Grants

Category Education
Grants Awarded in 2025

America SCORES Cleveland

Amount
$25,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for programming for CMSD students in FY26

Beat the Streets Cleveland

Amount
$12,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for program support for 2025-26 school year

Benedictine High School

Amount
$25,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for the Pathways program in the 2025-26 and 2026-27 school years

Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio

Amount
$20,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for Academic Success programming in 2025

Breadwinners Academy

Amount
$11,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

to provide financial literacy programming in CMSD and inner-ring schools in 2024-25

City Year, Inc.

Amount
$20,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for programming in 3 CMSD schools in 2024-25

Cleveland Central Catholic High School

Amount
$27,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for facility renovations in FY26

College Now Greater Cleveland

Amount
$15,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for college and career access advising services for CMSD students in 2025-26

Cuyahoga County Public Library

Amount
$10,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

to provide educational programs for families with children ages 0-5 in 2026

Daily Dose of Reading

Amount
$17,750
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for the Play and Learn early literacy program in FY25

East Cleveland Neighborhood Center, Inc.

Amount
$12,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for the Freedom Schools summer program in 2025

Effective Leadership Academy

Amount
$15,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for social-emotional learning and leadership development programming for CMSD students in the 2025-26 school year

Esperanza, Inc.

Amount
$20,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for afterschool support and enrichment for CMSD students in 2024-25

Family Connections of Northeast Ohio

Amount
$30,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for the SPARK kindergarten readiness program for Cleveland children in FY25

Food Strong

Amount
$15,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for school-based gardening education in 2025-26

Footpath Foundation

Amount
$10,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for programming for CMSD 6th graders in 2025-26

Great Lakes Museum of Science Environment and Technology

Amount
$20,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for CLE4SCI programming for CMSD 6th, 7th, and 8th graders in the 2025-26 school year

Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association

Amount
$15,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for adult literacy and numeracy education in FY25

Hathaway Brown School

Amount
$10,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for the Aspire program in 2024-25

Hope Ignites of Northeastern Ohio

Amount
$10,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for programming to prepare low-income students from Cuyahoga County for college and career success in FY26

Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland

Amount
$20,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in 2025

Nature Center at Shaker Lakes

Amount
$20,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for CLE4SCI programming for CMSD preschoolers, kindergartners, and first graders in the 2025-26 school year

Open Doors Academy

Amount
$15,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for out-of-school time programming for K-8 students in FY26

PRE4CLE

Amount
$15,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for operating support in FY26

Re:Source Cleveland

Amount
$25,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for youth mentoring programming in 2026

Rise Up: Northeast Ohio

Amount
$16,558
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for the Life as a Scientist program in the CMSD in 2025-26

Saint Martin de Porres High School

Amount
$20,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for the Career and Credentials program in the 2025-26 school year

Scranton Road Ministries Community Development Corp.

Amount
$15,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for academic enrichment programming for CMSD students in 2025-26

Seeds of Literacy

Amount
$30,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

to provide adult basic education in FY26

Teaching Cleveland

Amount
$10,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for professional development for CMSD teachers in the 2025-26 school year

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Amount
$25,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for the SLAM Dunk program in the 2025-26 school year

Urban Squash Cleveland

Amount
$15,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for program support in FY26

Writers In Residence

Amount
$13,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

for programming for youth in detention at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center in 2026

Youth Opportunities Unlimited

Amount
$20,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2025

to support the Jobs for Ohio’s Graduates program in the 2025-26 school year

Total $599,308