Human Services
The Foundation continued to seek opportunities for investment in innovative public policy efforts resulting from the evolving government landscape in Cuyahoga County, Columbus and Washington D.C and from the inevitable impact of the slow economic upturn. Reflecting these realities, our funding focused on evidence-based alternatives to current public investments, significant federal grant opportunities and novel social service financing mechanisms. Grant highlights included supporting system reforms and public investment in the health care, hunger relief, early childhood, juvenile justice and adolescent reproductive health systems. Human services grantmaking totaled $3,613,373.
Child and Family Stability
- The Center for Community Solutions
- Cleveland, Ohio | groundWork strategic planning | $7,500
- Center for Families and Children
- Cleveland, Ohio | Breakthrough Preschool Project | $40,000
- The Children’s Museum of Cleveland
- Cleveland, Ohio | Capital campaign feasibility consultant | $10,000
- Community Care Network, Inc.
- Cleveland, Ohio | Cudell Girls Summer Basketball Leagues | $9,000
- Community Care Network, Inc.
- Cleveland, Ohio | Cudell Boys Summer Basketball Leagues | $9,000
- Community Re-Entry, Inc.
- Cleveland, Ohio | Women’s Re-Entry Network | $60,000 over 2 years
- Council for a Strong America Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
- Powell, Ohio | Operating support | $45,000
- County of Cuyahoga
- Cleveland, Ohio | Invest in Children: universal pre-kindergarten (UPK) program | $1,000,000 over 3 years
- Domestic Violence Center
- Cleveland, Ohio | Merger support | $13,000
- Families in Schools
- Los Angeles, California | Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors program in Cuyahoga County | $30,000
- Northern Kentucky Children’s Law Center, Inc.
- Covington, Kentucky | Ohio juvenile justice reform initiative | $100,000
- Ohio Justice and Policy Center
- Cincinnati, Ohio | A Working Ohio is a Safe Ohio initiative | $50,000
- Oriana House
- Cleveland, Ohio | Cleveland Transition Center | $50,000
- PFLAG Cleveland
- Berea, Ohio | Operating support | $10,000
- Public Interest Projects Inc.
- New York, New York | National Campaign to Reform State Juvenile Justice Systems | $60,000
- Recovery Resources
- Cleveland, Ohio | Recovery Resources and Spectrum merger implementation | $40,000
- Shaker Family Center at Sussex
- Shaker Heights, Ohio | Merger implementation | $10,000
- Third Sector New England, Inc.
- Boston, Massachusetts | Early Learning Challenge Collaborative | $10,000
- Voices for Ohio’s Children
- Cleveland, Ohio | Operating support | $100,000
Meeting Basic Needs
- Advocates for Youth
- Washington, DC | Education and advocacy promoting comprehensive sexuality education | $50,000
- AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland, Inc.
- Cleveland, Ohio | Ohio Advocates Youth Leadership Council | $29,000
- American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc.
- New York, New York | Reproductive Freedom Project | $40,000
- The Center for Community Solutions
- Cleveland, Ohio | AIDS Funding Collaborative | $70,000
- Center for Families and Children
- Cleveland, Ohio | Mental Health Advocacy Coalition | $25,000
- Cleveland Foodbank, Inc.
- Cleveland, Ohio | Advocacy and public education initiative | $50,000
- Cleveland Housing Network, Inc.
- Cleveland, Ohio | Emergency support for families | $5,000
- Cleveland Mediation Center
- Cleveland, Ohio | Emergency housing services | $4,000
- Cleveland Municipal School District
- Cleveland, Ohio | Responsible Sexual Behavior program | $40,000
- Cleveland State University Foundation, Inc.
- Cleveland, Ohio | Forums on health care reform implementation | $5,000
- Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio
- Columbus, Ohio | State policy advocacy on homeless and low-income housing issues | $120,000 over 2 years
- Community Catalyst, Inc.
- Boston, Massachusetts | Health care reform implementation in Ohio | $100,000 over 2 years
- Community Catalyst, Inc.
- Boston, Massachusetts | National Advisory Board on Religious Restrictions to Health Care | $80,000 over 2 years
- Daily Dose of Reading
- South Euclid, Ohio | Literacy programming at Lee Harvard Medical Center | $10,000
- Daybreak, Inc.
- Dayton, Ohio | Roadmap To Youth Housing Project | $10,000
- Domestic Violence Center
- Cleveland, Ohio | The Tina Project | $75,000 over 2 years
- Family Planning Services of Lorain County
- Elyria, Ohio | Adolescent reproductive health services | $50,000 over 2 years
- Grantmakers in Health
- Washington, DC | GIH Health Reform Resource Center Fund | $10,000
- Health Policy Institute of Ohio
- Columbus, Ohio | Operating support | $200,000 over 2 years
- InterReligious Partners in Action of Greater Cleveland
- Cleveland, Ohio | Homeless Stand Down program | $7,500
- Lake County Free Medical Clinic
- Painesville, Ohio | Planning for federal health care reform | $1,373
- Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry
- Cleveland, Ohio | Volunteer program at men’s emergency shelter | $35,000
- Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry
- Cleveland, Ohio | Advocacy program | $30,000
- Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry
- Cleveland, Ohio | Interim management of St. Herman’s House of Hospitality | $10,000
- Merrick House
- Cleveland, Ohio | Advocates for Budget Legislation Equality | $90,000 over 2 years
- MetroHealth Foundation, Inc.
- Cleveland, Ohio | Partners in Care medical home initiative | $100,000 over 18 months
- The Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation
- Cleveland, Ohio | Health care reform grantwriting assistance fund | $3,000
- NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio Foundation
- Cleveland, Ohio | Reproductive advocacy issues | $5,000
- New Life Community
- Cleveland, Ohio | New Life Community and Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Cleveland merger expenses | $25,000
- Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless
- Cleveland, Ohio | Operating support | $10,000
- Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association
- Columbus, Ohio | Medicaid Eligible Home Visiting Service | $10,000
- Ohio Children’s Hospital Association Foundation
- Columbus, Ohio | Solutions for Patient Safety initiative | $150,000 over 2 years
- Ohio Grantmakers Forum
- Columbus, Ohio | Funders network on health care reform implementation | $20,000
- Ohio State University Foundation
- Columbus, Ohio | Ohio Health Care Coverage and Quality Council Payment Reform Summit | $5,000
- The Pew Charitable Trusts
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Partnership for America’s Economic Success | $50,000
- PRETERM Cleveland, Inc.
- Cleveland, Ohio | Workshop on secondary trauma and trauma stewardship | $5,000
- Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland
- Cleveland, Ohio | Cleveland Central Promise Neighborhood planning | $65,000
- Third Sector New England, Inc.
- Boston, Massachusetts | BUILD early childhood initiative | $100,000
- Third Sector New England, Inc.
- Boston, Massachusetts | Early Childhood Funders Collaborative | $5,000
- Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio
- Columbus, Ohio | Operating support and health care reform implementation | $100,000
Special Programs
- Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center
- Cleveland, Ohio | Capital campaign | $150,000
- Media In The Public Interest Inc.
- Boulder, Colorado | Ohio News Connection | $10,000
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