In the past, BIPOC faces and voices were noticeably absent in mainstream conversations on environmental issues, even though BIPOC communities are disproportionately affected by climate change realities such as heat waves, droughts, massive flooding, rising sea levels, and land erosion.”

We cannot achieve climate justice without racial justice.

Grantmaking /

Awarded Grants

Arts

Art House, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Transitional programming funds.

$10,000
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$20,000
Brite Cleveland

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Brite Winter Festival 2017.

$25,000
Broadway School of Music and the Arts

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000
Center for Arts-Inspired Learning

Cleveland, Ohio

ArtWorks Summer 2016.

$10,000
Center for Arts-Inspired Learning

Cleveland, Ohio

Resident Artist Program.

$35,000
ChamberFest Cleveland

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Administrative support.

$50,000 over 2 years
CityMusic Cleveland Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland concerts.

$28,500
Cleveland Arts Education Consortium

Cleveland, Ohio

Manager's position support.

$7,500
Cleveland Arts Prize

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Video Documentary Series.

$10,000
Cleveland Chamber Symphony Council Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

NEOSonicFest.

$10,000
Cleveland Classical Guitar Society

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$5,000
Cleveland Festival of Art and Technology Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Ingenuity - Cleveland maker movement study.

$20,000
Cleveland International Film Festival Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating and project support.

$100,000
Cleveland International Film Festival Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Encore presentation: Romeo Is Bleeding.

$5,000
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra

Bedford, Ohio

Operating support.

$22,500
Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Cleveland, Ohio

17th Annual All-City Musical.

$10,000
Cleveland Modern Dance Association

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$35,000
Cleveland Opera Theater

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$25,000
Cleveland Play House

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating and project support.

$100,000
Cleveland Print Room Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000
Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating and DanceWorks 2017 support.

$70,000
Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority

Cleveland, Ohio

Harbor lights.

$10,000
Collective Arts Network

Lakewood, Ohio

Operating support.

$16,000
Community Partnership for Arts and Culture

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$200,000
Dobama Theatre Inc.

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating support.

$25,000
Duffy Liturgical Dance Ensemble

Shaker Heights, Ohio

Harlem Renaissance concert/strategic planning.

$10,000
Encore Chamber Music Institute

Shaker Heights, Ohio

Outreach activities associated with community concerts in Cleveland.

$5,000
FiveOne Music, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Educational capacity building.

$10,000
Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

FRONT International Contemporary Art Festival local curator position.

$120,000 over 2 years
Grantmakers in the Arts

Seattle, Washington

Arts Education Funders Coalition.

$5,000
Great Lakes Theater Festival, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Education department.

$90,000
Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association

Cleveland, Ohio

Literary Cleveland start-up funding.

$10,000
Greater Cleveland Urban Film Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Opening night event at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

$9,000
GroundWorks Dancetheater

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating support & capacity building.

$95,000 over 2 years
Heights Arts Collaborative Inc.

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

At Table: Cleveland Culinaria Exhibition.

$8,000
ideastream

Cleveland, Ohio

Community issues programming.

$500,000 over 2 years
Karamu House

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$56,000
Les Delices

Cleveland, Ohio

Outreach programming.

$7,500
Mamai Theatre Company

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Capacity-building support.

$8,000
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Capacity building for curatorial team.

$60,000 over 2 years
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$90,000
Near West Theatre

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$20,000
Ohio City Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

Brews + Prose.

$5,000
Opera Circle Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Outreach programs and capacity building.

$18,000
Piano International Association of Northern Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Technology enhancement and outreach.

$20,000
Pink Tutu Outreach Company

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000
Playhouse Square Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

In memory of Marjorie Carlson.

$25,000
Playwrights Local 4181 LLC

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating support.

10,000
Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop

Cleveland, Ohio

Praxis art truck and digital weaving lab.

$10,000
Professional Flair, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Dancing Wheels Company operating support.

$20,000
Sculpture Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Marketing consultant.

$4,000
SPACES

Cleveland, Ohio

Project SPACElift: SPACES Moves to Hingetown.

$200,000
SPACES

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$55,000
St. Clair-Superior Development Corporation

Cleveland, Ohio

Upcycle Parts Shop.

$15,000
St. Clair-Superior Development Corporation

Cleveland, Ohio

Negative Space Gallery.

$6,400
Talespinner Children’s Theatre Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Capacity building.

$20,000
The Contemporary Youth Orchestra

Cleveland, Ohio

Transitional support.

$25,000 over 2 years
The Musical Theater Project

Lakewood, Ohio

Strategic planning and capacity-building.

$25,000 over 2 years
Theater Ninjas Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

The Cadre.

$10,000
Tri-C JazzFest

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$25,000
Verb Ballets

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support and organizational capacity building.

$35,000

Economic Development and Community Revitalization

City Club of Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Strategic planning 2017-2018.

$7,000
Cleveland Housing Network, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

2016 Strategic Community Initiatives.

$120,000
Cleveland Leadership Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$100,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Metroparks System

Cleveland, Ohio

United States Coast Guard Station Phase I renovation.

$150,000
Cleveland Restoration Society Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Program and operating support.

$25,000
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Stokes: Reflecting on 50 Years, Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future of Cleveland Initiative.

$75,000
Downtown Cleveland Alliance

Cleveland, Ohio

International Economic Development Council's Annual Conference in Cleveland.

$5,000
Economic Growth Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$5,000
Fund for Our Economic Future

Cleveland, Ohio

Opportunity Corridor learning trip to Milwaukee.

Up to $7,500
Greater Cleveland Congregations

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$70,000 over 2 years
Greater Cleveland Media Development Corporation

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$60,000
Group Plan Commission

Cleveland, Ohio

Public Square security.

$6,000
Hispanic Business Association

Cleveland, Ohio

Commercial District Support Program.

$60,500
Hispanic Roundtable Community Programs

Cleveland, Ohio

Convencion Hispana.

$7,500
International Partners in Mission

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Staffing support.

$10,000
Kent State University Foundation

Kent, Ohio

Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative.

$30,000
LAND studio, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$375,000
LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Pride in the CLE.

$2,500
Neighborhood Progress Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Towards a Renewed Vision for Comprehensive Community Development.

$3,600,000 over 3 years
New Village Corporation

Cleveland, Ohio

Small Deals Historic Tax Credit Financing Pilot.

$10,000
Policy Matters Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$60,000
PolicyBridge

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000
Urban League of Greater Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Audit.

$10,000
Venture for America Inc.

New York, New York

Venture for America Cleveland.

$20,000
Western Reserve Land Conservancy

Novelty, Ohio

Thriving Communities Institute.

$50,000

Education

Bard College

Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

Bard High School Early College Cleveland.

$124,000
City Year Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts

City Year Cleveland.

$50,000
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Metropolitan School District Excellence in Teaching Award.

$100,000
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Portfolio of Excellent Schools Initiative.

$250,000
Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Cleveland, Ohio

New school start-up and support: Opportunity by Design initiative.

$1,000,000 over 3 years
Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Cleveland, Ohio

New school startup and support.

$1,090,000
Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Cleveland, Ohio

Learn, Protect, Stay: Collaborative Strategy and Outcomes Workshop.

$10,000
Cleveland Transformation Alliance

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$175,000
Cleveland Transformation Alliance

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$350,000 over 2 years
College Now Greater Cleveland, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

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

$200,000
College Now Greater Cleveland, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Higher Education Compact of Greater Cleveland.

$75,000
Economic Growth Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Polling on Cleveland's education issues.

$10,000
Economic Growth Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Polling on Cleveland education issues.

$10,000
Esperanza Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$100,000 over 2 years
Facing History and Ourselves Inc.

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Northeast Ohio Schools Network.

$30,000
Montessori Development Partnerships

Burton, Ohio

Stonebrook Montessori school start-up support.

$100,000
Philanthropy Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Ohio Education Policy Initiative.

$50,000
PRE4CLE

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$300,000
Progress with Chess Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Metropolitan School District chess program.

$10,000
Teach For America Inc.

New York, New York

Teach For America-Cleveland.

$250,000
Thomas B. Fordham Institute

Washington, DC

Ohio Standard Coalition 2016.

$10,000

Environment

1% for the Planet Inc.

Waitsfield, Vermont

Operating support.

$50,000
Alaska Conservation Foundation

Anchorage, Alaska

Operating support.

$50,000 over 2 years
Clean Fuels Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$90,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Cleveland, Ohio

Sustainable Cleveland's Year of Sustainable Transportation.

$10,000
Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Cleveland, Ohio

Centennial Campaign.

$2,000,000 over 5 years
Cleveland Water Alliance

Cleveland, Ohio

Erie Hack.

$150,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Water Alliance

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$75,000
Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Peninsula, Ohio

New visitor center for Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

$250,000 over 2 years
Consultative Group on Biological Diversity Inc.

San Francisco, California

Climate and Energy Funders Group.

$5,000
Energy Foundation

San Francisco, California

Ohio Key States Initiative.

$450,000
Environmental and Energy Study Institute

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$150,000 over 2 years
Environmental Grantmakers Association

New York, New York

Operating support.

$10,000
Environmental Grantmakers Association

New York, New York

2016 Winter Briefing.

$5,000
FracTracker Ohio

Alliance, Ohio

Operating support.

$150,000 over 2 years
Fresh Energy

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Midwest Energy News.

$40,000
Fund for Our Economic Future

Cleveland, Ohio

Business leadership for statewide public transportation funding.

$70,000
Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities, Inc.

Coral Gables, Florida

Annual conference.

$3,000
Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund Inc.

Petosky, Michigan

Western Lake Erie Collective Asset Mapping and Assessment project.

$10,000
Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund Inc.

Petosky, Michigan

Lake Erie Campaign.

$50,000
Greater Ohio Policy Center Inc.

Columbus, Ohio

Transportation policy reform.

$10,000 over 2 years
Healthy Schools Network, Inc.

Albany, New York

Environmental Health at School conference.

$3,000
In Our Backyards Inc.

Brooklyn, New York

Operating support for the Cleveland office.

$60,000
Lake Erie Junior Nature and Science Center

Bay Village, Ohio

Climate literacy principles.

$10,000
National Caucus of Environmental Legislators

Washington, DC

Great Lakes/Midwest Regional Environmental Legislators Project.

$25,000
National Wildlife Federation

Reston, Virginia

Annual Great Lakes Restoration conference.

$10,000
National Wildlife Federation

Reston, Virginia

Great Lakes Natural Resource Center operating support.

$200,000 over 2 years
Neighborhood Progress Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Climate Action Fund: Actualizing Climate Mitigation, Resiliency and Urban Opportunity.

$40,000
North Union Farmers Market

Cleveland, Ohio

A Time to Grow conference.

$3,000
Oberlin College

Oberlin, Ohio

Oberlin Food Hub.

$100,000
Oberlin College

Oberlin, Ohio

Next Economy conference.

$7,500
Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund

Cincinnati, Ohio

Strategic planning.

$10,000
Ohio Environmental Council

Columbus, Ohio

Ohio Clinicians for Climate Action.

$100,000
Ohio Environmental Council

Columbus, Ohio

Public Mobilization for the Environment and operating support.

$325,000
Smart Growth America

Washington, DC

Ohio Transportation Leadership Academy.

$55,000
The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes

Cleveland, Ohio

50th Anniversary Commemoration.

$25,000
The Regents of the University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Great Lakes Climate Adaptation Network scoping meeting.

$5,080
West Creek Preservation Committee

Parma, Ohio

Central Lake Erie Basin Collaborative Implementation Project.

$120,000 over 2 years
Western Reserve RC&D, Inc.

Painesville, Ohio

GLISTEN Summer Youth Employment Program Environment Cohort.

$7,500
Wind Energy Foundation

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$10,000

Human Services

Adoption Network Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$200,000 over 2 years
Advocates for Youth

Washington, DC

Promote young people's access to comprehensive sexuality education.

$50,000
American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Reforming a Broken System: A Proposal to Modernize Bail in Ohio.

$10,000
Baldwin Wallace University

Berea, Ohio

Health Careers Exploration Week.

$1,400
Care Alliance

Cleveland, Ohio

President and CEO search.

$10,000
Catholic Charities Corporation

Cleveland, Ohio

Friend of the Court and Unaccompanied Minors Pro Bono Programs.

$50,000
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Sexual assault public policy project.

$80,000 over 2 years
Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Ohio Housing Trust Fund Education Campaign.

$10,000
Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

OhioVotes.

$10,000
Coalition on Human Needs

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$90,000 over 2 years
Community Catalyst, Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts

Technical assistance to UHCAN Ohio and Ohio coalition partners.

$100,000 over 2 years
Community Legal Aid Services, Inc.

Akron, Ohio

Health Education Advocacy and Law Project.

$26,557
Council for a Strong America

Washington, DC

Ohio office operating support.

$65,000
Early Childhood Funders Collaborative

Annual dues.

$7,500
EDWINS Leadership and Restaurant Institute

Cleveland, Ohio

Reentry Business Summit.

$4,000
Effective Leadership Academy

Beachwood, Ohio

Camp scholarships.

$7,500
Equality Ohio Education Fund

Columbus, Ohio

Engagement with Republican National Convention.

$5,000
Family Planning Association of Northeast Ohio, Inc.

Painesville, Ohio

Operating support.

$70,000 over 2 years
Far West Center

Westlake, Ohio

Electronic medical record implementation.

$33,250
Front Steps Housing and Services

Cleveland, Ohio

Life Skills Management for Chronically Homeless with a Persistent Mental Illness program.

$10,000
Futuro Media Group

New York, New York

Operating support.

$10,000
Girl Scouts of North East Ohio

Macedonia, Ohio

Camp scholarships.

$10,000
Grantmakers in Health

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$5,000
Healthy Fathering Collaborative

Cleveland, Ohio

Baby Elmo Re-entry Program.

$40,000
Hiram House

Chagrin Falls, Ohio

Camperships program.

$5,000
Inner City Tennis Clinics Incorporated

Painesville, Ohio

Operating support.

$7,500
Joseph’s Home

Cleveland, OH

Operating support.

$10,000
Juvenile Justice Coalition

Bath, Ohio

Operating support.

Up to $80,000
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support for the Office of Advocacy.

$30,000
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry

Cleveland, Ohio

Volunteer program at Men's Homeless Shelter.

$37,500
Media In The Public Interest, Inc.

Boulder, Colorado

Ohio News Connection.

$35,000
Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coalition

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000
Metanoia Project Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$20,000
MetroHealth Foundation, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Nurse-Family Partnership Program.

$100,000 over 2 years
MobileMed1, Inc.

Shaker Heights, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000
MobileMed1, Inc.

Shaker Heights, Ohio

Restorative dental services.

$10,000
NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$100,000 over 2 years
Near West Side Multi Service Corporation

Cleveland, Ohio

Health insurance access initiatives and accreditation expansion.

$29,600
Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence

Cleveland, Ohio

Public policy advocacy.

$25,000
Ohio Campus Compact

Granville, Ohio

Campus voter education and engagement.

$10,000
Ohio Campus Compact

Granville, Ohio

Campus voter education and engagement.

$10,000
Ohio Justice and Policy Center

Cincinnati, Ohio

Smarter Justice, Fewer Prisoners initiative.

$110,000 over 2 years
Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation

Columbus, Ohio

Welcome Ohio - Phase 1.

$5,000
Ohio Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$70,000 over 2 years
Ohio State Legal Services Association

Columbus, Ohio

Protecting the Medicaid rights of low-income Ohioans.

$80,000 over 2 years
Open Doors Inc.

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Summer camp enrichment programs for at-risk youth.

$5,000
Philanthropy Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Health Initiative.

$39,000
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Security upgrades in Cuyahoga County.

$10,000
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$75,000
Policy Matters Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

State fiscal project.

$30,000
PRE4CLE

Cleveland, Ohio

High Quality Pre-Kindergarten Fund.

$1,000,000 over 2 years
Rockefeller Family Fund, Inc.

New York, New York

Ohio Juvenile Justice Reform Campaign.

Up to $100,000
Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Central Promise Neighborhood implementation.

$55,000
The Center for Community Solutions

Cleveland, Ohio

Collaboration for Comprehensive School Aged Health, Ohio Youth Leadership Council and AIDS Funding Collaborative.

$112,000
The Center for Community Solutions

Cleveland, Ohio

State and County Fiscal and Human Services Analysis Project.

$160,000 over 2 years
The Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Syringe Exchange Program and business model transition.

$120,000 over 2 years
The Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Violence: Its Causes, Consequences and Cures.

$2,500
Third Sector Capital Partners, Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts

Cuyahoga Partnering for Family Success program.

$65,000 over 2 years
Towards Employment Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

Implementation of policy and systems change agenda.

$50,000
United Labor Agency, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Northern Ohioans for Budget Legislation Equality (NOBLE).

$75,000 over 2 years
West Side Catholic Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Drop-In Resource Center.

$60,000 over 2 years
Young Men’s Christian Association of Cleveland Ohio, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Y-Haven short-term operating support.

$40,000

Special Commitments

Alliance for Justice

Washington, DC

Bolder Advocacy Initiative.

$150,000 over 2 years
Business Volunteers Unlimited

Cleveland, Ohio

Service to nonprofits.

$35,000
Council on Foundations, Inc.

Arlington, Virginia

Operating support.

$21,600
Episcopal Diocese of Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Episcopal community services.

$20,000
Foundation Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support and planning study.

$43,500
Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc.

Columbia, Maryland

Retinal degenerative disease research.

$2,000,000
Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc.

Columbia, Maryland

VisionWalk.

$5,000
Independent Sector

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$12,500
Mission Investors Exchange Inc.

Seattle, Washington

Operating support.

$10,000
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$10,000
Nonprofit VOTE Inc.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Operating support.

$75,000
Philanthropy Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

2016 Learning Tour.

$3,000

$22,549,387 / 221 Grants