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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 Inc.

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

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.

$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