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