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


Grants Roundup: Marin Fund Gives $32 Million Photo Trove to U. of California
Foundation: Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland Foundation gave $18 million to multiple organizations, including the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Teach for America, and...more

Cleveland Foundation Award $740000 to Lake and Geauga County Groups
Foundation: Cleveland Foundation

LAKE COUNTY, OH - The Cleveland Foundation is spreading $741,781 in grants to nonprofits in Lake and Geauga Counties. In the fourth quarter...more

Cleveland Foundation $18 million in December grants focuses on education, violence prevention
Foundation: Carnegie Corporation of New York, Cleveland Foundation, George Gund Foundation

The Cleveland School of the Arts will be among the schools that will benefit from the Cleveland Foundation's $18 million in grants for the month...more

Cleveland Foundation announces $18 million in December grants
Foundation: Cleveland Foundation

The December grants focuses on empowering young people in Cleveland through initiatives such as developing new schools, enhancing...more

Cleveland Foundation Awards $18 Million in Grants
Foundation: Carnegie Corporation of New York, Cleveland Foundation, George Gund Foundation

CLEVELAND, OH - Eighteen million dollars in grants have been approved by the Cleveland Foundation. That means the organization will award...more

Community-Led Economic Regeneration – What Can We Learn From Cleveland, Ohio?
Foundation: Cleveland Foundation

It's time to bring not for profits, philanthropy, cooperatives and government together ... Model in the US, writes Krystian Seibert from Philanthropy Australia. ... a community – including...more

Community Foundation Update (10/22/16)
Foundation: Arizona Community Foundation, Oshkosh Area Community Foundation, Cleveland Foundation, Philadelphia Foundation, San Diego Foundation, Vermont Community Foundation

Arizona. The Phoenix-based Arizona Community Foundation, in partnership with Republic Media and Arizona State University's Morrison Institute...more

Sierra Club Foundation and Newcombe Fund Get New Leaders
Foundation: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, Cleveland Foundation, Sierra Club Foundation, Simons Foundation

Dan Chu is the new executive director of the Sierra Club Foundation, the fundraising arm of the namesake conservation...more

Cleveland Foundation Executive VP Robert Eckardt retiring after nearly 35 years
Foundation: Cleveland Foundation

A survey conducted in 2010 by the Center for Effective Philanthropy ... aimed at helping philanthropic organizations share expertise and resources,...more

Cleveland Foundation executive VP Robert E. Eckardt to retire at end of 2016
Foundation: Cleveland Foundation

Eckardt has been active in philanthropic professional groups, including ... For his contributions to philanthropy, Eckardt received the Council...more



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