Lillian Kuri, our Vice President, Strategic Grantmaking, Arts & Urban Design Initiatives, was live on Fox 8 yesterday representing the Cleveland Foundation as one of five investors participating in Cleveland Chain Reaction, an economic development project that will match local investors with local entrepreneurs to open five new...
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, nearly 43,000 people were incarcerated in state prisons, at a cost of $1.9 billon...
Launched in 2013 by the Cleveland Foundation, Encore Cleveland helps to connect and fund a network of organizations to provide experienced Greater Clevelanders an array of meaningful opportunities in the community upon retirement or near the end of their primary careers. In our “Spotlight Encore Cleveland” guest blog series, we go...
Cleveland Metroparks and Cleveland Foundation Announce Centennial Trail 5K
All registration fees to benefit the Cleveland Metroparks Emerald Necklace Endowment Fund of the Cleveland Foundation
Release Date: 8.2.2018
CLEVELAND – Cleveland Metroparks and the Cleveland Foundation are holding the first annual Cleveland Metroparks and...
Cleveland Foundation announces $9.9 million in September grantsBoard approves $21.1 million for Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga nonprofits in Q3 2017 RELEASE DATE: 09.27.207CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation board of directors today approved $9.9 million in grants for the month of September. Supporting residents in Cuyahoga, Lake and...
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 Cleveland to $62.9 million.Many of our grants this month concentrated on education...
by Kaye Ridolfi, Senior Vice President, Advancement, Cleveland Foundation
On March 27, the $2 trillion COVID-19 relief package titled the CARES Act, or The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, became law. The legislation was designed to aid individuals, large corporations, small businesses and public health organizations...
Click Here to Give to the Cleveland Black Futures Fund
The Cleveland Black Futures Fund has amassed more than $6.8 million since inception on Sept. 1, 2020, to invest in and strengthen Black-led and Black-serving social change organizations.
updated aug. 28, 2023, 9 A.m. EST
About the Fund
In 2020, in the midst of a global...
Registration Now Open for the 2nd Annual Centennial Trail 5K
All registration fees to benefit Cleveland Metroparks Emerald Necklace Endowment Fund of the Cleveland Foundation
Release Date: 8.6.2019
CLEVELAND – Registration is now live for Cleveland Metroparks & Cleveland Foundation Centennial Trail 5K taking place Saturday, Sept...
After years of careful planning and collaborative fundraising, Cleveland was announced as the newest Say Yes to Education community-wide chapter in January. Just as the first class of Say Yes to Education Cleveland scholars begins their first year of college, The City Club of Cleveland held a forum on August 23 featuring a panel of key...