Grants Made in 2023

Proactive Grants

• Children’s Defense Fund Ohio – $40,000 for backbone support for the Children’s Legislative Caucus in FY24
• Cuyahoga County Office of Early Childhood – $5,000 to host a retreat for system actors in the early childhood ecosystem in Cuyahoga County
• East End Neighborhood House – $5,000 to bring Strengthening Families training to more family-serving professionals
• East End Neighborhood House – $27,000 to expand access to training on the Standards of Quality for Family Support and Strengthening in 2024
• Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. – $120,000 over two years, for backbone support for the Lead Safe Cleveland Coalition in 2023 and 2024
• Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. – $122,000 for tax preparation outreach and assistance for families with young children in 2023-24
• Groundwork Ohio – $100,000 over two years, for prenatal-to-five state policy advocacy in FY24 and FY25
• Health Policy Institute of Ohio – $100,000 over two years, for research and advocacy to inform policies impacting the health and wellbeing of children and families in 2023 and 2024
• Reach Out and Read Greater Cleveland – $40,000 for program support in 2024
• Starting Point – $5,000 to bring Strengthening Families training to more family-serving professionals
• United Way of Greater Cleveland – $42,000 to develop a FamilySpace curriculum/replication guide in 2024
• University Hospitals Health System, Inc. – $225,000 over three years, for HealthySteps Implementation at the UH Rainbow Ahuja Center for Women & Children from 2023 to 2026

Responsive Grants

Learning

• America SCORES Cleveland – $25,000 for literacy and fitness youth development programming in FY24
• Art House, Inc. – $10,000 for the Urban Bright program in Cleveland schools in 2023-24
• Arts Impact – $10,000 to provide arts-integrated residencies for CMSD students in 2023-24
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland – $15,000 for community-based mentoring in FY24
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio – $10,000 for Academic Success programming at BGCNEO Cleveland Clubs in 2023
• Boys Hope Girls Hope of Northeastern Ohio – $15,000 for programming to prepare low-income students for college and career success in 2023-24
• Children’s Museum of Cleveland – $20,000 for the Museum for All program in 2023
• City Year, Inc. – $15,000 for programming in 3 Cleveland schools in 2023-24
• Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center – $7,500 for the preschool Language and Literacy Classroom program in summer 2023
• Cleveland International Film Festival – $10,000 for FilmSlam and FilmSlam Streams for CMSD students in the 2023-24 academic year
• Cleveland Kids’ Book Bank – $10,000 for program support in 2023
• Cleveland Public Theatre – $10,000 for Cleveland Act Now after-school/summer programming in FY24
• Cleveland Transformation Alliance – $10,000 for the Ambassador program to connect Cleveland families to information on school choice in 2023
• Coach Sam’s Scholars – $10,000 for intensive literacy programming and academic support for CMSD students in 2023-24
• College Now Greater Cleveland – $25,000 for college and career access advising services for CMSD students in 2023-24
• Daily Dose of Reading – $14,981 for the Play and Learn early literacy program in FY24
• DanceCleveland – $10,000 to provide arts and literacy programming in CMSD early childhood classrooms in 2023-24
• Dancing Classrooms Northeast Ohio – $10,000 for dance residency programming in the CMSD in 2023-24
• East Cleveland Neighborhood Center, Inc. – $12,000 for the Freedom Schools summer program in 2023
• Esperanza, Inc. – $15,000 for after-school programming for Latinx youth in the CMSD in 2023-24
• Facing History and Ourselves, Inc. – $15,000 for the Northeast Ohio Partner Schools Network in 2023-24
• Family Connections of Northeast Ohio – $10,000 for Family School Connection, a family home-visiting and school based kindergarten reading support program, in 2023-24
• Footpath Foundation – $10,000 for programming for CMSD 5th grade students in 2023-24
• Fostering Hope Ohio – $10,000 to provide programming for youth in foster care in FY24
• Great Lakes Museum of Science Environment and Technology – $25,000 for the CLE4SCI Collaborative for CMSD 6th, 7th and 8th graders in 2023-24
• Great Lakes Theater – $10,000 for the School Residency program for CMSD students in the 2023-24 school year
• Malachi Center – $15,000 for after school programming in FY24
• Musical Arts Association – $20,000 for Musical Neighborhoods, an early childhood learning and teaching training program in CMSD schools in 2023-24
• Nature Center at Shaker Lakes – $15,000 for CLE4SCI programming for CMSD preschool, kindergarten and first-grade students in 2023-24
• NewBridge Cleveland Center For Arts And Technology – $10,000 for after-school youth programming in CMSD schools in 2023-24
• Open Doors Academy – $25,000 for out-of-school time programming for scholars in grades K-8 in FY24
• Playhouse Square Foundation – $10,000 for Disney Musicals in Schools programming in Cleveland schools during the 2023-24 school year
• PRE4CLE – $75,000 for general operating in FY24
• Rainey Institute – $10,000 for early childhood arts enrichment programming in FY24
• Roots of American Music – $10,000 for music residencies in CMSD schools in 2023-24
• Scranton Road Ministries Community Development Corp. – $15,000 for the Youth Jobs Partnership program in 2023-24
• Seeds of Literacy – $25,000 to transition GED graduates to postsecondary education and training programs in FY24
• Teach For America – $10,000 for program support in 2023-24
• Teaching Cleveland – $10,000 to provide Cleveland history programming in the CMSD in 2023-24
• The Cleveland Museum of Natural History – $15,000 for CLE4SCI programming for 2nd grade CMSD students in 2023-24
• The MetroHealth Foundation – $20,995 for the Boot Camp for New Dads in 2023-24
• Young Entrepreneur Institute – $10,000 to support entrepreneurship education in the CMSD in 2023-24
• Youth Opportunities Unlimited – $20,000 for the Jobs for Ohio’s Graduates program in 2023-24

Safety Net

• A Place 4 Me – $30,000 for peer navigation services for homeless youth in FY24
• Benjamin Rose Institute – $15,000 for the Rose Centers for Aging Well home-delivered meals program in 2023
• Catholic Charities Corporation – $10,000 for the 2023 annual appeal
• Center for Employment Opportunities Cleveland – $15,000 for employment services for formerly incarcerated individuals in FY24
• Child and Family Advocates of Cuyahoga County – $10,000 for CASA training in FY24
• Cleveland Foundation – $50,000 to expand integrated health services for CMSD students in 2023-24
• Cleveland Sight Center – $15,000 to provide services for seniors who are blind or visually impaired in 2023
• Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. – $25,000 to launch a pilot initiative to strengthen workforce programming for homeless youth in 2024
• Family Promise of Greater Cleveland – $25,000 to help homeless families achieve stability in 2023
• Journey Center for Safety and Healing – $15,000 to provide services to support families impacted by domestic violence in FY24
• Legal Aid Society of Cleveland – $50,000 for housing services and advocacy in 2023
• LifeAct – $10,000 for suicide prevention and stress management programs for students in grades 6-12 in Cleveland schools in 2023-24
• Linking Employment, Abilities & Potential – $15,000 for benefits and employment services for individuals with disabilities in 2023
• Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry – $20,000 to provide guardianship to vulnerable adults in 2023
• May Dugan Center – $15,000 for the Education Resource Center in 2023
• Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coalition – $25,000 for program support in 2024
• OhioGuidestone – $24,518 for two-way radios for the residential treatment campus for youth in FY24
• The Center for Community Solutions – $25,000 for research and advocacy to improve maternal and infant health and strengthen the safety net in 2024
• The Salvation Army – $30,000 for programming at the Zelma George Emergency Family Shelter in FY23
• Towards Employment – $20,000 for the Career Pathway program in 2023
• United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Cleveland – $10,000 for the OakLeaf program for adults with disabilities in 2024
• University Settlement – $20,000 for family stability support after exiting the shelter system in FY24
• West Side Catholic Center – $30,000 for housing stability services for homeless families in 2023

Other

• Candid Midwest – $5,000 for program support in 2023
• Family Connections of Northeast Ohio – $5,000 to plan a proposal to develop and document the FamilySpace curriculum to guide future replication
• Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland – $10,000 for general operating support in 2024
• The City Club of Cleveland – $100,000 for a new headquarters