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Inner Visions of Cleveland is a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming Cleveland and East Cleveland neighborhoods into thriving communities by supporting community improvement projects that are initiated and led by residents.

Residents see what is,
envision what can be,
and then they make it happen.

Approach
Provide opportunities for our neighbors to:		  

This photograph was taken at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Chalk Art Festival.
The chalk artist is unknown.
  • Conduct community-visioning workshops that spark residents’ imaginations
  • Listen to residents’ aspirations for addressing the issues they deem as most important
  • Discover residents’ strengths and assets
  • Help to form partnerships and asset sharing between neighbors
  • Connect residents to the resources needed to co-create community improvement projects
  • Give dreams “feet” by walking together through the steps needed to accomplish goals
  • Stay with projects from start to finish
  • Pay it forward-when one neighbor completes a project they will share what they learned with another neighbor
  • Provide funds for grassroots projects when additional or alternative sources of funding cannot be found
  • Solicit Angel Investors who are willing to seed grassroots community projects
  • Eliminate the amount and complexity of paperwork and cut down on the time it takes to access funds for grassroots projects

We Operate on the Belief that:

  • All citizens in the Greater Cleveland communities have strengths to contribute.
  • Engaged residents are strong community stakeholders whose visions need to be supported.
  • Cleveland is a small “big city” that can flourish by coming together as one big neighborhood.
  • Residents from Cleveland and the inner-ring suburbs form trusting relationships by sharing strengths and assets.

Small bucks can bring about big change
when neighbors work towards shared goals
and contribute their talents to projects.

Our Commitments

  • All revenue generated from the book: Inner Visions; Grassroots Stories of Truth and Hope,
    goes directly to support Inner Visions of Cleveland projects.
  • 100% of Inner Visions donations are used to fund community projects.
  • Only projects initiated and led by Cleveland and East Cleveland residents will be considered for support.
  • All overhead is paid for by a private family foundation.