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GRANTS AWARDED — 2004

Achievement Centers For Children
Family Support programs

$15,000
Aids Task Force
Second year of funding for a pilot program to empower HIV+ persons to enter the job market

$45,000
American Red Cross, Greater Cleveland Chapter
Funding for the Foundations For Caregiving nurse assistant and home health aide training program

$30,000
Second Century Capital Campaign $2,000
Applewood Centers
Funding for Project Manzanitas to build the agency's capacity with bilingual, bicultural staff

$30,000
Capital campaign $2,000
Berea Children's Home
Capital funding for Residential Treatment & Living Center

$25,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland
School based mentoring programs for third to fifth graders

$10,000
Bridgeway, Inc.
Capital funding for generator at Detroit Ave. facility

$30,995
Brookside Center of WSEM
General operating support

$25,000
Business Volunteers Unlimited
Underwrite scholarships for Needs Assessments & Board consultations/training for non-profits

$50,000
Second year of funding for Executive Coaching services $26,500
Case Center for Regional Economic Issues
Pilot study with Mt. Zion UCC re: economic and community development

$3,000
Clark Metro Development Corp.
Helping Hands Project

$15,000
Cleveland Christian Home
General operating support

$5,000
Cleveland Foodbank
Cleveland Community Kitchen

$15,000
Cleveland Foundation,
fiscal agent for the Fund For Our Economic Future

Total grant of $100,000 for three years; $34,000 to be paid in year one; year two and three contingent on a favorable evaluation


$100,000
Cleveland Housing Network
Family support specialist

$25,000
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center
24 hour services, including hospital & justice system advocacy

$25,000
Cleveland Reads
Volunteer training consultant

$7,000
Cleveland Scholarship Program
Adult Learner scholarships & counseling services

$25,000
Cleveland Sight Center
Employment services program

$23,000
Community Corner of WSEM
Salary and benefits for the outreach worker

$30,500
Cornucopia
General operating support

$25,000
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation
Women in Transition/Displaced Homemakers Program

$25,000
Veteran's Appreciation Weekend $1,000
Cuyahoga County Planning Commission
Start-up funding for new Senior Transportation Organization

$75,000
Domestic Violence Center
Economic empowerment project in partnership with the Cleveland Mediation Center

$6,450
Dress For Success Cleveland
General operating support challenge grant;
$15,000 to be paid immediately and
$15,000 to be paid in a 1:1 match for any new or increased funding from foundations, corporations and individuals (excluding Trustees); expires 9/30/2005

$30,000
General operating support $5,000
E City
Lincoln West High School Entrepreneurship program

$12,000
East Side Catholic Center & Shelter
Linkages program

$25,000
General operating support $2,500
El Barrio
General operating support

$35,000
Consulting services for merger feasiblity study $12,500
Eliza Jennings Senior Care Network
Funding for Acacia Place, an adult day care program

$25,000
Family & Community Services of Portage County, fiscal agent for Chagrin Falls Park Community Center
Partial funding for management agreement between Chagrin Falls Park and Family & Community Services


$20,000
Family Transitional Housing
General operating support

$50,000
Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center
Riderships (scholarships) for students

$7,500
HELP Foundation
Capital funding for two new passenger vans

$35,000
ideastream
Resource directory

$1,500
InterAct Cleveland
Pryme Youth Media program

$3,500
Interfaith Hospitality Network
Partial funding for the salary & benefits of a full-time Development Director

$35,000
General operating support $5,000
Jewish Family Services Association
Vocational services for persons with mental disabilities

$39,000
LEAP
Salary & benefits for new Operations Manager

$35,800
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry
After School Prevention program at St. Paul's Church

$35,000
Magnolia Clubhouse
General operating support

$25,000
May Dugan Center
Family Based Case Management Project

$14,000
Middleburg Early Education Center
General operating support

$5,000
NAMI Metro Cleveland
General operating support

$10,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Adaptive equipment for Medical Loan Program

$10,000
New Avenues to Independence
Capital renovations to main campus

$25,000
New Directions
General operating support

$2,000
New Life Community
General operating support for the cost of one apartment

$60,000
North Coast Community Homes
General operating support

$35,000
Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless
Cleveland Homeless Legal Assistance program

$10,000
Ohio Boys Town
Salary & benefits for Development Director

$15,000
PM Foundation, dba Urban Community School
Capital funding for new school

$30,000
Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of Northeast Ohio
Vocational and Volunteering program

$15,000
Project Learn
Development of a learning disabilities initiative

$12,000
Salvation Army
Capital funding for shelter services at Harbor Light

$25,000
Scranton Road Ministries
Community Development Corporation

Third year of start-up funding for YouthStep Program


$25,000
Senior Citizens Resources
General operating support

$40,000
Architect fee for feasibility study $5,000
Shaker Family Center
Funding for Road to Reading, a family literacy program

$50,000
United Cerebral Palsy
Paratransit van for eight adults

$25,000
University Circle Incorporated
Future Connections program

$5,000
Vocational Guidance Services
Expansion of Foundations for Caregiving nurse assistant and home health aide training program through a collaboration with American Red Cross

$30,000
Volunteers of America
Capital funding for renovations at the Veterans Resource Center

$32,500
West Side Catholic Center
Salary and benefits for the outreach worker

$30,000
West Side Ecumenical Ministry
General operating support

$1,000
YWCA
Peer Awareness Communication Training Program

$16,500
Young Audiences
Arts progamming to improve academic achievement in two City of Cleveland schools

$5,000
Youth Challenge
Funding for sponsorships of 15 children with physical disabilities in a year of sports and recreational activities

$18,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited
Jobs For Ohio Graduates program

$20,000
TOTAL AWARDED 2004: $1,707,745


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