124 grants
$3,301,637
2010 Approved Grants
- Adoption Network Cleveland – $15,000 for the Child Centered Recruitment program
- American Red Cross – $15,000 for the smoke alarm and fire safety education program
- America SCORES Cleveland – $20,000 for after‑school programming in CMSD schools
- Art House, Inc. – $5,000 for the Urban Bright after‑school arts education program
- Asian Services in Action, Inc. – $17,250 for the Asian Seniors Empowerment Program, to help older adults with limited English proficiency with legal, citizenship, and financial counseling assistance
- Baldwin Wallace University – $25,000 for the Baldwin‑Wallace Scholars program for CMSD students
- Bellflower Center for Prevention of Child Abuse – $30,000 for the Kinship Care Home Visiting program
- Birchwood School – $10,000 to establish a school library
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland – $20,000 for academic success programs
- Boys Hope Girls Hope – $15,000 for Hope Prep, an outreach program for middle school students
- BVU: The Center for Nonprofit Excellence – $7,500 for capacity building for nonprofit organizations
- Catholic Community Foundation – $35,000 for the Fatima Family Center Neighbor to Neighbor community‑building program
- Center for Arts‑Inspired Learning – $25,000 for Art is Education, an arts‑integrated program within the CMSD
- Community Initiatives – $25,000 for groundWork, a long‑term initiative to increase public funding for early childhood care and education in Ohio
- Central School of Practical Nursing, Inc. – $3,400 to purchase equipment for the student teaching laboratory
- The Children’s Museum of Cleveland – $25,000 to engage CMSD preschool and kindergarten families in programming during a Museum Night Out
- Citizens’ Academy – $5733 for startup of a pre‑school program in collaboration with the Center for Families and Children
- City Club of Cleveland – $5,000 for CMSD high school students to participate in the Youth Forum Series
- City of Cleveland – $7500 for the Mural My Neighborhood Program
- City Year Cleveland – $20,000 for programming in the 9th grade academies in the CMSD schools
- Cleveland Botanical Garden – $15,000 for the Green Corps Urban Youth program
- Cleveland Film Society – $7000 for CMSD students to attend FilmSlam at the 35th Cleveland International Film Festival
- The Cleveland Foundation – $20,000 to support out‑of‑school time activities through the MyCom network
- Cleveland Furniture Bank – $30,000 for transportation and warehouse equipment
- Cleveland Housing Network – $20,000 for the Lease Purchase homeownership program
- Cleveland Mediation Center – $30,000 for the Homeless Prevention program
- Cleveland Metropolitan School District – $15,000 for the All‑City Arts after‑school program
- Cleveland Play House – $15,000 for the Totally Free Field Trip program for CMSD students
- Cleveland Play House – $250,000 to build the Allen Theatre Complex, a three‑theatre center for performing arts and arts education, in partnership with PlayHouse Square and Cleveland State University
- Cleveland Public Theatre – $10,000 for education programs
- Cogswell Hall, Inc. – $12,500 for a resident development program
- College Now Greater Cleveland – $50,000 for advisory services in Cleveland area parochial schools
- Community Service Alliance – $20,000 for housing and support services for homeless men
- Cornucopia, Inc. – $20,000 to replace and upgrade the point of sale system at Nature’s Bin market, a vocational training site for individuals with disabilities
- Council on Foundations – $7,980 for membership
- Cuyahoga Community College Foundation – $15,000 for the Leadership Camp and Youth Academy program
- Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization – $25,000 for foreclosure prevention and education programming
- Domestic Violence & Child Advocacy Center – $40,000 to purchase 2 vans for the shelter program
- Easter Seals of Northern Ohio – $9,800 for technology upgrades
- Eliza Bryant Village – $40,000 to renovate the nursing home’s Extensive Care Unit
- Emerald Development & Economic Network, Inc. – $5,000 to establish a furniture loan fund for clients leaving transitional housing for permanent homes
- Emmanuel Promise of Hope – $10,000 for program support
- Exponent Philanthropy – $495 for 2011 membership
- Fairhill Partners – $75,000 for Kinship Village, housing for elder‑led kinship families
- Family Connections – $12,000 for Dinner & Discovery, a program to increase the literacy skills of kindergarteners in 3 Shaker schools
- Family Promise of Greater Cleveland – $25,000 for children’s programming for homeless, jobless families
- Far West Center – $35,000 to update technology and organizational infrastructure to prepare for electronic health records
- Foundation Center Cleveland – $5,000 for program support
- Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland – $35,000 for the dental clinic
- Friends of Breakthrough Schools – $100,000 to expand the facility for grades K‑2
- Fund for Our Economic Future – $300,000, over 3 years, for Phase 3 to address economic challenges facing the region
- Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio – $10,000 for the Financial Literacy and Urban Entrepreneurship program in CMSD schools
- Golden Age Centers of Greater Cleveland, Inc. – $25,000 to expand the home delivered meal program
- Great Lakes Museum of Science Environment And Technology – $10,000 for education programming for CMSD students
- Great Lakes Theater – $12,500 for the School Residency program for CMSD students
- The Greater Cleveland Food Bank, Inc. – $40,000 for expansion of the Children’s Nutrition Initiative
- Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association – $10,000 to provide back office services to member agencies and other nonprofits
- Greater Cleveland Volunteers – $10,000 for volunteer recruitment and placement activities
- Guidestone – $20,000 to purchase 3 vans for the residential treatment cottages
- Hathaway Brown School – $10,000 for Aspire, an education enrichment program for middle school girls from the CMSD and other inner‑ring districts
- Helen Keller International – $10,000 for in‑school vision screening in the CMSD and East Cleveland City schools
- Hitchcock Center for Women, Inc. – $49,000 to develop a volunteer program
- Horizon Educational Services, Inc. – $18,000 for the Summer Academy and Extended Day program
- Hospice of the Western Reserve – $10,000 to provide hospice and palliative care for underserved individuals
- ideastream – $10,000 for in‑depth jobs and economy coverage and programming
- Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Cleveland – $25,000 to hire a Program Manager
- The Intergenerational School – $10,000 for the development program
- Joseph’s Home – $15,000 for the Continuum of Care program for homeless men
- Junior Achievement of Greater Cleveland, Inc. – $10,000 for after school and summer programming
- LAND Studio – $25,000 to develop a plan for the reuse of vacant land in 6 Cleveland neighborhoods
- Laurel School – $10,000 for the North Star program, a partnership with the CMSD Girls Leadership Academy at Warner School
- Linking Employment, Abilities & Potential – $30,000 for vocational rehabilitation services for people with disabilities
- The Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland – $15,000 for the Northeast Ohio Literacy Corps to increase literacy services in 17 partner organizations
- Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry – $9,500 to increase volunteer guardian support
- Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry – $300,000, over 2 years, for the capital campaign to relocate the main office
- Malachi House – $34,000 for new flooring
- Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage – $5,000 for education outreach programs for CMSD students
- Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy – $10,000 for operating support
- The Metanoia Project – $10,000 for the Overnight Hospitality Center
- MetroHealth Foundation – $10,000 for the Better Health Greater Cleveland project
- Minds Matter – $25,000 for programming for high‑achieving high school students from low‑income families
- Murtis Taylor Human Services System – $15,000 for an after school tutoring program at Garden Valley Estates
- Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland – $30,000 to build a new facility in the Uptown District of University Circle
- Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland – $5,000 for CMSD students to attend the School‑to‑Museum program
- Musical Arts Association – $12,500 for CMSD students to attend education concerts
- The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes – $10,000 to provide environmental education to Head Start classrooms in Greater Cleveland
- Near West Theatre, Inc. – $10,000 for the spring and summer programs
- Neighborhood Health Care, Inc. dba Neighborhood Family Practice – $20,000 for a Hispanic Patient Advocate
- New Avenues to Independence, Inc. – $20,000 to purchase a truck for the Vocational Services program
- North Coast Community Homes, Inc. – $50,000 to develop four homes for individuals with special needs in Cuyahoga County
- Notre Dame College – $50,000 for technology upgrades
- Ohio Grantmakers Forum – $6,479 for membership
- Old Stone Education Center – $10,000 for the Old Stone Center for Education to provide services to teen mothers
- Open Doors, Inc. – $12,500 for program support
- ORCA House, Inc. – $19,500 for capacity building
- PLAN of Northeast Ohio – $15,000 for the Holistic Recovery program
- Playhouse Square Foundation – $7,500 for CMSD students to attend performances and workshops
- PolicyBridge – $10,000 for operating support
- Professional Flair dba Dancing Wheels Company & School – $10,500 for the apprentice/training program
- Progressive Arts Alliance – $10,000 for an arts integrated residency program at CMSD’s George Washington Carver School
- Project Learn – $25,000 for Get on Track, a program to provide literacy and GED training to low level offenders assigned by the Cleveland Municipal Courts
- Providence House, Inc. – $45,000 to purchase two vans
- Rainey Institute – $10,000 for the Summer Arts Day Camp program
- Recovery Resources – $19,800 for family support groups
- Roots of American Music – $5,000 for a long term residency program at Sunbeam Elementary School
- The Salvation Army – $50,000 for the Zelma George Emergency Family Shelter
- Scenarios USA, Inc. – $10,000 to train middle and high school teachers in the Cleveland area to integrate the Scenarios curriculum into language arts, social studies, health, and drama classes
- Scranton Road Ministries Community Development Corporation – $26,400 for the Youth Jobs Partnership Advanced Training Initiative
- Senior Citizen Resources, Inc. – $10,000 for the Congregate Meal program
- Senior Transportation Connection of Cuyahoga County – $60,000 for new vehicles to transport seniors and disabled adults
- Saint Ignatius High School – $15,000 for the Arrupe Neighborhood Partnership to provide summer programming to neighborhood youth on the near west side
- St. Malachi Center – $16,000 for after‑school programming
- Saint Martin de Porres High School – $50,000 for professional development
- Towards Employment, Inc. – $20,000 for the Networks 4 Success program
- Front Steps Housing and Services – $17,500 for SOAR, a workforce readiness program
- United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Cleveland – $20,000 for physical therapy services
- University Circle, Inc. – $15,000 for the Linking Education and Discovery program
- University Settlement – $18,500 for the Rapid Re‑Housing project
- Visiting Nurse Association Healthcare Partners of Ohio – $34,800 for technology upgrades to improve operational and patient care outcomes
- Vocational Guidance Services – $20,000 to expand and maintain the employment opportunities in the Power Sewing Department
- Volunteers of America Greater Ohio – $30,000 to purchase a van for homeless outreach services
- West Side Catholic Center – $35,000 for the homeless Drop‑In Center
- Women’s Recovery Center – $35,500 to hire a Quality Assurance Coordinator
- Youth Opportunities Unlimited – $15,000 for the Juvenile Mentoring Program for at‑risk youth in East Cleveland