Grants

Grants Awarded in 2026

Cultural Activities $365,000

Art House, Inc.

Amount
$15,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2026

for Urban Bright arts residencies in 2025-26

Cleveland Museum of Art

Amount
$250,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2026

to renovate the Fine Arts Campus in 2026-27

Cleveland Play House

Amount
$25,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2026

for theater-based residencies in CMSD schools in 2025-26

Cleveland Public Theatre

Amount
$15,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2026

for Cleveland Act Now after-school/summer programming in FY26

Developing Connections Northeast Ohio

Amount
$15,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2026

for dance residency programming in CMSD schools in 2025-26

Playhouse Square Foundation

Amount
$20,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2026

for Classroom Connections programming for CMSD students in the 2025-26 school year

Rainey Institute

Amount
$15,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2026

for early childhood arts enrichment programming in FY26

Refresh Collective

Amount
$10,000
Category
Cultural Activities
Grants Awarded in
2026

for hip-hop programming for justice-involved youth in Cuyahoga County in FY26

Economic Independence $92,000

EDWINS Leadership and Restaurant Institute

Amount
$25,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2026

for program support in FY26

Family Promise of Greater Cleveland

Amount
$25,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2026

to help unhoused families address housing stability in 2026

Passages, Inc.

Amount
$17,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2026

for the Cognitive Behavioral Health Interventions for Employment program in 2026

Smart Development, Inc.

Amount
$25,000
Category
Economic Independence
Grants Awarded in
2026

for the Community First Program in 2026

Education $42,000

City Year Cleveland

Amount
$10,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2026

for programming in Cuyahoga County schools in 2025-26

Ideastream Public Media

Amount
$12,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2026

for kindergarten readiness and literacy support for children and families in FY26

Teach For America

Amount
$20,000
Category
Education
Grants Awarded in
2026

for program support in 2025-26 school year

Health Care $145,000

Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center

Amount
$15,000
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2026

to provide low-cost hearing services to older adults in 2026

LifeAct

Amount
$15,000
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2026

for suicide prevention and stress management programming for Cuyahoga County youth in 2025-26

Neighborhood Family Practice

Amount
$50,000
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2026

to expand services at the newly relocated Ann B. Reichsman Community Health Center in 2026-27

Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless

Amount
$15,000
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2026

for seasonal shelter for the unhoused in 2026

The MetroHealth Foundation, Inc.

Amount
$50,000
Category
Health Care
Grants Awarded in
2026

for the Community Health program in 2026

Total: $644,000