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GRANTS AWARDED — 2008

Achievement Centers For Children
Family Support Services program

$20,000
Aids Task Force
General operating support

$23,000
American Red Cross, Greater Cleveland Chapter
Bridge funding for disaster relief and recovery services to be paid over two years

$75,000
General operating support $7,500
Berea Children's Home
Community service programs

$20,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland
School-based mentoring of ninth grade African American males to close the achievement gap

$30,000
Burten Bell Carr Development
Neighborhood landscaping enterprise

$20,000
Business Volunteers Unlimited
Underwrite scholarships for Needs Assessments & Board consultations/training for non-profits

$60,000
General operating support $1,000
Chagrin Falls Park Community Center
General operating support

$5,000
Citizen's Academy
Funding for a portion of the salary and benefits of an Executive/Administrative Assistant

$20,000
Cleveland Foodbank
Cleveland Community Kitchen

$25,000
Cleveland Housing Network
Family Services Supportive Housing programs

$30,000
Cleveland Public Theatre
Student Theater Enrichment Program (STEP)

$10,000
General operating support $3,500
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center
Salary & benefits for a new Development Officer

$15,000
Cleveland Scholarship Program
Adult Learner scholarships & counseling services

$30,000
Cleveland Sight Center
Start-up funding for the vocational training program Moving the Visually Disabled to Employment

$40,000
Community Re-Entry,
a program of Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry

Salary for licensed social worker for the Women's Re-Entry Program


$15,000
Community Service Alliance
Financial Coordinator

$14,300
Consortium of African American Organizations
Empowerment circle meetings

$6,000
Continue Life
Salary & benefits for a Housing Coordinator

$34,300
Cornucopia, Inc.
Capital grant for the vocational training program

$15,500
General operating support $1,500
The Covenant
Capacity building

$10,000
Dress For Success Cleveland
General operating support

$10,000
E City
Entrepreneurship program in Cleveland Muncipal Schools

$15,000
E Prep
General operating support

$1,000
El Barrio, a program of WSEM
General operating support of $40,000 and a 1:1 challenge grant for up to $20,000 that will be paid when corporate contracts or fee-for-service dollars are received; expires 12/31/08

$60,000
Eliza Bryant Village
Adult Day Care Program

$2,500
Epilepsy Association
Social service supports for adults

$10,000
Esperanza Threads
First audit

$2,500
Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center
Riderships (scholarships) for students

$11,500
The Gathering Place
Capital grant for second location in Westlake

$21,000
Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association
Challenge grant for business plan development and pilot implementation of new services; challenge to be paid when agency raises an additional $40,000 for this effort; expires 6/30/09

$40,000
Home Repair Resource Center
Project Repair Program

$10,000
Interfaith Hospitality Network
General operating support; $30,000 to be paid immediately and $10,000 to be paid when individual giving reaches $50,000 for calendar year 2008

$40,000
Consulting services for analysis of possible collaboration/merger with New Life Community $13,500
General operating support $3,000
The Intergenerational School
Establishment of a development department

$28,000
Junior Achievement
Workforce Readiness & Entrepreneurship programs

$10,000
Magnolia Clubhouse
Part-time senior development consultant

$35,000
General operating support $2,000
Merrick House
Teen & Adult Education Program

$10,000
General operating support $1,000
Middleburg Early Education Center
Transitional grant as agency works to institute a new fee structure and expand/strengthen its Board

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

$14,000
Near West Theatre
Summer & fall programming

$10,000
General operating support $5,000
New Life Community
General operating support

$65,000
North Coast Community Homes
General operating support

$40,000
Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless
Cleveland Homeless Legal Assistance Program

$10,000
North Union Farmers Market
General operating support

$3,000
First audit $2,500
Old Stone Foundation
School To Work Program

$15,000
Open Doors
After school programming

$10,000
ParkWorks
General operating support

$500
Project:Learn
Basic Literacy Program

$12,000
Scranton Road Ministries Community Development Corporation
Youth Jobs Partnership

$25,000
Seeds of Literacy
General operating support

$25,000
Senior Outreach Services
Kitchen equipment for the new location

$20,000
General operating support $1,000
Shorebank Enterprise Group
Jobs Partnership Program

$5,000
Towards Employment
NetWorks 4 Success and Legal Services Program

$30,000
United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Cleveland
Addition of a Community Site Support Specialist for individuals with disabilities

$40,000
University Circle
Future Connections program

$10,000
Vocational Guidance Services
Capital grant for equipment & renovation costs for a new food processing, packaging & delivery enterprise project

$27,500
West Side Catholic Center
Outreach & Advocacy program and Zacchaeus Housing Solutions, a transitional housing program; $20,000 to be paid immediately and $20,000 when HUD approval is obtained

$40,000
Costs re: merger with Family Transitional Housing $35,000
West Side Ecumenical Ministry
Outreach team at Brookside Center, Community Corner and Near West

$70,000
General operating support $3,500
West Side Ecumenical Ministry,
fiscal agent for Building Bridges

Arts-based training with murals


$2,000
Young Audiences
Artworks 2008 summer program

$17,000
Youth Challenge
Salary of part-time outreach worker to expand agency's reach into the City of Cleveland

$15,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited
General operating support

$50,000
YWCA
Peer Awareness Communication Training Program

$20,000
TOTAL AWARDED 2008: $1,490,600


Deaconess Community Foundation
7575 Northcliff Avenue, Suite 203 • Brooklyn, OH 44144
Phone: (216) 741-4077 • Fax: (216) 741-6042  • Email: info@deacomfdn.org