Grants

Year 2025

Proactive Grantmaking $25,000

Center for Community Solutions

Amount
$25,000
Category
Proactive Grantmaking
Year
2025

for policy advocacy support for the nonprofit sector

Responsive Grantmaking $425,000

A Place 4 Me

Amount
$30,000
Category
Responsive Grantmaking
Year
2025

to provide peer navigation to young people experiencing homelessness in FY26

Beat the Streets Cleveland

Amount
$25,000
Category
Responsive Grantmaking
Year
2025

for program support in 2025

Building Hope in the City

Amount
$25,000
Category
Responsive Grantmaking
Year
2025

to provide peer support for refugees and immigrants in 2026

Cleveland VOTES

Amount
$20,000
Category
Responsive Grantmaking
Year
2025

to cultivate civic participation and equitable democracy in Greater Cleveland in FY26

Family Promise of Greater Cleveland

Amount
$25,000
Category
Responsive Grantmaking
Year
2025

for peer housing support in 2026

FARE | Food Access Raises Everyone

Amount
$20,000
Category
Responsive Grantmaking
Year
2025

to elevate community voice and identify policies and solutions that support food access

Greater Cleveland Congregations

Amount
$20,000
Category
Responsive Grantmaking
Year
2025

to train Cleveland youth in voter engagement organizing in 2026

Ideastream Public Media

Amount
$20,000
Category
Responsive Grantmaking
Year
2025

to address gun violence through media and community engagement in FY25

LGBT Center of Greater Cleveland

Amount
$25,000
Category
Responsive Grantmaking
Year
2025

to provide supportive services for LGBTQ+ older adults in 2025

Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless

Amount
$25,000
Category
Responsive Grantmaking
Year
2025

for housing justice advocacy for incarcerated individuals re-entering the community in 2026

Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center

Amount
$20,000
Category
Responsive Grantmaking
Year
2025

for the Fathers in the Ring program in 2026

Ohio Innocence Project (fiscal agent University of Cincinnati Foundation)

Amount
$45,000
Category
Responsive Grantmaking
Year
2025

for criminal-legal system reform advocacy in FY26

Re:Source Cleveland

Amount
$25,000
Category
Responsive Grantmaking
Year
2025

for the Newcomer Navigator program to connect vulnerable newcomers with social services and benefits in 2026

Seeds of Literacy

Amount
$25,000
Category
Responsive Grantmaking
Year
2025

to provide peer-driven recruitment and retention support for adult learners in FY26

Smart Development, Inc.

Amount
$25,000
Category
Responsive Grantmaking
Year
2025

for navigation services for newcomers in 2026

University Settlement, Inc.

Amount
$25,000
Category
Responsive Grantmaking
Year
2025

for fatherhood programming in FY26

Writers In Residence

Amount
$25,000
Category
Responsive Grantmaking
Year
2025

for the Reentry Mentoring Initiative in 2026

Total: $450,000