Awarded Grants
- arts
- civic affairs
- climate and environmental justice
- creative culture and arts
- democracy-building
- economic development and community revitalization
- education
- environment
- human services
- public education
- special commitments
- thriving families and social justice
- vibrant neighborhoods and inclusive economy
- all priority areas
Arts
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Americans for the Arts Inc.
Washington, DC
Arts education activities.
$10,000
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Apollo’s Fire The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Artist’s fees.
$25,000
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Art House, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Start-up support.
$54,000 over 2 years
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Artists Archives of the Western Reserve
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$30,000 over 2 years
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Arts Renaissance Tremont
Cleveland, Ohio
Program expenses.
$2,500
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Arts Renaissance Tremont
Cleveland, Ohio
Akron Symphony Orchestra performances for children.
$3,000
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Broadway School of Music and the Arts
Cleveland, Ohio
Capacity-building initiative.
$20,000
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The Center for Documentary Studies
Durham, North Carolina
Doubletake Documentary Film Festival.
$5,000
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Cesear’s Forum
Twinsburg, Ohio
Marketing.
$2,500
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Charenton Theater Co.
Cleveland, Ohio
Outdoor summer theater.
$5,000
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The Children’s Museum of Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Organizational and fundraising capacity project.
$25,000
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Cleveland Artists Foundation
Lakewood, Ohio
Professionalization and organizational growth program.
$12,500
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Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$90,000
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Cleveland Fire Fighters Memorial Fund
Cleveland, Ohio
Fire Fighters Memorial.
$20,000
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Cleveland Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Workshop for Greater Cleveland arts organizations.
$2,500
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Cleveland Institute of Art
Cleveland, Ohio
Development office expansion.
$44,000
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Cleveland Institute of Art
Cleveland, Ohio
Planning expenses.
$50,000
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Cleveland Institute of Music
Cleveland, Ohio
Distance learning.
$30,000
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Cleveland International Film Festival Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$40,000
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Cleveland International Film Festival Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland International Film Festival travel.
$7,500
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Cleveland Modern Dance Association
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$40,000
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Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, Ohio
Parade the Circle outreach workshops.
$15,000
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Cleveland Play House
Cleveland, Ohio
Opening production.
$90,000
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Cleveland Pops Orchestra
Beachwood, Ohio
Holiday Pops Concert marketing.
$12,500
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Cleveland Public Art, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating and project support.
$75,000
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Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
SAFMOD’s production of “Requiem Descending.”
$2,000
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Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Gordon Square Theatre floor renovation.
$25,000
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Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating and project support.
$70,000
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Cleveland Signstage Theatre, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Transitional support.
$20,000
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Cleveland State University Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Chamber Symphony.
$15,000
-
Cleveland State University Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Chamber Symphony.
$5,000
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Cleveland State University Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
‘Envisioning the Future: Utopia, Dystopia and Beyond’ project.
$5,000
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Community Partnership for Arts and Culture
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$200,000
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Council of Chief State School Officers, Incorporated
Washington, DC
Arts Education Partnership.
$15,000
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Creative Writing Workshop Projects
Cleveland, Ohio
Langston Hughes Young Writers Project.
$2,000
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Csardas Dance Company
Cleveland, Ohio
Planning activities.
$1,000
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Cuyahoga Community College
Cleveland, Ohio
Showtime at High Noon.
$7,500
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Cuyahoga Community College Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Community Music Program.
$30,000
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Dobama Theatre Inc.
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Artistic and Night Kitchen support.
$28,000
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Downtown Cleveland Partnership
Cleveland, Ohio
Lower Euclid Artists Project.
$5,000
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Eleanor B. Rainey Memorial Institute, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Summer day camp.
$6,000
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Ensemble Theatre of Cleveland
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Operating support.
$23,000
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Fine Arts Association
Willoughby, Ohio
Organizational capacity project.
$10,000
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Friends of the Cleveland School of the Arts
Cleveland, Ohio
Photography program.
$17,000
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Friends of the Cleveland School of the Arts
Cleveland, Ohio
New Plays Festival.
$40,000 over 2 years
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Great Lakes Theater Festival, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Theater Collective.
$6,500
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Great Lakes Theater Festival, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Education Department.
$90,000
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GroundWorks Dancetheater
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Operating support.
$20,000
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Heights Arts Collaborative Inc.
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Start-up funding.
$30,000 over 2 years
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Hitchcock Center for Women, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Living Legacy Project.
$5,000
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International Women’s Air and Space Museum, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Career Fair.
$3,000
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Karamu House
Cleveland, Ohio
Theater program.
$50,000
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Kenan Institute for The Arts Foundation
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
‘Building Creative Economies: Arts, Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development in Appalachia’ conference.
$2,000
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Lyric Opera Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Artistic and new venue expenses.
$40,000
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The Mattress Factory, Ltd
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Cleveland outreach.
$5,000
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Media, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
‘Applause’ programming about arts and culture in Cleveland.
$30,000
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Merrick House
Cleveland, Ohio
Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival.
$1,000
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Music & Performing Arts at Trinity Cathedral, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating and project support.
$15,000
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Musical Arts Association The Cleveland Orchestra
Cleveland, Ohio
Martin Luther King Jr. concerts.
$16,000 over 2 years
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National Public Radio, Inc.
Washington, DC
Midwest coverage.
$40,000
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National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Cincinnati, Ohio
Audience research and exhibit testing.
$5,000
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Near West Theatre
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$18,000
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New Cleveland Opera Company, dba Cleveland Opera
Cleveland, Ohio
Education department.
$60,000
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The New Orchestra of Cleveland
Solon, Ohio
Administrative start-up expenses.
$25,000
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New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
New York, New York
International Photography Institute National Graduate Seminar.
$7,500
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Northern Ohio Children’s Performing Music Foundation, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Strategic planning and succession planning.
$5,000
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Off Hollywood Flick Fest
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$17,500
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Ohio Alliance for Arts in Education
Columbus, Ohio
Arts education assessment project.
$25,000
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Ohio City Near West Development Corporation
Cleveland, Ohio
Open Air in Market Square arts activities.
$2,500
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Ohio Dance Theatre
Oberlin, Ohio
Student performances in Cleveland.
$6,000
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Opera Circle Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$5,000
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Poets League of Greater Cleveland, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Literary center programming.
$20,000
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Professional Flair, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Dancing Wheels.
$20,000
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The Repertory Project
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Operating support.
$25,000
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Collections management system.
$25,000
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Safmod Performance Ensemble
Cleveland, Ohio
New work development.
$5,000
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Sankofa Fine Arts Plus
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Fine Arts Expo education programs.
$1,500
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Sculpture Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Transitional support and board development.
$11,500
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Shaker Square Area Development Corporation
Cleveland, Ohio
Art Fair on Shaker Square.
$2,000
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The Silver Factory, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Photography education.
$5,000
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SPACES
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$100,000 over 2 years
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Tom Evert Dance Company
Euclid, Ohio
Consultant services.
$5,400
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Tri-C JazzFest
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$31,500
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Western Reserve Historical Society
Cleveland, Ohio
Programming activities.
$30,000
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Young Audiences of Greater Cleveland, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Initiative for Cultural Arts in Education.
$125,000
Civic Affairs
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American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc.
New York, New York
Protecting civil liberties activities in wake of September 11.
$50,000 over 2 years
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American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Program organizing.
$6,000
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American Forum
Washington, DC
Ohio Forum.
$6,000
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Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
Washington, DC
Legal Action Project.
$40,000
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Center for Democratic Renewal and Education, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia
Ohio Toolkit for victims of hate crimes.
$7,500
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Citizens League Research Institute
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$50,000
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The City Club Forum Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Website redevelopment.
$50,000
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City of Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Policy and best practices program for Cleveland City Council.
$7,500
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Cleveland Development Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Leadership Cleveland.
$2,500
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Cleveland Development Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Mayoral Transition Committee.
$7,500
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Cleveland State University Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Community Advocacy Legal Clinic.
$50,000
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Commission on Catholic Community Action
Cleveland, Ohio
Racial Fairness in the Criminal Justice System monitoring project.
$36,499
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The Cuyahoga Plan of Ohio, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Fair housing programs.
$50,000
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Educational Fund To End Handgun Violence
Washington, DC
Firearms Litigation Clearinghouse.
$25,000
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Fund For An Open Society
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
‘Integration Works II: Building Open and Thriving Communities’ conference.
$5,000
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Heights Community Congress
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Integration maintenance and community relations.
$17,000
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Kids Voting Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Operating support.
$7,500
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Lake View Cemetery Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
September 11 day of remembrance.
$2,000
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Law Enforcement Foundation, Inc.
Dublin, Ohio
Law Enforcement Professional Career Development training program.
$12,000
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League of Women Voters of Cleveland Educational Fund, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Promoting Civic Education in Cleveland project.
$60,000
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League of Women Voters of Ohio Education Fund
Columbus, Ohio
Voters Guide 2002.
$6,000
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Look Up to Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$6,000
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The Metropolitan Strategy Group Education Fund, Inc.
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Consulting services related to merger with Housing Advocates, Inc.
$15,000
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National Urban Fellows, Inc.
New York, New York
Cleveland placements.
$32,500
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Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission
Columbus, Ohio
Project to make sentencing documents available electronically.
$2,000
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Violence Policy Center
Washington, DC
Research and advocacy on gun violence.
$30,000
Economic Development and Community Revitalization
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American Institute for Social Justice, Inc.
Washington, DC
Community organizing in Collinwood neighborhood.
$20,000
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Broken Connections, Inc.
East Cleveland, Ohio
‘Establishing a City of Refuge’ project.
$7,500
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Cleveland Development Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
ArtSpace Cleveland symposium on artists’ live/work housing in Cleveland.
$1,000
-
Cleveland Development Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
‘Twelve Degrees of Freedom: R. Buckminster Fuller, Connections’ exhibition.
$5,000
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Cleveland Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Richard Shatten Memorial Fund.
$7,500
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Cleveland Historic Warehouse District Development Corp.
Cleveland, Ohio
Commercial and residential development activities.
$32,000
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Cleveland Housing Network, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$90,000
-
Cleveland Neighborhood Development Corporation
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$40,000
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Cleveland Restoration Society Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Neighborhood housing and landmark preservation programs.
$40,000
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Cleveland State University Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Exhibit on the history of lakefront planning in Cleveland.
$1,000
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Cleveland State University Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Neighborhood Leadership Cleveland and related programs.
$40,626
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Cleveland Tenants Organization
Cleveland, Ohio
Upgrading news-letter and other communications.
$6,000
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Cleveland Tomorrow
Cleveland, Ohio
Public engagement in lakefront highway quieting and land use planning.
$125,000 over 18 months
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Cleveland Tomorrow
Cleveland, Ohio
Northeast Ohio Technology Coalition.
$50,000
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Consumer Federation of America Foundation
Washington, DC
Cleveland Saves campaign.
$40,000
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Corporation for Enterprise Development
Washington, DC
Greater Clevelanders’ participation in IDA Learning Conference.
$5,000
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Coventry Village Special Improvement District of Cleveland
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Redevelopment project management.
$20,000
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Downtown Cleveland Partnership
Cleveland, Ohio
Downtown real estate activity.
$150,000
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East Cleveland Farmers Market Preservation Society
East Cleveland, Ohio
Market management.
$15,000
-
EcoCity Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Neighborhood community gardens.
$7,500
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Enterprise Development, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Minority Assistance Program.
$40,000
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First Suburbs Consortium Development Council
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
First Suburbs Development Council.
$50,000
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Generation Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Study of NASA Glenn Research Center’s economic development potential.
$20,000
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Greater Cleveland Media Development Corporation
Cleveland, Ohio
Film production coordination and website enhancement.
$40,000
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Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association
Cleveland, Ohio
Neighborhood Leadership Institute.
$20,527
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Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Digital Vision.
$6,000
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Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association
Cleveland, Ohio
Neighborhood Leadership Institute start-up support.
$7,500
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Harbor Heritage Society
Cleveland, Ohio
Visitor programming and marketing.
$60,000
-
Hard Hatted Women
Cleveland, Ohio
Employment services.
$40,000
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The Historic Gateway Neighborhood Corporation
Cleveland, Ohio
Commercial and residential development activities.
$48,000
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Kent State University Foundation
Kent, Ohio
Cleveland Urban Design Center.
$140,000
-
Kent State University Foundation
Kent, Ohio
Urban Design Fellow program.
$25,000
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Local Initiatives Support Corporation
New York, New York
CEO for Cities program.
$25,000
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Local Initiatives Support Corporation
New York, New York
20th anniversary activities.
$5,000
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Lutheran Housing Corporation
East Cleveland, Ohio
East Cleveland housing program.
$60,000
-
Metropolitan Area Research Corporation
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Study of socioeconomic disparity and regional growth in Ohio.
$5,000
-
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Washington, DC
National Preservation Conference in Cleveland.
$25,000
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Negro Baseball Hall Of Fame, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Start-up planning.
$30,000
-
Neighborhood Progress Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$1,250,000 over 2 years
-
The North Cuyahoga Valley Corridor, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
National Heritage Corridor improvements.
$40,000
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Ohio CDC Association
Columbus, Ohio
Operating support.
$20,000
-
Ohio CDC Association
Columbus, Ohio
Operating support.
$7,000
-
Organize Ohio Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$20,000
-
Parkworks, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Program support.
$60,000
-
Policy Matters Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
State-level public policy research on economic issues.
$150,000
-
Second Growth Institute
Cleveland, Ohio
Five Points Redevelopment Project in Collinwood.
$30,000
-
Shorebank Enterprise Group Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$400,000
-
St. Vincent Quadrangle, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Reorganization.
$30,000
-
Trinity Cathedral
Cleveland, Ohio
Trinity Commons construction project.
$50,000 over 2 years
-
University Circle Incorporated
Cleveland, Ohio
Engineering and design of Circle Walk project.
$10,000
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University Circle Incorporated
Cleveland, Ohio
Annual meeting programming.
$4,000
-
Urban League of Greater Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Capacity-building.
$50,000
-
WECO Fund, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Youth Individual Development Account program.
$25,000
-
Westside Industrial Retention & Expansion Network
Cleveland, Ohio
Industrial corridor and economic development strategy initiative.
$67,500
-
Westside/Eastside Congregations Acting Now, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$50,000
Education
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21st Century School Fund, Inc.
Washington, DC
Building Educational Success Together initiative.
$35,000
-
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc.
New York, New York
Public education campaign on school vouchers.
$50,000
-
American Youth Policy Forum
Washington, DC
Operating support.
$40,000 over 2 years
-
Archaeological Conservancy
Albuquerque, New Mexico
‘American Archaeology’ magazine.
$20,000
-
Baldwin-Wallace College
Berea, Ohio
Presidential Discretionary Fund.
$100,000 over 2 years
-
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations.
$200,000 over 2 years
-
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
President’s Initiative Fund.
$500,000 over 2 years
-
Center on Education Policy
Washington, DC
Operating support.
$265,000 over 2 years
-
City Year Inc.
Boston, Massachusetts
Young Heroes program.
$40,000
-
Cleveland Area Metropolitan Library System
Cleveland, Ohio
2002 regionwide book reading campaign, “North Coast Neighbors Share a Book.”
$7,500
-
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Cleveland, Ohio
School Garden Outreach Program.
$100,000 over 2 years
-
Cleveland Community Building Initiative
Cleveland, Ohio
Family Education Center.
$20,000
-
Cleveland Heights/University Heights City School District
University Heights, Ohio
Wiley Middle School improvement planning activities.
$7,200
-
Cleveland Heights/University Heights Public Schools Foundation
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Reaching Heights operating support.
$75,000 over 2 years
-
Cleveland Initiative for Education
Cleveland, Ohio
Activities to impact academic standards, principal leadership and teacher quality in the Cleveland Municipal School District.
$600,000 over 2 years
-
Cleveland Municipal School District
Cleveland, Ohio
Academic standards implementation.
$100,000
-
Cleveland Municipal School District
Cleveland, Ohio
Communications initiatives
$20,000
-
Cleveland Municipal School District
Cleveland, Ohio
CEO Support and Development Fund.
$45,000
-
Cleveland Municipal School District
Cleveland, Ohio
Implementation of School-to-Career Plan.
$80,000
-
Cleveland Municipal School District
Cleveland, Ohio
Establishment of the Office of Institutional Advancement.
$87,500
-
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Cleveland, Ohio
Project coordinator for “Journeys Through Africa” exhibit.
$25,000
-
Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Student Theatre Enrichment Program.
$4,000
-
Cleveland Scholarship Programs, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
College advisory services and last-dollar scholarships for Cleveland and first-ring suburban high school students.
$75,000
-
Cleveland State University Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
President’s Initiative Fund.
$250,000 over 2 years
-
Community Renewal Society
Chicago, Illinois
“CATALYST: for Cleveland Schools” newsmagazine.
$200,000
-
Cuyahoga Community College
Cleveland, Ohio
Teachers’ Aid, Inc.
$5,000
-
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Greater Cleveland Higher Education Fellowship.
$7,500
-
Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center
Peninsula, Ohio
Establishment of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park Association.
$85,000 over 2 years
-
Earth Day Coalition
Cleveland, Ohio
Northeast Ohio Student Environmental Congress.
$30,000 over 2 years
-
East Cleveland Pastors for Progress
East Cleveland, Ohio
East Cleveland Educational Summit.
$5,000
-
El Barrio, Incorporated
Cleveland, Ohio
Los Conquistadores After-School and Summer Program.
$15,000
-
Engineers and Technicians of the Future
Cleveland, Ohio
Engineering robotics competition.
$2,500
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Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation Inc.
Brookline, Massachusetts
Greater Cleveland program.
$30,000 over 2 years
-
Federation for Community Planning
Cleveland, Ohio
Implementation of Cleveland Municipal School District comprehensive health plan.
$250,000 over 2 years
-
Federation for Community Planning
Cleveland, Ohio
Nominating panel process for Cleveland Municipal School District school board.
$29,500
-
Federation for Community Planning
Cleveland, Ohio
Research regarding youth development and governance of the Cleveland Municipal School District.
$30,000
-
Federation for Community Planning
Cleveland, Ohio
Monitoring state education funding and policies.
$7,300
-
Federation for Community Planning
Cleveland, Ohio
Research related to youth development agenda.
$7,500
-
Film Arts Foundation
San Francisco, California
‘They Closed Our Schools’ documentary.
$30,000
-
Global Issues Resource Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Positive S.P.I.N. Program.
$30,000
-
Hathaway Brown School
Shaker Heights, Ohio
Aspire Program for minority and low-income girls.
$35,000
-
Hebrew Academy of Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Scholarship fund.
$1,500
-
John Carroll University
University Heights, Ohio
Institute for Educational Renewal.
$100,000 over 2 years
-
KnowledgeWorks Foundation
Cincinnati, Ohio
Ohio Eight Coalition.
$40,000
-
Lake Erie Junior Nature and Science Center
Bay Village, Ohio
Resource Center specialist.
$20,000
-
Lake Erie Junior Nature and Science Center
Bay Village, Ohio
Board development and organizational communications project.
$5,000
-
Lakewood City Public Schools
Lakewood, Ohio
Establishment of Lakewood Project, a high school rock orchestra.
$15,000
-
Lakewood Public Library Foundation
Lakewood, Ohio
Sharp Student Academy.
$6,500
-
Lesbian-Gay Community Service Center of Greater Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Executive search.
$2,000
-
Libraries for the Future
New York, New York
Operating support.
$7,500
-
Merrick House
Cleveland, Ohio
Youth employment and urban gardening program.
$17,000
-
Minority Student Achievement Network
Evanston, Illinois
Operating support.
$45,000
-
National College Access Network
Cleveland, Ohio
Annual conference.
$5,000
-
The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship to Disadvantaged and Handicapped Youth
New York, New York
E-City Cleveland start-up support.
$5,000
-
National Gardening Association, Inc.
South Burlington, Vermont
‘Orchard Elementary: Slow Change in Fast Times’ documentary.
$7,500
-
Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$50,000
-
Northeastern Ohio Science and Engineering Fair
Cleveland, Ohio
2002 Science Fair.
$2,000
-
Ohio Aerospace Institute
Cleveland, Ohio
Regional Alliance for Informal Science Education (RAISE).
$40,000
-
Ohio Campus Compact
Granville, Ohio
VISTA volunteer training program.
$5,000
-
Ohio Children and Educators Assistance Network, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
‘A Salute to Teachers-Celebrating Cleveland’s Educators’ program.
$1,000
-
Ohio State University Development Fund
Columbus, Ohio
Urban gardening program.
$50,000
-
The Old Stone Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Parenting and Literacy Program.
$7,500
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Poverty and Race Research Action Council
Washington, DC
Research project on private funding of public education.
$29,700
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Project Learn, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Development office.
$20,000
-
Rethinking Schools Limited
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Operating support.
$40,000 over 2 years
-
Rethinking Schools Limited
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Public awareness campaign on vouchers.
$7,250
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Rural School and Community Trust
Randolph, Vermont
The Fund for Rural Education Equity.
$25,000
-
Shaker Heights City School District
Shaker Heights, Ohio
Efforts to close the achievement gap between African-American and white students.
$100,000 over 2 years
-
Shaker Heights City School District
Shaker Heights, Ohio
‘Crossings’ documentary.
$6,450
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Shaker Heights Youth Center, Inc.
Shaker Heights, Ohio
Expulsion program start-up support.
$25,000
-
Sisters of St. Dominic of Akron – Our Lady of the Elms
Akron, Ohio
Farm-based environmental education program for Cleveland schools.
$5,000
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The SOS Test Preparation Program of Emmanuel Baptist Church
Cleveland, Ohio
Tutoring program.
$5,000
-
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund
New York, New York
Operating support.
$15,000
-
United Church of Christ
Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio Close the Gap Campaign.
$45,000
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United Negro College Fund, Inc.
Fairfax, Virginia
Operating support.
$15,000
-
Urban League of Greater Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Career Beginnings.
$35,000
-
US Foundation for the Inspiration and Recognition of Science
Manchester, New Hampshire
FIRST Buckeye Regional Robotic Competition.
$2,500
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The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars
Washington, DC
Ohio Capital Scholars Program.
$2,000
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Westside Industrial Retention & Expansion Network
Cleveland, Ohio
School-to-career youth workforce development.
$45,000 over 18 months
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Women in History
Lakewood, Ohio
Greater Cleveland public schools project.
$5,000
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Youth Opportunities Unlimited
Cleveland, Ohio
Strategic plan implementation.
$5,000
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Youth Opportunities Unlimited
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$50,000
Environment
-
Alaska Conservation Foundation
Anchorage, Alaska
Operating support.
$25,000
-
American Farmland Trust
Washington, DC
Ohio office operating support.
$70,000 over 2 years
-
Buckeye Environmental Network
Grove City, Ohio
People Power project.
$30,000
-
Buckeye Forest Council, Inc.
Columbus, Ohio
Forest protection on public land.
$25,000
-
Center for Health Environment and Justice
Falls Church, Virginia
Stop Dioxin Exposure Campaign.
$40,000
-
Center for Public Interest Research, Inc.
Boston, Massachusetts
Project to advocate
$25,000
-
Chagrin River Watershed Partners, Inc.
Willoughby, Ohio
Operating support.
$40,000 over 2 years
-
Citizens Policy Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Campaign contributions disclosure in Ohio.
$43,000
-
Citizens Policy Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Statewide program to execute “good neighbor agreements” with industrial facilities.
$48,000
-
The Clean Air Conservancy
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland ozone database project.
$50,000
-
Cleveland Metroparks System
Cleveland, Ohio
Planning for greenway along the east branch of the Rocky River.
$50,000
-
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Cleveland, Ohio
Conference on West Nile Virus.
$1,000
-
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio Conservation Alliance.
$5,250
-
Collins Center for Public Policy, Inc.
Miami, Florida
Strategic Assessment Project.
$6,500
-
Cuyahoga Countryside Conservancy
Peninsula, Ohio
Re-establishment of farmsteads in Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
$45,000
-
Cuyahoga River Community Planning Organization
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$25,000
-
The Delta Institute
Chicago, Illinois
Lake Erie Fish Consumption Advisory project.
$45,000
-
Earth Day Coalition
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$120,000 over 2 years
-
EcoCity Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Building the Livable Urban Edge BLUE Project.
$110,000
-
EcoCity Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$65,000
-
EcoCity Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Green building strategies for the Cleveland Municipal School District.
$7,000
-
Ecological Design Innovation Center
Oberlin, Ohio
Northern Ohio Foodshed Alliance.
$15,000
-
Environmental and Energy Study Institute
Washington, DC
Policymaker briefings on energy and smart growth.
$40,000
-
Environmental Fund for Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Operating support.
$35,000
-
Environmental Health Watch Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Healthy Indoor Environments for Children project.
$100,000 over 2 years
-
Environmental Law Institute
Washington, DC
Federal and state policy research on invasive species control.
$25,000
-
Environmental Support Center, Inc.
Washington, DC
Operating support.
$40,000
-
Environmental Working Group
Washington, DC
Lead poisoning prevention program in Ohio.
$45,000
-
Foundation for Environmental Education
Columbus, Ohio
Wind Powering Ohio project.
$5,000
-
The Friends of the Crooked River, Inc.
Peninsula, Ohio
Organizational planning.
$15,000
-
Grand River Partners, Inc.
Painesville, Ohio
Operating support.
$30,000 over 2 years
-
Great Lakes United
Amherst, New York
Great Lakes Action Agenda.
$2,000
-
Great Lakes United
Amherst, New York
Habitat and Biodiversity Taskforce.
$50,000
-
Green Energy Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Operating support.
$25,000
-
The Greene Environmental Coalition, Inc.
Yellow Springs, Ohio
Cleanup 2000 Project.
$35,000
-
Heartwood, Incorporated
Bloomington, Indiana
Operating support.
$20,000 over 2 years
-
Institute for Conservation Leadership
Takoma Park, Maryland
Great Lakes Executive Director Training Program.
$100,000 over 18 months
-
International Center for the Preservation of Wild Animals
Cumberland, Ohio
Center for Restoration Ecology.
$96,000 over 2 years
-
The Izaak Walton League of America, Inc.
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Great Lakes Wetland Conservation Policy Workshop.
$4,000
-
Land Trust Alliance, Inc.
Washington, DC
Ohio land trust training and technical assistance.
$45,000
-
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, Inc.
Washington, DC
Facilitation of an Ohio coalition on energy issues.
$5,000
-
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, Inc.
Washington, DC
List enhancement, SOAP Project, coalition-building and leadership development in Ohio.
$50,000
-
The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Air quality project.
$1,750
-
Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission
Columbus, Ohio
Policymaker education on smart growth in Ohio.
$47,067
-
National Audubon Society
New York, New York
Bird conservation programs in Ohio.
$48,000
-
National Wildlife Federation
Reston, Virginia
Great Lakes Mercury Phaseout Project.
$40,000
-
Natural Resources Council of America, Inc.
Washington, DC
Leadership Roundtable.
$20,000
-
Ohio & Erie Canal Corridor Coalition, Inc.
Akron, Ohio
Operating support.
$46,000 over 2 years
-
Ohio Lake Management Society
Kent, Ohio
Citizen Lake Awareness and Monitoring program in Northeast Ohio.
$5,000
-
Ohio League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
Columbus, Ohio
Legislative Agenda Setting Summit.
$2,000
-
Ohio League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
Columbus, Ohio
Operating support.
$50,000
-
Ohio Parklands Foundation
Westerville, Ohio
Ohio Greenways project.
$50,000
-
Ohio River Advocacy
Cincinnati, Ohio
Ohio River basin conservation coordination and technical assistance.
$25,000
-
Ohio to Erie Trail Fund
Columbus, Ohio
Field consultants.
$5,000
-
Outdoor Writers of Ohio
Willoughby, Ohio
Annual convention and educational program.
$2,000
-
The Regents of the University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Great Lakes Radio Consortium training for environmental journalists.
$25,000
-
River Network
Portland, Oregon
National River Rally scholarships for Great Lakes river conservation activists and Clean Water Act online tutorial project.
$30,000
-
Rivers Unlimited
Cincinnati, Ohio
Ohio Environmental Enforcement Campaign.
$25,000
-
Safe Energy Communication Council
Washington, DC
Operating support.
$40,000
-
Shorebank Enterprise Group Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Entrepreneurs for Sustainability Project.
$25,000
-
Shorebank Enterprise Group Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Entrepreneurs for Sustainability Project.
$6,250
-
The Sierra Club Foundation
San Francisco, California
Wayne National Forest management plan.
$1,500
-
The Sierra Club Foundation
San Francisco, California
Great Lakes Clean Air Program in Ohio.
$30,000
-
The Society of Environmental Journalists Inc.
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
Conference scholarships for Ohio journalists.
$7,200
-
St. Clair-Superior Coalition
Cleveland, Ohio
Environmental Issues Organizing Project.
$35,000
-
Surface Transportation Policy Project
Washington, DC
Smart Growth America.
$50,000
-
Tides Center
San Francisco, California
Funders Forum on Environment and Education Wingspread Symposium on Healthy Schools.
$6,000
-
Trust for Public Land
San Francisco, California
Revolving loan fund for open space purchase in Northeast Ohio.
$150,000
-
Trust for Public Land
San Francisco, California
Ohio office operating support.
$50,000
-
Union of Concerned Scientists
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Federal policy research and education on invasive species control.
$25,000
-
University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
Earth Shareholders Report.
$30,000
-
Water Watch of Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Operating support.
$25,000
-
West Creek Preservation Committee
Parma, Ohio
Operating support.
$50,000 over 2 years
-
Western Reserve RC&D, Inc.
Painesville, Ohio
Center for Farmland Preservation in Northeast Ohio.
$48,000
-
Western Reserve RC&D, Inc.
Painesville, Ohio
Countryside Program to promote residential conservation development.
$60,000
-
Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Council, Inc.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Cuyahoga Valley Partnership program to restore habitat on corporate land.
$20,000
-
Worldwatch Institute
Washington, DC
Rebuilding Local Foodsheds workshop in Cleveland.
$1,000
Human Services
-
Advocates for Youth
Washington, DC
Public policy and MTV project.
$50,000
-
Alliance for Children and Families
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Faces of Change Project.
$7,500
-
Alliance for Justice
Washington, DC
Nonprofit Advocacy Project and Foundation Advocacy Initiative.
$35,000
-
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc.
New York, New York
Reproductive Freedom Project.
$75,000
-
Bellefaire Jewish Children’s Bureau
Shaker Heights, Ohio
Birth parent counseling services.
$100,000 over 2 years
-
Bellefaire Jewish Children’s Bureau
Shaker Heights, Ohio
HIV/AIDS risk reduction program.
$12,000
-
Berea Children’s Home
Berea, Ohio
Government affairs and public policy program.
$35,800
-
Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$35,000
-
Catholics for a Free Choice
Washington, DC
Operating support.
$50,000 over 2 years
-
CCAO Research and Educational Foundation, Inc.
Columbus, Ohio
Biennial Legislative Education Seminar.
$14,200
-
Center for Families and Children
Cleveland, Ohio
Local government liaison and annual public policy conference.
$40,000
-
Center for Law and Social Policy
Washington, DC
Welfare reform initiatives.
$50,000
-
Center for Leadership in Education, Inc.
Elyria, Ohio
Reggio Emilia exhibit.
$15,000
-
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Washington, DC
Operating support.
$250,000 over 2 years
-
Chagrin Falls Park Community Center
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Emergency support for the Child Developmental and Family Resource Center.
$7,500
-
Charity Lobbying in the Public Interest
Washington, DC
Training conference.
$30,000
-
The Children First Campaign Education Fund
Washington, DC
Operating support.
$25,000
-
Choice USA
Washington, DC
Next Generation Campaign.
$50,000
-
Christian Legal Services of Cleveland, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Staff support.
$15,000
-
City of Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Community re-entry strategy.
$50,000
-
City of Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Girls summer basketball league.
$7,920
-
Clergy United For Juvenile Justice, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Project Restoration.
$45,000
-
The Cleveland Christian Home, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Hope Center.
$40,000
-
Cleveland State University Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Center for Poverty Studies.
$15,000
-
Cleveland Works, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$200,000 over 2 years
-
Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Housing Trust Fund initiative.
$25,000
-
Communications Consortium Media Center
Washington, DC
Foster Parent Association of Cuyahoga County.
$25,000
-
Contact Center, Inc.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Ohio Empowerment Coalition’s annual statewide grassroots welfare conference.
$2,500
-
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Infant and toddler program.
$25,000
-
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Faculty Development Project on the Brain.
$40,000
-
Cuyahoga County Critical Incident Stress Debriefing, Inc.
Warrensville Heights, Ohio
Special education conference.
$2,500
-
East End Neighborhood House Association
Cleveland, Ohio
Project Seed.
$28,000
-
East End Neighborhood House Association
Cleveland, Ohio
Development support.
$5,000
-
The Education Fund of Family Planning Advocates of New York State, Inc.
Albany, New York
Hospital Access Project.
$6,200
-
The Equal Justice Foundation
Columbus, Ohio
Legal assistance for low-income families.
$110,000
-
Families USA Foundation, Inc.
Washington, DC
‘Strange Bedfellows’ initiative to expand health insurance coverage.
$150,000
-
Federation for Community Planning
Cleveland, Ohio
Public policy, advocacy and public finance project.
$170,000 over 2 years
-
Feminist Majority Foundation
Arlington, Virginia
National Clinic Access Project.
$35,000
-
The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio
Nelsonville, Ohio
Kids in Distressed Situations (K.I.D.S.) Program.
$25,000
-
The Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Needle Exchange Program.
$50,000
-
Funders Concerned About AIDS, Inc.
New York, New York
Public policy program.
$15,000
-
Glenville Community Youth Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Summer Youth Employment and Youth Enrichment Programs.
$11,000
-
Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Early Childhood Funders Collaborative fall convening.
$6,000
-
Greater Cleveland Committee on Hunger
Cleveland, Ohio
Emergency food community coordination plan.
$80,000 over 2 years
-
Greater Cleveland Healthcare Association
Cleveland, Ohio
Northeast Ohio Nursing Resource Center.
$20,000
-
Hampshire College
Amherst, Massachusetts
Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program.
$30,000
-
Harvard Community Services Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Development activities.
$5,000
-
Helen Keller International, Inc.
New York, New York
Cleveland ChildSight Program.
$60,000 over 2 years
-
Hunger Task Force of Greater Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Community liaison and client advocacy.
$15,000
-
Lexington-Bell Community Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Summer day camp.
$15,000
-
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry Association of Greater Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Westhaven youth shelter.
$50,000 over 2 years
-
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry Association of Greater Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Advocacy staff.
$6,000
-
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
New York, New York
Continuation of Urban Change study.
$200,000 over 2 years
-
Merrick House
Cleveland, Ohio
Community AIDS Prevention Program.
$15,425
-
Ms. Foundation for Women, Inc.
New York, New York
Collaborative Fund for Youth-Led Social Change.
$50,000 over 2 years
-
Ms. Foundation for Women, Inc.
New York, New York
Reproductive Rights Collaborative Fund.
$50,000 over 2 years
-
National Abortion Rights Action League of Ohio Education Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Education activities.
$25,000
-
National Abortion Rights Action League of Ohio Education Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Emergency administrative support.
$3,000
-
National Health Law Program, Inc.
Los Angeles, California
Medicaid policy analysis.
$50,000
-
National Women’s Law Center
Washington, DC
Reproductive health and child care programs.
$70,000
-
Neighborhood Health Care Incorporated
Cleveland, Ohio
Community education materials.
$2,500
-
New Life Community
Cleveland, Ohio
Graduate housing specialist.
$25,000
-
Northern Kentucky Children’s Law Center, Inc.
Covington, Kentucky
Juvenile defense study.
$15,000
-
Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks
Columbus, Ohio
Anti-hunger advocacy and food stamp participation.
$45,000
-
Ohio Family Care Association
Columbus, Ohio
Capacity-building and staff support.
$45,000
-
Ohio Family Care Association
Columbus, Ohio
Operating support.
$5,000
-
Ohio State University Development Fund
Columbus, Ohio
Young Women’s Summer Institute.
$5,000
-
Parkworks, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Junior community parks liaisons and Showagon Performing Arts Troupe.
$15,000
-
Phillis Wheatley Association of Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Camp Mueller evaluation and bridge operating support.
$29,000
-
Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health
New York, New York
Adolescent reproductive health program and Access to Care project.
$20,000
-
Public Children Services Association of Ohio, Inc.
Columbus, Ohio
Attendance at Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families conference.
$1,292
-
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Princeton, New Jersey
Cover the Uninsured Week.
$50,000
-
Rutgers University Foundation
Piscataway, New Jersey
National Teen-to-Teen Sexuality Education Project.
$35,000
-
Rycus-Hughes Institute for Human Services
Columbus, Ohio
Colloquia on child welfare issues.
$27,000
-
The Salvation Army
Cleveland, Ohio
PASS program.
$35,000
-
The Salvation Army
Cleveland, Ohio
Summer camp.
$7,500
-
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
New York, New York
Public policy program and welfare reform project.
$50,000
-
Shoes for Kids, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Strategic planning.
$7,500
-
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, New York
Research Forum on Children, Families and the New Federalism.
$40,000
-
UHHS/CSAHS-Cuyahoga, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Community-based health initiative.
$25,000
-
Universal Health Care Action Network
Cleveland, Ohio
Health Care Justice Coalition.
$50,000
-
Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio Inc.
Columbus, Ohio
Capacity-building.
$30,000
-
University of Massachusetts Foundation, Inc.
Boston, Massachusetts
Curriculum Development for “Give Us Your Poor” documentary.
$20,000
-
The Urban Institute
Washington, DC
Returning Home study.
$75,000
-
Women’s Leadership Fund
New York, New York
The White House Project.
$5,000
-
Worldwide Documentaries, Inc.
Bloomfield, New York
‘A Closer Walk’ documentary.
$6,000
-
Young Men’s Christian Association of Cleveland Ohio, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Y-Haven transitional housing program.
$40,000
-
YWCA of Cleveland Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Teen parenting and pregnancy prevention programs.
$35,000
Special Commitments
-
BBB Wise Giving Alliance
Arlington, Virginia
Operating support.
$3,000
-
BoardSource
Washington, DC
Operating support.
$5,000
-
Business Volunteers Unlimited
Cleveland, Ohio
Technical assistance to nonprofit organizations.
$25,000
-
Changemakers
San Fancisco, California
Operating support.
$5,000
-
Collins Center for Public Policy, Inc.
Miami, Florida
Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities.
$7,500
-
Consultative Group on Biological Diversity Inc.
San Francisco, California
Operating support.
$5,000
-
Council on Foundations, Inc.
Arlington, Virginia
Operating support.
$35,000
-
Foundation Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$20,000
-
Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc.
Columbia, Maryland
Retinitis pigmentosa research.
$2,000,000
-
The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio
Nelsonville, Ohio
Grantseekers reference collection project.
$5,000
-
Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Inc.
New York, New York
Operating support.
$2,000
-
Funders Network on Population Reproductive Health and Rights
Rockville, Maryland
Operating support.
$2,500
-
Grantmaker Forum on Community and National Service
Berkeley, California
Membership and operating support.
$4,000
-
Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families, Inc.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Operating support.
$4,000
-
Grantmakers for Education
Portland, Oregon
Operating support.
$3,000
-
Grantmakers in Health
Washington, DC
Operating support.
$3,500
-
Grantmakers in the Arts
Seattle, Washington
Operating support.
$3,000
-
The Greater Cleveland Community Shares
Cleveland, Ohio
Open Ohio project.
$5,000
-
The Greater Cleveland Community Shares
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$65,000 over 2 years
-
Independent Sector
Washington, DC
Operating support.
$12,500
-
Independent Sector
Washington, DC
Annual conference in Cleveland.
$45,000
-
Media, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Local television news programming.
$250,000 over 2 years
-
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
Washington, DC
Operating support.
$7,500
-
Neighborhood Funders Group, Inc.
Washington, DC
Operating support.
$3,000
-
Ohio Association of Nonprofit Organizations
Columbus, Ohio
Operating support.
$15,000
-
Ohio Grantmakers Forum
Columbus, Ohio
Operating support.
$100,000 over 2 years
-
Ohio Grantmakers Forum
Columbus, Ohio
Website redesign.
$5,000
-
Ohio Grantmakers Forum
Columbus, Ohio
Operating support.
$8,000
-
Rockefeller Family Fund, Inc.
New York, New York
Environmental Grantmakers Association.
$1,100
-
Tides Center
San Francisco, California
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations.
$1,000
2002 Grants
$19,698,906 / 443 Grants