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

Grants support efforts at the regional, neighborhood and individual level across range of causes, from workforce development to environmental sustainability to arts mastery
 
Cleveland, OH – The Cleveland Foundation  announced that the foundation staff and board have authorized a total of $38.5 million in grants for Greater Cleveland organizations and causes for the first half of 2024.
 
The grants support organizations and programs serving residents in the foundation’s footprint of Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties.

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