Awarded Grants
- arts
- 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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Art House, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Capacity building.
$5,000
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Bang and The Clatter Theatre Company
Cleveland, Ohio
Start-up support.
Up to $36,500
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Beck Center for the Cultural Arts
Lakewood, Ohio
Strategic Growth Initiative.
$50,000
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Broadway School of Music and the Arts
Cleveland, Ohio
Marketing and community programs.
$10,000
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CityMusic Cleveland Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Concerts in Cleveland neighborhoods.
$16,000
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Cleveland Artists Foundation
Lakewood, Ohio
25th anniversary exhibition and catalogue.
$15,000
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Cleveland Arts Education Consortium
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$10,000
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Cleveland Arts Prize
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
City-wide 50th anniversary celebration.
$10,000
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Cleveland Arts Prize
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Performance series.
$3,500
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Cleveland BoyChoir
Cleveland, Ohio
Recruitment efforts.
$5,000
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Cleveland Festival of Art and Technology Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Ingenuity Festival.
$110,000
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Cleveland Institute of Art
Cleveland, Ohio
President search.
$30,000
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Cleveland International Film Festival Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating and project support.
$40,000
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Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
Bedford, Ohio
Hanna Theatre performances.
$10,000
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Cleveland Modern Dance Association
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$35,000
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Cleveland Municipal School District
Cleveland, Ohio
All-City Arts Program celebration.
$800
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Cleveland Play House
Cleveland, Ohio
Vision 100 project manager.
$50,000
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Cleveland Play House
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$80,000
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Cleveland Public Art, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating and project support.
$95,000
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Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support and DanceWorks support.
$70,000
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Community Partnership for Arts and Culture
Cleveland, Ohio
Collaborative Marketing Database joint campaigns.
$10,000
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Community Partnership for Arts and Culture
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$210,000
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Dobama Theatre Inc.
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Operating support.
$25,000
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Eleanor B. Rainey Memorial Institute, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Neighborhood Arts collaborative curriculum project.
$16,000
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Ensemble Theatre of Cleveland
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Artistic support.
$5,000
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Great Lakes Theater Festival, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Educational programs.
$90,000
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GroundWorks Dancetheater
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Operating support.
$30,000
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ideastream
Cleveland, Ohio
News and public affairs programming.
$250,000
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Karamu House
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$50,000
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League of Historic American Theatres
Baltimore, Maryland
Annual conference in Cleveland.
$2,500
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Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$90,000
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Musical Arts Association The Cleveland Orchestra
Cleveland, Ohio
Development department expansion.
$350,000 over 3 years
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National Public Radio, Inc.
Washington, DC
Midwest news coverage.
$80,000 over 2 years
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Near West Theatre
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$20,000
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Opera Circle Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$15,000
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Opera Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$50,000
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Playhouse Square Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Transitional rent support for local companies.
$75,000
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Poets League of Greater Cleveland, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Exhibition catalogue.
$1,500
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Professional Flair, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
New website.
$15,000
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Sankofa Fine Arts Plus
Cleveland, Ohio
Muralist training workshops.
$2,000
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SPACES
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$55,000
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St. Vincent Quadrangle, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Red Dot project.
$15,000
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The Pew Charitable Trusts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ohio Cultural Data project.
$25,000
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Verb Ballets
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$35,000
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Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Art is Education program.
$125,000
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Zygote Press Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$20,000
Economic Development and Community Revitalization
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City Club of Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Administrative coordinator.
$7,500
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Cleveland Development Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland-to-Pittsburgh Tech Belt Initiative.
$5,000
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Cleveland Housing Network, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Strategic initiatives.
$80,000
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Cleveland Leadership Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$25,000
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Cleveland State University Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Save the Dream event.
$10,000
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East Side Organizing Project, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$20,000
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Economic Growth Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$10,000
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Economic Growth Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$10,000
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Fund for Our Economic Future
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating and program support.
$4,000,000 over 3 years
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Greater Cleveland Media Development Corporation
Cleveland, Ohio
Film production, attraction and coordination.
$45,000
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Kent State University Foundation
Kent, Ohio
Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative publication of Infill Magazine and Re-Imagining Sustainable Cleveland activities.
$75,000
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Neighborhood Progress Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Corporation.
$10,000
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Parkworks, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$100,000
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Policy Matters Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$60,000
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PolicyBridge
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$25,000
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Trinity Cathedral
Cleveland, Ohio
Community programs.
$10,000
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Urban Land Institute
Washington, DC
Cleveland waterfront forum.
$5,000
Education
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America Scores Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Project assessment.
$2,000
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America Scores Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$20,000
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Cleveland Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Portfolio of Excellent Schools strategy.
Up to $881,000
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Cleveland Heights/University Heights City School District
University Heights, Ohio
First Ring Superintendents’ Collaborative.
$100,000
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Cleveland Scholarship Programs, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Scholarship program.
$65,000
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E City
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$25,000
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Economic Growth Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
‘Cleveland Plus’ college student engagement.
$40,000
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Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation Inc.
Brookline, Massachusetts
Cleveland program operating support and Choosing to Participate exhibition.
$50,000
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Friends of E Prep Schools
Cleveland, Ohio
Creation of a Cleveland charter school management organization.
$71,500 over 6 months
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Hathaway Brown School
Shaker Heights, Ohio
Aspire program.
$40,000
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ideastream
Cleveland, Ohio
First Buckeye Robotics Team.
$6,000
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National Council on Teacher Quality
Washington, DC
‘Ohio Teacher Policy Yearbook.’
$50,000 over 2 years
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Ohio Grantmakers Forum
Columbus, Ohio
State education policy initiative.
$70,000
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OneCommunity
Cleveland, Ohio
Program and Technical support for the Cleveland Municipal School District.
$176,000
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United Labor Agency, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio Youth Voices program.
$50,000
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University Circle Incorporated
Cleveland, Ohio
Early Learning Initiative.
$100,000 over 3 years
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Urban School News
Cleveland, Ohio
CATALYST: Ohio Newsmagazine.
$185,000
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Westside Industrial Retention & Expansion Network
Cleveland, Ohio
Planning for Cleveland’s new Max Hayes High School.
$50,000
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Westside Industrial Retention & Expansion Network
Cleveland, Ohio
Planning for Cleveland’s new Max Hayes High School.
$7,500
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Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Princeton, New Jersey
Woodrow Wilson Ohio Teaching Fellowship.
$200,000
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Youth Opportunities Unlimited
Cleveland, Ohio
Program and operating support.
$70,000
Environment
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American Lung Association of Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Cleveland Clean Air Century Campaign.
$40,000
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Baldwin-Wallace College
Berea, Ohio
Regional collegiate consortium on sustainability.
$25,000
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Buckeye Forest Council, Inc.
Columbus, Ohio
Development of protection policies for Ohio’s public forests.
$10,000
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Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
Freshwater consortium business plan development.
$9,225
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Cleveland Botanical Garden
Cleveland, Ohio
Program planning for year-round Green Corps urban youth gardening program.
$30,000
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Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Cleveland, Ohio
Great Lakes Bioneers Cleveland conference.
$10,000
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Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Cleveland, Ohio
Conference participation.
$5,000
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Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Cleveland, Ohio
GreenCityBlueLake Institute.
$50,000
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Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Cleveland, Ohio
Video for Sustainable Cleveland summit.
$7,500
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Cleveland State University Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Center for Energy Policy and Urban Change.
$20,000
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Community Food Security Coalition Inc.
Portland, Oregon
Fresh farm food to school meals initiative.
$25,000
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Cuyahoga River Community Planning Organization
Cleveland, Ohio
Year of the River activities.
$20,000
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Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy
Peninsula, Ohio
Operating support.
$70,000
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Cuyahoga Valley National Park Association
Peninsula, Ohio
Operating support.
$60,000 over 18 months
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Earth Day Coalition
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support and capacity building.
$20,000
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Earthwatch Ohio Inc.
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Operating support.
$25,000
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Entrepreneurs for Sustainability
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$50,000
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Environmental Law & Policy Center of the Midwest
Chicago, lllinois
Midwest high-speed rail network project.
$10,000
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Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities, Inc.
Coral Gables, Florida
Advancing Green and Prosperous Cities for All Conference in Cleveland.
$10,000
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Great Lakes Museum of Science, Environment and Technology
Cleveland, Ohio
Public programming about water issues.
$25,000
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Great Lakes United
Amherst, New York
Great Lakes programs.
$40,000
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Green Energy Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Green energy and green collar jobs for Ohio.
$40,000
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Institute for Conservation Leadership
Takoma Park, Maryland
Managing Hard Times and Beyond distance learning programs.
$6,500
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Institute for Conservation Leadership
Takoma Park, Maryland
Strengthening Ohio Leaders and Organizations initiative.
$65,000
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Lake Erie Junior Nature and Science Center
Bay Village, Ohio
Leadership search.
$10,000
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Land Trust Alliance, Inc.
Washington, DC
Work with Ohio land trusts.
$30,000
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National Clean Cities Inc.
Columbus, Ohio
Sustainable transportation forum at Cleveland State University.
$1,045
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National Clean Cities Inc.
Columbus, Ohio
Development of a sustainable transportation plan for Ohio.
$36,960
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National Wildlife Federation
Reston, Virginia
Environmental policy and constituency-building work in Ohio.
$35,000
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New Agrarian Center
Oberlin, Ohio
Operating support.
$40,000
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North Union Farmers Market
Cleveland, Ohio
Capacity building.
$7,500
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Oberlin College
Oberlin, Ohio
Design of Green Arts District.
$10,000
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Oberlin College
Oberlin, Ohio
Design of Green Arts District.
$75,000
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Ohio City Bicycle Co-Op
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$10,000
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Ohio Environmental Council
Columbus, Ohio
3C passenger rail restoration campaign.
$10,000
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Ohio Environmental Council
Columbus, Ohio
Citizen enforcement of the Clean Water Act in Ohio.
$110,000
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Ohio Environmental Council
Columbus, Ohio
Cleveland diesel pollution reduction campaign.
$50,000
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Ohio Environmental Council
Columbus, Ohio
Operating support.
$50,000
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Ohio Grantmakers Forum
Columbus, Ohio
Imagining a More Sustainable Cleveland program.
$500
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Ohio League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
Columbus, Ohio
Operating support.
$50,000
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Ohio State University Development Fund
Columbus, Ohio
Community Gardening Program.
$42,000
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Ohio State University Development Fund
Columbus, Ohio
Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Food Policy Coalition.
$64,474
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Parkworks, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Building Cleveland by Design.
$215,000
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Rockefeller Family Fund, Inc.
New York, New York
RE-AMP project.
$30,000
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The Sierra Club Foundation
San Francisco, California
Campaign for strong energy efficient building codes.
$50,000
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Trust for Public Land
San Francisco, California
Operating support.
$62,000
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Water Watch of Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Operating support.
$50,000 over 2 years
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West Creek Preservation Committee
Parma, Ohio
Operating support.
$35,000
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WorkingFilms Inc.
Wilmington, North Carolina
Cleveland local foods advocates strategy session.
$1,600
Human Services
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Action Against Crime and Violence Education Fund
Washington, DC
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Ohio office.
$25,000
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Adoption Network Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Adopt Cuyahoga’s Kids initiative.
$75,000
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Advocates for Youth
Washington, DC
Federal advocacy and Future of Sex Education project.
$50,000
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American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc.
New York, New York
Advancing Healthy Sexuality Education initiative.
$30,000
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Care Alliance
Cleveland, Ohio
Street Medical Outreach program expansion.
$40,000 over 2 years
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Center for Families and Children
Cleveland, Ohio
Mental Health Advocacy Coalition.
$25,000
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Center for Families and Children
Cleveland, Ohio
Greater Cleveland Integrated Re-entry Project.
$50,000 over 6 months
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Washington, DC
Operating support.
$125,000
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Cleveland Baseball Federation
Cleveland, Ohio
Program support.
$5,000
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Cleveland Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Analysis of Cleveland’s hunger relief initiative.
$4,000
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Cleveland Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Changing the Odds conference attendance.
$5,500
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Cleveland Municipal School District
Cleveland, Ohio
Responsible Sexual Behavior program.
$40,000
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Cleveland Rape Crisis Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Sexual Assault public policy project.
$50,000 over 2 years
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Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Operating support.
$120,000 over 2 years
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Community Care Network, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Cudell Summer Basketball League.
$9,000
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Community Re-Entry, Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Women’s Re-Entry Network.
$25,000
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Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners
Cleveland, Ohio
Invest in Children.
$300,000
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Family Planning Association of Northeast Ohio, Inc.
Painesville, Ohio
Teen reproductive health clinics.
$50,000 over 2 years
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Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families, Inc.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Building Early Learning Systems in the States initiative.
$100,000
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Health Policy Institute of Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Operating support.
$50,000
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Heights Parent Center
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Operating support.
$10,000
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InterReligious Partners in Action of Greater Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Homeless Stand Down program.
$4,000
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InterReligious Partners in Action of Greater Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$6,000
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Kent State University Foundation
Kent, Ohio
Center for Innovative Practices’ Evidence-Based Practices Academy.
$50,000
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Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry
Cleveland, Ohio
Advocacy staffing.
$25,000
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Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry
Cleveland, Ohio
Men’s emergency homeless shelter volunteer and legal programs.
$35,000
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MDRC
New York, New York
Foundations of Learning study.
$50,000
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Media In The Public Interest, Inc.
Boulder, Colorado
Ohio News Connection.
$5,000
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Merrick House
Cleveland, Ohio
Advocates for Budget Legislation Equality.
$500
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National Women’s Law Center
Washington, DC
Advocacy for policies to improve family economic security.
$40,000
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Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland homeless legal assistance program.
$10,000
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Northern Kentucky Children’s Law Center, Inc.
Covington, Kentucky
Ohio juvenile justice reform initiative.
$100,000
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Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks
Columbus, Ohio
Public policy advocacy and Ohio Benefit Bank.
Up to $125,000
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Ohio Community Action Training Organization
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Anti-Poverty Task Force regional convenings.
$6,000
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Ohio Grantmakers Forum
Columbus, Ohio
Funders’ collaborative to support strategic restructuring among human service organizations in Cuyahoga County.
$50,000
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Ohio Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
Columbus, Ohio
Faith Matters project.
$9,000
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Rutgers University Foundation
Piscataway, New Jersey
ANSWER:Teen-to-Teen Sexuality Education Project.
$30,000
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Shoes and Clothes for Kids Inc.
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$10,000
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The Center for Community Solutions
Cleveland, Ohio
Early childhood and public policy support.
$150,000
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The Center for Community Solutions
Cleveland, Ohio
AIDS Funding Collaborative.
$50,000
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The Center for Community Solutions
Cleveland, Ohio
Consultant support for public policy work.
$6,000
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The Children’s Museum of Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Resource development and capacity building initiatives.
$16,875
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The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Community Advocacy Program and Ohio Medical-Legal Partnership.
$30,000
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The Pew Charitable Trusts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Partnership for America’s Economic Success.
$50,000
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Towards Employment Incorporated
Cleveland, Ohio
Advocacy capacity building.
$35,000
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Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio Inc.
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Consumers for Health Coverage coalition.
$40,000
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Voices for Ohio’s Children
Cleveland, Ohio
Champion for Children award celebration.
$1,000
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Voices for Ohio’s Children
Cleveland, Ohio
Operating support.
$125,000
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Zero To Three – National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
Washington, DC
Zero to Three Policy Center.
$25,000
Special Commitments
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Business Volunteers Unlimited
Cleveland, Ohio
Capacity building services to nonprofits.
$35,000
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Consultative Group on Biological Diversity Inc.
San Francisco, California
Climate and energy funders group.
$5,000
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Council on Foundations, Inc.
Arlington, Virginia
Operating support.
$29,500
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Diocese of Ohio Episcopal Community Services Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Episcopal Community Services.
$20,000
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Foundation Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland office operating support.
$30,000
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Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc.
Columbia, Maryland
Retinal degenerative disease research.
$2,000,000
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Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc.
Columbia, Maryland
Vision Walk Cleveland.
$5,000
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Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities, Inc.
Coral Gables, Florida
Operating support.
$10,000
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Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families, Inc.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Operating support.
$5,000
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Grantmakers for Education
Portland, Oregon
Operating support.
$10,000
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Grantmakers in Health
Washington, DC
Operating support.
$5,000
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Grantmakers in the Arts
Seattle, Washington
Operating support.
$3,000
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Independent Sector
Washington, DC
Operating support.
$12,500
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Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, Inc.
St. Paul, Minnesota
Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network.
$50,000
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National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
Washington, DC
Operating support.
$10,000
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Neighborhood Funders Group, Inc.
Washington, DC
Operating support.
$3,000
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Ohio Grantmakers Forum
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Issues Forum.
$10,000
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Ohio Grantmakers Forum
Columbus, Ohio
Operating support.
$10,500
2009 Grants
$15,375,979 / 200 Grants