Fellow Friday: Meet the 2021-22 Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellows

Launched in 2016, the Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellowship immerses talented, emerging leaders from across the country in the work of Cleveland’s public sector, providing them an opportunity to develop their skills, enhance their networks, and jumpstart a career in public service. With the goals of attracting and retaining...

Cleveland Foundation announces more than $40 million in Q2 2021 grantmaking

Cleveland Foundation announces more than $40 million in Q2 2021 grantmaking Release Date: 6.24.2021 CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation Board of Directors today announced $40.4 million in grants approved in the second quarter of 2021. Supporting residents in Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties, the foundation and its donors have...

2024 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards winners include stories that navigate racial politics’ influence on Asian-American identity, Indigenous people’s shaping of American history, and race at the intersection of art and history

Cleveland, OH (March 26, 2024) – The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, presented by the Cleveland Foundation, today announced the winners of the 89th annual awards. The 2024 recipients of the only national juried prize for literature that confronts racism and explores diversity are: Maxine Hong Kingston, Lifetime Achievement Ned...

Making it Count: Highlights from the Common Ground 2020 “Count Me In” Grants

Most years, Common Ground is a single-day initiative where people gather at locations across Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties to share a meal, connect with one another, build community and take action on the issues they care about. This year was different. In response to the unique environment in which we are currently living, Common...

Support the people of Ukraine

Food. Medicine. Shelter. A number of organizations here in Greater Cleveland and around the world are coordinating relief efforts to address the humanitarian crisis unfolding from the war in Ukraine. And generous donors are responding. See our list below for more information and a pathway for direct giving. In this time of dire need, your...

Digital Excellence Initiative

Digital Excellence Initiative Building a strong, equitable, and resilient digital community in Greater Cleveland   We launched our Digital Excellence Initiative in 2017 to ensure all residents can successfully participate in the digital world and economy, and to elevate Greater Cleveland’s infrastructure, talent and research...

Impact Investing

The Cleveland Foundation is the world’s first community foundation — and one of the largest nationally — with nearly $3 billion in assets and annual grants of more than $120 million made in partnership with our donors since 2020. In addition to our grantmaking, the Cleveland Foundation is a national leader in impact investing, with...

Celebrating Leading Women in Philanthropy

Women’s history is part of Cleveland Foundation history. Forward-thinking female philanthropists made some of the earliest gifts to the foundation, and today, women make up 46% of our Board of Directors. From generous donors to bold executives to inspiring community leaders, we’re celebrating women who helped build the Cleveland...

Lake & Geauga Counties

For the past 25 years, the Cleveland Foundation has worked with our donors to enhance the lives of residents in Lake and Geauga Counties, providing more than $32.8 million in grants. At the December 18, 2015, meeting of the Cleveland Foundation board of directors, the board reiterated our commitment to Lake and Geauga Counties by...