Cleveland Foundation Authorizes $7 million in grantmaking for Q3 2024
Grants support efforts at the regional, neighborhood and individual level across a range of causes from enhancing local neighborhoods to improving accessibility to high-quality education for all.
Cleveland, OH – The Cleveland Foundation announced that the foundation staff and board have authorized a total of $7 million in grants in the third quarter of 2024.
The grants support organizations and programs serving residents in the foundation’s footprint of Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties.
Approved grants by category include:
Arts and Culture
Arab Americans of Cleveland – $50,000
Arts Impact Incorporated – $100,000
Assembly for the Arts – $375,000
Church of the Covenant – $13,750
Cleveland Arts Education Consortium – $35,000
Cleveland Chapter – American Guild of Organists – $3,250
Cleveland Play House – $100,000
Esperanza Inc. – $2,500
Fairmount Presbyterian Church – $1,500
Fine Arts Association Willoughby – $50,000
Greater Cleveland Urban Film Foundation – $60,000
Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland – $10,000
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland – $25,000
Rainey Institute – $450,000
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Inc. – $30,000
Ursuline College – $35,000
Digital Excellence and Inclusion
Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network – $20,000
Economic and Workforce
Greater Cleveland Media Dev Corp. (dba Greater Cleveland Film Commission) – $60,000
Kent State University Foundation – $75,000
Education
College Now Greater Cleveland Inc. – $185,000
Educational Service Center of Northeast Ohio – $325,000
Friends of Breakthrough Schools – $250,000
LegalWorks Inc. – $50,000
Education and Youth
Boys Hope Girls Hope Northeastern Ohio – $30,000
Educational Service Center of Northeast Ohio – $350,000
Empowering Epilepsy – $5,000
Friendship Circle of Cleveland, Inc. – $5,000
Greater Cleveland Food Bank, Inc. – $25,000
Jewish Federation of Cleveland – $100,000
Lawrence School – $10,000
YWCA of Cleveland Ohio – $200,000
Environment
Action for the Climate Emergency – $100,000
Cleveland 2030 District – $50,000
Fund for Our Economic Future of Northeast Ohio – $400,000
Hummingbird Project – $15,000
Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund – $75,000
Rust Belt Fibershed – $10,000
Tech Belt Energy Innovation Center – $35,000
Health
Center for Community Solutions – $100,000
Down Syndrome Association of Northeast Ohio – $25,000
Hospice of the Western Reserve Inc. – $750,000
InMotion – $10,000
The Centers for Families and Children – $150,000
Human Services
Building Hope In The City – $200,000
CHN Housing Partners – $150,000
Ecumenical Shelter Network of Lake Cty. Inc. dba Project Hope for the Homeless – $78,249
Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association – $100,000
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority – $105,000
Merrick House – $100,000
Near West Side Multi-Service Corporation dba The May Dugan Center – $95,000
Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless – $87,410
Smart Development Inc. – $100,000
West Side Community House – $150,000
Leadership
Cleveland Council on World Affairs – $60,000
Greater Cleveland Volunteers – $100,000
Telos Leadership Foundation – $20,000
Neighborhoods
Accelerator for America – $50,000
CHN Housing Partners – $250,000
Gmiluth Chasodim dba Hebrew Free Loan Association – $215,500
Khnemu Foundation Inc. – $50,000
LAND studio Inc. – $200,000
Neighborhood Progress Inc. dba Cleveland Neighborhood Progress – $155,000
Philanthropic Support
The San Diego Foundation – $5,000