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Grantmaking /

Awarded Grants

Arts

Americans for the Arts Inc.

Washington, DC

Arts & Culture Leaders of Color Fellowship in Cleveland.

$25,000
Apollo’s Fire The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Community Access Initiative.

$17,500
Aradhana Committee

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival.

$10,000
Arts Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Research on public funding for arts and culture.

$25,000
Arts Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Structural partnership consultant.

$25,000
Beck Center for the Arts

Lakewood, Ohio

Energy efficient stage lighting replacement.

$40,000 over 2 years
BorderLight International Festival of Theatre Cleveland Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Borderlight: Cleveland Collaborations.

$100,000
Broadway School of Music and the Arts

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000 over 2 years
Center for Arts-Inspired Learning

Cleveland, Ohio

UC3 program in University Circle.

$35,000
ChamberFest Cleveland

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000 over 2 years
CityMusic Cleveland Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$28,500
Cleveland Arts Education Consortium

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$8,000
Cleveland Ballet

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$20,000
Cleveland Chamber Symphony Council Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000
Cleveland Chamber Symphony Council Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

NEOSonicFest.

$7,500
Cleveland Classical Guitar Society

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$15,400
Cleveland Festival of Art and Technology Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000
Cleveland Institute of Music

Cleveland, Ohio

Musical Pathway Fellowship and Sphinx Organization Partnership.

$150,000 over 3 years
Cleveland International Film Festival Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating and project support.

$100,000
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra

Bedford, Ohio

Operating support.

$20,000
Cleveland Modern Dance Association

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$75,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Opera Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Play House

Cleveland, Ohio

Access CPH.

$110,000
Cleveland Pops Orchestra

Beachwood, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Print Room Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$45,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Public Library Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

A Tribute to Cleveland.

$50,000
Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support, Station Hope, Danceworks programs and cultural planning process.

$220,000 over 2 years
Collective Arts Network

Lakewood, Ohio

Operating support.

$20,000
Community Partnership for Arts and Culture

Cleveland, Ohio

Dance/USA Conference in Cleveland.

$10,000
Community Partnership for Arts and Culture

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$200,000
The Contemporary Youth Orchestra

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$25,000 over 2 years
convergence-continuum

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000
Dobama Theatre Inc.

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000
Duffy Liturgical Dance Ensemble

Shaker Heights, Ohio

"The Spiritual and Social Justice".

$5,000
Foluke Cultural Arts Center Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$15,000
Front Exhibition Company

Cleveland, Ohio

Fellow at Cleveland Public Library and supporting programs.

$150,000 over 2 years
Front Exhibition Company

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000
Great Lakes Theater Festival, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Education department.

$95,000
Greater Cleveland Urban Film Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Opening night event.

$10,000
GroundWorks Dancetheater

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating support and feasibility study.

$56,500
Heights Arts Collaborative Inc.

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Project funding.

$15,000 over 2 years
ideastream

Cleveland, Ohio

Ohio radio and digital news collaborative.

$70,000
Inlet Dance Theatre

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$60,000 over 2 years
Joyful Noise Neighborhood Music School

Cleveland, Ohio

Marketing campaign.

$4,500
Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Bomba Celebration and operating support.

$25,000
Lake City Fuse

Shaker Heights, Ohio

Underground Classical Concert Series.

$4,000
LAND studio, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Riverview Community Center improvements.

$10,000
LatinUs Theater Experience Company

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000
Literary Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$25,000
Maelstrom Collaborative Arts

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000 over 2 years
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$90,000
National Public Radio, Inc.

Washington, DC

Midwest news coverage.

$100,000 over 2 years
Near West Theatre

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$60,000 over 2 years
Ohio City Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

Central Concern Project.

$2,500
Open Tone Music LLC

Cleveland, Ohio

Caribbean Arts Camp.

$10,000 over 2 years
Piano International Association of Northern Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

PianoKids community outreach programming.

$15,000
Playhouse Square Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Theater Archives project - Phase Two.

$30,000
Playwrights Local 4181 LLC

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000
Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating and project support.

$30,000 over 2 years
Professional Flair, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000
Rainey Institute

Cleveland, Ohio

Imagining a Digital Arts Classroom.

$10,000
Roots of American Music Inc.

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Capacity building.

$15,000
Sculpture Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000 over 2 years
SMU DataArts

Operating support.

$16,000
SPACES

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$115,000
Studio in a School Association

New York, New York

Arts intern program.

$100,000 over 2 years
Tri-C JazzFest

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000 over 2 years
Union Miles Development Corp.

Cleveland, Ohio

Narratives Mural Project.

$15,000
Verb Ballets

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$70,000 over 2 years
Waterloo Arts

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$15,000
Zygote Press Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$75,000 over 2 years

Economic Development and Community Revitalization

American Planning Association

Columbus, Ohio

Ohio Planning Conference.

$3,500
CGLR Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Great Lakes Economic Forum.

$10,000
CHN Housing Partners

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$120,000
City Club of Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Comprehensive Capacity Campaign.

$270,000 over 3 years
City Club of Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Ohio Debate Commission.

$10,000
Cleveland Leadership Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$1,000
Cleveland Restoration Society Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$25,000
Economic and Community Development Institute, Inc.

Columbus, Ohio

Set Up Shop.

$50,000
EDWINS Leadership and Restaurant Institute

Cleveland, Ohio

Culinary Career Pathway Program.

$50,000
Enterprise Community Partners Inc.

Columbia, Maryland

Policy portfolio.

$45,000
Fund for Our Economic Future

Cleveland, Ohio

Central Kitchen.

$75,000
Global Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000
Greater Cleveland Media Development Corporation

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$60,000
HFLA of Northeast Ohio

Beachwood, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000
Historic Warehouse District Development Corporation of Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Lighthouse Park.

$10,000
Neighborhood Progress Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Collinwood Planning Process.

$10,000
Neighborhood Progress Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Comprehensive community development in Cleveland.

$3,600,000 over 3 years
North Coast Community Homes Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Zero Threshold initiative.

$5,000
Ohio Aerospace Institute

Cleveland, Ohio

Aerozone Alliance Public Private Partnership.

$25,000
Policy Matters Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$65,000
Smart Development Inc.

Lakewood, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000
Spirit of Cleveland, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Rising Summit.

$10,000
University Circle Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

Sustainable Community Action Plan.

$75,000
Venture for America Inc.

New York, New York

Venture for America Cleveland.

$25,000
Western Reserve Land Conservancy

Novelty, Ohio

Thriving Communities Institute.

$50,000

Education

Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

East Technical High School Digital Arts Suite.

$50,000
City Year Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts

City Year Cleveland.

$100,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Cleveland, Ohio

New school startup and support.

$800,000
Cleveland Transformation Alliance

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$175,000
College Now Greater Cleveland, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

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

$250,000
College Now Greater Cleveland, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Say Yes Scholars Program at Cuyahoga Community College.

$200,000
College Now Greater Cleveland, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Say Yes Cleveland Data Interface Project.

$9,900
Grantmakers for Education

Portland, Oregon

Operating support.

$10,000 over 2 years
ICL Institute

Cleveland, Ohio

Great Lakes Erie Educators Exchange.

$2,000
Montessori Development Partnerships

Burton, Ohio

Stonebrook Montessori School start-up support.

Up to $150,000
PHASTAR Corp.

Cleveland, Ohio

Davis Aerospace & Maritime High School.

$326,143
Philanthropy Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Ohio Education Policy Initiative.

$50,000
PRE4CLE

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$300,000
PRE4CLE

Cleveland, Ohio

Project support.

$5,000
Progress with Chess Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Metropolitan School District chess program.

$10,000
Suite 1300 Services, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Parent Leader Action Network.

$36,000
Teach For America Inc.

New York, New York

Teach For America - Cleveland.

$200,000
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Metropolitan School District Excellence in Teaching Award.

$50,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$100,000

Environment

Alaska Conservation Foundation

Anchorage, Alaska

Operating support.

$50,000 over 2 years
Alliance for the Great Lakes

Chicago, Illinois

Operating support.

$200,000 over 2 years
Americans for Transit

Washington, DC

Clevelanders for Public Transit.

$10,000
Bike Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$180,000 over 2 years
City Club of Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

A Climate Changed forum.

$35,000
Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Cleveland, Ohio

Sustainable Cleveland 2019.

$10,000
Coalition for Green Capital

Washington, DC

Cuyahoga County Green Bank creation.

$72,500
Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Peninsula, Ohio

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

$150,000
Consultative Group on Biological Diversity Inc.

San Francisco, California

Climate and Energy Funders Group.

$10,000
Ecodistricts

Portland, Oregon

Slavic Village at EcoDistricts Incubator.

$10,000
Environmental Health Watch Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$60,000
Environmental Law & Policy Center of the Midwest

Chicago, lllinois

Ohio Clean Energy Initiative.

$200,000 over 2 years
Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Outreach program.

$100,000 over 2 years
Fresh Energy

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Energy News Network.

$10,000
Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities, Inc.

Coral Gables, Florida

Operating support.

$80,000 over 2 years
Greater Ohio Policy Center Inc.

Columbus, Ohio

Developing a Statewide Vision for Transit, Phase I.

$50,000
In Our Backyards Inc.

Brooklyn, New York

Operating support for the Cleveland office.

$195,000 over 3 years
In Our Backyards Inc.

Brooklyn, New York

Summer Party benefit.

$5,000
Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Action on PFAS Contamination.

$10,000
Nature Conservancy

Arlington, Virginia

Advancing conservation through public policy.

$150,000 over 2 years
Neighborhood Progress Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

100% Renewable Cleveland: Fighting Poverty, Creating Opportunity.

$25,000
New Agrarian Center

Oberlin, Ohio

Operating support.

$80,000 over 2 years
Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund

Cincinnati, Ohio

Building capacity.

$50,000
Ohio City Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

Irishtown Bend planning and design.

$100,000
Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association

Columbus, Ohio

Farm Policy Matters: Building on Success.

$150,000 over 2 years
Ohio Environmental Council

Columbus, Ohio

Water Bond Polling project.

$10,000
Ohio Environmental Council

Columbus, Ohio

Clean Energy project.

$10,000
Ohio Environmental Council

Columbus, Ohio

Ohio Progressive Collaborative.

$300,000 over 2 years
Rails to Trails Conservancy

Washington, DC

Industrial Heartland Trails Coalition.

$300,000 over 2 years
Rid-All Foundation Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000
Rid-All Foundation Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Rid-All Green Partnership.

$10,000
River Network

Portland, Oregon

River Rally.

10,000
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Ohio Water Coalition Scoping Project.

$40,000
Trust for Public Land

San Francisco, California

Operating support.

$75,000
Water Watch of Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Operating support.

$50,000 over 2 years
West Creek Conservancy

Parma, Ohio

Operating support.

$375,000 over 3 years
Western Reserve Land Conservancy

Novelty, Ohio

Black Environmental Leaders Association participation in a conference.

$10,000

Human Services

American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$140,000 over 2 years
Birthing Beautiful Communities

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$80,000
Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio

PERI initiative.

$108,000 over 2 years
Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio

Schubert Center for Child Studies.

$110,000 over 2 years
Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio

First Year Cleveland.

$250,000
Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio

Data Days event: CLE, CTRL + ALT + DEL.

$5,000
Catholic Charities Corporation

Cleveland, Ohio

Great Lakes Conference on Refugee Resilience and Integration.

$10,000
Center for Children’s Law and Policy Inc.

Washington, DC

Technical assistance to the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Justice System.

$70,000
The Center for Community Solutions

Cleveland, Ohio

AIDS Funding Collaborative and Collaborative for Comprehensive School Aged Health.

$104,000
The Center for Community Solutions

Cleveland, Ohio

Ohio Transformation Fund.

$400,000 over 2 years
The Center for Community Solutions

Cleveland, Ohio

Children and Youth Intensive Behavioral Health Care Needs Project Enhancement.

$42,000
Center for Law and Social Policy

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$180,000 over 2 years
Center for Media and Democracy, Inc.

Madison, Wisconsin

Mapping the Kochs' Influence Network.

Up to $75,000
Child Care Resource Center of Cuyahoga County

Cleveland, Ohio

Art of Me Program.

$50,000
Children’s Law Center Inc.

Covington, Kentucky

Ohio Youth Justice Project.

$100,000 over 2 years
Cleveland State University Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Day 1 Project.

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

Akron, Ohio

Health Education Advocacy and Law Project.

$80,000 over 2 years
Cuyahoga Community College

Cleveland, Ohio

Women's Leadership Conference.

$10,000
Domestic Violence & Child Advocacy Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Strategic planning implementation.

$35,000
Effective Leadership Academy

Beachwood, Ohio

Camp LEAD summer scholarships for Cleveland students.

$9,000
Enterprise Community Partners Inc.

Columbia, Maryland

Cuyahoga County Partnering for Family Success Communications Planning.

$10,000
Enterprise Community Partners Inc.

Columbia, Maryland

Lead Safe Cleveland Coalition.

$2,000,000 over 5 years
Equality Ohio Education Fund

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$200,000 over 2 years
Fair Elections Center

Washington, DC

Ohio Campus Vote project.

$100,000 over 18 months
Faith in Public Life

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$130,000 over 2 years
Front Steps Housing and Services

Cleveland, Ohio

Strategic planning for move to new facility.

$10,000
Girl Scouts of North East Ohio

Macedonia, Ohio

Camp scholarships.

$10,000
Grantmakers in Health

Washington, DC

Membership dues.

$5,000
Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Advocacy initiatives.

$120,000 over 2 years
Hands On Northeast Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000
Hands On Northeast Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Homeless Stand Down.

$10,000
Hiram House

Chagrin Falls, Ohio

Summer camp program.

$5,000
Hispanic Heritage Foundation

Washington, DC

SMART Student Health and Wellness Model.

$50,000
Juvenile Justice Coalition

Bath, Ohio

Operating support.

$80,000
The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Campaign for Legal Aid.

$2,000,000 over 5 years
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry

Cleveland, Ohio

Emergency Homeless Shelter Volunteer Program.

$50,000
MDRC

New York, New York

Operating support.

$80,000 over 2 years
Media In The Public Interest, Inc.

Boulder, Colorado

Ohio News Project.

$50,000
Metanoia Project Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$52,000 over 2 years
Near West Side Multi Service Corporation

Cleveland, Ohio

Trauma Recovery Center.

$40,000
Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$60,000 over 2 years
Ohio Association of Foodbanks

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$150,000 over 2 years
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$200,000
Open Doors Inc.

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

ODA Summer Camp.

$10,000
Passages Connecting Fathers and Sons Inc.

Cleveland, OH

Workforce Development and Family Resiliency Training.

$50,000
Philanthropy Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Health Initiative.

$22,500
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$200,000
Policy Matters Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

State fiscal project and equity training.

$70,000 over 2 years
Protect Democracy Project

Washington, DC

VoteShield.

$10,000
The Refugee Response

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$35,000
St. Vincent Charity Medical Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Medical-Legal Partnership.

$100,000 over 2 years
Strategies for Youth Inc.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Improving police/youth interactions project.

$50,000
Sustainable Markets Foundation

New York, New York

Ohio Juvenile Justice Reform Campaign.

$125,000
Towards Employment Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

Public policy education and advocacy work.

$10,000
Towards Employment Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

Public policy advocacy.

$50,000
TSNE MissionWorks

Boston, Massachusetts

Early Childhood Funders' Collaborative annual dues.

$10,000
United Way of Greater Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Lead Safe Home Summit.

$10,000
University Hospitals Health System, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

"Reach Out, Stay Strong, Essentials for New Moms" (RED ROSE) initiative.

$300,000 over 2 years
West Side Community House

Cleveland, Ohio

Phone system replacement.

$10,000
YWCA of Cleveland Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Bridge support for Early Learning Center.

$100,000

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
Candid

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000
Council on Foundations, Inc.

Arlington, Virginia

Operating support.

$21,600
Episcopal Diocese of Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Episcopal Community Services.

$25,000
Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc.

Columbia, Maryland

VisionWalk.

$5,000
Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc.

Columbia, Maryland

Retinal degenerative disease research.

$2,000,000
Independent Sector

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$12,500
Mission Investors Exchange Inc.

Seattle, Washington

Operating support.

$30,000 over 2 years
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$10,000
NEO Philanthropy Inc.

New York, New York

Funders' Committee for Civic Participation.

$10,000
Philanthropy Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Annual conference.

$10,000
Philanthropy Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$123,950 over 2 years
Summer on the Cuyahoga

Bay Village, Ohio

Nonprofit internships.

$10,000
Tides Center

San Francisco, California

Solidaire Network.

$15,000
United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

The Soul of Philanthropy - Cleveland: Celebrate Those Who Give Black exhibit.

$10,000

$24,926,993 / 228 Grants