The Cleveland Foundation (OH)



Established in 1914, the Cleveland Foundation is the world's first community foundation and the nation's third-largest today.


The foundation improves the lives of Greater Clevelanders now and for generations to come by building community endowment, addressing needs through grantmaking, and providing leadership on vital issues.

Assets and Giving for Cleveland Foundation

Assets

2019 - 2,266,165,971
2018 - 2,008,984,578
2017 - 2,118,894,711
Domestic Grants

2019 - 154,174,992
2018 - 98,857,711


    

Recent News from Cleveland Foundation


August Grant Highlights
Foundation: Cleveland Foundation

We're excited to announce $2.6 million in August grants to organizations serving Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga County residents! Many of our...more

Community Foundation joins national initiative to help close local news and information gaps
Foundation: Lancaster County Community Foundation, Baltimore Community Foundation, Cleveland Foundation

The Community Foundation Boulder County is among four community foundations that will join a new design lab to help them find ways to ensure...more

'Best-kept secret' in the county
Foundation: Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque, River Bluff Community Foundation, Cleveland Foundation

Donors who give to a Community Foundation endowment may also benefit from the Endow Iowa 25 percent state tax credit in addition to...more

Place-Based Community Foundations - what is the extent of our reach?
Foundation: Boston Foundation, Greater Houston Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Cleveland Foundation, Seattle Foundation

In the Council's recently published Community Foundation Business Model Disruptions in the 21st Century, Kevin Murphy cited a debate simmering...more

Who's Hiring in CLE: Cleveland Foundation, Music Box Supper Club, Cleveland Restoration ...
Foundation: Cleveland Foundation

The Cleveland Foundation needs a donor relations officer to attract and retain the philanthropic support of donors by understanding, serving,...more

We Plan CLE event kicks off Monday with a week of tours, programs, conversations
Foundation: Central Indiana Community Foundation, Cleveland Foundation

The president and CEO of the Central Indiana Community Foundation, the Indianapolis version of the Cleveland Foundation, will discuss how...more

Napoli active in first year leading United Way
Foundation: Cleveland Foundation

We are just as philanthropic as we were before. ... leaders, and the responsibility that the Jewish community takes, beyond just philanthropy, to do...more

Community Foundations Expand Reach Globally
Foundation: Boston Foundation, Foundation for the Carolinas, Greater Houston Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Cleveland Foundation, Seattle Foundation

International giving by community foundations has grown in recent years, led by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) in particular as...more



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