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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
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
Children’s Museum of Cleveland, The

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

$52,531,718 / 231 Grants