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September Grant Highlights

We’re thrilled to announce $9.9 million in September grants to organizations serving Lake, Geauga and Cuyahoga County residents! This takes the foundation’s third-quarter grantmaking total to $21.1 million, bringing the yearly investment in Greater...

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#SummerOfPurpose: Kalgaal Issa

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series followed this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns and Porter Cleveland Fellows as they spent 11 weeks working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog, we hear from Kalgaal Issa...

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#SummerOfPurpose: Shaelin Maresco

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series followed this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they spent 11 weeks working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog we hear from Shaelin Maresco, who worked with BAYArts...

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A Look Back at Cleveland Book Week 2017

Last week we celebrated Cleveland Book Week, a series of book and literacy-themed events surrounding the 82nd annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. Sept. 5-8, community events across Greater Cleveland honored this year’s Anisfield-Wolf winners and celebrated...

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#SummerOfPurpose: Ebony Kennedy

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns and Porter Cleveland Fellows as they spend 11 weeks working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog, we hear from Ebony Kennedy...

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Cleveland Book Week Continues!

It’s Cleveland Book Week (CBW), which means there’s a great lineup of literary and literacy-focused events happening now through Saturday! CBW events celebrate Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winners past and present, and many programs are free to attend. You...

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#SummerOfPurpose: Cheyanne Martin

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series followed this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they spent 11 weeks working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog we hear from Cheyanne Martin, who worked with the Maltz...

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