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


Cleveland Arts Prize 2019 Winners
Foundation: Cleveland Foundation

Victoria Bussert leads Baldwin Wallace University's well-respected Music Theatre program and has been directing theatrical productions for more...more

Personal View: Cleveland Foundation overlooks local architects for new headquarters
Foundation: Cleveland Foundation

On Friday, June 28, the Cleveland Foundation announced its planned relocation to Midtown to a building designed by a New York architect,...more

Cleveland Foundation announces $5.9 million in June grants
Foundation: Cleveland Foundation

The Cleveland Foundation board of directors announced $5.9 million in grants for the month of June, bringing its total investment in the community...more

Baiju Shah joins Cleveland Foundation to advance city's innovation economy
Foundation: Cleveland Foundation

Baiju Shah joins Cleveland Foundation to advance city's innovation ... "Baiju has a proven track record of successful innovation and we're pleased to ... to create a vibrant environment that...more

Free legal clinic for the LGBTQ community in Ohio opens
Foundation: Cleveland Foundation

WEWS-TV reports the clinics in Columbus and the Cleveland suburb of Lakewood were launched by the nonprofit Equality Ohio with grants from...more

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Foundation: Cleveland Foundation

... is starting with some research of their own and really thinking about what they want to accomplish with their philanthropy,” Collin Moore...more

Asset managers move 'beyond trade-offs,' house calls are back, AgDevCo in Sierra Leone ...
Foundation: Bainbridge Community Foundation, Cleveland Foundation

For an increasing number of sovereign wealth and pension funds, major insurance companies and billionaire families, 'ESG' and impact...more

Cleveland Foundation will commit $150 million to increase its community impact
Foundation: Cleveland Foundation

The 105-year-old community foundation is announcing at its annual meeting on Tuesday, May 7, a plan to allocate $150 million in capital for what...more

Cleveland Foundation announces $2M grant to Karamu House, bolstering nation's oldest black ...
Foundation: Cleveland Foundation

The foundation said $400,000 of its grant will support educational and ... The former director of arts education for the Cleveland Metropolitan...more

Cleveland Foundation wins award for public-private partnership
Foundation: California Community Foundation, Citi Foundation, Cleveland Foundation

The other award winners are: California Community Foundation, Citi Foundation, Community Foundation of Utah, Greater Minnesota Housing...more



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