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