Awarded Grants

Apollo’s Fire The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Administrative capacity building.

$20,000 over 2 years

Art House, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Studio2Go.

$10,000

Arts Collinwood Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000

Broadway School of Music and the Arts

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

10000

Building Bridges Murals, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Forsythia project.

3000

ChamberFest Cleveland

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Start-up support.

$20,000

CityMusic Cleveland Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland performances and outreach.

$35,000

Cleveland Arts Education Consortium

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000

Cleveland Chamber Symphony Council Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

NEOSonicFest - A New Music Festival.

$10,000

Cleveland Classical Guitar Society

Cleveland, Ohio

Marketing.

$3,000

Cleveland Festival of Art and Technology Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$75,000

Cleveland Institute of Art

Cleveland, Ohio

Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop in Waterloo Arts District.

$10,000

Cleveland Institute of Art

Cleveland, Ohio

Cinematheque endowment in memory of George Gund III.

$100,000

Cleveland International Film Festival Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Endowment of annual George Gund III Memorial Central and Eastern European Film Competition.

250000

Cleveland International Film Festival Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Festival opening night in memory of George Gund III.

55000

Cleveland International Film Festival Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support and festival enhancements.

$100,000

Cleveland Jazz Orchestra

Bedford, Ohio

Hanna Theatre concerts and development plan implementation.

$60,000 over 2 years

Cleveland Modern Dance Association

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$45,000

Cleveland Music School Settlement

Cleveland, Ohio

New website.

35000

Cleveland Play House

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support and apprenticeship program.

$110,000

Cleveland Pops Orchestra

Beachwood, Ohio

New website.

$20,000

Cleveland Pops Orchestra

Beachwood, Ohio

New website.

$20,000

Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support and Danceworks.

$80,000

Cleveland West Art League Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Strategic planning.

$8,500

Community Partnership for Arts and Culture

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$210,000

Cultural Data Project

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ohio Cultural Data Project.

25,000

Dobama Theatre Inc.

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating support.

$25,000

Eleanor B. Rainey Memorial Institute, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

El Sistema@Rainey.

$30,000

Gordon Square Arts District

Cleveland, Ohio

Capital campaign.

$800,000

Grantmakers in the Arts

Seattle, Washington

Operating support.

$3,000

Grantmakers in the Arts

Seattle, Washington

Arts Education Funders Coalition.

$5,000

Great Lakes Theater Festival, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Education department.

$90,000

GroundWorks Dancetheater

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating support.

38000

Heights Arts Collaborative Inc.

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Working Artist Membership Program.

$9,500

Inlet Dance Theatre

Cleveland, Ohio

Strategic planning.

$9,250

Karamu House

Cleveland, Ohio

Theater support.

$50,000

LAND studio, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

AHA! Festival of Lights.

$100,000

National Public Radio, Inc.

Washington, DC

Midwest news coverage.

$100,000 over 2 years

Near West Theatre

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

20000

Northern Ohio Children’s Performing Music Foundation, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Technology upgrades.

$10,000

Ohio City Near West Development Corporation

Cleveland, Ohio

Ohio City Writers.

20000

Ohio City Near West Development Corporation

Cleveland, Ohio

Literary Lots.

$5,000

Opera Circle Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

Up to $20,000

Playhouse Square Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Fresh Water Cleveland arts coverage.

10000

Professional Flair, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Rock that Rolls project.

$10,000

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Strategic planning.

$40,000

Sculpture Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Exhibition and marketing support.

$8,800

SPACES

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Performances Art Festival.

$10,000

SPACES

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support and director search.

$60,000

St. Clair-Superior Development Corporation

Cleveland, Ohio

Night Market CLE.

$20,000

The Musical Arts Association

Cleveland, Ohio

Sound for the Centennial Campaign.

3000000 over 6 years

Theater Ninjas Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Administrative and artistic support.

$8,000

Verb Ballets

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating and project support.

$38,000

Western Reserve Historical Society

Cleveland, Ohio

Public needs assessment.

$30,000

Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Summer Artworks program.

10000

Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Summer ArtWorks program.

$10,000

Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Art is Education initiative.

Up to $70,000

Zygote Press Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support and Zygote Press Annex in Waterloo Arts District.

$55,000

AIA Foundation

Washington, DC

Remaking Cities Congress.

$10,000

American Planning Association

Columbus, Ohio

Ohio Planning Conference.

$3,500

Cleveland Housing Network, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Housing stabilization and community development initiatives.

$100,000

Cleveland Leadership Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Civic Leadership Institute scholarships.

$3,150

Cleveland Leadership Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$40,000

Cleveland Restoration Society Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

20000

Cleveland State University Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Public Sphere Pedagogy planning.

$10,000

Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Former Congressman Louis Stokes memoirs.

$10,000

Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization

Cleveland, Ohio

Shoreway shutdown support.

$2,000

Downtown Cleveland Alliance

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

Up to 250000

Downtown Cleveland Alliance

Cleveland, Ohio

Next City Vanguard Conference.

$3,750

Economic Growth Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$5,000

Global Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000

Greater Cleveland Congregations

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$40,000

Greater Cleveland Media Development Corporation

Cleveland, Ohio

Film production, attraction and coordination.

$60,000

Greater Cleveland Media Development Corporation

Cleveland, Ohio

Economic impact analysis of filmmaking in Greater Cleveland.

$7,500

Greater Cleveland Media Development Corporation

Cleveland, Ohio

Economic impact analysis of filmmaking in Greater Cleveland.

$7,500

Greater Cleveland Sports Commission

Cleveland, Ohio

National Senior Games community programs.

40000

Hispanic Roundtable Community Programs

Cleveland, Ohio

Convencion Hispana.

$7,500

Kent State University Foundation

Kent, Ohio

Design-Build Studio.

$30,000

LAND studio, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Fresh Water Cleveland collaborative.

10000

LAND studio, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$350,000

Near West Theatre

Cleveland, Ohio

Capital expenses.

$25,000

Neighborhood Progress Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support and strategic plan implementation.

3750000 over 3 years

Policy Matters Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$60,000

PolicyBridge

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000

Presidents’ Council Foundation Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Public Square New Year's Eve celebration.

$10,000

Presidents’ Council Foundation Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Evaluation of Emerging Entrepreneurs Program.

$16,000

Project For Public Spaces

New York, New York

Placemaking Leadership Council.

$10,000

Trinity Cathedral

Cleveland, Ohio

Trinity Commons operations.

25000

University Circle Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

Fresh Water partnership.

$10,000

University Circle Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

21st Century University Circle Action Planning Process.

$100,000

University Circle Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

Pedicabs.

$3,656

University Circle Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

TEDxCLE.

$7,800

Village Capital Corporation

Cleveland, Ohio

Match for U.S. Treasury Community Development Financial Institution grant.

$10,000

Young Men’s Christian Association of Cleveland Ohio, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

New downtown facility.

$400,000 over 2 years

Berea Children’s Home

Berea, Ohio

Stepstone Academy.

$100,000

City Year Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts

City Year Cleveland.

40000

Cleveland Development Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Transformation Alliance.

$175,000

Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Weighted student funding model development for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.

250000 over 2 years

Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Transformation Alliance.

75000

Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Higher Education Compact of Greater Cleveland.

$65,000

Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Portfolio of Excellent Schools Initiative.

$917,000

Cleveland Municipal School District

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Plan support and capacity building.

229750

College Now Greater Cleveland, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

College access and advising services and scholarships for Cleveland Metropolitan School District students.

$150,000

Esperanza Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

Program support.

$50,000

Friends of Breakthrough Schools

Cleveland, Ohio

Breakthrough Charter Schools growth plan.

$300,000

Friends of the Cleveland School of the Arts

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland School of the Arts redesign.

75000

Grantmakers for Education

Portland, Oregon

Operating support.

$10,000 over 2 years

Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Program support.

$125,000

Mass Insight Education and Research Institute Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts

Creation of Cleveland Metropolitan School District Partnership Zone.

250000 over 2 years

Ohio Grantmakers Forum

Columbus, Ohio

Ohio Education Policy Initiative.

$50,000

Progress with Chess Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Metropolitan School District program.

$10,000

Teach For America Inc.

New York, New York

Teach for America - Cleveland.

$390,000

That Can Be Me Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Books@work project.

$5,000

Youth Opportunities Unlimited

Cleveland, Ohio

Program and operating support.

$85,000

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Chicago, Illinois

Operating support.

100000 over 2 years

Beyond Pesticides

Washington, DC

Safe Lawn, Landscapes and Public Spaces Campaign.

$50,000

Bike Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$200,000 over 2 years

Clean Fuels Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

35000

Cleveland Metroparks System

Cleveland, Ohio

Economic benefits analysis.

$10,000

Consultative Group on Biological Diversity Inc.

San Francisco, California

Climate and Energy Funders Group.

$5,000

Council of Michigan Foundations, Inc.

Grand Haven, Michigan

Great Lakes Funder Collaborative.

10000

Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy

Peninsula, Ohio

Consulting program.

$10,000

Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy

Peninsula, Ohio

Operating support.

180000 over 2 years

Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Fracking symposium.

$5,000

Energy Foundation

San Francisco, California

Ohio Clean Energy Initiative.

$350,000

Environmental Grantmakers Association

New York, New York

Operating support.

7000

Environmental Law & Policy Center of the Midwest

Chicago, lllinois

Ohio Clean Energy Initiative.

$200,000 over 2 years

Franklin County Historical Society

Columbus, Ohio

Advanced Energy Economy Ohio Institute start-up support.

50000

Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities, Inc.

Coral Gables, Florida

Operating support.

$50,000 over 2 years

Great Lakes Museum of Science, Environment and Technology

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Water Alliance.

$100,000

Great Lakes Museum of Science, Environment and Technology

Cleveland, Ohio

LakeStat Initiative.

$5,526

Great Lakes United

Amherst, New York

Operating support.

30000

Greater Ohio Policy Center Inc.

Columbus, Ohio

Work with Ohio's Metropolitan Planning Organizations.

$35,000

Health Care Without Harm

Reston, Virginia

Ohio Healthier Hospitals and Climate Leadership project.

$10,000

Institute for Conservation Leadership

Takoma Park, Maryland

Strengthening Ohio Leaders and Organizations program.

$185,000 over 2 years

Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

MAGNET-ME3 program.

$9,000

National Caucus of Environmental Legislators

Washington, DC

Great Lakes Network.

$25,000

Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

New York, New York

Community Fracking Defense Project work in Ohio.

30000

Nature Conservancy

Arlington, Virginia

Public policy work to support conservation.

150000 over 2 years

New Agrarian Center

Oberlin, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000

North Union Farmers Market

Cleveland, Ohio

A Time to Grow conference.

3500

Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund

Cincinnati, Ohio

Fracking project.

$35,000

Ohio Council of Churches Foundation

Columbus, Ohio

Ohio Interfaith Power and Light community organizing.

$10,000

Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association

Columbus, Ohio

Public policy work.

$141,813 over 2 years

Ohio Environmental Council

Columbus, Ohio

Ohio Energy Advocates.

$10,000

Ohio Environmental Council

Columbus, Ohio

Law Clinic and Clean Energy Team.

$75,000

Rails to Trails Conservancy

Washington, DC

Cleveland/Detroit reciprocal greenways and trails visit.

$5,000

SAW, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Crops food processing project.

Up to $400,000 over 2 years

Shaker Lakes Regional Nature Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Facilities master plan.

$10,000

The Ohio Organizing Collaborative

Columbus, Ohio

Community organizing on fracking-related issues.

$100,000

The Ohio State University Foundation

Columbus, Ohio

Farm-to-school programs.

166486 over 2 years

The Sierra Club Foundation

San Francisco, California

Ohio chapter operating support.

$35,000

Trust for Public Land

San Francisco, California

Connecting Cleveland Campaign.

$2,000,000 over 2 years

Virginia Organizing, Inc.

Charlottesville, Virginia

Hydrofracking Funders Working Group.

$10,000

Water Watch of Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Operating support.

$50,000 over 2 years

West Creek Preservation Committee

Parma, Ohio

Operating support.

$60,000

Advocates for Youth

Washington, DC

Promotion of science-based comprehensive sexuality education.

84000

Catholic Charities Health & Human Services

Cleveland, Ohio

Immigration legal services for juveniles.

$25,000

Center for Families and Children

Cleveland, Ohio

Mental Health and Addiction Advocacy Coalition.

$30,000

Center for Law and Social Policy

Washington, DC

Public policy work on economic security for children and families.

160000 over 2 years

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Washington, DC

State budget analysis and advocacy.

50000

Cleveland Rape Crisis Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Sexual Assault Public Policy Project.

$40,000

Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Voting rights education and advocacy.

$10,000

Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Housing policy initiatives.

$140,000 over 2 years

Coalition on Human Needs

Washington, DC

Operating support.

90000 over 2 years

Community Care Network, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Cudell Girls Summer Basketball League.

$9,000

Community Care Network, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Cudell Boys Summer Basketball League.

$9,000

Community Catalyst, Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts

Technical assistance on Ohio Affordable Care Act implementation.

$100,000 over 2 years

Community Re-Entry, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Development and integration of trauma-informed care model for Women's Re-Entry Network.

$60,000 over 2 years

Community Service Alliance

Cleveland, Ohio

Transitional housing services.

$6,000

Council for a Strong America

Washington, DC

Ohio office operating support.

60000

County of Cuyahoga

Cleveland, Ohio

Cuyahoga County human services survey.

$10,000

Cuyahoga Health Access Partnership

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

25000

Early Childhood Funders Collaborative

Federal Philanthropic Fund.

Up to $75,000

Enterprise Community Partners Inc.

Columbia, Maryland

Housing First health care integration.

$30,000

Family Planning Services of Lorain County

Elyria, Ohio

Operating support.

50000 over 2 years

Flying Horse Farms

Columbus, Ohio

Camp programs.

$10,000

Hands On Northeast Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Homeless Stand Down.

$5,000

Health Policy Institute of Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Ohio Medicaid expansion study.

$10,000

Health Policy Institute of Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$200,000 over 2 years

HELP Foundation, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Summer program.

$10,000

Lake County Free Clinic

Painesville, Ohio

Board training and strategic planning and implementation.

$9,800

Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry

Cleveland, Ohio

Public policy initiatives.

$30,000

Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry

Cleveland, Ohio

2100 Lakeside Men's Shelter volunteer program.

$37,500

MDRC

New York, New York

Social innovation financing consultation and analysis.

50000

Metanoia Project Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$20,000

NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Freedom of Choice Cleveland Coalition's annual Roe v. Wade commemoration event.

3060

Near West Side Multi Service Corporation

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support and health and wellness initiative.

30000

Neighborhood Health Care Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

Communications and outreach related to Affordable Care Act implementation.

35000

New Profit, Inc.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cuyahoga County social innovation financing /Pay For Success initiative.

100000

Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000

Northern Kentucky Children’s Law Center, Inc.

Covington, Kentucky

Ohio Juvenile Justice Reform Initiative.

$100,000

Northern Kentucky Children’s Law Center, Inc.

Covington, Kentucky

Juvenile justice consultant.

3400

Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Legal services.

$31,329

Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000

Ohio Campus Compact

Granville, Ohio

Voter education and engagement.

$10,000

Ohio Domestic Violence Network

Columbus, Ohio

Affordable Care Act implementation work.

$10,000

Ohio Grantmakers Forum

Columbus, Ohio

Health funders initiative on health care policy.

30000

Ohio State Legal Services Association

Columbus, Ohio

Advocacy on health care reform.

80000 over 2 years

Open Doors Inc.

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Enrichment programs for middle and high school students.

$5,000

Planned Parenthood of Northeast Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio Health Access Fund.

75000

Preterm Cleveland, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

51000 over 2 years

Public Children Services Association of Ohio, Inc.

Columbus, Ohio

Child behavioral health initiatives.

$10,000

Public Children Services Association of Ohio, Inc.

Columbus, Ohio

Advocates for Ohio's Future operating support.

$100,000 over 2 years

Public Children Services Association of Ohio, Inc.

Columbus, Ohio

Medicaid expansion amicus brief.

$5,000

Riverdale Neighborhood House, Inc.

Bronx, New York

Operating support.

$10,000

Rutgers University Foundation

Piscataway, New Jersey

Operating support and Cuyahoga County training.

75000 over 2 years

Shoes and Clothes for Kids Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

7500

St. Malachi Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Homeless services.

$10,000

The Center for Community Solutions

Cleveland, Ohio

Collaborative for Comprehensive School-Age Health.

$10,000

The Center for Community Solutions

Cleveland, Ohio

AIDS Funding Collaborative.

$70,000

The President and Directors of Georgetown College

Washington, DC

HIV Health Care Transitions Initiative.

80000 over 2 years

The Refugee Response

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$45,000

Towards Employment Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

Public policy advocacy.

$60,000

United Way of Greater Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio

Ohio Partnership to Build Stronger Families.

$10,000

United Way of Greater Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio

Ohio Partnership to Build Stronger Families.

$25,000

Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio Inc.

Columbus, Ohio

Affordable Care Act implementation in Ohio.

$75,000

Business Volunteers Unlimited

Cleveland, Ohio

Services to nonprofits.

$35,000

Cleveland Social Venture Partners

Cleveland, Ohio

bigBANG! conference.

$2,500

Cleveland Social Venture Partners

Cleveland, Ohio

bigBANG! conference.

5000

Council on Foundations, Inc.

Arlington, Virginia

Operating support.

$39,500

Diocese of Ohio Episcopal Community Services Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Episcopal community services.

$20,000

Foundation Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000

Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc.

Columbia, Maryland

VisionWalk.

5000

Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc.

Columbia, Maryland

Retinal degenerative disease research.

$2,000,000

Grants Managers Network, Inc.

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$2,000

Independent Sector

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$12,500

Media In The Public Interest, Inc.

Boulder, Colorado

Ohio News Connection, video production and media training.

$23,400

Ohio Grantmakers Forum

Columbus, Ohio

Annual conference.

$10,000

Ohio Grantmakers Forum

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

11975

Philanthropy Northwest

Seattle, Washington

Mission Investors Exchange.

5000

Philanthropy Northwest

Seattle, Washington

Mission Investors Exchange.

$5,000

Summer on the Cuyahoga

Bay Village, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000

The Center for Effective Philanthropy

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Grantee Perception Report.

26200