Awarded Grants

Education

• 21st Century School Fund, Inc.

  Washington, DC

  Project to strengthen community decision making on urban public school facilities improvement.

  $40,000

• Allen County Historical Society

  Lima, Ohio

  ‘Lost in Middle America’ documentary.

  $7,500

• American Youth Policy Forum

  Washington, DC

  Dissemination of “A Guide for the Powerless and Those Who Don’t Know Their Own Power.”

  $7,500

• Campus Outreach Opportunity League, Inc.

  Boston, Massachusetts

  C.O.O.L. Cities Initiative.

  $25,000

• Case Western Reserve University

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Presidential initiatives.

  $200,000 over 2 years

• Case Western Reserve University

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Youth Philanthropy and Service project.

  $40,000 over 2 years

• Center for Leadership in Education, Inc.

  Elyria, Ohio

  Lorain County Schools restructuring initiative.

  $90,000 over 2 years

• Cleveland Area Metropolitan Library System

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Management training series for library administrators.

  $7,500

• Cleveland Botanical Garden

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Staff support.

  $7,500

• Cleveland Community Building Initiative

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Family Education Center.

  $45,000

• Cleveland Foundation

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Research project on intermediary organizations and school reform.

  $7,500

• Cleveland Health Education Museum

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Distance learning program.

  $50,000 over 2 years

• Cleveland Municipal School District

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Academic standards implementation.

  $125,000

• Cleveland Municipal School District

  Cleveland, Ohio

  ‘Conversations with the CEO’ cable television series.

  $20,000

• Cleveland Municipal School District

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Evaluation of external relationships.

  $30,000

• Cleveland Municipal School District

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Participation in Harvard University Labor Management Executive Program.

  $5,000

• Cleveland Municipal School District

  Cleveland, Ohio

  CEO Support and Development Fund.

  $50,000

• Cleveland Municipal School District

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Enhancement of Dike Montessori Center middle school activities.

  $6,000

• Cleveland Municipal School District

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Facilities Assessment Commission.

  $7,500

• Cleveland Museum of Natural History

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Discovery Center and early childhood education implementation project.

  $45,000

• Cleveland Scholarship Programs, Inc.

  Cleveland, Ohio

  College advisory services and last-dollar scholarships for Cleveland and first-ring suburban high school students.

  $125,000

• Cleveland Scholarship Programs, Inc.

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Changing Lives! endowment campaign.

  $25,000

• Cleveland Tomorrow

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Cleveland Municipal School District Bond Accountability Commission.

  $100,000

• Community Renewal Society

  Chicago, Illinois

  ‘Catalyst: For Cleveland Schools’ newsmagazine.

  $209,380

• Cuyahoga Community College Foundation

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Presidential Initiatives Fund.

  $100,000

• Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center

  Peninsula, Ohio

  Strategic planning.

  $5,000

• Editorial Projects In Education, Inc.

  Bethesda, Maryland

  Urban education coverage.

  $113,754 over 2 years

• Engineers and Technicians of the Future

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Engineering robotics competition.

  $5,000

• Environmental Literacy Council

  Washington, DC

  Environmental Connections Guide.

  $5,000

• Fairhill Center for Aging

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Community Dialogue Series on issues related to lesbian and gay older adults.

  $2,500

• Federation for Community Planning

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Analysis offiscal impact and implication of major school finance proposals on Cuyahoga County school districts.

  $7,500

• Girl Scouts of Lake Erie Council

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Diversity project.

  $15,000

• Global Issues Resource Center

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Positive S.P.I.N. on Peaceful Schools program.

  $40,000

• GLSEN, Inc.

  New York, New York

  Research and public policy initiatives.

  $80,000

• Granville Academy of Cleveland

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $5,000

• Hathaway Brown School

  Shaker Heights, Ohio

  HB Aspire Program for minority middle school girls in Cleveland area public schools.

  $40,000

• Hebrew Academy of Cleveland

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Scholarship fund.

  $1,500

• Hiram College

  Hiram, Ohio

  Fiat Lux Presidential Fund.

  $75,000

• J.U.M.P., Inc.

  Shaker Heights, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $5,000

• Jobs for Greater Cleveland Graduates, Inc.

  Beachwood, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $25,000

• KnowledgeWorks Foundation

  Cincinnati, Ohio

  Big Eight Collaboration meetings.

  $6,000

• Lake Erie Junior Nature and Science Center

  Bay Village, Ohio

  Resource Center specialist.

  $25,000

• Lesbian-Gay Community Service Center of Greater Cleveland

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Safe Schools are for Everyone program.

  $45,000 over 2 years

• Lorain County Access to Higher Education Program Inc.

  Elyria, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $20,000

• Lorain County Community College Foundation

  Elyria, Ohio

  Building Engineering, Science and Technology Talent for Lorain County’s Future campaign.

  $150,000 over 2 years

• Mohican Institute

  Valley View, Ohio

  Public engagement retreat.

  $1,500

• Mohican Institute

  Valley View, Ohio

  First-Ring Collaborative project.

  $30,000

• Mohican Institute

  Valley View, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $7,000

• New Ohio Institute

  Toledo, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $25,000

• Northeastern Ohio Science and Engineering Fair

  Cleveland, Ohio

  International fair in Cleveland.

  $20,000

• Oberlin College

  Oberlin, Ohio

  Oberlin Science Initiative.

  $40,000

• Ohio Campus Compact

  Granville, Ohio

  VISTA volunteer training.

  $5,000

• Ohio Grantmakers Forum

  Columbus, Ohio

  Education retreat.

  $2,000

• Parents for Public Schools

  Evanston, Illinois

  Multi-Site Capacity-Building Initiative.

  $100,000 over 2 years

• Shaker Heights City School District

  Shaker Heights, Ohio

  Gardening in the Schoolyard “Seed Stories” video.

  $30,000

• Sisters of St. Dominic of Akron – Our Lady of the Elms

  Akron, Ohio

  Crown Point Ecology Center’s farm-based environmental education program.

  $6,000

• Summit Education Initiative

  Akron, Ohio

  Operating and program support.

  $100,000 over 2 years

• Summit Education Initiative

  Akron, Ohio

  Community organizing efforts.

  $7,500

• Teachers College Columbia University

  New York, New York

  Hechinger Institute seminars for Northeast Ohio journalists.

  $20,800 over 2 years

• The Heartwood Institute

  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  Organizational development.

  $20,000

• The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation, Inc.

  Washington, DC

  National Education and Environment Partnership.

  $5,000

• The Old Stone Foundation

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Parenting and Literacy Skills Program.

  $7,500

• The Partnership for Education in Ashtabula County

  Ashtabula, Ohio

  Start-up support.

  $100,000 over 2 years

• The SOS Test Preparation Program of Emmanuel Baptist Church

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Student tutoring and instruction.

  $3,840

• United Negro College Fund, Inc.

  Fairfax, Virginia

  Operating and program support.

  $20,000

• United Way Services

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Esperanza Inc. audit.

  $7,500

• University of Cincinnati Foundation

  Cincinnati, Ohio

  EarthWorks Project.

  $6,000

• Ursuline College

  Pepper Pike, Ohio

  Minority student recruitment and retention.

  $70,623 over 2 years

• Voyageurmedia Group, Inc.

  Cincinnati, Ohio

  ‘Ohio Archaeology’ documentary project.

  $7,500

• West Side Community House

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Literacy Collaborative.

  $50,000 over 2 years

• Westside Industrial Retention & Expansion Network

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Destiny Academy school-to-career program.

  $52,500 over 18 months

• Women in History

  Lakewood, Ohio

  Public School Project.

  $6,000

• Youth Opportunities Unlimited

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Moving expenses.

  $5,000

• Youth Opportunities Unlimited

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $50,000

• Youth Opportunities Unlimited

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Strategic planning.

  $6,000