Summer 2017 marks the 18th year of the Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship program. The program is based on a simple, yet effective recipe: connect undergraduate and graduate students with meaningful work-related projects in Cleveland-area nonprofit...
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Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we are pleased to announce the Cleveland Foundation board of directors has approved $10.4 million in September grants, bringing the foundation’s third-quarter grantmaking total to $17.9 million. Check out some of this...
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Last week we celebrated the inaugural Cleveland Book Week (CBW), a series of special events to celebrate Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winners past and present, and showcase people and organizations working to promote literature and literacy in Greater Cleveland...
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Yesterday, the downtown Cleveland Hilton was brimming with more than 900 educators, students, residents and community stakeholders, gathered to hear the latest on Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s progress from CEO Eric Gordon and his “State of the...
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You may be familiar with the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards – the ceremony honoring this year’s winning authors will take place later this week – but the book prize isn’t the only award with the Anisfield-Wolf legacy. Visionary Cleveland philanthropist...
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Last month, we announced a grant supporting Cleveland Foundation Uptown Saturday Nights, a collaboration between University Circle, Inc., Case Western Reserve University and Roots of American Music (ROAM) to host a free live music series activating the Uptown...
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This week we announced the inaugural Cleveland Book Week (CBW), a series of special events scheduled from September 10 – 16 that celebrate Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Winners past and present, and showcase Greater Cleveland’s diverse literary and literacy...
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Our board of directors approved $2.2 million in grants for the month of August. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, our August grants will help fund a variety of programs and initiatives across Greater Cleveland. Check out these highlights:Accessibility...
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Guest blog post by Encore Cleveland Consultant Wendy Albin Sattin, AICPTwo heads – one dark-haired, the other grey – are bent over a map of Africa. One belongs to a ten-year-old boy in the afterschool program at the Fatima Family Center in Hough, the other...
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Guest blog post from Seeds of LiteracyDid you read the latest election coverage? For that, thank your literacy skills.When your child was sick, could you measure 1.5 teaspoons of cough syrup to help her feel better? High-five those literacy skills again.When...
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