Grants

Grants Awarded in 2019

Cultural Activities $179,000

Children’s Museum of Cleveland

Amount
$20,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2019

for the Museum for All program

Cleveland International Film Festival

Amount
$10,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2019

for low-income students to participate in FilmSlam 2019

Cleveland Play House

Amount
$15,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2019

for theater residencies in CMSD schools

Cleveland Public Theatre

Amount
$20,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2019

for Brick City afterschool/summer arts programming

Domestic Violence & Child Advocacy Center

Amount
$10,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2019

to provide stabalization services for survivors of domestic violence

Great Lakes Theater

Amount
$10,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2019

for the A Christmas Carol writing contest for CMSD middle school students

Group Plan Commission

Amount
$10,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2019

for educational and cultural programming at Public Square

Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage

Amount
$5,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2019

for Stop the Hate: Youth Sing Out, an interdisciplinary learning program for youth from multiple school districts

Montclair Art Museum

Amount
$20,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2019

for intergenerational arts programming

Musical Arts Association

Amount
$25,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2019

for CMSD students to attend the 2019-20 Cleveland Orchestra Education Concerts

Near West Theatre

Amount
$10,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2019

for Rise!, a youth theater arts program

Playhouse Square Foundation

Amount
$15,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2019

for Classroom Connections workshops for CMSD students

Progressive Arts Alliance

Amount
$9,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2019

for STEAM residencies in CMSD schools

Economic Independence $325,000

Center for Employment Opportunities Cleveland

Amount
$25,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2019

For employment services for formerly incarcerated individuals

CHN Housing Partners

Amount
$10,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2019

For the Family Success program

Family Promise of Greater Cleveland

Amount
$10,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2019

To help homeless families achieve stability

Front Line Service

Amount
$15,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2019

To provide employment and education services to homeless young adults

Fund for Our Economic Future

Amount
$135,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2019

To support the Growth and Opportunity agenda

May Dugan Center

Amount
$100,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2019

For building renovation and expansion

Passages Connecting Fathers and Sons, Inc.

Amount
$10,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2019

for the Workforce Development and Family Resiliency program

Seeds of Literacy

Amount
$10,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2019

For digital literacy programming

Towards Employment

Amount
$10,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2019

for the Career Pathways program

Education $1,488,562

America SCORES Cleveland

Amount
$25,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

for after-school literacy and fitness programming in CMSD schools

Boys and Girls Clubs of Cleveland

Amount
$20,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

for Academic Success programming

Boys Hope Girls Hope of Northeastern Ohio

Amount
$15,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

for the Academy Program, providing academic enrichment and college preparatory support

City Year, Inc.

Amount
$40,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

For programming in 9 CMSD schools

Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Amount
$595,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

To develop a support and retention program for principals

Coach Sam’s Inner Circle Foundation

Amount
$7,500
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

For after-school literacy programming for CMSD students

College Now Greater Cleveland

Amount
$25,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

for college advising services for CMSD high school students

Cuyahoga County Public Library

Amount
$10,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

for literacy programming for students in grades 1–3

David’s Challenge, Inc.

Amount
$5,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

For out-of-school time programming

Effective Leadership Academy

Amount
$10,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

for leadership and social-emotional development programming for CMSD students

Esperanza, Inc.

Amount
$10,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

for the Hispanic Youth Leadership program

Facing History and Ourselves, Inc.

Amount
$30,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

For the Northeast Ohio Schools Network

Family Connections of Northeast Ohio

Amount
$15,062
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

For the SPARK kindergarten readiness program

Friends of Breakthrough Schools

Amount
$25,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

To launch Citizens Leadership Academy Southeast

Great Lakes Museum of Science Environment and Technology

Amount
$10,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

for the CLE4SCI Collaborative for CMSD 6th and 7th graders

Hanna Perkins Center for Child Development

Amount
$40,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

To hire an apprentice therapist in the Hadden Clinic

John Carroll University

Amount
$25,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

For Carroll Reads, a literacy intervention program for CMSD students

Junior Achievement of Greater Cleveland

Amount
$10,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019
for JA programming for CMSD students

Magnet

Amount
$30,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

For the Early College Early Career program

Malachi Center

Amount
$10,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

For the after-school program

Metro Catholic Parish School

Amount
$5,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

For summer reading intervention literacy programming

Montessori Development Partners

Amount
$10,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

To build organizational literacy capacity, and improve literacy teaching and student achievement

Nature Center at Shaker Lakes

Amount
$50,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

For the capital campaign for outdoor classroom restoration and enhancements

Nature Center at Shaker Lakes

Amount
$20,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

For the CLE4SCI Collaborative for preschool, kindergarten and first-graders in the CMSD

Open Doors Academy

Amount
$10,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

For enrichment programming and academic support for middle school youth

Pre4CLE

Amount
$35,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

To increase preschool enrollment in Cleveland through family recruitment

Reach Out and Read Greater Cleveland

Amount
$15,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

for program support

Scranton Road Ministries Community Development Corp.

Amount
$20,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

For enrichment programming for CMSD students

St. Ignatius High School

Amount
$11,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

For the Arrupe Summer program, a free academic and social-enrichment program for youth

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Amount
$25,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

for the CLE4SCI collaborative for CMSD 2nd graders

University Circle Incorporated

Amount
$10,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

for the Early Learning Initiative

Urban Community School

Amount
$300,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

for the early childhood care and learning center, to be paid over two years

Youth Opportunities Unlimited

Amount
$20,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2019

for Jobs for Ohio’s Graduates

Health Care $200,000

Beech Brook

Amount
$10,000
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2019

for mental health services for CMSD students

Case Western Reserve University

Amount
$35,000
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2019

To expand the Aging in Place program

LifeAct

Amount
$12,500
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2019

For suicide prevention programming for Cleveland students

Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry

Amount
$15,000
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2019

For adult guardianship services

Malachi House

Amount
$12,500
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2019

For housing and support services for terminally-ill homeless individuals

MobileMed1, Inc. dba Medworks

Amount
$15,000
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2019

To operate health clinics

Neighborhood Family Practice

Amount
$30,000
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2019

To expand services to patients with chronic conditions

Stella Maris

Amount
$50,000
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2019

for facility expansion and renovations

Support Center for Child Advocates

Amount
$20,000
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2019

to provide legal representation and advocacy for low-income children with behavioral health needs

Other $26,500

Candid Midwest

Amount
$1,500
Category
Other
Grants Awarded in
2019

for program support

Greater Cleveland Food Bank

Amount
$25,000
Category
Other
Grants Awarded in
2019

For expansion of perishable food distribution

Total: $2,219,062