism and explores diversity are: Maxine Hong Kingston, Lifetime Achievement Ned...

How We Invest Your Gifts

The investment funds of the Cleveland Foundation are guided by an Investment Committee, which is comprised of directors and external volunteers who are knowledgeable in investment and financial matters. The Investment Committee is advised by an independent consultant who, along with staff, assists in setting the investment policies and...

Story of Giving: Meltrice Sharp and LaRese Purnell of CLE Consulting Firm

When financial consultants Meltrice Sharp and LaRese Purnell kept crossing paths after launching parallel firms, they knew they had to talk. It only took one business dinner for the pair to discover they had more than potential clients in common. “Our visions were the same: we wanted to change the financial trajectory of our...