Leadership Development News from Your Community Foundation

Help build a greater Cleveland as a Public Service Fellow

Launched in 2016, the Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellowship immerses talented, emerging leaders from across the country in the work of Cleveland’s public sector, providing them an opportunity to develop their skills, enhance their networks, and jumpstart a career in public service.

The City of Cleveland and the Cleveland Foundation have just announced a partnership that will place a cohort of the foundation’s 2022-23 Public Service Fellows at City Hall to assist with Mayor Justin M. Bibb’s administration. You can read more about this partnership here. The deadline to apply has been extended to March 7, 2022.

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Apply for a #SummerOfPurpose internship by Feb. 15

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. More than 20 organizations across Northeast Ohio supporting work in economic development, family and children's services, digital access and more will be hosting interns this summer. The deadline to apply is Feb. 15, 2022.

Learn more and apply

Explore last year's #SummerOfPurpose

Our #SummerOfPurpose blog series follows last year’s Cleveland Foundation Summer Interns as they reflect on 11 weeks spent working with Cleveland-area nonprofit and public sector organizations. Read more about their experiences here.

What does the Cuyahoga County nonprofit sector need to thrive post-COVID?

Are you a nonprofit leader in Cuyahoga County? The Funders Collaborative on Covid Recovery (FCCR) has launched the COVID-19 Recovery and Nonprofit Resiliency Survey and is requesting your participation! As funders, we seek to better understand the needs, opportunities, and makeup of our grantee partners and the nonprofit sector and together will use the results to build resilience, advance equity, and best serve our community’s needs.

Prizes: To thank you for your time, organizations that complete the survey will be entered into a raffle to win one of 13 cash prizes between $1,000 and $5,000.

Who should respond? We are asking all nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organizations in Cuyahoga County to complete the survey.

Deadline: This survey is open through Feb. 18, 2022.

Click Here to Take the Survey

Chat Pals program keeps older adults socially connected

Social connection is one of the fundamental factors effecting health and wellbeing. Older adults are especially at risk for social isolation, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only made it more difficult for many older adults to stay socially connected. To combat social isolation in our community, Greater Cleveland Volunteers has launched Chat Pals, a new program - free of cost to participants - that links a background-checked, trained volunteer to an older adult with a weekly video or phone check-in call. To learn more about volunteering or being matched with a volunteer caller, or if you know someone who may benefit from this program, please contact Kirsten Riley via (216) 391-9500 x 2124 or kriley@greaterclevelandvolunteers.org.

Putting the spotlight on Encore Cleveland

Encore Cleveland helps to connect and fund a network of local organizations offering meaningful opportunities for Greater Clevelanders who are retired or nearing retirement from their primary careers and looking to make an impact in the community. Click here to learn more about current opportunities and hear about the Encore Cleveland experience from participants like Sue Speizer, who volunteers with the Chat Pals program.

Meet our team

Kathleen Hallissey

Program Director of Leadership Development

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Stephanie Molnar
Program Officer of Leadership Development

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Recent Leadership Development grants

Business Volunteers Unlimited ($114,000) – Expanding capacity to provide needs assessments, consulting on board development, strategic planning, succession planning, executive transition management, and leadership training for nonprofit executives
Business Volunteers Unlimited ($170,000) – Supporting the Skill CONNECT and Volunteer CONNECT programs, which are both Encore initiatives
East End Neighborhood House Association ($200,000) – Two-year support for the continued growth of the Foster Grandparent program, run in conjunction with Encore Cleveland
Greater Cleveland Volunteers ($250,000) – Continued management of all outreach and communications activities for the Encore Cleveland network

More recent grants

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