No form of justice can be realized without centering the voices and lived experiences and expertise of the people most impacted by an injustice or a series of injustices.”

We cannot achieve climate justice without racial justice.

Grantmaking /

Awarded Grants

Climate and Environmental Justice

Action for the Climate Emergency Inc.

Charlestown, Massachusetts

Operating support.

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

Chicago, Illinois

Operating support.

$200,000 over 2 years
Black Environmental Leaders Association

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000 over 2 years
Chagrin River Watershed Partners, Inc.

Willoughby, Ohio

Central Lake Erie Basin Collaborative.

$150,000 over 3 years
Citizens Utility Board of Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Midwest cities' Solar for All (SFA) application.

$10,000
City Fresh

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$150,000 over 3 years
Cleveland Council on World Affairs

Cleveland, Ohio

Global Education Programs.

$20,000
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Ohio Water Partnership.

$100,000
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

COP28.

$50,000
Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Cleveland, Ohio

A study to form a consortium for land conservation in Northern Ohio.

$24,500
Consultative Group on Biological Diversity Inc.

San Francisco, California

Climate and Energy Funders Group.

$15,000
County of Cuyahoga

Cleveland, Ohio

Senior Climate Advisor.

$150,000 over 2 years
Economic Growth Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Sustainability Initiative.

$150,000 over 2 years
Environmental and Energy Study Institute

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$225,000 over 3 years
Environmental Law & Policy Center of the Midwest

Chicago, lllinois

Ohio office operating support.

$150,000 over 2 years
FracTracker Ohio

Alliance, Ohio

Operating support.

$225,000 over 3 years
In Our Backyards Inc.

Brooklyn, New York

Operating support.

$25,000
Nature Conservancy

Arlington, Virginia

Ohio office operating support.

$225,000 over 3 years
Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund

Cincinnati, Ohio

Operating support.

$150,000 over 2 years
Ohio Environmental Council

Columbus, Ohio

Climate & Clean Energy Coalition Retreat.

$25,000
Ohio Environmental Council

Columbus, Ohio

Solar for All.

$25,000
Partnership Project Inc.

Washington, DC

Climate Advocacy Lab.

$120,000 over 3 years
Power a Clean Future Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$165,000 over 2 years
Rails to Trails Conservancy

Washington, DC

Industrial Heartland Trails Coalition and Midwest office operating support.

$300,000 over 2 years
RE-AMP

Operating support.

$35,000
Rocky Mountain Institute

Snowmass, Colorado

Climate Aligned Urbanism under the Urban Transformation Program.

$25,000
Tech Belt Energy Innovation Center

Warren, Ohio

Brite Energy Innovators.

$300,000 over 2 years
The Climate Registry

Los Angeles, California

COP28 Reception.

$25,000
The Refugee Response

Cleveland, Ohio

Ohio City Farm improvements.

$100,000
Water Watch of Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Operating support.

$50,000 over 2 years
West Creek Conservancy

Parma, Ohio

Operating support.

$25,000

Creative Culture and Arts

10K Movement

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$25,000
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000 over 2 years
Arts Commission of Greater Toledo Inc.

Toledo, Ohio

Civic Imagination.

$20,000
Arts Impact Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000
Assembly for the Arts

Cleveland, Ohio

Artist support research project.

$30,000
Assembly for the Arts

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$400,000 over 2 years
Balance Point Studios

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$25,000
BorderLight International Festival of Theatre Cleveland Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support, marketing communications and financial audit capacity building.

$160,000 over 2 years
Brite Cleveland

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating support and strategic plan.

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

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000
Cleveland Arts Education Consortium

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$15,000
Cleveland Chamber Choir

Richmond Heights, Ohio

Operating support.

$20,000
Cleveland Chamber Symphony Council Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000
Cleveland Chamber Symphony Council Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000
Cleveland International Film Festival Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$150,000
Cleveland Modern Dance Association

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$85,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Music School Settlement

Cleveland, Ohio

Youth programming at Lakeview Terrace.

$20,000
Cleveland Opera Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$40,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Print Room Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$150,000
Cleveland Print Room Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Project Lexington.

$350,000
Cleveland Public Library Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Changing the Narrative: Making Visible the Human Dimension of Mass Incarceration.

$145,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Public Library Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland READS.

$25,000
Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support, cultural ensembles, strategic planning and consultants.

$250,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Review of Books

Cleveland, Ohio

Addition of issue-based subscriber model.

$15,000
Cleveland VOTES

Cleveland, Ohio

Creative Activism Initiative.

$25,000
convergence-continuum

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000 over 2 years
convergence-continuum

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$15,000
Djapo Cultural Arts Institute Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support/capacity building.

$25,000
Dobama Theatre Inc.

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

FOCUS Program.

$50,000 over 2 years
Front Exhibition Company

Cleveland, Ohio

FRONT International Journal.

$25,000
Grantmakers in the Arts

Seattle, Washington

Arts Education Funders Coalition.

$20,000 over 2 years
Great Lakes African American Writers Conference

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$5,000
Great Lakes Museum of Science, Environment and Technology

Cleveland, Ohio

Total Eclipse Festival 2024.

$50,000
Inlet Dance Theatre

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$90,000 over 2 years
Karamu House

Cleveland, Ohio

Karamu: Next Generation.

$200,000
Lake Erie Ink: a writing space for youth

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Write On!

$10,000
Local 4 Music Fund Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

"She Scores".

$25,000
Maelstrom Collaborative Arts

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$20,000
MidTown Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

AsiaTown Square Dancing Park.

$100,000 over 2 years
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support; strategic vision framework.

$120,000
Museum of Creative Human Art

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$100,000 over 2 years
Near West Theatre

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$90,000 over 2 years
Professional Flair, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$60,000
Roots of American Music Inc.

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating support.

$5,000
SMU DataArts

Operating support.

$16,000
SPACES

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support and Everlasting Plastics support.

$250,000 over 2 years
Studio in a School Association

New York, New York

Operating support.

$150,000 over 2 years
Talespinner Children’s Theatre Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$20,000
The Children’s Museum of Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

STEM Kids Educational Access Program.

$15,000
The HistoryMakers

Chicago, Illinois

Cleveland/Northeast Ohio African American Leaders in The HistoryMakers Collection.

$200,000 over 2 years
The Musical Arts Association

Cleveland, Ohio

Arts Administrator of Color Pilot Programs.

$55,000
University Circle Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

Yay! Saturdays Program.

$10,000
Writers in Residence

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000 over 2 years

Democracy-Building

City Club of Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Guardians of Free Speech capacity grant.

$750,000 over 3 years
Enlightened Solutions

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$200,000 over 2 years
Fair Elections Center

Washington, DC

Ohio Campus Vote.

$20,000
Fair Elections Center

Washington, DC

Ohio Campus Vote.

$200,000 over 2 years
Greater Cleveland Congregations

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$245,000 over 2 years
Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000
Khnemu Foundation Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000
Ohio Debate Commission Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000 over 2 years
Ohio Progressive Collaborative Education Fund

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$400,000 over 2 years
Ohio Progressive Collaborative Education Fund

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$500,000
Ohio Voice

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$533,332 over 2 years
Ohio Women’s Alliance

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$300,000 over 2 years
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$420,000 over 2 years
Tides Foundation

San Fancisco, California

Healthy Democracy Fund.

$450,000

Public Education

Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Excellence in Teaching Award.

$65,000
Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Cleveland, Ohio

FIRST Robotics competition.

$36,000
Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Metropolitan School District Public Service Fellowship.

$370,000
Cleveland State University Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Postsecondary success coaches for Say Yes scholars.

$249,000
Cleveland Transformation Alliance

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$175,000
Cleveland Transformation Alliance

Cleveland, Ohio

Board work session facilitation.

$4,500
College Now Greater Cleveland, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Postsecondary success coaches for Say Yes scholars.

$1,021,500
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.

$350,000
College Now Greater Cleveland, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Lee Friedman Student Emergency Fund.

$25,000
College Now Greater Cleveland, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Student loan counseling.

$25,000
College Now Greater Cleveland, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Say Yes Scholars Program at Cuyahoga Community College.

$500,000 over 2 years
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

Operating support.

$350,000
Envision Excellence in STEM Education

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Artificial Intelligence: Exploring Impact, Harnessing Power.

$10,000
Esperanza Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

Postsecondary success coaches for Say Yes scholars.

$229,500
Esperanza Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$375,000 over 3 years
Honesty for Ohio Education

Columbus, Ohio

Executive leadership transition.

$10,000
Honesty for Ohio Education

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$150,000
Positive Education Program

Cleveland, Ohio

Staff development.

$600,000 over 3 years
Progress with Chess Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Metropolitan School District chess program

$10,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$300,000 over 2 years

Special Commitments

Alliance for Justice

Washington, DC

Bolder Advocacy Initiative.

$150,000 over 2 years
Association of Black Foundation Executives

New York, New York

Operating support.

$10,000
Candid

Cleveland, Ohio

Midwest office operating support.

$30,000
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
Media Impact Funders Inc.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Operating support.

$7,500
Mission Investors Exchange Inc.

Seattle, Washington

Operating support.

$30,000 over 2 years
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$10,000
PEAK Grantmaking

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$3,500
Philanthropy Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Operating and project support.

$150,000 over 2 years
Philanthropy Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Sustainability campaign.

$25,000
Solidaire Network Inc.

Oakland, California

Operating support.

$40,000 over 2 years

Vibrant Neighborhoods and Inclusive Economy

Birthing Beautiful Communities

Cleveland, Ohio

Juneteenth activities.

$10,000
Boss Summit

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$35,000
Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

iFILM + Workforce Development Program operating support.

$25,000
Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Tenant Engagement and Quality Housing Program Initiative.

$203,200 over 2 years
Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio

Executive Leadership Development Experience (ELDE) program.

$25,000
Center for Land Reform Inc.

Flint, Michigan

National Land Bank Network Summit.

$5,000
CHN Housing Partners

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$250,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Development Advisors Community Reinvestment Fund

Cleveland, Ohio

Equitable Development Ecosystem Collaborative.

$100,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Owns

Cleveland, Ohio

Strategic planning.

$18,000
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Workforce Training project.

$50,000
Cuyahoga Land Bank Charities

Cleveland, Ohio

Fund Development Manager.

$300,000 over 3 years
DigitalC

Cleveland, Ohio

Building capacity and culture.

$100,000
Donte’s Gift Express

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000
Downtown Cleveland Alliance

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$500,000 over 2 years
East 66th Street Services, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Neighborhood Connections - Cleveland North Coast Lakefront Baby WIATT.

$25,000
Economic and Community Development Institute, Inc.

Columbus, Ohio

Set up Shop.

$85,000
EDWINS Leadership and Restaurant Institute

Cleveland, Ohio

Enhancing the curriculum and expanding the reach of EDWINS.

$60,000
Enterprise Community Partners Inc.

Columbia, Maryland

Make It Home Cleveland.

$100,000
Enterprise Community Partners Inc.

Columbia, Maryland

State and local policy advocacy for equitable and affordable housing.

$150,000 over 2 years
Fund for Our Economic Future

Cleveland, Ohio

Site visits to learn workforce systems change strategies.

$20,000
FutureLAND

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$160,000
Global Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$180,000 over 2 years
Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Buckeye Revitalization - Crestwood Avenue.

$100,000
HFLA of Northeast Ohio

Beachwood, Ohio

Interest-free lending in Northeast Ohio.

$100,000
HFLA of Northeast Ohio

Beachwood, Ohio

Know Your Price.

$5,000
Linking Employment, Abilities & Potential

Cleveland, Ohio

Providing access, eliminating barriers, and creating opportunities for persons with disabilities.

$75,000
Manufacturing Works

Cleveland, Ohio

Leadership Institute program.

$200,000 over 2 years
National Disability Institute Inc.

Washington, DC

Investment strategy for people with disabilities in Northeast Ohio.

$235,000
Near West Side Multi Service Corporation

Cleveland, Ohio

Refugee Reception & Placement program.

$50,000
Neighborhood Leadership Institute

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$100,000
Ohio City Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

West Side Market Masterplan and Nonprofit Transition Assistance.

$150,000
Ohio Mayors Alliance Foundation

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$100,000
One Fair Wage Inc.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Operating support an the Cleveland High Road Kitchens Program.

Up to $350,000 over 2 years
Rekindle

Beachwood, Ohio

Inspiring Black and Jewish collaboration for a more just and equitable Cleveland.

$25,000
Smart Development Inc.

Lakewood, Ohio

Operating support and emergency relief fund.

$250,000 over 2 years
The Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$200,000 over 2 years
The Plexus Education Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Workplace Inclusion Hub.

$150,000 over 2 years
Union Miles Development Corp.

Cleveland, Ohio

Legacy LIVE and Civic Solutions awards.

$47,000
Union Miles Development Corp.

Cleveland, Ohio

Southeast expansion.

$500,000 over 2 years
United Way of Greater Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Social Determinants of Work Symposium.

$125,000
United Way of Greater Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Social Determinants of Work Initiative.

$15,000
Urban League of Greater Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Equal Opportunity Day.

$15,000
Young Latino Network

Cleveland, Ohio

Noche de Guayabera.

$10,000

$30,394,182 / 244 Grants

Climate and Environmental Justice

Creative Culture and Arts

Democracy-Building

Public Education

Special Commitments

Thriving Families and Social Justice