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

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