Grants

Grants Awarded in 2021

Cultural Activities $161,000

Art House, Inc.

Amount
$15,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2021

for the Urban Bright program in CMSD schools in FY22

Arts Impact

Amount
$12,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2021

for STEAM residencies in CMSD schools in the 2021-22 school year

Cleveland International Film Festival

Amount
$10,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2021

For FilmSlam Streams 2021

Cleveland Play House

Amount
$25,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2021

for theater residencies in Cleveland schools in the 2021-22 school year

Dancing Classrooms Northeast Ohio

Amount
$13,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2021

To develop and implement virtual “brain break” curricula

Holden Forests & Gardens

Amount
$10,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2021

to install a Family Gallery at the Cleveland Botanical Garden

Musical Arts Association

Amount
$25,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2021

for education concerts and music resources for CMSD students in the 2021-22 school year

Near West Theatre

Amount
$10,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2021

for Rise!, a youth theater arts program

Negro League Baseball Legends of Fame, Inc.

Amount
$16,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2021

for History Nights in Hough at League Park

Playhouse Square Foundation

Amount
$15,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2021

for virtual Classroom Connections programming for CMSD students in the 2021-22 school year

Roots of American Music

Amount
$10,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2021

for music residencies in CMSD schools

Economic Independence $270,000

Centers for Families and Children

Amount
$25,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2021

For the El Barrio workforce program

CHN Housing Partners

Amount
$15,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2021

for the Lease Purchase Homeownership program

Cuyahoga Community College Foundation

Amount
$15,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2021

for the Access Centers in FY22

Family Promise of Greater Cleveland

Amount
$20,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2021

to help homeless families achieve stability

Legal Aid Society of Cleveland

Amount
$30,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2021

for Economic Justice programming

May Dugan Center

Amount
$20,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2021

for the Education Resource Center

Monarch Lifeworks

Amount
$25,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2021

for building renovation to allow for vocational day program expansion

OhioGuidestone

Amount
$20,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2021

to support workforce development training participants

Passages Connecting Fathers and Sons

Amount
$15,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2021

for workforce development/family resiliency programming in 2022

Smart Development, Inc.

Amount
$15,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2021

For Community First programming

Spanish American Committee for a Better Community

Amount
$20,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2021

For the Families First program

Towards Employment

Amount
$20,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2021

for the Career Pathways program in 2021

Union Miles Development Corporation

Amount
$10,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2021

for workforce training programming in the construction trades

University Settlement

Amount
$20,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2021

for family stability support after exiting the shelter system

Education $562,000

America SCORES Cleveland

Amount
$25,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

for literacy and fitness youth development programming in FY 22

Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio

Amount
$20,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

for Academic Success programming at BGCNEO Cleveland clubs for the 2021-22 school year

Boys Hope Girls Hope of Northeastern Ohio

Amount
$20,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

for programming to prepare low-income students for college and career success in FY22

Children’s Museum of Cleveland

Amount
$20,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

For the Museum For All program

City Year, Inc.

Amount
$40,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

For programming in 7 Cleveland schools

Cleveland Transformation Alliance

Amount
$15,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

for the Ambassador program to connect Cleveland families to resources regarding school choice in 2022

College Now Greater Cleveland

Amount
$10,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

for college advising services for CMSD high school students

Cuyahoga County Public Library

Amount
$10,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

For literacy programming For students in grades 1-3

Effective Leadership Academy

Amount
$12,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

for social-emotional learning and leadership development programming for CMSD students in the 2021-22 school year

Esperanza, Inc.

Amount
$20,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

for the Hispanic Youth Leadership Program in the 2021-22 school year

Family Connections of Northeast Ohio

Amount
$20,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

for Family-School Connection, a kindergarten family reading readiness program

Great Lakes Museum of Science Environment and Technology

Amount
$10,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

for the CLE4SCI Collaborative for CMSD 6th, 7th and 8th graders in the 2021-22 school year

Hanna Perkins Center for Child Development

Amount
$15,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

For My Mad Feelings programming

Hathaway Brown School

Amount
$15,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

for the Aspire program

Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland

Amount
$20,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

for community-wide literacy initiatives

Minds Matter of Cleveland

Amount
$10,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

For college preparatory programming For low-nicome high school students

Nature Center at Shaker Lakes

Amount
$10,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

For CLE4SCI programming

Open Doors Academy

Amount
$35,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

To operate remote learning centers

Positive Education Program

Amount
$20,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

to provide early childhood consultation in public school districts

PRE4CLE

Amount
$30,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

to increase preschool enrollment in Cleveland through family recruitment

Reach Out and Read Greater Cleveland

Amount
$15,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

for program support in 2021

Saint Martin de Porres High School

Amount
$25,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

for support in FY22

Scranton Road Ministries Community Development Corp.

Amount
$25,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

for academic enrichment programming for Cleveland youth

Seeds of Literacy

Amount
$15,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

for adult basic literacy programming in FY22

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Amount
$25,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

for the SLAM Dunk program for East Cleveland K-2 students in the 2021-22 school year

United Way of Greater Cleveland

Amount
$50,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

For CMSD Academic Learning Pods initiative

University Circle Incorporated

Amount
$10,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

For the Early Learning Initiative

Youth Opportunities Unlimited

Amount
$20,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2021

the the Jobs for Ohio’s Graduates program in FY22

Health Care $313,825

Cleveland Christian Home, Inc.

Amount
$50,000
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2021

for building repair and renovations

Cleveland Foundation

Amount
$50,000
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2021

to provide integrated, school-based health services to CMSD students for the 2021-22 school year

Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center

Amount
$15,000
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2021

for individual and group language therapy for toddlers and parents in 2022

Cleveland Rape Crisis Center

Amount
$20,000
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2021

to provide trauma therapy to survivors of sexual violence in 2021

LifeAct

Amount
$12,500
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2021

For suicide prevention programming

Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry

Amount
$15,000
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2021

To provide guardianship support To vulnerable adults

Malachi House

Amount
$25,000
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2021

for housing and support services for terminally-ill homeless individuals in FY22

Medworks

Amount
$25,000
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2021

for healthcare clinics

Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coalition

Amount
$20,000
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2021

for program support

Neighborhood Health Care, Inc., dba Neighborhood Family Practice

Amount
$31,325
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2021

to provide a virtual and in-person wellness program to individuals with chronic health conditions

Support Center for Child Advocates

Amount
$30,000
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2021

to provide legal representation and advocacy for low-income children with behavioral health needs in FY22

Women’s Recovery Center

Amount
$20,000
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2021

for substance use disorder treatment program expansion

Other $131,500

Candid Midwest

Amount
$1,500
Category
Other
Grants Awarded in
2021

for program support in 2021

Greater Cleveland Food Bank

Amount
$50,000
Category
Other
Grants Awarded in
2021

To expand fresh produce distribution

Shared Harvest Foodbank, Inc.

Amount
$50,000
Category
Other
Grants Awarded in
2021

for program support

The Foodbank, Inc.

Amount
$30,000
Category
Other
Grants Awarded in
2021

for program support

Total: $1,438,325