Environment
The Foundation’s grantmaking reflected its long-standing commitment to preserving Northeast Ohio’s distinctive ecosystem as well as its support of efforts to help Cleveland become a model of urban sustainability. In addition, grants were provided for policy analysis and advocacy efforts aimed at increasing the percentages of renewable energy and energy efficiency in our state, promoting a robust local foods infrastructure, encouraging smart growth and addressing climate change. Environment grantmaking totaled $2,444,322.
Conservation of Natural Systems and Biodiversity
- Alliance for the Great Lakes
- Chicago, Illinois | Operating support | $25,000
- Buckeye Forest Council, Inc.
- Columbus, Ohio | Biomass forest protection campaign | $50,000
- Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park
- Peninsula, Ohio | Marketing and technology upgrades | $45,000
- Great Lakes United
- Amherst, New York | Operating support | $30,000
- The Nature Conservancy, Inc.
- Arlington, Virginia | Operating support | $50,000
- Trust for Public Land
- San Francisco, California | Operating support | $150,000 over 2 years
- Water Watch of Oregon
- Portland, Oregon | Operating support | $50,000 over 2 years
- Western Lake Erie Association Inc.
- Toledo, Ohio | Lake Erie improvement forum | $3,800
Environmental Journalism / Public Education
- Cleveland Botanical Garden
- Cleveland, Ohio | RIPE! Food and Garden Festival | $5,000
- EcoWatch
- Cleveland, Ohio | Operating support | $100,000 over 2 years
- Institute of Applied Phenomenology in Science and Technology Inc.
- Canal Fulton, Ohio | “Waking the World Up To Water” film production | $5,000
Nonprofit Capacity Building
- Chagrin River Watershed Partners, Inc.
- Willoughby, Ohio | Strategic planning | $25,000
- Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy
- Peninsula, Ohio | Marketing for outreach events | $10,000
- Institute for Conservation Leadership
- Takoma Park, Maryland | Capacity-building initiatives | $185,000 over 2 years
- Land Trust Alliance, Inc.
- Washington, DC | Capacity building for Ohio land trusts | $20,000
- Tremont West Development Corporation
- Cleveland, Ohio | Flats governance and visioning initiative | $10,000
Protection of Human Health
- Beyond Pesticides
- Washington, DC | Safe lawn and garden campaign | $40,000
- Environmental Health Watch, Inc.
- Cleveland, Ohio | Greater Cleveland Clean Air campaign | $10,000
- Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund
- Cincinnati, Ohio | Campaign to retire old coal plants in Ohio | $35,000
Smart Growth
- Community Food Security Coalition Inc.
- Portland, Oregon | Food Policy from Neighborhood to Nation conference | $10,000
- County of Cuyahoga
- Cleveland, Ohio | Ohio Farm to School conference | $10,000
- Greater Ohio Policy Center Inc.
- Columbus, Ohio | Operating support | $100,000
- Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission
- Columbus, Ohio | Ohio farmland preservation | $90,000 over 2 years
Sustainability, Energy and Climate Change
- The Burning River Foundation Inc.
- Cleveland, Ohio | Burning River Fest | $5,000
- Cincinnati Energy Alliance Inc.
- Cincinnati, Ohio | Northeast Ohio Energy Efficiency Alliance | $40,000
- Clean Fuels Ohio
- Columbus, Ohio | Operating support | $40,000
- The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
- Cleveland, Ohio | Fresh Water Innovation Alliance start-up | $200,000
- The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
- Cleveland, Ohio | GreenCityBlueLake Institute operating support | $100,000
- Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy
- Peninsula, Ohio | Operating support | $180,000 over 2 years
- Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
- Columbia, Maryland | Northeast Ohio Energy Efficiency Alliance | $10,000
- Environment Ohio Research and Policy Center Inc.
- Columbus, Ohio | Operating support | $35,000
- Environmental Law & Policy Center of the Midwest
- Chicago, llinois | Operating support | $200,000 over 2 years
- Green Energy Ohio
- Columbus, Ohio | Operating support | $30,000
- Lorain County Community College Foundation
- Elyria, Ohio | WestShore Corridor Transportation Project | $3,000
- North Union Farmers Market
- Cleveland, Ohio | Final phase of organizational capacity building | $7,500
- Northeast Ohio Chapter of the United States Green Building Council
- Cleveland, Ohio | Northeast Ohio Green Building resource directory | $35,000
- Oberlin College
- Oberlin, Ohio | Oberlin project implementation | $50,000
- Ohio City Bicycle Co-Op
- Cleveland, Ohio | Operating support | $10,000
- Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association
- Columbus, Ohio | Advocacy for sustainable farm policies | $45,000
- Ohio Environmental Council
- Columbus, Ohio | Public policy and advocacy work | $150,000
- Ohio Grantmakers Forum
- Columbus, Ohio | Local food movement tour | $500
- Ohio State University Foundation
- Columbus, Ohio | Community gardening program | $109,522 over 2 years
- Ohio State University Foundation
- Columbus, Ohio | Food Policy from Neighborhood to Nation conference | up to $10,000
- Rockefeller Family Fund, Inc.
- New York, New York | RE-Amp project | $55,000
- Slavic Village Development
- Cleveland, Ohio | Bike Cleveland | $60,000
- State Environmental Leadership Program
- Madison, Wisconsin | Annual conference | $5,000
- Young Men’s Christian Association of Cleveland Ohio, Inc.
- Cleveland, Ohio | Healthy Communities Active Transportation Conference | $5,000
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