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Grantmaking /

Awarded Grants

Jul

Climate and Environmental Justice

Citizens Utility Board of Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

CUB Ohio CPP Reform in 2022.

$25,000
Citizens Utility Board of Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$300,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Ohio Water Partnership.

$100,000
Cleveland Metroparks System

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000
Consultative Group on Biological Diversity Inc.

San Francisco, California

Operating support.

$10,000
Energy Foundation

San Francisco, California

Operating support.

$1,950,000 over 3 years
Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Ohio office operating support.

$100,000 over 2 years
In Our Backyards Inc.

Brooklyn, New York

Operating support for the Cleveland office.

$195,000 over 3 years
Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency

Cleveland, Ohio

Regional Climate Action Plan.

$50,000
Ohio Environmental Council

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$1,320,000 over 3 years
West Creek Conservancy

Parma, Ohio

Operating support.

$450,000 over 3 years

Creative Culture and Arts

99 Treasurers Arts & Culture

Cleveland, Ohio

Reading & Art Empowers Minds.

$5,000
Assembly for the Arts

Cleveland, Ohio

10K Movement.

$25,000
Center for Arts-Inspired Learning

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000
Cleveland Festival of Art and Technology Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$80,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Institute of Music

Cleveland, Ohio

Musical Pathway Fellowship.

$150,000 over 3 years
Cleveland Play House

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support and Cleveland Cohort Initiative.

$110,000
Comite Mexicano De Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$12,000
Duffy Liturgical Dance Ensemble

Shaker Heights, Ohio

Operating support.

$30,000
Great Lakes Theater Festival, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Education programs.

$200,000 over 2 years
ideastream

Cleveland, Ohio

Community issues and engagement.

$500,000 over 2 years
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$150,000
Museum of Creative Human Art

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$60,000
Progressive Arts Alliance Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$60,000
Sculpture Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$40,000 over 2 years
Southern Methodist University

University Park, Texas

SMU DataArts operating support.

$16,000
University Circle Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

YAY! Youth Arts Saturdays.

$10,000
Verb Ballets

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$70,000 over 2 years
Writers in Residence

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$20,000

Democracy-Building

The Ohio Organizing Collaborative

Columbus, Ohio

Voter Registration Program.

$500,000
Ohio Voice

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$200,000

Public Education

City Year Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts

City Year Cleveland.

$120,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Cleveland, Ohio

New school startup and support.

$204,000
College Now Greater Cleveland, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Say Yes Scholars Program at Cuyahoga Community College.

$250,000
College Now Greater Cleveland, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

College access advising services, scholarships, and retention services for Cleveland.

$350,000
Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga County

Valley View, Ohio

PRE4CLE operating support.

$350,000
Ohio Voice

Columbus, Ohio

Honesty for Ohio Education.

$25,000
Philanthropy Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

Ohio Education Policy Initiative.

$40,000

Vibrant Neighborhoods and Inclusive Economy

Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Advancing Equitable Placemaking in Cleveland.

$150,000
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$2,500,000 over 2 years
Fund for Our Economic Future

Cleveland, Ohio

Cuyahoga County Workforce Funders Group.

$3,000
Global Cleveland

Cleveland, Ohio

Global Entrepreneur-in-Residence program.

$100,000
Innovation Ohio Education Fund

Columbus, Ohio

Ohio Mayors Alliance operating support.

$75,000
New Village Corporation

Cleveland, Ohio

Shaker Square project.

$500,000
St. Matthew Cleveland United Methodist Church

Cleveland, Ohio

Brookdale Orchard.

$25,000
Suite 1300 Services, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Neighborhood Connections.

$1,000

Feb

Climate and Environmental Justice

Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy

Peninsula, Ohio

Conservation farming.

$90,000 over 2 years
Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities, Inc.

Coral Gables, Florida

Operating support.

$80,000 over 2 years
Greater Ohio Policy Center Inc.

Columbus, Ohio

Operating support.

$165,000 over 2 years
Ohio City Incorporated

Cleveland, Ohio

Building Connections.

$150,000 over 2 years

Creative Culture and Arts

Apollo’s Fire The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating support.

$40,000 over 2 years
BorderLight International Festival of Theatre Cleveland Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support and supplementary consultant support.

$100,000
ChamberFest Cleveland

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Ballet

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$50,000 over 2 years
Cleveland Chamber Symphony Council Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$10,000
Cleveland Classical Guitar Society

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

$40,000 over 2 years
Collective Arts Network

Lakewood, Ohio

Operating and CAN Triennial support.

$90,000 over 2 years
Convergence-Continuum

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating and strategic plan support.

$30,000
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Free outdoor Tri-C JazzFest concerts.

$50,000 over 2 years
Dobama Theatre Inc.

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating support and strategic plan.

$60,000 over 2 years
GroundWorks Dancetheater

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Operating, DEIA, and Artist in Residence support.

$100,000 over 2 years
Local 4 Music Fund Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

'She Scores.'

$10,000
Open Tone Music LLC

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland programming.

$15,000
Piano International Association of Northern Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

PianoKids Educational and Outreach Programming.

$90,000 over 2 years
Talespinner Children’s Theatre Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating and leadership transition support.

$35,000

Public Education

Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Say Yes Cleveland Scholarship Campaign.

$200,000
Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Metropolitan School District Public Service Fellowship.

$42,000
Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Metropolitan School District Public Service Fellowship.

$330,000
College Now Greater Cleveland, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Higher Education Compact of Greater Cleveland.

$75,000

Special Commitments

Association of Black Foundation Executives

New York, New York

Operating support.

$10,000
Council on Foundations, Inc.

Arlington, Virginia

Operating support.

$19,000
Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc.

Columbia, Maryland

VisionWalk.

$5,000
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

Washington, DC

Operating support.

$10,000
Nonprofit Vote Inc.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Operating support.

$200,000 over 2 years
Northeast Ohio Voter Advocates Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio

Operating support.

Up to $80,000
Ohio Progressive Collaborative Education Fund

Columbus, Ohio

Redistricting Legal Fund.

Up to $100,000

Vibrant Neighborhoods and Inclusive Economy

Summer on the Cuyahoga

Bay Village, Ohio

Nonprofit internships.

$10,000
Brookings Institution

Washington, DC

Valuing Black Assets Initiative.

$150,000

$20,682,650 / 125 Grants

Jul

Climate and Environmental Justice

Creative Culture and Arts

Democracy-Building

Public Education

Thriving Families and Social Justice

Vibrant Neighborhoods and Inclusive Economy

Feb

Climate and Environmental Justice

Creative Culture and Arts

Public Education

Special Commitments

Thriving Families and Social Justice

Vibrant Neighborhoods and Inclusive Economy