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...

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...

Meet our 2024 Summer Internship Program host sites

The Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship Program gives local college students and recent grads an opportunity to work with Greater Cleveland nonprofit and public sector organizations during an 11-week paid summer internship. All internships are full-time experiences, paid at a rate of $17 per hour. 2024 summer interns will be placed...

JoAnn and Bob Glick

JoAnn and Bob Glick are on a philanthropic mission: By giving to humanitarian causes close to home, they believe they can support the most vulnerable in our community and simultaneously underscore the need to bring large-scale philanthropic dollars to the core city. “There is a need in the city of Cleveland greater than anyone could...

Grantmaking FAQs

Answers to Your Questions Expand AllWhat types of programs do you fund? The Cleveland Foundation makes most of its grants to tax-exempt agencies classified as 501(c)(3) organizations (public charities as defined by the Internal Revenue Service) in Cuyahoga, Lake, and Geauga counties. Some grants are also made to government agencies and...

Stories of Giving: Riverside GIVES

For many, the impacts of COVID-19 are felt closest to home. But as soon as the pandemic began to spread last spring, the 300-plus colleagues at The Riverside Company had a clear sense of the crisis on a wider scale. Representatives from the global investment management firm’s 14 offices reported in regularly on the toll the virus was...