Grants Made in 2022

We’ve awarded over $12 million in grants the past 5 years.

Proactive Grants

• Beech Brook – $225,000 for the S.T.E.P.S. program in 2022-24 (over two years)
• Better Health Partnership – $20,000 to incorporate parent voice into research aimed at optimizing access to well child care
• The Centers for Families and Children – $25,000 for the LENA Grow and LENA Start programs in 2023
• Children’s Defense Fund Ohio – $30,000 for advocacy on women’s and children’s health in FY22
• Cleveland Public Library – $25,270 for Family Place Libraries training
• Cleveland Public Library – $35,000 to launch the 0-3: Read to Me program in 2022-23
• Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. – $187,500 to expand tax preparation assistance, outreach and advocacy for families with young children in 2022-23
• Environmental Health Watch – $70,000 to create a toolkit and roll-out plan for lead interventions
• Groundwork Ohio – $100,000 for prenatal-to-three state policy and advocacy in FY23
• Health Policy Institute of Ohio – $50,000 for research on the social drivers of infant mortality to inform policy
• Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland – $200,000 for Imagination Library in 2023 and 2024 (over two years)
• Pregnant with Possibilities Resource Center – $25,000 for the Making Opportunities Matter program
• Starting Point – $75,000 for capacity building in 2023

Responsive Grants

Learning

• America SCORES Cleveland – $25,000 for literacy and fitness youth development programming in FY23
• Arts Impact – $10,000 to provide arts-integrated residencies for CMSD students in 2022-23
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland – $15,000 for community-based mentoring in FY23
• Boys Hope Girls Hope of Northeastern Ohio – $25,000 for programming to prepare low-income students for college and career success in 2022-23
• Children’s Museum of Cleveland – $20,000 for the Museum for All program in 2022
• City Year, Inc. – $15,000 for programming in 4 Cleveland schools in 2022-23
• Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center – $7,500 for preschool language and literacy programming in summer 2022
• Cleveland International Film Festival – $10,000 for FilmSlam Streams in the 2022-23 academic year.
• The Cleveland Museum of Natural History – $15,000 for the CLE4SCI Collaborative for CMSD 2nd graders for FY23
• Cleveland Play House – $15,000 for Compassionate Arts Remaking Education theater residencies in Cleveland schools in the 2022-23 school year
• Cleveland Public Library – $300,000 for capital enhancements at several library branches
• Coach Sam’s Scholars – $10,000 for intensive literacy programming and academic support for CMSD students in 2022-23
• College Now Greater Cleveland – $25,000 for college access advising for CMSD high school students in 2022-23
• DanceCleveland – $10,000 for literacy and movement programming for preschool and kindergarten students in the CMSD in 2022-23
• Dancing Classrooms Northeast Ohio – $10,000 to support a social emotional learning residency programming for CMSD students in 2022-23
• Esperanza, Inc. – $10,000 for academic support programming for Hispanic students in the CMSD in the 2022-23 school year
• Facing History and Ourselves, Inc. – $20,000 for the Northeast Ohio Partner Schools Network in 2022-23
• Family Connections of Northeast Ohio – $10,000 for Family-School Connection, a family kindergarten reading readiness program, in 2022-23
• The First Tee of Cleveland – $25,000 for the capital campaign to build a new activity center
• Footpath Foundation – $10,000 for programming for CMSD 5th grade students in 2022-23
• Great Lakes Museum of Science Environment and Technology – $25,000 for the CLE4SCI Collaborative for CMSD 6th, 7th and 8th graders in 2022-23
• Great Lakes Theater – $10,000 for the School Residency program for CMSD students in the 2022-23 school year
• Lake Erie Ink: a writing space for youth – $10,000 for creative writing residencies in high schools in 2022-23
• Malachi Center – $15,000 for after-school programming in FY23
• Musical Arts Association – $20,000 for Musical Neighborhoods, an early childhood learning and teaching training program in 2022-23
• Nature Center at Shaker Lakes – $15,000 for CLE4SCI programming for CMSD preschool, kindergarten and first grade students in 2022-23
• Open Doors Academy – $25,000 for out-of-school time programming for scholars in Grades K-8 during the 2022-23 school year
• Partnership Schools – $60,000 for capital improvements in Cleveland Schools
• Playhouse Square Foundation – $10,000 for Disney Musicals in Schools programming in Cleveland schools during the 2022-23 school year
• Positive Education Program – $10,000 to provide early childhood consultation in public school districts in 2022-23
• PRE4CLE – $60,000 to increase preschool enrollment and conduct evaluation in 2022-23
• Rainey Institute – $10,000 for early childhood arts enrichment programming in FY23
• Refresh Collective – $10,000 for music programming in CMSD schools in 2022-23
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum – $15,000 to provide the Toddler Rock program to Head Start classrooms in 2022-23
• Saint Martin de Porres High School – $15,000 for 2022 summer programming for incoming freshman
• Scranton Road Ministries Community Development Corp. – $15,000 for the Youth Jobs Partnership program in 2022-23
• Seeds of Literacy – $25,000 for adult literacy programming in FY23
• Teach For America – $10,000 for program support in 2022-23
• ZENworks Yoga – $10,000 for yoga and mindfulness programming in the CMSD in 2022-23

Safety Net

• Benjamin Rose Institute – $15,000 for the Rose Centers for Aging Well home-delivered meals program in 2022
• Catholic Charities Corporation – $30,000 for the 2022 annual appeal
• Center for Employment Opportunities Cleveland – $10,000 for employment services for formerly incarcerated individuals in FY23
• CHN Housing Partners – $15,000 for the Lease Purchase Homeownership program in 2023
• Cleveland Christian Home, Inc. – $100,000 for building repair and renovations
• Cleveland Cuyahoga County Child Advocacy Center – $30,000 for advocacy support for families with abused children in FY23
• Cleveland Rape Crisis Center – $15,000 to provide services to child victims of sexual trauma in 2023
• Cleveland Sight Center – $15,000 for services for blind or visually impaired, low-income seniors in 2022
• Front Steps Housing and Services – $15,000 to provide peer support services to low-income families recovering from the impact of COVID-19 in 2022-23
• HELP Foundation – $30,000 for start up of the Harvest program in 2022
• Journey Center for Safety and Healing – $15,000 to provide services for families impacted by domestic violence in FY23
• Legal Aid Society of Cleveland – $50,000 for housing law services and advocacy in 2022
• LifeAct – $10,000 for suicide prevention and mental health programming for Cleveland students in the 2022-23 school year
• Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry – $20,000 to provide guardianship support to vulnerable adults in 2022
• May Dugan Center – $15,000 for the Education Resource Center in 2022
• Medworks – $15,000 to provide health care services in 2023
• Passages Connecting Fathers and Sons, Inc. – $10,000 for workforce development/family resiliency programming in 2023
• Senior Transportation Connection of Cuyahoga County – $15,000 to provide gap funding for Maple Heights as a new pricing strategy is implemented
• Smart Development, Inc. – $30,000 for the Community First program in 2022
• Spanish American Committee for a Better Community – $20,000 for the Families First program in 2022
• United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Cleveland – $10,000 for the OakLeaf program for adults with disabilities in 2023
• United Way of Greater Cleveland – $150,000 to build Scholar House for parenting college students (over two years)
• University Settlement – $20,000 to provide services to families exiting the shelter system in FY23
• West Side Catholic Center – $30,000 for housing stability services for homeless families
• YWCA Greater Cleveland – $30,000 for peer navigation services at the Homeless Youth Drop-In Center

Other

• The Center for Community Solutions – $25,000 for research and advocacy aimed at improving maternal and infant health in 2023
• Fund for Our Economic Future – $300,000 over 3 years, for phase 7 (2022-24) for program support of initiatives that drive equitable economic growth in Northeast Ohio
• Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland – $25,000 towards the cost of hiring a consultant for strategic planning for the 2Gen Committee in 2023
• Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coalition – $25,000 for program support in 2023
• The MetroHealth Foundation – $50,000 for the MetroHealth behavioral health hospital
• Mt. Sinai Health Foundation – $25,000 to support COVID-19 vaccine efforts conducted by community-based organizations