Alongside pictures that speak to specific environmental justice issues and the people working to correct them, there are landscape images of the Lakefront Nature Preserve. Those images celebrate and highlight that greenspace, even in its wintry disposition.”

Environmental Justice, Working.

Grantmaking /

Awarded Grants

Climate and Environmental Justice

Alliance for Climate Education Inc.

Boulder, Colorado

Activating young leaders of the climate movement in Ohio.

$100,000
Alliance for the Great Lakes

Chicago, Illinois

Minorities in Green conference.

$10,000
Chagrin River Watershed Partners, Inc.

Willoughby, Ohio

Central Lake Erie Basin Collaborative.

$35,000
Clean Fuels Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$75,000
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Environmental Justice Local Journalism Collaborative.

$10,000
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Ohio Water Coalition

$100,000
Consultative Group on Biological Diversity Inc.

San Francisco, California

Operating support.

$10,000
CUB Consumer Education and Research Fund

Chicago, Illinois

CPP Muni Power Company Comps Study.

$10,000
CUB Consumer Education and Research Fund

Chicago, Illinois

Operating support for the Ohio CUB.

$100,000 over 2 years
Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy

Peninsula, Ohio

Operating support.

$155,000 over 2 years
Energy Foundation

San Francisco, California

Racial Equity into the Climate Change movement.

$1,000,000
Energy Foundation

San Francisco, California

Ohio Key State Program.

$1,100,000 over 2 years
Environmental and Energy Study Institute

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$50,000
Environmental Grantmakers Association

New York, New York

Operating support.

$10,000
Environmental Health Watch Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$100,000 over 2 years
FracTracker Ohio

Alliance, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000
Fresh Energy

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Energy News Network.

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

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$150,000 over 2 years
Growth Opportunity Partners Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Community Solar.

$1,250,000
Growth Opportunity Partners Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Cuyahoga County Clean Energy Fund.

$300,000 over 3 years
Institute for Conservation Leadership

Takoma Park, Maryland

Ohio environmental organizations.

$250,000 over 2 years
Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund

Cincinnati, Ohio

Communications.

$10,000
Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund

Cincinnati, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000
Ohio Environmental Council

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$8,000
Ohio Environmental Council

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$980,000 over 2 years
Partnership Project Inc.

Washington, DC

Climate Advocacy Lab.

$40,000
RE-AMP

Operating support.

$35,000
Rid-All Foundation Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Capacity building and expansion.

$190,000
Rid-All Foundation Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Urban Drawdown Initiative.

$7,500
Solar United Neighbors

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$100,000 over 2 years
Western Reserve Land Conservancy

Novelty, Ohio

Black Environmental Leaders Association.

$375,000

Creative Culture and Arts

Apollo’s Fire The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Community Access Initiative.

$40,000 over 2 years
Art Council Inc.

Brooklyn, New York

For Freedoms Federation.

$10,000
Art House, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$100,000
ARTneo

Cleveland, Ohio

"The Sweet and Sour Animal Book: Elmer Brown and Langston Hughes" exhibition publication.

$50,000
Arts Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

Up to $150,000
Arts Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Racial Equity Programming.

$250,000
Blazing River Arts Group Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$1,130
BorderLight International Festival of Theatre Cleveland Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Presenting Cleveland.

$115,000 over 2 years
Brite Cleveland

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating support.

$25,000
Broadway School of Music and the Arts

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support and capacity building.

$100,000
Center for Arts-Inspired Learning

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$37,795
The Center for Community Solutions

Cleveland, Ohio

Ohio Transformation Fund's Artist Activism Strategy.

$60,000
The Children’s Museum of Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$33,000
CityMusic Cleveland Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Capacity building - development director.

$54,000
Cleveland Arts Education Consortium

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000
Cleveland Ballet

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000
Cleveland Ballet

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$40,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Classical Guitar Society

Cleveland, Ohio

Human resources consulting and board development

$15,000
Cleveland Festival of Art and Technology Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$90,000
Cleveland International Film Festival Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating and project support.

$100,000
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra

Bedford, Ohio

Operating support.

$20,000
Cleveland Opera Theater

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Play House

Cleveland, Ohio

General operating support and Access CPH.

$130,000
Collective Arts Network

Lakewood, Ohio

Operating support.

$95,000 over 2 years
Dobama Theatre Inc.

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating support.

$40,000 over 2 years
Foluke Cultural Arts Center Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$100,000
From the Heart Productions Inc.

Oxnard, California

"Resistance of Life" film.

$3,000
Grantmakers in the Arts

Seattle, Washington

Opportunity to Create the New Normal: Capitalization Workshop.

$25,000
Great Lakes Theater Festival, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Education programs.

Up to $90,000
Greater Cleveland Urban Film Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$24,000
GroundWorks Dancetheater

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating support and capacity building.

$100,000 over 2 years
ideastream

Cleveland, Ohio

Community issues and engagement.

$500,000 over 2 years
Inlet Dance Theatre

Cleveland, Ohio

Consultant.

$10,000
Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$100,000
Karamu House

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$100,000
Lake City Fuse

Shaker Heights, Ohio

Underground Classical Concert Series.

$5,000
LatinUs Theater Experience Company

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$15,000
Les Delices

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$18,000 over 2 years
Literary Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000
MidTown Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

POW! WOW! Cleveland Programming.

$35,000
Morgan Art of Paper Making Conservatory and Educational Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

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

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$90,000
Open Tone Music LLC

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000
Piano International Association of Northern Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

PianoKids community outreach programming.

$20,000
Playwrights Local 4181 LLC

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Strategic planning and operating support.

$25,000
Professional Flair, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000
Progressive Arts Alliance Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$75,000 over 2 years
Rainey Institute

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$100,000
Restore Cleveland Hope Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$14,300
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Induction ceremony events.

$50,000
SMU DataArts

Operating support.

$16,000
Talespinner Children’s Theatre Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Capacity building.

$20,000
Twelve Literary Arts Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Writer-in-Residence program.

$45,000
United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland's East Side African American Cultural Trail.

$100,000
Upcycle Parts Shop

Cleveland, Ohio

Strategic plan.

$20,000
Waterloo Arts

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support and capacity building.

$100,000
Western Reserve Historical Society

Cleveland, Ohio

Women and Politics.

$35,000
Zygote Press Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Executive Director search.

$10,000

Democracy-Building

American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Voter education and outreach efforts.

$45,000
Campus Election Engagement Project Inc.

Granville, Ohio

Campus Election Engagement Project - Ohio.

$10,000
Children’s Defense Fund

Columbus, Ohio

Ohio Census Advocacy Coalition.

$38,000
Children’s Defense Fund

Columbus, Ohio

Ohio Census Advocacy Coalition.

$75,000
City Club of Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Five Days for Democracy.

$5,000
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Northeast Ohio local news and information collaborative microgrants.

$10,000
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Census 2020 education and outreach.

$37,000
Cleveland VOTES

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$1,100,000 over 3 years
Cleveland VOTES

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$100,000
Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

2020 Home Stretch Election Protection Project.

$150,000
Faith in Public Life

Washington, DC

Regional Clergy Coordinators.

$35,000
Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association

Cleveland, Ohio

Drive4Democracy.

$50,000
HOLA Ohio

Ashtabula, Ohio

Operating support.

$45,000
Near West Side Multi Service Corporation

Cleveland, Ohio

VoterDrive CLE.

$50,000
Nonprofit Vote Inc.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Operating support.

$200,000 over 2 years
Northeast Ohio Voter Advocates Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$35,000
Northeast Ohio Voter Advocates Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$45,000
Ohio Debate Commission Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$25,000
Ohio Environmental Council

Columbus, Ohio

Ohio Progressive Collaborative.

$200,000
Ohio Environmental Council

Columbus, Ohio

All in for Ohio Voter Motivation Campaign.

$255,000
Ohio Environmental Council

Columbus, Ohio

Redistricting - People's Map Project.

$750,000
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$630,000 over 3 years
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$75,000
Ohio Progressive Collaborative Education Fund

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$25,000
Ohio Progressive Collaborative Education Fund

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$300,000 over 2 years
Ohio Voice

Columbus, Ohio

2020 Collective Voter Engagement Plan.

$150,000
Ohio Voice

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000
Ohio Voice

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$800,000 over 3 years
Ohio Women’s Alliance

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$35,000
United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland voter education and engagement efforts.

$35,000

Public Education

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio

Phillip A. Ranney Scholarship Fund.

$10,000
City Year Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts

City Year Cleveland.

$100,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Technology needs for CMSD students and Say Yes scholars.

$1,000,000
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Racial Equity Training for CMSD educators.

$250,000
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Excellence in Teaching Award.

$60,000
Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Cleveland, Ohio

FIRST Robotics Competition.

$30,000
Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Cleveland, Ohio

New school startup and support.

$975,600
Cleveland Transformation Alliance

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

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

Cleveland, Ohio

Hardware for students enrolled in the Say Yes Scholars Program at Tri-C.

$10,000
College Now Greater Cleveland, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Say Yes Scholars Program at Cuyahoga Community College.

$250,000
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

Higher Education Compact of Greater Cleveland.

$75,000
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Youth Technology Academy FIRST Robotics Competition.

$6,000
Economic Growth Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Polling on Cleveland education issues.

$10,000
Economic Growth Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Polling on Cleveland education issues.

$10,000
Economic Growth Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Polling on Cleveland education issues.

$10,000
Esperanza Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$300,000 over 3 years
Montessori Development Partnerships

Burton, Ohio

Stonebrook Montessori and Montessori Teacher Residency of Cleveland.

$100,000
PHASTAR Corp.

Cleveland, Ohio

Davis Aerospace & Maritime High School.

$278,100
Philanthropy Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Ohio education policy initiative.

$50,000
PRE4CLE

Cleveland, Ohio

The Llura Gund Early Learning Fund.

$1,000,000 over 5 years
PRE4CLE

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$300,000
Progress with Chess Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Metropolitan School District chess program.

$10,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$100,000

Special Commitments

As You Sow

Oakland, California

Shareholder Rights Project.

$10,000
Athletes for Hope

Bethesda, Maryland

Leadership Fund, honoring Gordon Gund.

$10,000
Business Volunteers Unlimited

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$35,000
Candid

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000
CHN Housing Partners

Cleveland, Ohio

Fellowship position.

$70,000
Council on Foundations, Inc.

Arlington, Virginia

Operating support.

$18,500
Episcopal Diocese of Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Episcopal Community Services.

$25,000
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
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility

New York, New York

Protecting Shareholder Rights.

$10,000 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.

$30,000 over 2 years

Vibrant Neighborhoods and Inclusive Economy

Brookings Institution

Washington, DC

Advancing Inclusive Economic Growth in Cleveland.

$250,000 over 2 years
Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Larry Manno Memorial Rose Garden.

$2,000
The Center for Community Solutions

Cleveland, Ohio

Cuyahoga County Small Business Survey.

$9,250
CHN Housing Partners

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$120,000
Cleveland Citywide Development Corporation

Cleveland, Ohio

Middle Neighborhoods Peer City Learning-Baltimore site and program visit.

$10,000
Cleveland Leadership Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$60,000
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress

Cleveland, Ohio

CEO search.

$30,000
Cleveland Restoration Society Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Strategic planning.

$10,000
Cleveland Restoration Society Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$25,000
Economic Growth Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Equity and Inclusion operating support.

$100,000 over 2 years
Enterprise Community Partners Inc.

Columbia, Maryland

Local Equitable and Fair Housing Policy.

$45,000
Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation

Cleveland, Ohio

Innovation Square Phase I.

$150,000
Fund for Our Economic Future

Cleveland, Ohio

Economic Development Administration Revolving Loan Fund.

$10,000
Global Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$75,000
Greater Cleveland Media Development Corporation

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$60,000
LAND studio, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating and project support.

$350,000
Negro League Baseball Legends Hall of Fame Inc.

Shaker Heights, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000
The Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development

Cleveland, Ohio

Small Business PROact Initiative and operating support.

$100,000
PolicyBridge

Cleveland, Ohio

Capacity building support.

$450,000 over 3 years
Smart Development Inc.

Lakewood, Ohio

Community First Program and operating support.

$75,000
Summer on the Cuyahoga

Bay Village, Ohio

Nonprofit internships.

$16,000
United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

NAACP Cleveland capacity building support.

$450,000 over 3 years
United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Project and operating support.

$500,000 over 3 years
Urban League of Greater Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$1,250,000 over 3 years
Urban League of Greater Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Building Equitable Communities and operating support.

$75,000
Venture for America Inc.

New York, New York

Venture for America Cleveland.

$25,000
Western Reserve Land Conservancy

Novelty, Ohio

Garden of Eleven Angels.

$137,000
Western Reserve Land Conservancy

Novelty, Ohio

Operating support and Garden of Eleven Angels.

$50,000

$39,916,992 / 258 Grants