Education
The Foundation made an unprecedented $2.5 million commitment to support the Cleveland Municipal School District (CMSD) transformation plan, which strives to provide excellent and innovative schools for all Cleveland students by ensuring faculty and staff quality and accountability, new school development and a right-sized district. Support also went to Breakthrough Charter Schools as well as development of sound guidelines for CMSD charter school sponsorship. The Foundation continued its leadership role, in partnership with Ohio Grantmakers Forum and the Greater Cleveland Partnership, on statewide education policy focused on improving principal and teacher quality and graduating students ready to compete in the 21st century’s global economy. Total education grantmaking was $3,858,000.
National Education Policy
- Center on Education Policy
- Washington, DC | Operating support | $300,000 over 2 years
Primary and Secondary Education
- The Cleveland Foundation
- Cleveland, Ohio | Cleveland Municipal School District transformation plan | $2,500,000
- Cleveland International Film Festival, Inc.
- Cleveland, Ohio | "Waiting for Superman" project in Cleveland | $7,000
- Cleveland Municipal School District
- Cleveland, Ohio | Council of Great City Schools' annual legislative conference | $10,000
- Cleveland Scholarship Programs, Inc.
- Cleveland, Ohio | Advisory services and scholarships for Cleveland Municipal School District students | $150,000 over 17 months
- E City
- Cleveland, Ohio | Youth entrepreneurship education programs | $20,000
- Friends of E Prep Schools
- Cleveland, Ohio | Breakthrough Charter Schools start-up support | $150,000
- Hathaway Brown School
- Shaker Heights, Ohio | Aspire program | $40,000
- ideastream
- Cleveland, Ohio | 2010 FIRST Buckeye Robotics Team | $6,000
- Northeastern Ohio Science and Engineering Fair
- Cleveland, Ohio | Northeastern Ohio Science and Engineering Fair | $2,500
- Northeastern Ohio Science and Engineering Fair
- Cleveland, Ohio | Northeastern Ohio Science and Engineering Fair | $2,500
- Ohio Grantmakers Forum
- Columbus, Ohio | State education policy initiative | $35,000
- Ohio Grantmakers Forum
- Columbus, Ohio | Ohio's Race to the Top initiative | $10,000
- Urban School News
- Cleveland, Ohio | Catalyst: Ohio newsmagazine | $100,000 over 7 months
- Youth Opportunities Unlimited
- Cleveland, Ohio | Program and operating support | $75,000
Special Programs
- The Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland
- Cleveland, Ohio | Program support | $200,000
- OneCommunity
- Cleveland, Ohio | Program and technical support staff for the Cleveland Municipal School District and operating support | $225,000 over 18 months
- United Labor Agency, Inc.
- Cleveland, Ohio | Ohio Youth Voices program | $25,000
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