Awarded Grants

Economic Development and Community Revitalization

• Architects Society of Ohio Foundation, Inc.

  Columbus, Ohio

  Publication of “Guide to Cleveland Architecture II.”

  $5,000

• The Bellaire Puritas Development Corporation

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Neighborhood planning.

  $6,279

• Broadway Area Housing Coalition

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Park and bike path development.

  $15,000

• Brookings Institution

  Washington, DC

  Forging Metropolitan Solutions to Urban and Regional Problems project.

  $200,000 over 3 years

• Business Advisers of Cleveland Foundation

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $10,000 over 2 years

• Cascade Locks Park Association

  Akron, Ohio

  Restoration of historic Mustill store building.

  $27,500

• Case Western Reserve University

  Cleveland, Ohio

  REI Sponsors Program.

  $60,000

• Center for Neighborhood Technology

  Chicago, Illinois

  Cleveland Forum on The Metropolitan Initiative.

  $15,000

• City of Cleveland

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Day in the Park celebration at Rockefeller Park.

  $5,000

• City of Cleveland Heights

  Cleveland Heights, Ohio

  Consortium to combat urban sprawl.

  $6,000

• The Civic Foundation

  Cleveland Heights, Ohio

  Linked deposit at National City Bank supporting renovation of historic structure.

  $250,000

• Clean-Land, Ohio

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Education and outreach.

  $50,000

• Cleveland Development Foundation

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Research on Cleveland-Akron regional economy.

  $47,500

• Cleveland Development Foundation

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Cleveland lakefront studio project.

  $6,000

• Cleveland Development Foundation

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Jobs and Workforce Initiative.

  $600,000 over 3 years

• Cleveland Development Foundation

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Cluster analysis of regional economy.

  $70,000

• Cleveland Enterprise Group

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Shorebridge loan-loss reserve fund.

  $100,000

• Cleveland Enterprise Group

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Equity investment in Shorebridge capital business loan fund.

  $250,000

• Cleveland Enterprise Group

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $426,633

• Cleveland Foundation

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Outside review of the Center for Regional Economic Issues.

  Up to $30,000

• Cleveland Housing Network, Inc.

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Construction management.

  $60,000 over 2 years

• Cleveland Neighborhood Development Corporation

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Continued funding for Cleveland Industrial Retention Initiative.

  $37,500 over 6 months

• Cleveland Neighborhood Development Corporation

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $37,500

• Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc.

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Exterior renovation of Gordon Square Theatre.

  $50,000

• Cleveland Restoration Society Inc.

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $51,000

• Cleveland Senior Council

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $5,000

• Cleveland State University Foundation

  Cleveland, Ohio

  New Urban Affairs Building.

  Up to $200,000

• Cleveland Tenants Organization

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Preserving subsidized housing project.

  $20,000

• Cleveland Tomorrow

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Study on implications of refurbished, expanded Convention Center as part of Civic Vision plan update.

  $75,000

• The Development Training Institute, Inc.

  Baltimore, Maryland

  Leadership and Management Program for Community-Based Development.

  $25,000

• Downtown Development Coordinators, Inc.

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $65,000

• Enterprise Development, Inc.

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Minority Enterprise Program.

  $51,000

• Forest Hill Park Conservancy

  Cleveland Heights, Ohio

  Start-up support.

  $17,190

• Harbor Heritage Society

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Operating support and feasibility study.

  $115,000

• The Historic Gateway Neighborhood Corporation

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $120,000 over 2 years

• Kent State University Foundation

  Kent, Ohio

  Ohio Employee Ownership Center.

  $41,770

• Lakewood Christian Service Center

  Lakewood, Ohio

  Research on matching job services with needs of clients with felony convictions.

  $9,500

• Living in Cleveland Center

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Marketing Cleveland housing to downtown workers and office relocation expenses.

  $23,158 over 2 years

• The Metropolitan Strategy Group Education Fund, Inc.

  Cleveland Heights, Ohio

  Study of racial and fiscal impacts of low-income tax credit housing subsidies in Ohio.

  $25,000 over 18 months

• Mid-Town Corridor

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Parcel consolidation and cleanup.

  $120,334 over 2 years

• National Community Reinvestment Coalition Inc.

  Washington, DC

  Operating support.

  $7,500

• National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions

  New York, New York

  Annual meeting in Cleveland.

  Up to $2,000

• Neighborhood Funders Group, Inc.

  Washington, DC

  Operating support.

  $4,000

• The North Cuyahoga Valley Corridor, Inc.

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Ohio and Erie Canal Corridor project.

  $50,000

• Ohio CDC Association

  Columbus, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $25,000

• Playhouse Square Foundation

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Master plan implementation.

  $80,000

• Project For Public Spaces

  New York, New York

  Building Livable Communities through Transportation workshop.

  $2,500

• Rotary Club Of Shaker Heights Charitable Fund

  Shaker Heights, Ohio

  Shaker Heights Community Colonnade.

  $6,000

• University Circle Incorporated

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Study of transit-oriented development opportunities around relocated University Circle train stations.

  $75,000

• Urban League of Greater Cleveland

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $195,488 over 2 years

• Urban League of Greater Cleveland

  Cleveland, Ohio

  National Economic Development Summit.

  $2,500

• Urban League of Greater Cleveland

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Education on personal finances and investments.

  $60,000

• Vocational Guidance Services

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Retail sales training program.

  $75,000

• WECO Fund, Inc.

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Microenterprise program.

  $40,000

• WECO Fund, Inc.

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Pilot Individual Development Account program in three East Side neighborhoods.

  $45,000

• Work In Northeast Ohio Council

  Independence, Ohio

  Union/management cooperation in workforce development project.

  $50,000

• Youth Opportunities Unlimited

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $50,000