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GRANTS AWARDED — 2006

Achievement Centers For Children
Family Support Services program

$20,000
Aids Task Force
Funding for debt elimination re: mortgage inherited via merger

$20,000
General operating support $5,500
American Red Cross, Greater Cleveland Chapter
Scholarships for the nurse assistant and home health aide training program


$25,000
General operating support $3,000
Applewood Centers
Funding to replace a sedan for the independent living, shelter care and residential treatment programs

$14,600
Community service programs $25,000
Berea Children's Home
Funding for hardware and software for computer network

$10,000
Bridgeway
Salary & benefits of outreach worker

$35,000
Brookside Center of WSEM
General operating support

$1,000
Business Volunteers Unlimited
Underwrite scholarships for Needs Assessments & Board consultations/ training for non-profits & executive coaching; challenge grant to be paid on a 1:1 basis up to $25,000 for any new or increased funding from foundations; expires 12/31/07

$80,000
General operating support $5,000
Care Alliance
Funding for enrollment process of SSI/SSDI and Medicaid

$5,000
Chagrin Falls Park Community Center
Adult & youth programming

$5,000
General operating support $1,500
Cleveland Clinic
Center for Autism Expansion Project

$20,000
Cleveland Foodbank
Cleveland Community Kitchen

$25,000
Cleveland Housing Network
Salary & benefits for Lease Purchase Program Homeownership Manager

$25,000
Cleveland Public Theatre
Student Theater Enrichment Program (STEP)

$5,000
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center
24 hour services, incl. hospital & justice system advocacy

$15,000
Cleveland Reads
Volunteer training consultant

$12,000
Cleveland Scholarship Program
Adult Learner scholarships & counseling services

$35,000
Funding for the cost of the Forums on Education and Workforce Development $2,500
Community Assessment & Treatment Services
Capital challenge grant of $150,000 for the women's residential facility; $75,000 to be paid immediately and $75,000 when $1,800,000 is raised; expires 12/31/07; no extensions will be granted

$150,000
Community Corner of WSEM
Salary/benefits for outreach worker

$35,000
Consortium of African American Organizations
Funding for expenses for empowerment circle meetings

$10,000
General operating support $2,000
Cuyahoga Community College Fdn.
Scholarships for STNA Plus Program

$15,000
E City
Funding for one Entrepreneurship program

$12,000
E Prep
Renovations for new school

$25,000
East Side Catholic Center
General operating support

$1,500
El Barrio
Salary & benefits of Director of Hispanic Services

$44,000
Eliza Bryant Village
Funding for a portion of the salary & benefits of a new Volunteer Manager; to be paid when remaining $20,000 is raised; expires 6/30/07

$30,000
Eliza Jennings Senior Care Network
Funding for Acacia Place, an adult day care program

$5,000
Epilepsy Association
Social service supports for adults

$10,000
Family Transitional Housing
General operating support

$55,000
Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center
Riderships (scholarships) for students

$7,000
Goodwill Industries
Funding for replacement of air handling units of HVAC system

$25,000
HELP Foundation
General operating support

$40,000
Interfaith Hospitality Network
General operating support

$37,000
LEAP
Salary & benefits for new Technology Access Manager

$50,000
Magnolia Clubhouse
General operating support

$1,000
May Dugan Center
Salary & benefits for the new position of Business Manager; to be paid when remaining $22,000 is raised; expires 9/30/07

$30,000
General operating support $1,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Adaptive equipment for Medical Loan Program

$12,000
Near West Theatre
Summer & fall programming

$10,000
General operating support $3,000
New Directions
Capital funding for start-up operations for an adolescent male dual diagnosis residential treatment facility in partnership with Applewood Centers; to be paid when construction is at least 50% complete; expires 6/30/07

$50,000
New Life Community
General operating support

$66,000
North Coast Community Homes
General operating support

$40,000
Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless
Community Voice Mail program

$15,000
Ohio Boys Town
Funding for technology upgrades

$5,300
Ohio Grantmakers Forum
Funding for report on Ohio's health legacy foundations

$1,000
ParkWorks
Community Park Teen Liaisons program

$10,000
Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of Northeast Ohio
Holistic Recovery program

$10,000
Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland
Triple T: Teens Talking to Teens program

$20,000
Positive Education Program
Development of a horticultural curriculum

$13,000
Project:Learn
Learning software for the computer-assisted learning lab

$12,000
Proyecto Luz
General operating support

$500
Retired and Senior Volunteer Programof Greater Cleveland
Experience Corps Training Program

$15,000
St. Martin de Porres High School
Building renovations for new private college preparatory school for low-income, economically disadvantaged youth

$80,000
General operating support $1,000
Salvation Army
Challenge grant for salary & benefits for new Job Development Specialist in the Community Corrections Program to be paid when remaining $25,000 is raised; expires 12/31/06

$25,000
Scranton Road Ministries
Community Development Corporation

Funding for Youth Jobs Partnership and the After-School Technology Program; $10,000 to be paid immediately and $10,000 to be paid after agency joins BVU and avails itself of board training and referral services


$20,000
Seeds of Literacy
General operating support

$17,000
Senior Citizens Resources
Transportation program

$25,000
Senior Transportation Connection of Cuyahoga County
Second year of start-up funding

$50,000
Shaker Family Center
Funding for Learning English as a Family (formerly Road to Reading), a family literacy program

$7,500
Shorebank Enterprise Group
Jobs Partnership Program

$38,000
Thea Bowman
General operating support

$2,000
Towards Employment
NetWorks 4 Success and Legal Services Program

$30,000
Transitional Housing
General operating support

$40,000
Consulting services relative to building corporate/business support ( Executive Director grant) $5,000
University Circle Incorporated
Future Connections program

$12,000
Vocational Guidance Services
Creation of Job Resource Center

$10,000
General operating support $1,000
Volunteers of America
Capital funding for renovation of Veterans Resource Center

$40,000
General operating support $1,000
West Side Catholic Center
Outreach and advocacy program

$30,000
West Side Community House
Second Century Capital Campaign to build a new facility

$10,000
West Side Ecumenical Ministry
General operating support

$13,000
WIRE-Net
School-To-Career program

$10,000
Young Audiences
General operating support


$2,000
Funding for school residencies in schools which lack resources to afford programming
$3,000
Youth Challenge
Funding for sponsorships of children with physical disabilities in a year of sports and recreational activities

$18,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited
General operating support

$30,000
YMCA
Funding to support Black/Hispanic at-risk youth to pursue higher education and career goals

$1,000
YWCA
Peer Awareness Communication Training Program

$25,000
TOTAL AWARDED 2006:$1,809,900


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7575 Northcliff Avenue, Suite 203 • Brooklyn, OH 44144
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