Menelik Hall Foundation is a charitable 501(c) (3) foundation incorporated in 1987 in the State of Ohio to foster, promote, educate, inform, exchange and disseminate cultural, educational, social data and information concerning Africa, primarily for, but not limited to, Ethiopia and Ethiopians. All acts are charitable and educational in nature, and include providing assistance, aid, support, contributions and donations for health, medical care, and educational needs.

Menelik Hall promotes cultural understanding, the assimilation of newly arrived Ethiopian immigrants in the City of Cleveland and has provided help for many students. It has provided school books, medical textbooks, medical equipment, and provided start-up support educational and cultural organizations. It has had a long series of historical and cultural programs, and established a Sister City relationship with Bahir Dar, Ethiopia in 2004. Currently it is sponsoring, designing, and constructing an Ethiopian Cultural Garden in Cleveland Cultural Garden Park. more