Nelson Beckford, Program Director, Neighborhood Revitalization & Engagement
By Nelson Beckford - Cleveland Foundation Program Director, Neighborhood Revitalization & Engagement
The City Parks Alliance, RAND Corporation, and Trust for Public...
The Minority Arts and Education Fund (MAEF) is a supporting organization of the Cleveland Foundation that seeks to strengthen and build the capacity of organizations that promote the arts and cultures of communities of color, and to provide meaningful...
We’re excited to share a few highlights from our recent grants to organizations serving residents of Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties. These August grants focus on arts & culture, economic development and equity-focused human services.
Arts &...
Steven A. Minter, a great luminary in the global field of community philanthropy, has passed away. Minter, the 8th president and CEO of the Cleveland Foundation and the first African American president of any U.S. community foundation, leaves behind a legacy...
#OurCGStories blog series highlights Cleveland Foundation staff who participated in our Common Ground day of community conversation on June 30. In today's blog, we hear from Donna Johnson, Executive Assistant to the Senior Vice President of Advancement. On...
Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they spend 11 weeks working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog we hear from AmakhutMaati Tyehimba, who spent her summer...
After years of careful planning and collaborative fundraising, Cleveland was announced as the newest Say Yes to Education community-wide chapter in January. Just as the first class of Say Yes to Education Cleveland scholars begins their first year of college...
Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they spend 11 weeks working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog we hear from Eva Holtkamp, who spent her summer working...
Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows this year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they spend 11 weeks working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. In today’s blog we hear from Diona James, who spent her summer at United...
Parkview Avenue, located in the east side Woodland Hills neighborhood, spans 30 blocks with no public green space and a surplus of dilapidated houses. The residential street will soon be more fit for its name thanks to a collaborative effort lead by the...