We envision a Northeast Ohio economy with good jobs and rising incomes for everyone.
OUR WORK
Our Fund’s work is grounded in the priorities called for in The Two Tomorrows. We support integrated job creation, job preparation and job access strategies, with deliberate attention to eliminating systemic race-based inequities and the barriers to opportunity they create and exacerbate. Learn more, download full report.
Not all jobs are good jobs. We’re working to drive long-term, sustainable economic growth.
There are an abundance of job seekers and an abundance of positions going unfilled in Northeast Ohio. We’re working to close the gap.
The vitality of Northeast Ohio’s economy depends on its ability to connect people to good jobs. We’re working to bring jobs to people and people to jobs.
OUR MISSION
RESEARCH & RESOURCES
The Cost of Excluding Ohioans With Records From Work
Collateral sanctions block or restrict those with a felony conviction from accessing certain kinds of jobs, serving as a de facto life sentence.
Income Inequality in Greater Cleveland
Individual interventions and isolated programs have proven insufficient in reversing centuries-long trends relating to systemic racial exclusion.
The Two Tomorrows
Being average is a choice. So is being extraordinary. The Two Tomorrows defines regional priorities for a better tomorrow.
Job Creation Growth & Opportunity Impact Assessment
In 2017, we set out to better understand whether the jobs, payroll and capital gains of our job creation grantees advance Growth & Opportunity.
Redefining Workforce Development in Northeast Ohio
This pilot demonstrated an ability to deliver workforce services more effectively for low-income individuals and connect employers to talent.
Collaboration Handbook
A resource guide for civic leaders grappling with collaboration in their communities.
Northeast Ohio Areas of Economic Distress
Our Fund has identified distressed neighborhoods in Northeast Ohio to collaborate to promote job creation, job preparation and job access.
The Geography of Jobs
The vitality of a region’s economy depends in part on its ability to connect people to good jobs and firms to workers with the appropriate skillset.
IN THE NEWS
Crain’s Editorial: Three Things We Like …
Crain’s Cleveland Business calls recent changes at the Fund “a strong example” for rest of region.
Fund for Our Economic Future Creates Space for Diversity on Its Board
The Fund has added eight members to the board through a new path, called civic membership.
The Fund for Our Economic Future, Heeding Its Promise of Change, Adds Eight Board Members
The Fund for Our Economic Future is making good on promises of change.
ON THE BLOG
Introducing: The Amp
This week, we launched a brand-new website. This new site features several improvements over our previous home on the web. Our main priority was making our research and other resources more easily accessible to Northeast Ohio residents, our members, collaborators, and those within the economic development sphere.
Moving On, Making Room
I love my job and the community in which I work more than ever. That is exactly why I am stepping down as president of the Fund for Our Economic Future.
Early Lessons from The Paradox Prize
The Fund’s Dominic Mathew relays his experience as a carless commuter in a car-centric community.
What Might OZs Accomplish?
In less than two years’ time, Opportunity Zones have had an impressive fall from grace.
Reflections on Steve Minter
I never formally asked Steve to be a mentor to me. But that was our relationship—and he was probably the best I ever had.
