Recent Grants
Cleveland Foundation grants approved - 12/17/2009
(Does not include designated grants, donor-advised grants or grants made by supporting organizations)
Arts and Culture
Art House, Inc.
Strengthen capacity through strategic financial planning
$39,000
Arts Collinwood Inc
Core program development and strengthening of the financial management system
$20,000
CityMusic Cleveland
Community concert series in the Greater Cleveland area
$20,000
Cleveland Arts Prize
Capacity building support and the Celebration of its 50th Anniversary, in partnership with the Cleveland Museum of Art, SPACES, MOCA and the Sculpture Center
$25,000
The Cleveland Foundation (Inc.)
Rotating art exhibit in the Cleveland Foundation lobby
$15,000
The Cleveland Institute of Art
Travel Grant Program to expand students interested in enrolling in the fall of 2010
$20,000
The Cleveland International Film Festival d.b.a. Cleveland Film Society
"After the Credits Roll," a nonprofit partnership and audience development initiative at the 34th Cleveland International Film Festival
$85,000
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
2009-2010 season and return to downtown Cleveland and nearby neighborhoods
$24,500
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Artists from Burkina Faso collaborating with Cleveland artists and community members
$50,000
The Cleveland Play House
General support from the John A. Wiegman Fund
$15,606
Cleveland Public Art, Inc.
2010 programming in Neighborhood Progress Inc.'s Strategic Investment Initiative neighborhoods and new vacant land initiative
$110,000
The Community Partnership for Arts and Culture
Joint marketing campaign among nine arts and culture organizations
$20,000
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation
2010 arts education programs: JazzFest and Showtime at High Noon
$35,000
Dunham Tavern Museum
General support from the John A. Wiegman Fund
$5,202
La Mesa Espanola
Jessie Tucker Memorial Program musical presentation
$500
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
Woman and Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America
$7,500
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
Appreciative Inquiry Summit for the organization and its community stakeholders
$100,000
Near West Theatre, Inc.
Strategic and leadership succession planning
$20,921
Opera Circle, Inc.
Strengthen capacity to deliver neighborhood-based performances
$18,000
Playhouse Square Foundation
One-time transitional support for the occupancy costs of resident performing arts companies in 2010
$100,000
Professional Flair Inc. d.b.a. Dancing Wheels
Building its capacity through strategic planning for its current and future seasons
$25,000
SPACES
Capacity building through gallery space modification and identity rebranding and marketing
$45,000
Civic Affairs
Cleveland Housing Network, Inc
Foreclosure counseling in Cuyahoga County
$50,000
Cleveland Restoration Society, Inc.
Expanded Heritage Homes and Neighborhoods program
$150,000
Cleveland Tenants Organization
Sustaining the shared development director staff position
$60,000
Cleveland/Cuyahoga Workforce Investment Board
Assessment of the new Workforce Investment Board structure
$6,500
Community Housing Solutions
Foreclosure counseling in Cuyahoga County
$62,000
The Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio
Enhanced organizational capacity and technology upgrades
$50,000
East Side Organizing Project, Inc. d.b.a. Empowering & Strengthening Ohio's People
Foreclosure counseling in Cuyahoga County
$100,000
Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
Membership dues
$5,000
Home Repair Resource Center
Foreclosure counseling in Cuyahoga County
$35,000
The Housing Advocates, Inc.
Foreclosure counseling in Cuyahoga County
$30,000
Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Cleveland
Foreclosure counseling in Cuyahoga County
$75,000
Research and report concerning options for a locally-controlled BetterBank option to purchase appropriate, distressed mortgages in Cuyahoga County
$5,000
ParkWorks, Inc.
Strategic Initiative Partnership with Neighborhood Progress Inc. in the six SII neighborhoods and the Downtown Greening Initiative
$250,000
Policy Matters Ohio
Expansion of its Earned Income Tax Credit, asset building and consumer protection work in Ohio
$75,000
Economic Development
Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Conference in Cleveland on energy reform and climate policy as it relates to economic competitiveness
$26,456
City of Cleveland
Design of a waste to energy facility at the Ridge Road Transfer Center
$250,000
The Cleveland Foundation
Consultant services related to international attraction
$48,950
Establishment of the Evergreen Land Trust
$80,000
2010 international relations and consulting contract with SME Union
$175,000
Feasibility of a medical waste-to-energy facility in Greater University Circle
$25,000
Fund For our Economic Future - Phase 3
$300,000
Economic Growth Foundation
Marketing the Cleveland International Investment Fund
$10,000
Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
The Retrofit Fund
$250,000
Northeast Ohio Regional Economic Development Foundation d.b.a. Team NEO
Targeted international business attraction initiative
$1,000,000
Shorebank Enterprise Group Cleveland
Revitalizing Cleveland's neighborhoods
$550,000
Suite 1300 Services, Inc.
2010 interim support
$100,000
Education
Chess for Success, Inc. d.b.a. Progress With Chess
In-school chess programming in Cleveland Metropolitan School District schools
$12,000
The Cleveland Foundation
Continued development and implementation of the Portfolio of Excellent Schools strategy for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District
$200,000
Phase I implementation of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District's transformation plan
$750,000
Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Strengthen the capacity of the Academic Office to deepen the implementation of its academic achievement model and to design new schools
$428,000
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Visual Effects System in the Shafran Planetarium
$48,950
Cleveland State University Foundation
Cleveland Arts Education Consortium which is dedicated to strengthening arts education in Northeast Ohio and providing quality professional development for area teachers
$20,000
The First Tee of Cleveland
General operating and program support
$10,000
Friends of E Prep Schools
Research, planning and creation of a charter management organization
$105,000
KnowledgeWorks Foundation
Phase IV of The Governor's Institute for Creativity and Innovation in Education
$6,200
Lake/Geauga Educational Assistance Foundation
Expanded services for adult learners and high school students and their families
$30,000
Ohio University Foundation
Ohio University - General support from the John A. Wiegman Fund
$15,607
Westside Industrial Retention and Expansion Network (WIRE-Net)
Continued planning and design for a new Max Hayes career and technical learning center for high school and adult students
$115,000
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Implementation of the Ohio STEM Teaching Fellows Program
$200,000
Education - Scholarship
The Cleveland Foundation (Inc.)
Scholarship funds for distribution by the TCF Scholarship Selection and Advisory Committee (TCFSSAC)
$7,178
The Lakeland Foundation
Maintaining and expanding the Next Generation Scholarship Campaign in 2010
$36,500
Environment
Cleveland Metroparks System
Cleveland Metroparks district
$1,689
Cleveland State University Foundation
Center for Energy Policy and Urban Change
$20,000
The Ohio State University Research Foundation
Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Food Policy Coalition, a group dedicated to strengthening the local food economy and increasing access to local, healthy and affordable food
$50,000
Health
The A.M. McGregor Home
General support from the Edwin T. and Mary E. Hamilton Fund
$100,000
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association, Inc.
Family education and support programming
$50,000
American Lung Association of Ohio
Healthy Communities Air and Asthma public awareness campaign
$32,000
Benjamin Rose Institute
General support from the Edwin T. and Mary E. Hamilton Fund
$100,000
Care Alliance
Electronic Health Records initiative, to improve patient care and organizational efficiency
$100,000
The Center for Community Solutions
AIDS Funding Collaborative
$100,000
City of Cleveland, Department of Public Health
Making Greater Cleveland Lead Safe Program
$154,775
The Cleveland Society for the Blind d.b.a. Cleveland Sight Center
General support from the Edwin T. and Mary E. Hamilton Fund
$100,000
The Golden Age Centers of Greater Cleveland, Inc.
The 2010 and Beyond Capacity Building Initiative to strengthen its programming for senior citizens, including its home- delivered meal service
$120,000
Jennings Center for Older Adults
Evaluate current services, develop and implement a strategic plan
$69,480
Learning Disabilities Association of Northeast Ohio
Bridge support
$50,000
Neighborhood Health Care Incorporated d.b.a. Neighborhood Family Practice
Electronic Health Records initiative, to improve patient care and organizational efficiency
$150,000
Rose-Mary Center
Diversify income sources by expanding its respite program
$120,000
University Hospitals Health System Geauga Regional Hospital
Implementation of the Geriatric Initiative To Improve Transitional Care for Rehabilitating Elders
$80,000
Philanthropic Sector
The Cleveland Foundation (Inc.)
75th Anniversary of the Anisfield-Wolf Memorial Community Service Award, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards and related expenses
$350,000
Discretionary Grant Pool reimbursement
$188,106
The Foundation Center
2010 program and operating support for the library and learning center in Cleveland
$158,343
Battle Creek Community Foundation
Grassroots Grantmakers - Membership dues
$5,000
Independent Sector
2009 Public Policy Action Institute
$20,000
Ohio Grantmakers Forum
Membership, conference sponsorship and operating support
$90,000
Cuyahoga County Funders Collaborative pilot program
$20,000
Social Services
Ashbury Community Services, Inc.
Technology: NOW, The Future Is Here
$20,000
Bellaire Puritas Development Corporation
Riverside Computer Center
$14,000
Case Western Reserve University, Office of University Development
Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences - Final year of core support for the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development's Community Information Program
$90,000
Child Care Resource Center of Cuyahoga County d.b.a. Starting Point
Continuation of the MyCom out of school time services of the Youth Development Initiative
$450,000
The Church of the Saviour, United Methodist
General support from the John A. Wiegman Fund
$15,606.90
The Cleveland Foundation
MyCom youth development initiative
$23,800
Fifth-year support of Project Access
$475,000
Cogswell Hall, Inc.
Build capacity to administer all property management functions in accordance with Low Income Housing Tax Credit rules related to the capital renovation and rehabilitation of its building
$21,900
Community Re-Entry, Inc.
Community outreach workers to support Operation Focus and other anti-gun and gang initiatives
$180,000
Computers Assisting People Inc.
2010 operational support
$20,000
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation
Technology and Information Literacy Initiative (TILI) Learning Centers
$20,000
Board of Cuyahoga County Commissioners
Cuyahoga County Family and Children First Council - Continuation as the intermediary of the MyCom - Youth Development Initiative
$270,000
Cuyahoga County Public Library
Third year of funding for its Homework Centers, located in local library branches
$200,000
Domestic Violence Center
Staffing to maintain services and diversify income
$157,460
Emerald Development and Economic Network Inc. (EDEN)
Community Women's Shelter renovations
$300,000
Esperanza Incorporated
Community Computer Resource Center at Esperanza
$20,000
Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation
Fairfax Neighborhood Technology Center
$16,800
Catholic Charities Community Services Corp.
Fatima Family Center - Community Computer Access Program
$20,000
Fatima Family Center - Safe Spaces and Violence Prevention program, a community-building effort in the Hough Neighborhood
$40,000
Friendly Inn Settlement, Inc.
Neighborhood Technology Center
$15,000
Heights Parent Center
Greater Cleveland Family Support Consortium - programming in the community
$50,000
Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association
Neighborhood Centers Association's Community Computer Learning Centers
$20,000
Hispanic Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Program (HUMADAOP)
Assist with its life development and tutorial programs for at-risk youth
$50,000
Center for Families and Children
Mental Health Advocacy Coalition - increased need for advocacy and policy work in response to the economic downturn
$50,000
United Way of Greater Cleveland
Neighborhood Leadership Development Program - Cohort III
$20,000
Neighborhood Leadership Institute
MyCom Neighborhood Implementation Strategy
$25,000
Focused approach to engaging and connecting neighborhood residents to community based initiatives
$130,000
Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center
Third year of its capacity building initiative
$100,000
ORCA House, Inc.
Capacity building support for an intake/assessment staff person
$55,023
Peace In The Hood
Project Community Empowerment Youth Violence initiative
$90,000
Planned Life Assistance Network of Northeast Ohio d.b.a. PLAN of NE Ohio
Launch of its Cognitive Enhancement Therapy Regional Center to treat persons with chronic and severe mental illnesses
$45,000
Providence House, Inc.
Conduct a strategic plan to identify new opportunities for growth and financial self-sufficiency to support its work in helping families that are in crisis
$30,000
Recovery Resources
Bridge support and the targeted strategic growth plan for its mental health and addiction services programs
$225,000
The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army Temple Corps Computer Center
$18,000
Scranton Road Ministries Community Development Corporation
Project Connect
$17,850
St. Paul's Community Church
Community Outreach capacity building initiative
$25,000
University Settlement, Inc.
Second phase of its financial management restructuring project
$42,000
Magic Johnson Empowerment Center
$20,000
West Park Community Coalition Inc.
West Park Community Coalition Computer Center
$16,000
West Side Community House
Capacity building through marketing initiative
$18,245
Wingspan Care Group
Engage in a development process to better integrate the boards of Wingspan Care Group, Bellefaire Jewish Children's Bureau and Applewood Centers Inc.
$10,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited
Continuation of the MyCom youth employment infrastructure of the Youth Development initiative
$300,000
Cleveland Foundation grants approved - 9/24/2009
(Does not include designated grants, donor-advised grants or grants made by supporting organizations)
Arts and Culture
Apollo's Fire
New position of General Manager and a position of Managing Director
$75,000
DANCECleveland
2009-2010 marketing and audience development initiative
$41,000
Fairmount Center for the Arts
Fundraising and outreach efforts
$24,000
Grantmakers in the Arts
Operating/membership support for 2009-2010
$10,000
Groundworks Dancetheater
2009-2010 Guest Creative Residencies and artistic programming
$40,000
Musical Arts Association
Build the Cleveland Orchestra's capacity to implement its Centennial Campaign
$1.2 million
The Lit:Cleveland's Literary Center
Strategic Capacity Building plan, focusing on targeted marketing efforts to expand the Center's public benefit
$30,000
Civic Affairs
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Expansion of the Green Corps program to the Glenville neighborhood
$150,000
Detroit-Shoreway Community Development Organization
West Side Housing Center
$25,000
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Planning of a new 116th Street station
$10,000
Parkworks
Land reutilization action plan and a Northeast Ohio food assessment and business plan
$250,000
Economic Development
Berkshire Community Planning Association
Formation of the Geauga Growth Partnership
$149,400
The Cleveland Foundation
Cleveland Center for Arts and Technology - start up
$3 million
Cleveland Foundation
Collaboration with Chinese entities on advanced energy issues and initiatives
$50,000
Public engagement work for Great Lakes Wind Energy Center project
$40,000
Economic Growth Foundation
Implementation of the Eastern European Trade mission strategy
$117, 429
Hispanic Business Association
Strategic planning/capacity building
$65,533
Kent State University Foundation
Ohio Employee Ownership Center - training, management, structuring, and expansion of the Evergreen Cooperative Initiative
$125,000
Presidents Council Foundation
Emerging Entrepreneurs Program assisting entrepreneurs with high growth potential
$75,000
Suite 1300 Services
Civic Innovation Lab - Operations and grantmaking activities
$150,000
University of Akron Foundation
Innovation Fund for tech-based start-ups in Northeast Ohio
$200,000
Westside Industrial Retention and Expansion Network (WIRE-Net)
Year two of its City-wide Manufacturing Initiative
$115,000
Education
America SCORES Cleveland
One year programming in one CMSD school
$10,000
Baldwin-Wallace College
Regional Collegiate Consortium on Sustainability and Planning for a "green" rehabilitated building
$38,000
Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District
First-ring superintendents' collaborative to improve academic performance of at-risk students and increase efficiencies across school districts
$100,000
Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Summer bridge orientation program for 2,901 incoming ninth-graders at the 10 CMSD comprehensive high schools
$25,000
Developing an alumni association
$70,000
Year three of the K-12 comprehensive health education program
$98,170
Cleveland Scholarship Programs
2009-2010 Postsecondary Access Imitative
$685,000
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation
Community survey and outreach activities
$25,000
Cuyahoga County Public Library
Increase capacity around career counseling and technology programs for local residents
$198,690
E City
Organizational Restructure and Service Expansion initiative
$50,000
Envision Excellence in STEM Education
Cleveland STEM schools and programs
$30,000
Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation
Cleveland-based professional development for teachers in Cuyahoga County in conjunction with the Choosing to Participate Initiative
$50,000
Greater Cleveland Volunteers
Experience Corps, a tutoring program for elementary students in Cleveland schools
$165,000
Hathaway Brown School
ASPIRE program, an enrichment for middle-school girls in Cleveland-area public schools
$100,000
Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland
PJ Library, a program that fosters intergenerational learning and literacy through access to high-quality Jewish children's books and music
$50,000
Ohio Business Alliance for Higher Education and the Economy
Continuation of STEM education policy efforts
$125,000
Lake County Educational Service Center
Porter Center for Science and Mathematics - Porter Biotech Project
$36,200
Saint Martin de Porres High School
Work-study program - student work team at the Cleveland Foundation for the 2009-2010 school year
$25,000
Scenarios USA
Cleveland-based literacy, creative writing and filmmaking program
$90,000
Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland
Segula - support education-related services for special needs children
$20,000
Education - Scholarship
Berea College
Scholarship support for the 2009-2010 academic year from the Florence Mackey Pritchard and P.J. Pritchard Scholarship Fund
$42,000
Cleveland Foundation
Cleveland Foundation Scholarship Selection and Advisory Committee for a one-time Dr. Rosemary Herpal Scholarship to a CMSD student
$574.67
Nelson G. Peck, Jr. Memorial Scholarships for the 2009-2010 academic year
$1,000
Cleveland Scholarship Programs
Harry Coulby Memorial Scholarships to Cleveland-area students to be used during the 2009-2010 academic year
$13,000
Hudson Montessori Association
Marie Richardson Scholarships for the 2009-2010 academic year
$5,000
Huron Hospital
Huron School of Nursing - Scholarships for the 2009-2010 academic year from the Florence Mackey Pritchard and P.J. Pritchard Scholarship Fund
$42,000
Ohio National Guard Englisted Assocation
Enlisted Scholarship Program
$4,000
Fairmount Montessori Association
Rugging Montessori School (east) - Marie Richardson scholarships for the 2009-2010 academic year
$5,000
Ruffing Montessori School (west) - Marie Richardson scholarships for the 2009-2010 academic year
$5,000
Westshore Montesorri Association
Marie Richardson scholarships for the 2009-2010 academic year
$5,000
Environment
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
City of Cleveland, Department of Public Utilities - Presummit activities and marketing for the Sustainable Cleveland 2019 summit
$40,000
Green Energy Ohio
Northeast Ohio Green Energy Education, Outreach, and Jobs Initiative
$35,000
Nature Center at Shaker Lakes
Strengthen marketing, human resources, and information technology capacity
$56,000
New Agrarian Center
City Fresh, which addresss the lack of access low-income Cleveland families have to fresh produce
$65,000
Rockefeller Family Fund
Ohio's participation in the RE-AMP
$20,000
Western Reserve RC&D
Hispanic Growers/Farmers Marker Project
$11,800
Health
The American Legion Post 540
Recreational activities at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Brecksville, Ohio
$3,000
Art Therapy Studio
Tactical planning and implementation
$29,500
Benjamin Rose Institute
Establish the Cuyahoga County Data Coordination Consortium
$49,312
Care Alliance
Women's Health Advocacy programming to address increased need for services for homeless women and girls
$15,000
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Fellowship program in Advanced Bioethics
$145,400
Cleveland Cord Blood Center
Secondyyear support of start-up costs
$200,000
Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center
Strong Voice Sound Tomorrow capital campaign
$250,000
Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States
We Care for America - War Veteran Relief
$4,700
Health Policy Institute of Ohio
Fifth and final year of startup support for health care research and policy work
$100,000
MobileMed 1 Foundation
Strategic and business planning effortd for MedWorks, a healthcare enterprise for the underserved
$20,000
NAMI Greater Cleveland
Membership development project to increase volunteerism and income
$40,000
Neighborhood Family Practice
Comprehensive patient advocacy services for women and children
$15,000
Suicide Prevention Education Alliance of Northeast Ohio
Programs in Lake and Geauga county schools
$10,000
Philanthropic Sector
United Way of Greater Cleveland
Ohio Society of Certified Public Accounts Foundation - 22nd Annual Not-for-Profit Leadership Symposium
$2,500
Social Services
Bellefaire Jewish Children Bureau
Expanding and Enhancing the VIsual Language Learning Solution for Children with Autism project
$150,000
Board of Cuyahoga County Commissioners
Office of Early Childhood - to support the Born Learning Trail program from the Early Childhood Endowment Fund
$15,000
Broadway United Methodist Church
Enhancement Ministries to provide alternatives to school suspension
$35,000
Building Hope in the City
Exploring strategic collaboration with STAIRS, a refugee family center
$5,650
Care Alliance
Avenue Dental Service, its mission-drive social enterprise
$60,000
Center for Families and Children
Greater Cleveland Integrated Re-Entry Project
$125,000
Cleveland Foodbank
Help meet growing demand for services
$300,000
Community Re-Entry
Women's Re-Entry Network program
$50,000
Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People
Human resources and technology management initiative
$70,000
Help Foundation
To cover the unexpected costs of the relocation of the Continuing Education summer program
$50,000
Jewish War Veterans Post 44 Cemetery Corporation
Recreational activities at Wade Park Veteran Hospital
$1,600
Linking Employment Abilities and Potential
Organizational assessment and restructuring plan
$50,000
Salvation Army
Veterans benefits
$2,500
Senior Citizen Resources
Strategic planning
$25,000
Temple-Tifereth Israel
Jewish Learning Through the Arts Program
$25,000
United Service Organizations of Northern Ohio
Soldier benefits through the USO
$2,000
Vocational Guidance Service
Secure federal funds for vocational rehabilitation services for Greater Clevelanders with disabilities
$150,000
Cleveland Foundation grants approved – 6/26/2009
(Does not include designated grants, donor-advised grants, or grants made by supporting organizations)
Arts and Culture
Apollo's Fire
Second-year sustaining support
$75,000
Beck Center for the Arts
2009 Strategic Growth Initiative
$150,000
Cleveland Festival of Art and Technology (dba, Ingenuity)
Public access and workforce components of the 2009 Ingenuity Festival
$50,000
Cleveland Play House
Second-year sustaining support
$150,000
Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc.
Second-year sustaining support
$75,000
Community Partnership for Arts and Culture
Second-year sustaining support
$300,000
Geauga Lyric Theatre Guild
Next steps of a strategic plan to strengthen the organizations through executive and board leadership development
$80,000
Great Lakes Theater Festival
Second-year sustaining support
$150,000
ideastream
Health programming from the Goodman Fund
$1,500,000
Joyful Noise Neighborhood Music School
Volunteer and marketing capacity building support
$7,500
Musical Arts Association
The Cleveland Orchestra - second-year sustaining support
$500,000
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
Second-year sustaining support
$100,000
Playhouse Square Foundation
Discovery Theater Series for Children from the Children's Theatre Endowment Fund
$34,000
Second-year sustaining support
$100,000
Scottish-American Cultural Society of Ohio, Inc.
Ohio Scottish Arts School scholarship
$500
SPACES
Planning for a Creative Fusion residency
$5,700
Verb Ballets
2009-10 public access to dance programming
$40,000
Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio
Arts IS Education program and sustaining organizational support
$275,000
Civic Affairs
City of Cleveland
Public Management Development Program for City Managers to build management skills
$181,500
Cleveland City Planning Commission - Cleveland Census 2010 Complete Count campaign
$150,000
Cleveland Foundation
American Marshall Memorial Fellowship Program
$31,000
Cleveland Hillel Foundation Inc.
Year 2 of its leadership program for young adults
$30,000
Cleveland Leadership Center
Fifth year of the Cleveland Executive Fellowship
$565,000
Coalition on Homelessness & Housing in Ohio
Partnership with the Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network to lead 2010 Census programming for Cleveland-area nonprofits
$75,000
Cuyahoga County Treasurer
Extend the Cuyahoga County Foreclosure Prevention Program to the inner-ring suburbs
$250,000
National Urban Fellows, Inc.
Sponsor an urban fellow in Cleveland for the 2009-10 academic year
$63,000
Economic Development
BioEnterprise Corporation
Strategic health corridor zone assessment and plan
$50,000
Cleveland Foundation
Globalizing Cleveland through business, academic, and research relationships with China in the area of advanced energy
$12,000
Organizing a delegation of German aerospace companies to visit Cleveland under the auspices of the Ministry of Economic Affairs in Stuttgart
$50,000
Continued development and implementation of the Greater University Circle economic inclusion strategy
$150,000
OneCommunity
2009 Regional Technology Stimulus Office, to attract American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars for broadband projects to Northeast Ohio
$75,000
Education
Case Western Reserve University
Office of University Development
Developing a skilled workforce for the energy industry in Northeast Ohio and building partnerships for cooperative education in energy at Case Western Reserve University
$53,800
Cleveland Foundation
Continued development and implementation of the Portfolio of Excellent Schools strategy
$831,000
Cleveland Metropolitan School District
External consultant from the American Federation of Teachers to facilitate the academic intervention team process
$31,500
Leadership development for principals and district administrators charged with turning around low-performing schools
$95,000
Cleveland State University Foundation, Inc.
LINK STEMM Pathway program
$107,976
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation
Pathways Out of Poverty Through Green Jobs initiative
$60,000
Expansion of the E-Business Management program
$46,680
Capacity building to address growing demand for career development and transition services
$200,000
Summer Leadership Camp and ongoing Youth Academy for low-income youth
$15,000
Friends of E-Prep Schools
Village Preparatory School start-up funding
$180,000
Hanna Perkins School (dba, Hanna Perkins Center for Child Development)
Probation consultation initiative
$65,000
KnowledgeWorks Foundation
Expert review of governor's school funding proposal and subsequent legislative proposals
$15,000
Lake Erie College
Center for Entrepreneurship
$30,000
Scholarship support
$500,000
Lakeland Foundation
Capacity building and matching challenge grant for The Nonprofit and Public Service Center
$40,000
Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education
NEOintern: Applying market research results to expand and improve internships in Northeast Ohio
$125,000
Ohio Grantmakers Forum
Phase IV of its education initiative
$70,000
Eleanor B. Rainey Memorial Institute, Inc.
Building a new home for the Rainey Institute
$250,000
Community Renewal Society
Urban School News - Catalyst: Ohio
$185,000
Education - Scholarship
Baldwin-Wallace College
R. Earl Burrows Scholarships for the 2009-10 academic year
$6,000
Case Western Reserve University
Office of University Development
2009-10 Henry Ford II Scholarships
$2,000
Charles Stillwell Scholarships for the 2009-10 academic year
$12,000
Cleveland Foundation
Scholarship support to be distributed by the Cleveland Foundation Scholarship Selection and Advisory Committee
$240,000
Cleveland Scholarship Programs, Inc.
Scholarships and advisory services for students in Cohort 9 of the Jane D. White Scholars of the Adult Learner Program
$301,900
Environment
Cleveland Foundation
Cleveland Carbon Fund
$10,000
Earth Day Coalition
Neighborhood environmental action work in three Cleveland low-income neighborhoods
$25,000
EarthWatch Ohio
Programmatic support for the EarthWatch Ohio publication and the Next Generation program
$25,000
Great Lakes Science Center
Advanced energy exhibit
$75,000
Trust for Public Land
Support of the Cleveland office and completion of the Towpath Trail and Canal Basin Park
$150,000
Western Reserve Land Conservancy
Establishment of conservation-based affordable housing project in Middlefield
$25,000
Health
American Red Cross, Greater Cleveland Chapter
Bridge support of its disaster relief services and volunteers
$250,000
City of Cleveland
Department of Public Health - Health Promotion Through Health Literacy project
$30,000
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Accelerating sustainable change through environmental leadership
$188,100
Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland
Strategic planning
$25,000
Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland
Patient advocate program
$46,525
Expanded patient access initiative
$150,000
Hospital of the Western Reserve, Inc.
Home care for individuals in Cuyahoga County who have terminal cancer
$127,021
North Coast Health Ministry
Expanded behavioral health program
$53,000
Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital of University Hospital
Parental peer coaching for self-efficacy support groups
$50,000
University of Texas Foundation
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - support the work of Dr. Sharon Giordano as the recipient of the Tracy Starr Breast Cancer Research Fund Award
$15,000
Visiting Nurse Association of Cleveland
Home care for individuals in Cuyahoga County who have terminal cancer
$127,021
Philanthropic Sector
Business Volunteers Unlimited
Capacity building services to nonprofit organizations
$75,000
Cleveland Foundation
2009 Homer C. Wadsworth Award
$2,000
Grantmakers in Health
Operating support and membership dues dues for 2009 and 2010
$10,000
Social Services
Asian Services in Action, Inc.
Newcomers Family Support Center to support new refugees
$116,998
Berea Children's Home & Family Services
Freedom Schools - summer enrichment programs designed to promote literacy and social action in youth in grades K-12
$60,000
Freedom Schools summer enrichment programs in partnership with Lakeland Community College
$25,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland
Capacity building for youth mentoring
$125,000
Board of Cuyahoga County Commissioners
Office of Early Childhood - Invest in Children
$500,000
Case Western Reserve University
Office of University Development
Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development's work with Community Wealth Ventures for business planning
$20,000
Center for Community Solutions
Systems planning, coordination, and resource development for early care and education, and out-of-school-time systems
$188,995
Cleveland Development Foundation
Youth initiative
$70,000
Cleveland Eastsider Ex-Offender Coalition
2009 capacity building project
$108,858
Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Supplementary program and services in connection with MyCom
$40,000
David's Challenge, Inc.
Organizational strengthening initiative to support its mentoring and adult education programs in East Cleveland
$7,500
Extended Housing Inc.
Planning of 15 additional housing units
$50,000
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry
Capacity building support and technology systems enhancement
$140,000
Near West Side Multi-Service Corporation (dba, The May Dugan Center)
Capacity enhancement through addition of fiscal and program compliance officer
$83,148
New Agrarian Center
Create a business viability plan and increase access to fresh foods in the Greater University Circle neighborhood
$15,000
North Coast Community Homes, Inc.
Bridge support for tenant rent subsidy for individuals with mental disabilities in Cuyahoga County
$60,000
Stella Maris, Inc.
Increase mental health services capacity and support increased addiction recovery services
$76,210
Task Force on Violent Crime (dba, Partnership for a Safer Cleveland)
Lead agency for youth engagement in Youth Development Initiative
$200,000
Towards Employment Incorporated
2009 organizational capacity building and advocacy efforts, and one-time bridge support for re-entry programming
$160,000
Voices for Children of Greater Cleveland (dba, Voices for Ohio's Children)
2009-10 advocacy agenda
$160,000
MyCom initiative
$76,000
YMCA of Greater Cleveland
Integrated management information upgrade to increase organizational capacity in providing improved services to the community
$91,773
YWCA of Cleveland
Support for the NIA program for young women in transition out of foster care
$75,000
Cleveland Foundation grants approved – 3/26/2009
(Does not include designated grants, donor-advised grants, or grants made by supporting organizations)
Arts and Culture
Access to the Arts
General support
$5,000
Art House, Inc.
General support
$5,000
Arts Collinwood, Inc.
General support
$5,000
Baycrafters, dba BayARTS
General support
$5,000
Broadway School of Music & The Arts
General support
$5,000
Choral Arts Society of Cleveland
General support
$5,000
CityMusic Cleveland
General support
$5,000
Cleveland Festival of Art and Technology, dba Ingenuity
General support
$5,000
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
General support
$5,000
The Cleveland Music School Settlement
Organizational rebranding and outreach initiative
$58,000
General support
$5,000
Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc.
General support
$5,000
The Cleveland Women's Orchestra
General support
$5,000
Dobama Theatre, Inc.
General support
$5,000
Ensemble Theatre
General support
$5,000
International Women's Air & Space Museum
Amelia Earhart exhibit and expanded marketing capacity
$3,000
Karamu House
General support
$5,000
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
Transportation for the school year
$20,000
Near West Theatre, Inc.
General support
$5,000
Opera Circle, Inc.
General support
$5,000
Opera Cleveland
Operations and productions in 2009 season
$150,000
Passport Project, Inc.
General support
$5,000
Suburban Symphony Orchestra
General support
$5,000
Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio
General support
$5,000
Civic Affairs
The Cleveland Foundation (Inc.)
Costa Rican initiative
$100,000
Cleveland Housing Network, Inc.
Neighborhood revitalization
$167,000
Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association
Business plan development of a professional support services model
$40,000
Neighborhood Progress, Inc.
Strategic Investment and Vacant Property Reform initiatives
$827,000
University Circle Incorporated
Early Learning Initiative
$10,000
Economic Development
The Cleveland Foundation (Inc.)
Evaluation of the Civic Innovation Lab
$75,000
Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority
Port Authority's Transformative Investment Initiatives
$450,000
Economic Growth Foundation
Expediting the Opportunity Corridor
$100,000
First Suburbs Consortium Development Council
Increase the collaborative capacity in the first-ring suburbs
$80,000
Greater Cleveland Media Development Corp., dba Greater Cleveland Film Commission
Creative workforce development and business attraction efforts
$90,000
Shorebank Enterprise Group Cleveland
Capitalization of the Evergreen Cooperative Development Fund
$2,250,000
Education
Case Western Reserve University,
Office of University Development
School of Medicine - Phase II expansion of the Center for Proteomics
$1,500,000
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation
Cuyahoga Community College - 2009 arts education programs: JazzFest and Showtime at High Noon
$35,000
East Cleveland Public Library
Music series
$5,000
Lake Erie College
Scholarship support to Painesville-area residents
$10,000
Lake/Geauga Educational Assistance Foundation
Scholarship support to Painesville-area high school seniors and returning sophomore and junior college students not attending Lake Erie College or Lakeland Community College, and administrative costs for scholarship awards
$72,750
Laurel School
Partnership efforts with Cleveland Metropolitan School District
$75,000
Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education
Higher Education Outreach Project: Advancing Educational Attainment and Promoting Regional Economic Growth
$110,000
Painesville Adult Basic and Literacy Education Program
Adult Summer School 2009 program
$16,890
Skidmore College
General support
$1,000
United Labor Agency, Inc.
Ohio Youth Voices Program
$40,000
Education - Scholarship
The Cleveland Foundation (Inc.)
Scholarship assistance to Ohio's eight medical schools for students enrolled in either their third or fourth year
$130,172
The Lakeland Foundation
Lakeland Community College scholarship support to Painesville-area residents
$40,000
Health
Benjamin Rose Institute
Strategic planning process
$25,000
Lake Hospital Foundation, Inc.
"Get Healthy Perry" program in partnership with Perry Schools
$52,793
Philanthropic Sector
The Cleveland Foundation (Inc.)
External assessment of the BP Fellowship
$40,000
Advisory services
$50,000
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
2009 membership dues
$5,000
United Way of Greater Cleveland
John K. Mott Youth Fund Distribution Committee
$10,000
Social Services
Adoption Network Cleveland
Bridge support for two recruitment workers
$110,667
Bellaire Puritas Development Corporation
Capacity building and youth programming
$20,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Cleveland
School-based programs and gang outreach initiative
$185,000
Cleveland Foodbank, Inc.
Need for increased total food distribution
$25,000
The Cleveland Foundation (Inc.)
Communications plan for MyCom, public awareness campaigns and events
$140,000
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center
35th anniversary capacity-building initiative
$205,000
Board of Cuyahoga County Commissioners
Cuyahoga County Department of Workforce Development - Summer youth employment component of MyCom
$150,000
Das Deutsch Center for Special Needs Children
Translational research
$250,000
Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio
Implementation of the Girl Scouts Beyond Bars program
$21,064
InterReligious Partners in Action of Greater Cleveland (InterAct Cleveland)
Communication plan development
$23,000
Kent State University Foundation, Inc.
Development and implementation of the MyCom evaluation
$160,000
Neighborhood Leadership Institute
A Vision of Change Inc.'s Spellmaster program expansion
$50,000
Expenses related to the dissolution of the Social and Educational Betterment Coalition, Inc.
$19,763
MyCom neighborhood implementation
$750,000
The Eleanor B. Rainey Memorial Institute, Inc.
General support
$10,000
Safety for Animals and Families in Emergencies (SAFE)
Second year of the Community Service and Educational Initiative
$31,000
Task Force on Violent Crime, dba Partnership for a Safer Cleveland
Training courses for community outreach workers
$72,000
Trinity Cathedral
Program expansion
$50,000
West Side Catholic Center
Identification Crisis in Cleveland Collaboration
$50,000
Youth Challenge
Phase II of the Building Fund
$60,000
General support
$5,000