Monday, November 29, 2021 Cleveland, OH 37°F 39° | 34° The George Gund Foundation News Grantmaking About Apply for a Grant “American democracy is more of a promise, too often broken when made to people of color, than a lived reality—or a real possibility.” Not thinking about race is a luxury I don't have. Grantmaking / AWARDED GRANTS Viewing 2021 grants in all priority areas (displaying 220) Export to CSV Submit NOV CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE Bike Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $390,000 over 3 years CUB Consumer Education and Research Fund Chicago, Illinois Public Utility Commission Reform. $50,000 Energy Foundation San Francisco, California Power a Clean Future Ohio. $500,000 over 2 years Environmental Health Watch Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $150,000 over 2 years Growth Opportunity Partners Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Advancing Community Solar - Woodhill Estates. $750,000 New Agrarian Center Oberlin, Ohio Operating support. $125,000 over 2 years Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association Columbus, Ohio Operating support. $250,000 The Refugee Response Cleveland, Ohio Purchase of Ohio City Farm land. Up to $300,000 Water Watch of Oregon Portland, Oregon Operating support. $50,000 over 2 years CREATIVE CULTURE AND ARTS Art House, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $25,000 Beck Center for the Arts Lakewood, Ohio Creating Our Future. $45,000 Brite Cleveland Cleveland Heights, Ohio Operating support. $60,000 over 2 years Broadway School of Music and the Arts Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $25,000 Children’s Museum of Cleveland, The Cleveland, Ohio Let's Talk: Racial Equity Program for Families. $10,000 Cleveland International Film Festival Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Operating support and capacity building. $200,000 Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Operating support, Station Hope, cultural ensembles, and cultural planning process. $250,000 over 2 years Foluke Cultural Arts Center Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $25,000 Front Exhibition Company Cleveland, Ohio FRONT Triennial Arts Futures Summit. $100,000 Inlet Dance Theatre Cleveland, Ohio New headquarters in Clark-Fulton neighborhood. $150,000 Inlet Dance Theatre Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $85,000 over 2 years Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Center Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $25,000 LatinUs Theater Experience Company Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $35,000 MidTown Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio AsiaTown Park planning initiative. $60,000 National Public Radio, Inc. Washington, DC Midwest news coverage. $125,000 over 2 years Rainey Institute Cleveland, Ohio Theatre upgrade and operations project. $25,000 Refresh Collective Cleveland, Ohio Strategic plan and recording studio expansion. $25,000 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Rock Hall expansion. $2,000,000 Twelve Literary Arts Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Juneteenth celebration. $8,900 Twelve Literary Arts Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Operating support and capacity consultant. $85,000 United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Chocolate City Cleveland. $270,000 Waterloo Arts Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $25,000 Zygote Press Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Operating support, relocation project support, Artists in Residence for People of Color. $60,000 DEMOCRACY-BUILDING City Club of Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio Voters First: Cleveland Mayoral Debate. $10,000 Fair Elections Center Washington, DC Ohio Campus Vote. $150,000 over 2 years Faith in Public Life Washington, DC Operating support. $130,000 over 2 years Greater Cleveland Congregations Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $245,000 over 2 years Lead Ohio Foundation Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $50,000 Policy Matters Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland Pro-Democracy project. $10,000 Young Latino Network Cleveland, Ohio Capacity building. $400,000 over 2 years PUBLIC EDUCATION Cleveland Foundation Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland Metropolitan School District high school portfolio review. $1,250,000 Cleveland Foundation Cleveland, Ohio Say Yes to Education Cleveland Scholarship Fund. $1,500,000 over 4 years Cleveland State University Foundation Cleveland, Ohio Living Learning Community at Cleveland State University. $5,000,000 over 4 years SPECIAL COMMITMENTS Candid Cleveland, Ohio Midwest office operating support. $60,000 over 2 years Cleveland Foundation Cleveland, Ohio Black Futures Fund. $250,000 Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc. Columbia, Maryland Retinal degenerative disease research. $2,000,000 NEO Philanthropy Inc. New York, New York Funders' Committee for Civic Participation. $10,000 THRIVING FAMILIES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County Cleveland, Ohio Learning Collaborative for School-Based Behavioral Health Services. $50,000 Alliance for Justice Washington, DC Bolder Advocacy Initiative. $150,000 over 2 years Asian Services in Action, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Legal Services Fund. $200,000 over 2 years Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio PERI initiative. $180,000 over 2 years Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio Social Justice Institute Fellowship. $300,000 over 4 years The Center for Community Solutions Cleveland, Ohio Greater Cleveland American Rescue Plan Council and Mayoral transition. $1,100,000 over 3 years The Center for Community Solutions Cleveland, Ohio Advocates for Ohio's Future. $10,000 The Center for Community Solutions Cleveland, Ohio Multi-System Youth Coalition. $10,000 The Center for Community Solutions Cleveland, Ohio Ohio Transformation Fund. $500,000 over 2 years Cleveland Foundation Cleveland, Ohio Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund Phase III. $1,000,000 Collaborative to End Human Trafficking Cleveland, Ohio Systemic Policy and Advocacy Program. $160,000 over 2 years Community Legal Aid Services, Inc. Akron, Ohio Health Education Advocacy and Law Project. $80,000 over 2 years Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $170,000 over 2 years The Marshall Project Inc. New York, New York Criminal justice newsroom in Cleveland. $750,000 over 3 years Media In The Public Interest, Inc. Boulder, Colorado Ohio News Services, Ohio News Project. $116,000 over 2 years Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coalition Cleveland, Ohio Operating support and racial equity report. $115,000 over 2 years Metanoia Project Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $52,000 over 2 years The Ohio Organizing Collaborative Columbus, Ohio Angelo Miller Celebration of Life, including Panel of Youth. $10,000 Ohio Voice Columbus, Ohio OPAWL. $100,000 Ohioans to Stop Executions Columbus, Ohio Operating support. $10,000 Preterm Cleveland, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $10,000 Strategies for Youth Inc. Cambridge, Massachusetts Policing the Teen Brain. $10,000 University Settlement Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Broadway Rising Phase I capital campaign. $400,000 VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS AND INCLUSIVE ECONOMY Cleveland Neighborhood Progress Cleveland, Ohio Community empowerment and engagement. $150,000 EYEJ Cleveland, Ohio Town Hall: Youth and the Impact of the Digital Divide. $10,000 Fund for Our Economic Future Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $2,000,000 over 3 years Fund for Our Economic Future Cleveland, Ohio Cuyahoga County Workforce Funders Group. $250,000 over 3 years LAND studio, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Operating and capacity building support. $400,000 Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Capital campaign. $1,000,000 over 2 years Manufacturing Works Cleveland, Ohio Growth and Transition Pilot. $350,000 Neighborhood Leadership Institute Cleveland, Ohio Neighborhood Leadership Cleveland. $50,000 The Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development Cleveland, Ohio CentroVilla 25 capital campaign and capacity building. $745,000 Suite 1300 Services, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Neighborhood Connections. $100,000 Venture for America Inc. New York, New York Operating support. $50,000 over 2 years JUL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE Chagrin River Watershed Partners, Inc. Willoughby, Ohio Central Lake Erie Basin Collaborative. $150,000 over 2 years City Club of Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio The Changing Climate series. $10,000 Clean Fuels Ohio Columbus, Ohio Operating support. $160,000 over 2 years Cleveland Foundation Cleveland, Ohio Ohio Water Partnership. $100,000 Cleveland Water Alliance Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $50,000 Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown Johnstown, Pennsylvania FracTracker Ohio. $150,000 over 2 years Energy Foundation San Francisco, California Ohio Climate Justice Fund. $1,500,000 over 3 years Environmental and Energy Study Institute Washington, DC Operating support. $150,000 over 2 years Environmental Law & Policy Center of the Midwest Chicago, lllinois Ohio office operating support. $150,000 over 2 years LAND studio, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Eastside Railway Feasibility Study. $10,000 Ohio City Incorporated Cleveland, Ohio Equitable Planning for Irishtown Bend Park. $100,000 Partnership Project Inc. Washington, DC Climate Advocacy Lab. $80,000 over 2 years Rails to Trails Conservancy Washington, DC Industrial Heartland Trails Coalition. $300,000 over 2 years CREATIVE CULTURE AND ARTS America Asian Pacific Islander Organization Strongsville, Ohio Operating support. $2,500 Center for Arts-Inspired Learning Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $35,000 Cleveland Festival of Art and Technology Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $30,000 Cleveland Jazz Orchestra Bedford, Ohio Operating support. $40,000 over 2 years Cleveland Modern Dance Association Cleveland, Ohio CEO search. $10,000 Cleveland Modern Dance Association Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $70,000 over 2 years Cleveland Opera Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $30,000 over 2 years Cleveland Play House Cleveland, Ohio Operating support and health and wellness initiative. $110,000 Cleveland Print Room Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $70,000 over 2 years Great Lakes Theater Festival, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Education programs. $90,000 Karamu House Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $1,700,000 Maelstrom Collaborative Arts Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $30,000 over 2 years Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $90,000 Museum of Creative Human Art Washington, DC Operating support. $35,000 Near West Theatre Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $60,000 over 2 years Playwrights Local 4181 LLC Cleveland Heights, Ohio Operating support. $15,000 Professional Flair, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $60,000 over 2 years Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Induction Celebration Week. $50,000 Roots of American Music Inc. Cleveland Heights, Ohio Operating support. $15,000 Southern Methodist University University Park, Texas SMU DataArts operating support. $16,000 Studio in a School Association New York, New York Arts intern program. $100,000 over 2 years University Circle Incorporated Cleveland, Ohio YAY! Youth Arts Saturdays. $10,000 Verb Ballets Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $30,000 Western Reserve Historical Society Cleveland, Ohio African American History initiatives. $150,000 DEMOCRACY-BUILDING City Club of Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio Citizen-centered mayoral primary debates. $10,000 Ohio Debate Commission Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $50,000 over 2 years Ohio Women’s Alliance Columbus, Ohio Operating support. $200,000 over 2 years Policy Matters Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland Pro-Democracy Project. $151,200 William J. Brennan Jr. Center for Justice Inc. New York, New York Federal Democracy Reform Project. $500,000 PUBLIC EDUCATION Cleveland Foundation Cleveland, Ohio Racial equity training for CMSD educators and strategy work. $850,000 Cleveland Metropolitan School District Cleveland, Ohio CMSD website design. $500,000 College Now Greater Cleveland, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Say Yes Scholars Program at Cuyahoga Community College. $250,000 College Now Greater Cleveland, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio College access advising services, scholarships, and retention services for Cleveland Metropolitan School District students. $325,000 College Now Greater Cleveland, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Say Yes Cleveland website redesign, scholarship management system, and post-secondary planning system. $500,000 Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga County Valley View, Ohio PRE4CLE operating support. $300,000 PHASTAR Corp. Cleveland, Ohio Davis Aerospace & Maritime High School. $139,050 Philanthropy Ohio Columbus, Ohio Ohio Education Policy Initiative. $40,000 SPECIAL COMMITMENTS Independent Sector Washington, DC Operating support. $12,500 Mission Investors Exchange Inc. Seattle, Washington Operating support. $30,000 over 2 years National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Washington, DC Operating support. $10,000 Solidaire Network Inc. Oakland, California Operating support. $40,000 over 2 years THRIVING FAMILIES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $140,000 over 2 years Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio First Year Cleveland. $250,000 The Center for Community Solutions Cleveland, Ohio Collaborative for Comprehensive School Age Health (CCSAH)(. Up to $100,000 over 2 years Children’s Law Center Inc. Covington, Kentucky Ohio office. $150,000 over 2 years Cleveland Cuyahoga County Child Advocacy Center Cleveland, Ohio Canapy Child Advocacy Center. $50,000 Cleveland Foundation Cleveland, Ohio Say Yes Integrated Health Task Force Year 2 prototype development. Up to $1,500,000 over 2 years Coalition on Human Needs Washington, DC Operating support. Up to $100,000 over 2 years Collinwood and Nottingham Village Development Corporation Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $10,000 Grantmakers in Health Washington, DC Membership dues. $6,000 Hiram House Chagrin Falls, Ohio Summer camp program. $5,000 MedWish International Cleveland, Ohio Local and domestic giving program. $50,000 Near West Side Multi Service Corporation Cleveland, Ohio Trauma Recovery Center. $80,000 Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless Cleveland, Ohio Operating support and Housing Justice Fellowship. Up to $200,000 over 2 years Ohio Domestic Violence Network Columbus, Ohio Operating support. $100,000 over 2 years Ohio State Legal Services Association Columbus, Ohio Ohio Poverty Law Center operating support. $100,000 over 2 years Ohio Voice Columbus, Ohio OPAWL - Building AAPI Feminist Leadership in Ohio. $17,500 Open Doors Inc. Cleveland Heights, Ohio Summer camp scholarships. $10,000 Parents Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Inc. Berea, Ohio Cleveland strategic planning initiative. $10,000 St. Vincent Charity Medical Center Cleveland, Ohio Medical-Legal Partnership. $100,000 over 2 years Towards Employment Incorporated Cleveland, Ohio Public policy advocacy. $100,000 over 2 years TSNE MissionWorks Boston, Massachusetts Ohio-BUILD State Partnership. $500,000 over 2 years Young Women’s Christian Association of Cleveland Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Public policy advocacy capacity building. $60,000 VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS AND INCLUSIVE ECONOMY CHN Housing Partners Cleveland, Ohio Strategic initiatives in affordable housing and community development. $240,000 over 2 years Cleveland Leadership Center Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $600,000 over 2 years Cleveland Neighborhood Progress Cleveland, Ohio Neighborhood Policy Platform. $10,000 Community Builders Inc. Boston, Massachusetts Woodhill Homes community. $800,000 Economic Growth Foundation Cleveland, Ohio 81/21 project. $8,000 Global Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $160,000 over 2 years Rid-All Foundation Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Capital needs. $950,000 Slavic Village Development Cleveland, Ohio Community Steward Program. $75,000 Smart Development Inc. Lakewood, Ohio Community First Program and operating support. $160,000 over 2 years Summer on the Cuyahoga Bay Village, Ohio Nonprofit interships. $10,000 FEB CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE Alliance for Climate Education Inc. Boulder, Colorado Operating support. $200,000 over 2 years Alliance for the Great Lakes Chicago, Illinois Operating support. $250,000 over 2 years Cleveland State University Foundation Cleveland, Ohio Microgrid and Clean Energy Planning for Cuyahoga County. $10,000 Minneapolis Foundation Minneapolis, Minnesota RE-AMP operating support. $70,000 over 2 years National Wildlife Federation Reston, Virginia Protecting Lake Erie and All of Ohio's Drinking Water. $70,000 over 2 years Nature Conservancy Arlington, Virginia Ohio office operating support. $150,000 over 2 years Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund Cincinnati, Ohio Operating support. $150,000 over 2 years Ohio Environmental Council Columbus, Ohio Community Choice Aggregation and NOPEC Clean Energy Campaign Manager. $40,000 CREATIVE CULTURE AND ARTS Arts Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $400,000 over 2 years Artists Archives of the Western Reserve Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $20,000 CityMusic Cleveland Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Operating support and capacity building. $59,000 Cleveland International Film Festival Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $100,000 Cleveland Music School Settlement Cleveland, Ohio Diversity and Inclusion Initiative. $10,000 Cleveland Pops Orchestra Beachwood, Ohio 25th Anniversary Concert and operating support. $20,000 Cuyahoga Community College Foundation Cleveland, Ohio Free outdoor Tri-C JazzFest concerts. $25,000 Duffy Liturgical Dance Ensemble Shaker Heights, Ohio Addressing Our Changing Future. $15,000 Greater Cleveland Urban Film Foundation Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $100,000 over 2 years Piano International Association of Northern Ohio Cleveland, Ohio PianoKids Educational and Outreach Programming. $20,000 Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $40,000 Sculpture Center Cleveland, Ohio Operating and project support. $20,000 SPACES Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $150,000 over 2 years Talespinner Children’s Theatre Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Marketing strategy. $20,000 PUBLIC EDUCATION Cleveland Foundation Cleveland, Ohio Ann Gund Gift for Musical, Performing, and Visual Arts at the Cleveland Metropolitan School District Arts Education Fund. $1,000,000 College Now Greater Cleveland, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Higher Education Compact of Greater Cleveland. $75,000 Friends of Breakthrough Schools Cleveland, Ohio Breakthrough Charter Schools growth plan. $400,000 over 2 years Youth Opportunities Unlimited Cleveland, Ohio Operating support and diversity, equity, and inclusion activities. $340,000 over 2 years SPECIAL COMMITMENTS Cleveland State University Foundation Cleveland, Ohio Confronting the Twin Pandemics: COVID-19 and Racial Inequities for 2021. $5,000 Council on Foundations, Inc. Arlington, Virginia Operating support. $19,000 Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc. Columbia, Maryland VisionWalk. $5,000 Philanthropy Ohio Columbus, Ohio Operating support. $123,950 over 2 years Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture New York, New York 75th Anniversary. $10,000 THRIVING FAMILIES AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Advantage Cleveland Tennis and Education Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $10,000 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development data capacity. $200,000 over 2 years The Centers for Families and Children Cleveland, Ohio Syringe Exchange Program. $90,000 over 2 years Cleveland Foundation Cleveland, Ohio Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund Phase II. $1,000,000 Council for a Strong America Washington, DC Ohio office operating support. $90,000 over 2 years Domestic Violence & Child Advocacy Center Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $50,000 Enterprise Community Partners Inc. Columbia, Maryland Lead Safe Cleveland Coalition. $150,000 over 2 years Joseph’s Home Cleveland, OH Operating support. $25,118 Juvenile Justice Coalition Bath, Ohio Operating support. $160,000 over 2 years Lake County Free Clinic Painesville, Ohio New Avenues to Access Care in Northeast Ohio. $150,000 over 2 years Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of Greater Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $210,000 Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence Cleveland, Ohio Embrace Your Voice Ohio Project. $175,000 over 2 years Ohio Association of Foodbanks Columbus, Ohio Operating support. $150,000 over 2 years Ohio Justice and Policy Center Cincinnati, Ohio Operating support. $150,000 over 2 years Policy Matters Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Ohio Juvenile Justice Reform Campaign. $75,000 Sustainable Markets Foundation New York, New York Operating support. $125,000 West Side Catholic Center Cleveland, Ohio Resource Center. $80,000 over 2 years Young Women’s Christian Association of Cleveland Ohio Cleveland, Ohio A Place 4 Me. $120,000 over 2 years VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS AND INCLUSIVE ECONOMY Downtown Cleveland Alliance Cleveland, Ohio Operating support. $500,000 over 2 years Enterprise Community Partners Inc. Columbia, Maryland Enterprise Ohio Policy and Advocacy. $100,000 over 2 years HFLA of Northeast Ohio Beachwood, Ohio Operating support and guaranteed loan fund. $60,000 over 2 years Negro League Baseball Legends Hall of Fame Inc. Shaker Heights, Ohio Operating support. $50,000 Rid-All Foundation Inc. 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