In the past, BIPOC faces and voices were noticeably absent in mainstream conversations on environmental issues, even though BIPOC communities are disproportionately affected by climate change realities such as heat waves, droughts, massive flooding, rising sea levels, and land erosion.”

We cannot achieve climate justice without racial justice.

Grantmaking /

Awarded Grants

Climate and Environmental Justice

Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy

Peninsula, Ohio

Conservation farming.

$90,000 over 2 years
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

Operating support.

$165,000 over 2 years
Ohio City Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

Building Connections.

$150,000 over 2 years
Alaska Conservation Foundation

Anchorage, Alaska

Operating support.

$50,000 over 2 years
Citizens Utility Board of Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

CUB Ohio CPP Reform in 2022.

$25,000
Citizens Utility Board of Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$300,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Ohio Water Partnership.

$100,000
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

UN COP27 travel.

$25,000
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Nonprofit Operations Workshop Series.

$65,000
Cleveland Metroparks System

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000
Cleveland State University Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Energy Policy Center.

$25,000
Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Peninsula, Ohio

Educational and community partnerships.

$380,000 over 2 years
Consultative Group on Biological Diversity Inc.

San Francisco, California

Operating support.

$10,000
Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy

Peninsula, Ohio

Operating support.

$25,000
Energy Foundation

San Francisco, California

Operating support.

$1,950,000 over 3 years
Environmental Health Watch Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Healthy Homes, Healthy People, Healthy Communities.

$375,000 over 3 years
Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Ohio office operating support.

$100,000 over 2 years
Fresh Energy

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Energy News Network.

$100,000 over 2 years
Growth Opportunity Partners Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$1,000,000 over 2 years
In Our Backyards Inc.

Brooklyn, New York

Operating support for the Cleveland office.

$195,000 over 3 years
Institute for Conservation Leadership

Takoma Park, Maryland

Operating support.

$525,000 over 3 years
Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency

Cleveland, Ohio

Regional Climate Action Plan.

$50,000
Ohio Conservative Energy Forum

Columbus, Ohio

C3 Candidate Education Plan.

$25,000
Ohio Environmental Council

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$1,320,000 over 3 years
Ohio Environmental Council

Columbus, Ohio

Climate & Clean Energy Coalition Retreat.

$25,000
Ohio Environmental Council

Columbus, Ohio

Power A Clean Future Ohio (PCFO) Initiative.

$250,000 over 2 years
See You at the Top Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$25,000
Solar United Neighbors

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$150,000 over 2 years
Tech Belt Energy Innovation Center

Warren, Ohio

Operating support.

$25,000
The Climate Registry

Los Angeles, California

COP27.

$25,000
West Creek Conservancy

Parma, Ohio

Conservation Working Capital Revolving Fund.

$300,000
West Creek Conservancy

Parma, Ohio

Operating support.

$450,000 over 3 years

Creative Culture and Arts

99 Treasurers Arts & Culture

Cleveland, Ohio

Reading & Art Empowers Minds.

$5,000
Apollo’s Fire The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating support.

$40,000 over 2 years
Art House, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$75,000 over 2 years
Assembly for the Arts

Cleveland, Ohio

10K Movement.

$25,000
Association of African American Cultural Gardens Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

The African American Cultural Garden.

$150,000 over 2 years
Beck Center for the Arts

Lakewood, Ohio

Customer Relationship Management System.

$70,000 over 2 years
BorderLight International Festival of Theatre Cleveland Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support and supplementary consultant support.

$100,000
Broadway School of Music and the Arts

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$75,000 over 2 years
Center for Arts-Inspired Learning

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000
Center for Initiative in Art and Culture Inc.

New York, New York

24th annual conference on the Arts and Crafts Movement, Cleveland and Environs.

$2,500
ChamberFest Cleveland

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000 over 2 years
The Children’s Museum of Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

STEM Kids Educational Access Program.

$15,000
Cleveland Ballet

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Chamber Symphony Council Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000
Cleveland Classical Guitar Society

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$40,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Festival of Art and Technology Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$80,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Institute of Music

Cleveland, Ohio

Musical Pathway Fellowship.

$150,000 over 3 years
Cleveland Music School Settlement

Cleveland, Ohio

Elevator repair.

$10,000
Cleveland Play House

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support and Cleveland Cohort Initiative.

$110,000
Cleveland State University Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Arts Education Consortium.

$10,000
Collective Arts Network

Lakewood, Ohio

Operating and CAN Triennial support.

$90,000 over 2 years
Comite Mexicano De Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$12,000
The Contemporary Youth Orchestra

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$65,000
convergence-continuum

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating and strategic plan support.

$30,000
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Free outdoor Tri-C JazzFest concerts.

$50,000 over 2 years
Dobama Theatre Inc.

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating support and strategic plan.

$60,000 over 2 years
Duffy Liturgical Dance Ensemble

Shaker Heights, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000
Foluke Cultural Arts Center Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$75,000 over 2 years
Front Exhibition Company

Cleveland, Ohio

Strategic plan.

$65,000
Grantmakers in the Arts

Seattle, Washington

Arts Education Funders Coalition and operating support.

$10,000
Great Lakes Theater Festival, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Education programs.

$200,000 over 2 years
Greater Cleveland Urban Film Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$150,000
GroundWorks Dancetheater

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating, DEIA, and Artist in Residence support.

$100,000 over 2 years
Group Plan Commission

Cleveland, Ohio

Superior Crossing.

$100,000
ideastream

Cleveland, Ohio

Community issues and engagement.

$500,000 over 2 years
Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$75,000 over 2 years
Karamu House

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support and capacity building.

$250,000 over 2 years
Lake Erie Ink: a writing space for youth

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Finding Joy in Literacy.

$10,000
LatinUs Theater Experience Company

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$60,000 over 2 years
Les Delices

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$24,000 over 2 years
Literary Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$100,000 over 2 years
Local 4 Music Fund Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

'She Scores.'

$10,000
Morgan Art of Paper Making Conservatory and Educational Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000 over 2 years
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$150,000
Museum of Creative Human Art

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$60,000
Open Tone Music LLC

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland programming.

$15,000
Piano International Association of Northern Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

PianoKids Educational and Outreach Programming.

$90,000 over 2 years
Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop

Cleveland, Ohio

Strategic plan.

$120,000 over 2 years
Progressive Arts Alliance Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$60,000
Rainey Institute

Cleveland, Ohio

Theatre upgrade and operations project.

$75,000 over 2 years
Roots of American Music Inc.

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating support.

$25,000
Sankofa Fine Arts Plus

Cleveland, Ohio

Urban Renaissance with heArt 2022.

$20,000
Sculpture Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$40,000 over 2 years
Southern Methodist University

University Park, Texas

SMU DataArts operating support.

$16,000
Talespinner Children’s Theatre Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating and leadership transition support.

$35,000
University Circle Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

YAY! Youth Arts Saturdays.

$10,000
Upcycle Parts Shop

Cleveland, Ohio

Strategic plan.

$15,000
Verb Ballets

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$70,000 over 2 years
Waterloo Arts

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

75,000 over 2 years
Writers in Residence

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$20,000
Zygote Press Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating and project support.

$90,000 over 2 years

Democracy-Building

Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Jobs guarantee pilot.

$25,000
City Club of Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Cuyahoga County Executive debate.

$10,000
City Club of Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Forum featuring Congresswoman Liz Cheney and Judy Woodruff.

$5,000
Community of Faith Assembly

Cleveland, Ohio

Lift Every Vote Voter Engagement.

$5,000
EYEJ

Cleveland, Ohio

Democracy and Youth-Driven Social Justice.

$25,000
Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland VOTES.

$25,000
LEAD Ohio Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$300,000 over 2 years
Nonprofit Vote Inc.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Operating support.

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

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

Up to $80,000
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative

Columbus, Ohio

Voter engagement.

$500,000
Ohio Progressive Collaborative Education Fund

Columbus, Ohio

Redistricting Legal Fund.

Up to $100,000
Ohio Progressive Collaborative Education Fund

Columbus, Ohio

Voter engagement.

$150,000
Ohio Voice

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$200,000

Public Education

City Year Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts

City Year Cleveland.

$120,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Say Yes Cleveland Scholarship Campaign.

$200,000
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Metropolitan School District Public Service Fellowship.

$42,000
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Metropolitan School District's leadership transition.

$500,000
Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Cleveland, Ohio

New school startup and support.

$204,000
Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Cleveland, Ohio

FIRST Robotics Competition.

$24,000
Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Metropolitan School District Energy and Sustainability Initiative.

$250,000
Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Metropolitan School District TEACHing Cleveland initiative.

$275,000 over 5 years
Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Metropolitan School District Public Service Fellowship.

$330,000
Cleveland Transformation Alliance

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$175,000
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.

$350,000
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
Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga County

Valley View, Ohio

PRE4CLE operating support.

$350,000
Grantmakers for Education

Portland, Oregon

Operating support.

$11,200 over 2 years
National Football Museum Inc.

Canton, Ohio

Black College Football Hall of Fame Classic College Fair.

$15,000
Ohio Voice

Columbus, Ohio

Honesty for Ohio Education.

$25,000
Philanthropy Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Ohio Education Policy Initiative.

$40,000
Progress with Chess Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Metropolitan School District chess.

$10,000
Urban League of Greater Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Equity and Excellent in Education Project.

$10,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited

Cleveland, Ohio

Youth Opportunities Unlimited PACE program.

$750,000 over 3 years

Special Commitments

Association of Black Foundation Executives

New York, New York

Operating support.

$10,000
The Center for Effective Philanthropy

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Operating support.

$20,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Social Venture Partners

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000
Council on Foundations, Inc.

Arlington, Virginia

Operating support.

$19,000
Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc.

Columbia, Maryland

VisionWalk.

$5,000
Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc.

Columbia, Maryland

Retinal degenerative disease research.

$2,000,000
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$10,000
NEO Philanthropy Inc.

New York, New York

Funders' Committee for Civic Participation.

$20,000

Vibrant Neighborhoods and Inclusive Economy

Summer on the Cuyahoga

Bay Village, Ohio

Nonprofit internships.

$10,000
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc.

Washington, DC

Partnership for Equitable and Resilient Communities initiative.

$1,500,000 over 3 years
Brookings Institution

Washington, DC

Valuing Black Assets Initiative.

$150,000
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Advancing Equitable Placemaking in Cleveland.

$150,000
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Racial Equity Racial Justice Initiative.

$325,000
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$2,500,000 over 2 years
Downtown Cleveland Alliance

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$250,000
Fund for Our Economic Future

Cleveland, Ohio

Cuyahoga County Workforce Funders Group.

$3,000
Global Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Global Entrepreneur-in-Residence program.

$100,000
Innovation Ohio Education Fund

Columbus, Ohio

Ohio Mayors Alliance operating support.

$75,000
LAND studio, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Project and capacity building support.

$350,000
Neighborhood Leadership Institute

Cleveland, Ohio

Donte's Gift Express.

$10,000
New Village Corporation

Cleveland, Ohio

Shaker Square project.

$500,000
The Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development

Cleveland, Ohio

Organizational restructuring.

$25,000
Spanish American Committee for a Better Community

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$200,000 over 2 years
St. Matthew Cleveland United Methodist Church

Cleveland, Ohio

Brookdale Orchard.

$25,000
Suite 1300 Services, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Neighborhood Connections.

$1,000
United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Post-event support FutureLAND conference.

$175,000
United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

FutureLAND conference.

$25,000

$37,045,650 / 237 Grants

Climate and Environmental Justice

Creative Culture and Arts

Democracy-Building

Public Education

Special Commitments

Thriving Families and Social Justice