2013 
Grants List

Last year the Foundation was proud to issue 95 grant
totalling more than $15 million.

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Organization Name Project Name Grant Amount
Adoption Network Cleveland 34th Annual International Conference on Adoption $18,490
Alliance for a Healthier Generation, Inc. Healthy Schools Program: Cleveland Metropolitan School District $340,000
Beech Brook Strategy Counts $75,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland Youth Development Programming at the Mt. Pleasant Club and The Intergenerational School $150,000
Business Volunteers Unlimited (BVU) Strategic Financial Management for the 21st Century $7,750
Care Alliance Capital Expansion for Care Alliance Riverview and Central $750,000
Care Alliance Operating Expansion for Care Alliance Riverview and Central $500,000
The Center for Child Health and Policy at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital The Center’s Four-Year Strategic Plan $10,000
The Center for Community Solutions AFC Community Mapping $18,500
The Center for Community Solutions General Operating Support $450,000
Centers for Families and Children General Operating Support $150,000
Center for the Study of Social Policy Parent Legal Representation as an Effective Strategy to Improve Child Welfare Outcomes $20,000
The City Club of Cleveland The City Club of Cleveland’s Strategic Marketing and Communications Initiative $75,000
Cleveland Department of Public Health 2013 Making Cleveland Lead-safe and Healthy $350,000
Cleveland Botanical Garden Strengthening Buckeye through Green Infrastructure $158,000
Cleveland Housing Network, Inc. Resident Success & Housing Stability $500,000
Cleveland Leadership Center Scholarship Assistance for Community Leaders to Participate in the Making Ends Meet program $3,000
Cleveland Leadership Center Tuition Scholarships for Local Nonprofit Leaders to Attend CLC Programming $20,000
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, Inc. 2013 Creating Neighborhoods of Choice in Buckeye-Shaker Square area $1,125,000
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, Inc. For NPI Staff to Attend the GEO Community of Practice Meetings in 2013 $3,000
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, Inc. Outdoor Garden Named in Memory of Francis H. Beam, Jr. $25,000
Cleveland Public Library Books Under the Sun, A Celebration of Reading $2,500
Cleveland State University Foundation The NEOMED-CSU Partnership for Enhancing Urban Health: Urban Health Fellows Program $385,362
Computers Assisting People, Inc. General Operating Support $10,000
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation Increasing the Number of Healthcare Professionals to Support Health Home Models of Care $100,000
Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services Strengthening Workers, Strengthening Families $75,000
Cuyahoga County Witness/Victim Service Center Cuyahoga County Family Justice Center $20,000
Cuyahoga County, Office of Health and Human Services Cuyahoga County Fatherhood Initiative’s 9th Annual Fatherhood Conference $20,000
Cuyahoga County, Office of Health and Human Services Fatherhood Documentary Preview $1,000
Cuyahoga Health Access Partnership - CHAP General Operating Support $20,000
Cuyahoga Health Access Partnership - CHAP Navigating Health Coverage & Care in Cuyahoga County $75,000
Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine 2013 Healthy Smiles Program Operating Support $550,000
Diabetes Partnership of Cleveland Diabetes/Obesity Education Incorporating Community Health Workers $50,000
Domestic Violence and Child Advocacy Center Building Community Capacity to Create Healthy Families $175,000
East End Neighborhood House Efforts to Outcomes: A Neighborhood-driven Pilot Program for Collecting Prevention-Service Outcomes $30,000
EDWINS Restaurant and Leadership Institute Launching EDWINS Restaurant and Leadership Institute $65,000
Emerald Development & Economic Network, Inc. Offset Costs in Hiring Executive Search Firm to Hire a New Executive Director $20,000
Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. Housing First Initiative $75,000
Environmental Health Watch Race, Food and Justice: Analyzing the Urban Food Movement through a Social Justice Lens $10,000
Environmental Health Watch $200,000 for General Operating Support; $45,000 for Professional Development $245,000
Environmental Health Watch 2014 Making Greater Cleveland Lead-Safe and Healthy $175,000
Esperanza, Incorporated Family Engagement $84,000
Fairhill Partners General Operating Support $100,000
Family Connections Family-School Connection $19,500
Family Promise Continued Planning and Transition Activities for the Re-tooling of the Emergency Shelter Program $20,000
Fieldstone Farm Riding Center Wounded Veterans Program - Honoring Thomas Rathbone $5,000
Forces4Quality Northeast Ohio $600,000 for General Operating Support; $150,000 for Capacity Building Support for Financial Management $750,000
The Foundation Center-Cleveland Information + Education = Knowledge for Making Change $12,500
The Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland $300,000 for Operating Support; $100,000 for Organizational Leadership Development $400,000
The Free Clinic of Greater Cleveland Economic Development: What’s Health Got to Do With It? (The Sequel) $5,000
Friends of Breakthrough Schools New School Development and Expansion Initiative $400,000
The Fund for Our Economic Future General Operating Support $300,000
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations Improving Grantmaker Effectiveness $15,000
Greater Cleveland Foodbank Expansion of Nutritious Food Initiative $336,803
Hands On Northeast Ohio (Hands On NEO) 2013 Homeless Stand Down $5,000
Health Policy Institute of Ohio Advancing the Health of All Ohioans through Informed Policy Decisions $200,000
ideastream Viz Kids $20,000
Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies Place Matters National Health Equity Conference $5,000
LAND studio Leveraging Stormwater Management Investments in the Buckeye Neighborhood $45,000
The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland General Operating Support: Health and Financial Stability for Parents through Legal Aid $1,000,000
MetroHealth Foundation Community Can! - A Process to Ignite and Sustain Community-Led Change $245,443
MetroHealth Foundation Buckeye Health Center $1,175,000
Milestones Autism Organization Milestones Parent Empowerment Network $15,000
Mt. Pleasant Community Zone 4th District Cleveland Police Department & Community Engagement Plan $191,739
Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Summit II. - Childcare Settings $2,650
Neighborhood Family Practice $300,000 for General Operating Support; $50,000 for Capacity Building $350,000
Neighborhood Leadership Institute Parent and Family Leadership Academy and Northeast Ohio Parent and Family Support Network $80,000
North Coast Health Continued and Expanded Execution of the Patient Centered Medical Home $300,000
Ohio IAF (Greater Cleveland Congregations) $20,000 for CMSD Parent Organizing; $20,000 for Evaluation Plan $40,000
Partnership For A Safer Cleveland STANCE Police Assisted Referrals $131,000
Partnership For A Safer Cleveland Capacity Building for Fiscal Accountability, Board Development and Collective Visioning $20,000
Passages Connecting Fathers and Sons, Inc. Jobs for Dads $55,000
Philanthropy Ohio Philanthropy Ohio Health Initiative $30,000
Philanthropy Ohio Diversity and Inclusion Initiative $2,000
Philanthropy Ohio Philanthropy 2.0 $10,000
Philanthropy Ohio General Operating Support $5,000
Policy Matters Ohio Family Resiliency through Better Policy - Ohio College Opportunity $20,000
Policy Matters Ohio Family Resiliency through Better Policy - Childcare Cliff $20,000
PolicyBridge 2013-2014 Policy, Advocacy, Capacity Agenda $100,000
PolicyBridge For the Local Place Matters Team to Attend the Place Matters National Health Equity Conference $3,770
Project Learn Consultant Costs for Continued Transition Plan $18,000
Senior Transportation Connection of Cuyahoga County Capital Support for Vehicle Purchase $32,000
Shaker Square Area Development Corporation Larchmere Festival 2013 $2,150
Sisters of Charity Foundation Local Match for the Ohio Regional Convergence Partnership $7,500
UHCAN Ohio Creating an Exchange Navigation System in Ohio $85,000
United Way of Greater Cleveland The Community Wrap-Around Initiative for Academic Achievement $600,000
University Settlement Strengthening Families through Fatherhood Connection $48,000
West Side Catholic Center Special Holiday Discretionary Grant for Men’s Clothing Needs $10,000
West Side Community House Wrap for Success $84,000
Western Reserve Land Conservancy, Thriving Communities Institute Thriving Communities Institute - Saint Luke’s Neighborhood Revitalization Project $734,000
YMCA of Greater Cleveland Y-Clevelanders in Motion Body Age Screening Discretionary Grant Request $20,000
YWCA of Greater Cleveland YWCA Leadership & Inclusion Initiatives: Advancing Northeast Ohio’s Nonprofit Leaders $19,750
YWCA of Greater Cleveland A Place 4 Me: To Prevent Homelessness and Improve Outcomes for Youth involved with Child Welfare $10,000
Total $15,242,407

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