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...
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By Katrice Williams, Senior Criminal Justice Fellow At the Cleveland Foundation, we believe that one of the best ways to help people interacting with the criminal legal system is to prevent them from ever landing there in the first place. Last year in Ohio...
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As Black History Month comes to a close and we prepare to kick off Women’s History Month, the board and staff of the Cleveland Foundation recognize the inspiring leadership of Constance Hill-Johnson, who made history as the first African American woman...
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As the nation’s only juried prize given to books that confront racism, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards (AWBA) are closely linked to Martin Luther King Jr.’s efforts to advance racial justice and civil rights. For more than 87 years, the distinguished books...
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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 Macin Sheeder, who spent her...
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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 Joey Leppo, who spent his summer...
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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...
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The Equity in the Arts Fund (EITAF), formally known as the Minority Arts and Education Fund (MAEF), is a supporting organization of the Cleveland Foundation that seeks to strengthen and build the capacity of organizations that promote the arts and cultures of...
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Erika Anthony, co-founder and executive director of Cleveland VOTES Founded in 2014 by Erika Anthony and Crystal Bryant, Cleveland VOTES is a nonpartisan, democracy-building organization that works with local nonprofits and community partners to promote...
Read More During the COVID-19 pandemic and after the untimely murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the Cleveland Foundation responded to our nation’s largest civil rights movement since the 1960s by creating the Cleveland Black Futures Fund as well as a Senior...
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