Awarded Grants

Education

• A Better Chance, Inc.

  New York, New York

  College Preparatory Schools Program.

  $5,000

• American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc.

  New York, New York

  Education Reform Project.

  $85,000 over 2 years

• Applewood Centers, Inc.

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Peacemakers Program.

  $24,620

• Case Western Reserve University

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Increased reference delivery services from Harris Library to off-campus students.

  $17,566

• Case Western Reserve University

  Cleveland, Ohio

  History colloquium.

  $2,500

• Center for Ethical Leadership

  Seattle, Washington

  ‘Soul of A Citizen’ promotion.

  $4,000

• Center for Leadership in Education, Inc.

  Elyria, Ohio

  Lorain County schools restructuring initiative.

  $150,000 over 3 years

• Center on Education Policy

  Washington, DC

  Operating support.

  $150,000 over 2 years

• Child Care Resource Center of Cuyahoga County

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Operating support, scholarships and training activities.

  $120,000

• Children’s Express Foundation, Inc.

  Washington, DC

  Technology and publishing initiatives.

  $5,000

• City Year Inc.

  Boston, Massachusetts

  Annual convention.

  $7,500

• Cleveland Academy of Finance

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $70,000 over 2 years

• Cleveland Botanical Garden

  Cleveland, Ohio

  School Garden Outreach Program.

  $200,000 over 2 years

• Cleveland Center for Research in Child Development

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Hanna Perkins Center.

  $5,000

• Cleveland Community Building Initiative

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Mount Pleasant Family Education Center.

  $43,600

• Cleveland Heights/University Heights City School District

  University Heights, Ohio

  COLD WAR Teacher Training Project.

  $61,790

• Cleveland Public Schools

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Superintendent’s discretionary fund.

  $7,500

• Cleveland Public Schools

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Comprehensive review of special education programs.

  $75,000

• Cleveland Scholarship Programs, Inc.

  Cleveland, Ohio

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

  $200,000

• Cleveland State University Foundation

  Cleveland, Ohio

  President’s Initiative Fund.

  $200,000 over 2 years

• Cleveland State University Foundation

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Butler A. Jones Endowed Lecture.

  $5,000

• Cleveland State University Foundation

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Project FAST expansion in the Cleveland Public Schools.

  $7,500

• Cleveland Zoological Society

  Cleveland, Ohio

  New Children’s Zoo.

  $100,000

• Community Renewal Society

  Chicago, Illinois

  Cleveland CATALYST start-up.

  $52,500

• Council of Independent Colleges

  Washington, DC

  Faculty regional workshop on “Using the World Wide Web to Enhance Student Learning.”

  $5,000

• Cuyahoga Valley Association

  Peninsula, Ohio

  Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center multi-purpose building.

  $37,500

• Cuyahoga Valley Association

  Peninsula, Ohio

  Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center scholarships.

  $45,000

• Dunham Tavern Museum-Society of Collectors, Inc.

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Education center and program.

  $30,000

• Editorial Projects for Education, Inc.

  Washington, DC

  Coverage of urban education and electronic dissemination of information.

  $300,000 over 3 years

• Education Enhancement Partnership Inc.

  Canton, Ohio

  Public Information and Engagement Campaign for School Reform.

  $20,000

• Engineers and Technicians of the Future

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Robotics competition.

  $3,500

• Esperanza Incorporated

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Stay in School for College and Career Opportunities program and strategic planning.

  $25,000

• Federation for Community Planning

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Meeting the Health and Human Service Needs of Students in the Cleveland Public Schools project.

  $210,270 over 2 years

• Foundation for the National Archives

  Washington, DC

  Distribution of educational packet about women and democracy to Ohio schools.

  $3,725

• Garfield Heights City Schools

  Garfield Heights, Ohio

  Garfield Heights Youth, Family and Teen Services project.

  $42,500

• Granville Academy of Cleveland

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $3,000

• Greater Cleveland Roundtable

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Cleveland Summit on Education operating and program support.

  $240,470

• Greater Cleveland Roundtable

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Cleveland Public Schools chief executive officer search.

  $32,500

• Greater Cleveland Roundtable

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Development of strategic communications plan for the Cleveland Public Schools and training and technical assistance for new Cleveland School Board.

  $93,000

• Greater Cleveland School Superintendents Association

  Broadview Heights, Ohio

  Development of a school performance report system.

  $40,000

• Hebrew Academy of Cleveland

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Scholarship fund.

  $1,500

• Hebrew Academy of Cleveland

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Scholarship fund.

  $1,500

• Heights Parent Center

  Cleveland Heights, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $5,000

• Howard University

  Washington, DC

  Video project documenting the 50th reunion of the class of 1949.

  $7,500

• Institute for Creative Living

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Youth Leadership 2000 pilot program.

  $25,000

• Institute for Educational Leadership, Inc.

  Washington, DC

  Strategic planning.

  $25,000

• John Carroll University

  University Heights, Ohio

  Institute for Education Renewal.

  $136,000 over 2 years

• John Carroll University

  University Heights, Ohio

  OhioLink participation by a five-college consortium.

  $250,000

• Lake County Community College District

  Kirtland, Ohio

  Men’s Resource Center.

  $4,500

• Lake Erie College

  Painesville, Ohio

  Image Survey Project.

  $17,500

• Lake Erie Junior Nature and Science Center

  Bay Village, Ohio

  Expansion of exhibits.

  $25,000

• League of Women Voters of Cleveland Educational Fund, Inc.

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Look Up To Cleveland program.

  $2,000

• Lesbian-Gay Community Service Center of Greater Cleveland

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Safe Schools Are for Everyone program.

  $21,120

• Lexington-Bell Community Center

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Brotherhood, Respect, Intelligence, Conduct and Knowledge Program for middle school students.

  $5,000

• Lorain County Access to Higher Education Program Inc.

  Elyria, Ohio

  Expansion of Middle School/High School Mentoring Project.

  $50,000 over 2 years

• Malabar Farm Foundation

  Lucas, Ohio

  ‘View From Malabar Farms’ documentary.

  $7,500

• Mohican Institute

  Valley View, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $20,000

• National Coalition of Education Activists

  Rhinebeck, New York

  Operating support.

  $35,000 over 2 years

• National College Access Network

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Feasibility study.

  $6,000

• National Council of Teachers of English

  Urbana, Illinois

  National Congress for Public Education.

  $6,000

• National Institute for Dispute Resolution

  Washington, DC

  Annual conference.

  $4,000

• Northeastern Ohio Science and Engineering Fair

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Science fairs.

  $2,000

• Notre Dame College Of Ohio

  Cleveland, Ohio

  President’s Discretionary Fund.

  $75,000

• Ohio Alliance for Arts in Education

  Columbus, Ohio

  Arts education assessment project.

  $45,000 over 2 years

• Ohio Campus Compact

  Granville, Ohio

  America Reads volunteer training.

  $7,000

• Ohio Education Improvement Consortium, Inc.

  Columbus, Ohio

  Building Excellent Schools for Today and the 21st Century project.

  $90,000 over 2 years

• Public Education Network

  Washington, DC

  National Trust for Public Education Project.

  $170,500

• Public Television Playhouse, Inc.

  New York, New York

  ‘An American Love Story.’

  $7,500

• Rethinking Schools Limited

  Milwaukee, Wisconsin

  Protecting and Strengthening Democracy project.

  $5,000

• Shaker Heights Public Library

  Shaker Heights, Ohio

  Archives project.

  $45,000 over 3 years

• Stone Lantern Films, Inc.

  Glen Echo, Maryland

  ‘SCHOOL: The History of American Public Education’ documentary.

  $25,000

• Stone Lantern Films, Inc.

  Glen Echo, Maryland

  ‘SCHOOL: The History of American Public Education’ documentary.

  $7,500

• Summit Education Initiative

  Akron, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $150,000 over 3 years

• Task Force on Violent Crime Charitable Fund

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Building a Safer Cleveland initiative.

  $35,850

• Teachers College Columbia University

  New York, New York

  Hechinger Institute seminars for Northeast Ohio journalists.

  $19,250 over 2 years

• The Andrew Goodman Foundation Inc.

  New York, New York

  ‘Hidden Heroes’ study guide and dissemination.

  $25,000

• The Associates of The University of California Press

  Berkeley, California

  Endowment of the George Gund Foundation Imprint in African-American Studies.

  $250,000

• The Committee for Economic Development

  New York, New York

  Policy conference on vouchers.

  $5,000

• The Council of the Great City Schools

  Washington, DC

  Database development.

  $6,500

• The Ohio State University Foundation

  Columbus, Ohio

  Urban Gardening Program.

  $6,000

• The Old Stone Foundation

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Education Center.

  $7,500

• The Rand Corporation

  Santa Monica, California

  Education vouchers study.

  $100,000

• The SOS Test Preparation Program of Emmanuel Baptist Church

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Proficiency test preparation.

  $9,850

• The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars

  Washington, DC

  Ohio regional office.

  $30,000 over 2 years

• United Negro College Fund, Inc.

  Fairfax, Virginia

  Operating and designated scholarship support.

  $25,000

• United Way Services of Cleveland

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Expansion of Cleveland Reads volunteer program.

  $36,660

• Urban League of Greater Cleveland

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Career Beginnings.

  $80,000

• Window to the World Communications, Inc.

  Chicago, Illinois

  ‘An American Story: One Town’s Journey’ documentary.

  $7,500

• Youth Visions

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Partnership for Regional Youth Media Empowerment program.

  $45,000