Education
The Foundation continued its major investment in new and innovative schools with support for both the Cleveland Municipal School District and Breakthrough Charter Schools. The goal of these investments, made in partnership with the Cleveland Foundation, is to increase the number of excellent schools in Cleveland and the number of students attending those schools. The Foundation also continued its leadership role on statewide education policy through Ohio Grantmakers Forum and the Greater Cleveland Partnership. This work opened Ohio to Teach For America, and the Foundation made a significant grant for that organization’s expansion into Greater Cleveland. We also supported the launch of the Higher Education Compact of Greater Cleveland, which seeks to improve college access, enrollment and graduation rates of Cleveland students. Total education grantmaking was $2,844,700.
Higher Education
- The Cleveland Foundation
- Cleveland, Ohio | Higher Education Compact of Greater Cleveland | $50,000
- The Cleveland Foundation
- Cleveland, Ohio | Higher Education Compact of Greater Cleveland | $10,000
- College Now Greater Cleveland Inc.
- Cleveland, Ohio | College access and advising services and scholarships | $125,000
- Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
- Princeton, New Jersey | Woodrow Wilson Ohio Teaching Fellowship | $46,500
National Education Policy
- National Council on Teacher Quality
- Washington, DC | Review of Ohio schools of education | $25,000
- Teach for America, Inc.
- New York, New York | Launch of Teach For America in Cleveland | $500,000
Primary and Secondary Education
- Chess for Success Inc.
- Cleveland, Ohio | Cleveland Municipal School District chess program | $10,000
- The Cleveland Foundation
- Cleveland, Ohio | Portfolio of Excellent Schools strategy | $800,000
- Cleveland Municipal School District
- Cleveland, Ohio | Office of New and Innovative Schools | $200,000
- Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga County
- Valley View, Ohio | First Ring Superintendents’ Collaborative | $200,000
- Esperanza Incorporated
- Cleveland, Ohio | Bilingual programming to support Hispanic achievement | $40,000
- Friends of Breakthrough Schools
- Cleveland, Ohio | Breakthrough Charter Schools growth plan | $400,000
- Hathaway Brown School
- Shaker Heights, Ohio | Aspire Program | $40,000
- OneCommunity
- Cleveland, Ohio | Community Technology Executive program | $55,000 over 6 months
- Youth Opportunities Unlimited
- Cleveland, Ohio | Program and operating support | $85,000
Special Programs
- Cleveland Public Art, Inc.
- Cleveland, Ohio | Market Square Park community art tiles preservation | $5,000
- Grantmakers For Education
- Portland, Oregon | Operating support | $10,000 over 2 years
- The Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland
- Cleveland, Ohio | Program support | $200,000
State Education Policy
- Ohio Alliance for Public Charter Schools
- Columbus, Ohio | Ohio charter school law guidebook | $3,200
- Ohio Grantmakers Forum
- Columbus, Ohio | State education policy initiative | $35,000
- Thomas B. Fordham Institute
- Washington, DC | State education policy initiative | $5,000
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