Cleveland Foundation Authorizes $38.5 Million in Grantmaking for First Half of 2024

Approved grants by month include:

January

Arts and Culture

Balance Point Studios – $25,000

Cleveland Institute of Music – $100,000

LatinUs Theater Experience Company – $40,000

North Pointe Ballet Inc. – $20,000

Piano International Association of Northern Ohio dba Piano Cleveland – $25,0000

Tender Hearts Crusades Inc. – $20,000

Trasatlántica. Poetry and Scholarship – $15,000

Education and Youth

Cleveland State University Foundation – $250,000

Skidmark CLE aka Motogo – $80,000

Environment

Greater Ohio Policy Center Inc. – $60,000

Human Services

Bail Project, Inc. – $75,000

County Action Committee – $200,000

Neighborhoods

Hispanic Business Cntr – $20,000

Philanthropic Support

Philanthropy Ohio – $25,000

February

Arts and Culture

Church of the Covenant – $9,000

Cleveland Museum of Art – $80,000

Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc. – $100,000

Great Lakes Museum of Science Environment and Technology – $40,000

Refresh Collective – $60,000

Education

Cleveland Metropolitan School District – $100,000

Teach For America, Inc. – $150,000

Environment

City of Cleveland – $75,000

Health

Grantmakers in Health – $6,150

Human Services

Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio Inc. – $85,000

Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland aka The Literacy Cooperative – $50,000

Pathway Caring for Children – $25,000

Task Force on Violent Crime dba Partnership For A Safer Cleveland – $131,000

Leadership

Community Partnership on Aging – $45,000

Philanthropic Support

Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE) – $5,000

City Parks Alliance – $1,500

Consultative Group on Biological Diversity dba Biodiversity Funders Group – $2,000

Council of Michigan Foundations, Inc. – $2,000

Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Inc. – $5,000

Grantmakers in the Arts – $5,000

Hispanics in Philanthropy – $10,000

Mission Investors Exchange, Inc. – $8,250

Movement Strategy Center – $10,000

New Hampshire Charitable Foundation – $10,000

PEAK Grantmaking – $3,500

Philanthropy Ohio – $893,000

Youth

Youth Opportunities Unlimited – $200,000

March      

Arts and Culture                             

ChamberFEST Cleveland – $35,000.00

Cleveland International Film Festival, Inc. – $100,000.00

Cleveland Music School Settlement dba The Music Settlement  – $75,000.00

Contemporary Youth Orchestra – $35,000.00

Fairmount Center for the Arts – $50,000.00

Digital Excellence and Inclusion                         

Ashbury Community Services Inc. – $125,000.00

Cuyahoga County Public Library – $100,000.00

Economic and Workforce                        

Cleveland Center for Arts and Technology dba NewBridge – $475,000.00

Evergreen Cooperative Corporation – $450,000.00

Greater Cleveland Sports Commission – $100,000.00

Seeds of Literacy – $225,000.00

Education                           

College Now Greater Cleveland Inc. – $600,000

Ohio Voice – $75,000.00

Teaching Cleveland – $75,000.00

Education and Youth                  

Cuyahoga County Public Library – $200,000.00

Lake Geauga Educational Assistance Foundation  – $124,000.00

Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland aka The Literacy Cooperative – $65,000.00

Environment                    

Citizens Utility Board of Ohio – $20,000.00

Lake Erie Junior Nature & Science Center – $25,000.00

Nature Center at Shaker Lakes – $35,000.00

Health                  

Hospice of the Western Reserve Inc. – $30,000.00

Ideastream Public Media – $800,000.00

Human Services                             

The Buckeye Flame – $108,000.00

West Side Catholic Center – $100,000.00

Leadership                        

Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc. – $8,500.00

Child Care Resource Center of Cuyahoga County dba Starting Point – $8,500.00

City of Shaker Heights  – $8,500.00

Cleveland Leadership Center – $14,750.00

Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc. – $8,500.00

Cleveland Rowing Foundation – $11,250.00

College Now Greater Cleveland Inc. – $8,500.00

Diaper Bank of Greater Cleveland – $8,500.00

DigitalC – $8,500.00

Encore Employment Enterprise, Inc. – $8,500.00

Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association – $206,000.00

Manufacturing Works – $8,500.00

MHS dba FrontLine Service – $8,500.00

MobileMed 1, Inc. dba MedWorks – $8,500.00

Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation – $8,500.00

Shoes and Clothes for Kids Inc. $8,500.00

The Buckeye Flame – $8,500.00

Towards Employment Incorporated – $8,500.00

Young Latino Network – $8,500.00

Neighborhoods                               

Neighborhood Progress Inc. dba Cleveland Neighborhood Progress – $1,800,000.00

Union Miles Development Corporation – $200,000.00

WFL Collective – $500,000.00

New Strategy                   

PolicyBridge – $400,000.00

Philanthropic Support                                 

E.66th Street Services – $50,000.00

Leona Tate Foundation for Change – $2,000.00

Youth                     

Child Care Resource Center of Cuyahoga County dba Starting Point – $700,000.00

Famicos Foundation, Inc. – $2,400,000.00

Youth Opportunities Unlimited – $400,000.00

April 

Arts & Culture

A Kid At Art for the Heart, Inc. – $10,000.00

African American Quilt and Doll Guild Foundation – $10,000.00

Assembly for the Arts – $15,000.00

Beachwood Arts Council – $5,000.00

Case Western Reserve University Anisfield-Wolf Fellows – $50,000.00

Children’s Museum of Cleveland – $10,000.00

City Ballet of Cleveland – $10,000.00

Cleveland Classical Guitar Society  – $5,000.00

Cleveland Print Room Inc. – $5,000.00

Cleveland State University Foundation Anisfield-Wolf Fellowship – $101,812.50

East Cleveland Public Library – $10,000.00

Friendship Circle of Cleveland, Inc. -$15,000.00

Kaboom Collective – $10,000.00

Little Lumpys Center for Educational Initiatives – $5,000.00

Music Through the Streets – $10,000.00

Near West Theatre, Inc. – $140,000.00

Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop – $5,000.00

Seat of the Pants Ensemble  – $15,000.00

Writers in Residence – $10,000.00

Economic and Workforce                        

Ohio Voice – $50,000.00

Urban League of Cleveland – $250,000.00

Education and Youth                  

Friends of Breakthrough Schools – $35,000.00

Greater Cleveland Volunteers – $175,000.00

James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership & Policy Foundation – $20,000.00

Human Services                             

Cleveland Clergy Alliance – $40,000.00

Hispanic Roundtable Community Programs – $35,000.00

Linking Employment Abilities & Potential (LEAP) – $100,000.00

Margie’s Hope – $25,000.00

North Coast Community Homes, Inc. – $90,000.00

Step Forward – $185,000.00

The Refugee Response dba Re:Source Cleveland – $100,000.00

TransOhio – $25,000.00

Leadership                        

Cleveland Leadership Center – $100,000.00

German Marshall Fund of the United States – $25,000.00

Rekindle – $25,000.00

Neighborhoods                               

Economic Growth Foundation – $50,000.00

Enterprise Community Partners Inc. $200,000.00

Extravagant Care Services, Inc. – $15,000.00

New Strategy                   

Cuyahoga County – $250,000

May       

Arts and Culture                             

Cleveland Institute of Art – $250,000.00

Economic and Workforce                        

EDWINS Leadership & Restaurant Institute – $150,000.00

JumpStart, Inc. – $150,000.00

Manufacturing Works – $200,000.00

Towards Employment Incorporated – $200,000.00

Education                           

Economic Growth Foundation – $190,000.00

Education and Youth                  

Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District – $135,610.00

Family Connections of Northeast Ohio – $250,000.00

Lakeland Foundation – $80,000.00

Environment                    

Economic Growth Foundation- $180,000.00

Health                  

Neighborhood Health Care Incorporated dba Neighborhood Family Practice – $72,497.00

Human Services                             

A Place 4 Me Collaborative – $80,000.00

Equality Ohio Education Fund – $150,000.00

Journey Center for Safety and Healing – $125,000.00

Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center – $150,000.00

Scranton Road Ministries Community Development Corporation – $25,000.00

Southeast Cleveland Resource Center – $33,700.00

Neighborhoods                               

Catholic Charities Corporation – $120,000.00

Cleveland Restoration Society, Inc. – $150,000.00

Democracy Collaborative Foundation, Inc. – $9,000.00

Youth                     

Child Care Resource Center of Cuyahoga County dba Starting Point – $78,000.00

June     

Arts and Culture                             

Assembly for Action – $200,000.00

Cuyahoga Community College Foundation (Arts Mastery) – $600,000.00

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Inc. – $1,000,000.00

Economic and Workforce                        

Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network Inc. (MAGNET) – $350,000.00

Urban League of Cleveland – $750,000.00

Education                           

Citizens for Our Children’s Future – $300,000.00

Neighborhood Leadership Institute – $360,000.00

Youth Opportunities Unlimited – $700,000

Education and Youth                  

College Now Greater Cleveland Inc. – $306,000.00

Esperanza Inc. – $400,000.00

Environment                    

Power a Clean Future Ohio – $400,000.00

Human Services                             

Building Hope In The City – $300,000.00

Neighborhoods                               

Downtown Cleveland Alliance – $400,000.00

JumpStart, Inc. – $1,000,000.00

MidTown Cleveland – $400,000.00

Philanthropic Support                                 

Ohio Local Information Initiative Inc dba Signal Ohio – $1,000,000.00