To address the climate crisis, philanthropists—like artists, activists, advocates, all of us—must make the connections between climate justice and economic development, housing stability, healthcare, and education. At the Gund Foundation, we have made deep investments that demonstrate vivid overlap among these program areas.”

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Grantmaking /

Awarded Grants

Climate and Environmental Justice

Alliance for Climate Education Inc.

Boulder, Colorado

Operating support.

$200,000 over 2 years
Alliance for the Great Lakes

Chicago, Illinois

Operating support.

$250,000 over 2 years
Bike Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$390,000 over 3 years
Chagrin River Watershed Partners, Inc.

Willoughby, Ohio

Central Lake Erie Basin Collaborative.

$150,000 over 2 years
City Club of Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

The Changing Climate series.

$10,000
Clean Fuels Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$160,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Ohio Water Partnership.

$100,000
Cleveland State University Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Microgrid and Clean Energy Planning for Cuyahoga County.

$10,000
Cleveland Water Alliance

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000
Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown

Johnstown, Pennsylvania

FracTracker Ohio.

$150,000 over 2 years
Consultative Group on Biological Diversity Inc.

San Francisco, California

Climate and Energy Funders Group.

$10,000
CUB Consumer Education and Research Fund

Chicago, Illinois

Public Utility Commission Reform.

$50,000
Energy Foundation

San Francisco, California

Ohio Climate Justice Fund.

$1,500,000 over 3 years
Energy Foundation

San Francisco, California

Power a Clean Future Ohio.

$500,000 over 2 years
Environmental and Energy Study Institute

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$150,000 over 2 years
Environmental Health Watch Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$150,000 over 2 years
Environmental Law & Policy Center of the Midwest

Chicago, lllinois

Ohio office operating support.

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

Cleveland, Ohio

Advancing Community Solar - Woodhill Estates.

$750,000
LAND studio, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Eastside Railway Feasibility Study.

$10,000
LAND studio, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Irishtown Bend.

$3,000,000
Minneapolis Foundation

Minneapolis, Minnesota

RE-AMP operating support.

$70,000 over 2 years
National Wildlife Federation

Reston, Virginia

Protecting Lake Erie and All of Ohio's Drinking Water.

$70,000 over 2 years
Nature Conservancy

Arlington, Virginia

Ohio office operating support.

$150,000 over 2 years
New Agrarian Center

Oberlin, Ohio

Operating support.

$125,000 over 2 years
Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund

Cincinnati, Ohio

NOPEC campaign.

$10,000
Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund

Cincinnati, Ohio

Operating support.

$150,000 over 2 years
Ohio City Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

Equitable Planning for Irishtown Bend Park.

$100,000
Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$250,000
Ohio Environmental Council

Columbus, Ohio

Community Choice Aggregation and NOPEC Clean Energy Campaign Manager.

$40,000
Partnership Project Inc.

Washington, DC

Climate Advocacy Lab.

$80,000 over 2 years
Rails to Trails Conservancy

Washington, DC

Industrial Heartland Trails Coalition.

$300,000 over 2 years
The Refugee Response

Cleveland, Ohio

Purchase of Ohio City Farm land.

Up to $300,000
Water Watch of Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Operating support.

$50,000 over 2 years

Creative Culture and Arts

America Asian Pacific Islander Organization

Strongsville, Ohio

Operating support.

$2,500
Arts Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$400,000 over 2 years
Art House, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$25,000
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$20,000
Beck Center for the Arts

Lakewood, Ohio

Creating Our Future.

$45,000
Brite Cleveland

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating support.

$60,000 over 2 years
Broadway School of Music and the Arts

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$25,000
Center for Arts-Inspired Learning

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$35,000
The Children’s Museum of Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Let's Talk: Racial Equity Program for Families.

$10,000
CityMusic Cleveland Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support and capacity building.

$59,000
Cleveland Festival of Art and Technology Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000
Cleveland International Film Festival Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$100,000
Cleveland International Film Festival Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support and capacity building.

$200,000
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra

Bedford, Ohio

Operating support.

$40,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Modern Dance Association

Cleveland, Ohio

CEO search.

$10,000
Cleveland Modern Dance Association

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$70,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Music School Settlement

Cleveland, Ohio

Diversity and Inclusion Initiative.

$10,000
Cleveland Opera Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Play House

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support and health and wellness initiative.

$110,000
Cleveland Pops Orchestra

Beachwood, Ohio

25th Anniversary Concert and operating support.

$20,000
Cleveland Print Room Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$70,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support, Station Hope, cultural ensembles, and cultural planning process.

$250,000 over 2 years
Cleveland State University Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Arts Education Consortium.

$10,000
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Creative Arts Academy Residency.

$10,000
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Free outdoor Tri-C JazzFest concerts.

$25,000
Duffy Liturgical Dance Ensemble

Shaker Heights, Ohio

Addressing Our Changing Future.

$15,000
Foluke Cultural Arts Center Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$25,000
Front Exhibition Company

Cleveland, Ohio

FRONT Triennial Arts Futures Summit.

$100,000
Great Lakes Theater Festival, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Education programs.

$90,000
Greater Cleveland Urban Film Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$100,000 over 2 years
Inlet Dance Theatre

Cleveland, Ohio

New headquarters in Clark-Fulton neighborhood.

$150,000
Inlet Dance Theatre

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$85,000 over 2 years
Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$25,000
Karamu House

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$1,700,000
LatinUs Theater Experience Company

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$35,000
Literary Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000
Maelstrom Collaborative Arts

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000 over 2 years
MidTown Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

AsiaTown Park planning initiative.

$60,000
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$90,000
Museum of Creative Human Art

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$35,000
National Public Radio, Inc.

Washington, DC

Midwest news coverage.

$125,000 over 2 years
Near West Theatre

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$60,000 over 2 years
Piano International Association of Northern Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

PianoKids Educational and Outreach Programming.

$20,000
Playwrights Local 4181 LLC

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating support.

$15,000
Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$40,000
Professional Flair, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$60,000 over 2 years
Rainey Institute

Cleveland, Ohio

Theatre upgrade and operations project.

$25,000
Refresh Collective

Cleveland, Ohio

Strategic plan and recording studio expansion.

$25,000
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Rock Hall expansion.

$2,000,000
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Induction Celebration Week.

$50,000
Roots of American Music Inc.

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating support.

$15,000
Sculpture Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating and project support.

$20,000
Southern Methodist University

University Park, Texas

SMU DataArts operating support.

$16,000
SPACES

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$150,000 over 2 years
Studio in a School Association

New York, New York

Arts intern program.

$100,000 over 2 years
Talespinner Children’s Theatre Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Marketing strategy.

$20,000
Twelve Literary Arts Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Juneteenth celebration.

$8,900
Twelve Literary Arts Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support and capacity consultant.

$85,000
United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Chocolate City Cleveland.

$300,000
University Circle Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

YAY! Youth Arts Saturdays.

$10,000
Verb Ballets

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000
Waterloo Arts

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$25,000
Western Reserve Historical Society

Cleveland, Ohio

African American History initiatives.

$150,000
Zygote Press Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support, relocation project support, Artists in Residence for People of Color.

$60,000

Democracy-Building

City Club of Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Citizen-centered mayoral primary debates.

$10,000
City Club of Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Voters First: Cleveland Mayoral Debate.

$10,000
Fair Elections Center

Washington, DC

Ohio Campus Vote.

$150,000 over 2 years
Faith in Public Life

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$130,000 over 2 years
Greater Cleveland Congregations

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$245,000 over 2 years
LEAD Ohio Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000
Ohio Debate Commission Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000 over 2 years
Ohio Women’s Alliance

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$200,000 over 2 years
Policy Matters Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Pro-Democracy project.

$10,000
Policy Matters Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Pro-Democracy Project.

$151,200
William J. Brennan Jr. Center for Justice Inc.

New York, New York

Federal Democracy Reform Project.

$500,000
Young Latino Network

Cleveland, Ohio

Capacity building.

$400,000 over 2 years

Public Education

Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Ann Gund Gift for Musical, Performing, and Visual Arts at the Cleveland Metropolitan School District Arts Education Fund.

$1,000,000
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Metropolitan School District high school portfolio review.

$1,250,000
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Say Yes to Education Cleveland Scholarship Fund.

$1,500,000 over 4 years
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Racial equity training for CMSD educators and strategy work.

$850,000
Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Cleveland, Ohio

CMSD website design.

$500,000
Cleveland State University Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Living Learning Community at Cleveland State University.

$5,000,000 over 4 years
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.

$325,000
College Now Greater Cleveland, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Say Yes Cleveland website redesign, scholarship management system, and post-secondary planning system.

$500,000
College Now Greater Cleveland, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Higher Education Compact of Greater Cleveland.

$75,000
Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga County

Valley View, Ohio

PRE4CLE operating support.

$300,000
Friends of Breakthrough Schools

Cleveland, Ohio

Breakthrough Charter Schools growth plan.

$400,000 over 2 years
Grantmakers for Education

Portland, Oregon

Operating support.

$10,000
PHASTAR Corp.

Cleveland, Ohio

Davis Aerospace & Maritime High School.

$139,050
Philanthropy Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Ohio Education Policy Initiative.

$40,000
United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Dickens Reads.

$10,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support and diversity, equity, and inclusion activities.

$340,000 over 2 years

Special Commitments

Candid

Cleveland, Ohio

Midwest office operating support.

$60,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Black Futures Fund.

$250,000
Cleveland State University Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Confronting the Twin Pandemics: COVID-19 and Racial Inequities for 2021.

$5,000
Council on Foundations, Inc.

Arlington, Virginia

Operating support.

$19,000
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
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

Operating support.

$123,950 over 2 years
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture

New York, New York

75th Anniversary.

$10,000
Solidaire Network Inc.

Oakland, California

Operating support.

$40,000 over 2 years

Vibrant Neighborhoods and Inclusive Economy

CHN Housing Partners

Cleveland, Ohio

Strategic initiatives in affordable housing and community development.

$240,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Leadership Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$600,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress

Cleveland, Ohio

Neighborhood Policy Platform.

$10,000
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress

Cleveland, Ohio

Community empowerment and engagement.

$150,000
Community Builders Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts

Woodhill Homes community.

$800,000
Downtown Cleveland Alliance

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$500,000 over 2 years
Economic Growth Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

81/21 project.

$8,000
Enterprise Community Partners Inc.

Columbia, Maryland

Enterprise Ohio Policy and Advocacy.

$100,000 over 2 years
EYEJ

Cleveland, Ohio

Town Hall: Youth and the Impact of the Digital Divide.

$10,000
Fund for Our Economic Future

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$2,000,000 over 3 years
Fund for Our Economic Future

Cleveland, Ohio

Cuyahoga County Workforce Funders Group.

$250,000 over 3 years
Global Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$160,000 over 2 years
HFLA of Northeast Ohio

Beachwood, Ohio

Operating support and guaranteed loan fund.

$60,000 over 2 years
LAND studio, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating and capacity building support.

$400,000
Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Capital campaign.

$1,000,000 over 2 years
Manufacturing Works

Cleveland, Ohio

Growth and Transition Pilot.

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

Shaker Heights, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000
Neighborhood Leadership Institute

Cleveland, Ohio

Neighborhood Leadership Cleveland.

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

Cleveland, Ohio

CentroVilla 25 capital campaign and capacity building.

$745,000
Rid-All Foundation Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Capacity building and expansion.

$500,000 over 2 years
Rid-All Foundation Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Capital needs.

$950,000
Slavic Village Development

Cleveland, Ohio

Community Steward Program.

$75,000
Smart Development Inc.

Lakewood, Ohio

Community First Program and operating support.

$160,000 over 2 years
Suite 1300 Services, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Neighborhood Connections.

$100,000
Summer on the Cuyahoga

Bay Village, Ohio

Nonprofit interships.

$10,000
Venture for America Inc.

New York, New York

Operating support.

$50,000 over 2 years

$55,531,718 / 232 Grants