Human Services

The Foundation primarily sought opportunities to invest in innovative public policy efforts resulting from the evolving government landscape in Cuyahoga County, Columbus and Washington, D.C., and the inevitable impact of the ongoing economic downturn. Reflecting these realities, our grant support aided effective pursuit of new federal grant opportunities and a novel collaboration facilitating nonprofit restructuring, including mergers. Grant highlights included supporting system reforms and public investment in the health care, hunger relief, early childhood, juvenile justice, adoption, community reentry and adolescent reproductive health systems. Human services grantmaking totaled $5,431,200.

Child and Family Stability

Adoption Network Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio | Operating support | $200,000 over 2 years
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio | Promise Neighborhood project | $9,200
The Center for Community Solutions
Cleveland, Ohio | State health and human services policy and fiscal analysis; groundWork early childhood campaign | $360,000 over 2 years
The Center for Community Solutions
Cleveland, Ohio | Collaborative for Comprehensive School-Age Health | $25,000
The Center for Community Solutions
Cleveland, Ohio | Community education about health and human services needs | $10,000
The Center for Community Solutions
Cleveland, Ohio | Consulting expenses for federal Promise Neighborhood grant application | $10,000
The Center for Community Solutions
Cleveland, Ohio | Fiscal management of the Collaborative for Comprehensive School-Age Health | $6,000
Center for Families and Children
Cleveland, Ohio | Greater Cleveland Integrated Reentry Project | $200,000 over 18 months
Center for Families and Children
Cleveland, Ohio | Pilot preschool project | $50,000
Center for Families and Children
Cleveland, Ohio | Mental Health Advocacy Coalition | $25,000
Center for Law and Social Policy
Washington, DC | Public policy analysis and advocacy on early childhood, child welfare and antipoverty issues | $160,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Baseball Federation
Cleveland, Ohio | Summer program support | $5,000
Community Care Network, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio | Cudell Summer Girls and Boys Basketball Leagues | $9,000
Council for a Strong America Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
Powell, Ohio | Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Ohio office | $35,000
County of Cuyahoga
Cleveland, Ohio | Consulting expenses for federal Teen Pregnancy Prevention grant application | $6,000
Kent State University Foundation, Inc.
Kent, Ohio | Ohio juvenile justice reform research | $75,000
NAMI Greater Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio | Strategic plan for children's behavioral health services | $7,500
National Women's Law Center
Washington, DC | Advocacy for policies to improve family economic security | $50,000
Northern Kentucky Children's Law Center, Inc.
Covington, Kentucky | Ohio juvenile justice reform initiative | $100,000
Public Children Services Association of Ohio, Inc.
Columbus, Ohio | Operating support | $80,000 over 2 years
Shaker Family Center at Sussex
Shaker Heights, Ohio | Merger implementation | $10,000
Towards Employment, Incorporated
Cleveland, Ohio | Advocacy capacity building | $65,000 over 18 months
University Hospitals Health System, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio | Center for Child Health and Policy | $85,000 over 18 months
Voices for Ohio's Children
Cleveland, Ohio | Operating support and director of operations position | Up to $125,000
Zero To Three - National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
Washington, DC | Zero to Three Policy Center | $35,000

Meeting Basic Needs

AIDS Resource Center Ohio Inc.
Dayton, Ohio | Ohio HIV public policy and advocacy project | $20,000
AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio | Ohio public policy initiative | $40,000
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio | Northeast Ohio Community and Neighborhood Data Project | $140,000 over 2 years
The Center for Community Solutions
Cleveland, Ohio | State health and human services policy and fiscal analysis and groundWork early childhood campaign | $360,000 over 2 years
The Center for Community Solutions
Cleveland, Ohio | Collaborative for Comprehensive School-Age Health | $25,000
The Center for Community Solutions
Cleveland, Ohio | Community education about health and human services needs | $10,000
The Center for Community Solutions
Cleveland, Ohio | Consulting expenses for federal Promise Neighborhood grant application | $10,000
The Center for Community Solutions
Cleveland, Ohio | Fiscal management of the Collaborative for Comprehensive School-Age Health | $6,000
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Washington, DC | Operating support | $300,000 over 2 years
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Washington, DC | Operating support | $75,000
City of Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio | Study on health care clinic expansion | $7,500
Coalition on Human Needs
Washington, DC | Federal advocacy for low-income children and families | $80,000 over 2 years
Community Catalyst, Inc.
Boston, Massachusetts | Planning for health care reform implementation in Ohio | $30,000
Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority
Cleveland, Ohio | HUD Choice Neighborhood Initiative | $10,000
Emerald Development & Economic Network, Inc. (EDEN)
Cleveland, Ohio | Women's emergency shelter renovation | $300,000 over 3 years
Families USA Foundation, Inc.
Washington, DC | State and national health care reform policy analysis and advocacy | $50,000
The Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio | Syringe exchange program | $70,000 over 2 years
Health Policy Institute of Ohio
Columbus, Ohio | Health reform analysis project | $42,500
InterReligious Partners in Action of Greater Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio | Homeless Stand Down program | $7,500
Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio | Health care reform implementation in Ohio | $75,000 over 2 years
Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio | Healthcare reform analysis | $5,000
The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio | Community Advocacy Program | Up to $140,000 over 2 years
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry
Cleveland, Ohio | Capital support | $1,000,000
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry
Cleveland, Ohio | Advocacy staffing | $30,000 over 3 years
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry
Cleveland, Ohio | Communities in Conversation forum | $5,000
MDRC
New York, New York | Operating support | $50,000
Merrick House
Cleveland, Ohio | Advocates for Budget Legislation Equality | $50,000
Neighborhood Health Care, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio | Centering Pregnancy health care program | $50,000
Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks
Columbus, Ohio | Ohio hunger relief policy advocacy, Ohio Benefit Bank and feasibility study | $160,000 over 2 years
Shoes and Clothes for Kids Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio | Operating support | $10,000
Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio
Columbus, Ohio | Building Ohio consumer voice for health care and coverage | $55,000
West Side Catholic Center
Cleveland, Ohio | Support for basic needs programs | $70,000 over 2 years
Young Men’s Christian Association of Cleveland Ohio, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio | Y-Haven | $60,000 over 2 years

Reproductive Health

Advocates for Youth
Washington, DC | Education and advocacy for comprehensive sexuality education | $50,000
The Center for Community Solutions
Cleveland, Ohio | AIDS Funding Collaborative | $70,000
The Center for Reproductive Rights, Inc.
New York, New York | Campaign for fair health care reform | $5,000
NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio | Operating support | $100,000 over 2 years
Planned Parenthood of Northeast Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio | Regional medical center | $280,000 over 3 years
Rutgers University Foundation
Piscataway, New Jersey | ANSWER: Teen-to-Teen Sexuality Education Project | $70,000 over 2 years
ScenariosUSA Inc.
Brooklyn, New York | Cleveland film contest and operating support | $100,000 over 2 years
Third Wave Direct Action, Inc.
New York, New York | Reproductive Health and Justice Initiative | $10,000
Trustees of Hampshire College
Amherst, Massachusetts | Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program | $60,000 over 2 years
Women Have Options Inc.
Granville, Ohio | Operating support | $6,000

Special Programs

Media In The Public Interest Inc.
Boulder, Colorado | Ohio News Connection | $5,000

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