By Cameron Aloway, Marketing & Communications Intern Juneteenth is recognized nationally as the oldest commemoration celebrating the abolishment of slavery. Although President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on Sept. 22...
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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...
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By Cameron Aloway, Cleveland Foundation Marketing & Communications Intern Mentors play an integral role in guiding new generations. In particular, for youth of color, the relationship mentors share with mentees is especially impactful when leading their...
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The Cleveland Foundation is appalled by the continuous spate of mass shootings and gun violence devastating communities across our country. To our political leadership: the second amendment is not incompatible with sensible gun control laws that would...
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Launched in the summer of 2021, Assembly for the Arts is a nonprofit organization working to strengthen and support Greater Cleveland’s arts and culture sector with a focus on advocacy, cultural policy, racial equity initiatives, research, marketing that...
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The Cleveland Foundation mourns the loss and celebrates the tremendous legacy of Malvin E. Bank, who served as outside general counsel to the foundation from 1967-2003. Mal passed away in April, and his impact on the Greater Cleveland community and the...
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The Greater Cleveland Interfaith Alliance (GCIA), launched with support from the Cleveland Foundation in 2015, strives to bring houses of worship together across lines of race, faith tradition, geography and more to serve the community. Formerly called the...
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By Sinegugu Gasa, Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellow for Community Narrative and Engagement Michal Marcus, executive director of the Hebrew Free Loan Association. Photo courtesy of HFLA. Since 1904, the Hebrew Free Loan Association (HFLA) has...
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Every two years, the Cleveland Foundation African American Philanthropy Committee convenes its philanthropy summit to raise the visibility of Black philanthropy and honor Black philanthropists. We sat down with committee co-chairs Ellen Burts-Cooper, Ph.D....
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By Sinegugu Gasa, Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellow for Community Narrative and Engagement Launched in 2016, the Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellowship brings together talented, emerging leaders from across the country and immerses them in...
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