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GRANTS AWARDED — 2009

Achievement Centers For Children
Family Support Services program

$15,000
Aids Task Force
General operating support

$1,000
American Red Cross, Greater
Cleveland Chapter

General operating support

$2,600
Business Volunteers Unlimited
General operating support - underwrite scholarships for Needs Assessments & Board consulting/training for for non-profits & executive coaching

$65,000
General operating support $10,600
Chagrin Falls Park Community Ctr.
General operating support

$1,600
Center For Families and Children
Funds for LaPiana Consulting to facilitate consideration of restructuring partnership options among CFC, WSEM & Beech Brook

$5,000
Cleveland Botanical Garden
Green Corps Urban Youth Program

$30,000
Cleveland Foodbank
Cleveland Community Kitchen

$25,000
General operating support $1,000
Cleveland Housing Network
Community Training Center

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

$10,000
General operating support $1,500
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center
24 hour services, including hospital & justice system advocacy

$3,400
Cleveland Scholarship Program
Adult Learner scholarships & counseling services

$25,000
Continue Life
Salary & benefits for a Housing Coordinator

$34,500
Cornucopia
Equipment for Nature's Bin Lakewood Store

$12,000
Dress For Success Cleveland
General operating support

$11,000
E City
Development of measurable outcomes

$1,000
E Prep
Salary & benefits of a Development/Executive Assistant position

$20,000
General operating support $1,000
El Barrio, a program of WSEM
General operating support re: Project Enlace

$20,000
Emmanuel Promise of Hope
General operating support

$10,000
First audit $2,000
Epilepsy Association
Proactive Skill Building program for adults

$10,000
Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic
Riding Center

Riderships ( scholarships) for students

$11,000
Gordon Square Arts District
Capital grant for $30 million capital campaign for Gordon Square, a collaboration of three nonprofit organizations - Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization, Cleveland Public Theatre and Near West Theatre - using the arts as economic development for Clevelend's Detroit Shoreway neighborhood

$50,000
General operating support $3,000
Interfaith Hospitality Network
General operating support

$41,000
Jobs Partnership
General operating support

$39,000
Junior Achievement
JA: Careers With A Purpose career readiness program

$10,000
Lakewood Christian Service Center
Funds needed for the match for the HUD Supportive Housing Program Manager's salary

$7,100
LEAP
Salary & benefits of a Manager of Finance & Operations

$47,000
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry
Salary for staff of the Women's Re-Entry Program of Community Re-Entry

$15,000
Magnolia Clubhouse
Part-time senior development consultant

$35,000
General operating support $4,900
Capital campaign $4,000
Development capacity building $1,700
Merrick House
Teen & Adult Education Program

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

$10,000
Near West Theatre
General operating support

$15,500
New Life Community
General operating support

$60,000
North Coast Community Homes
General operating support

$35,000
Ohio Grantmakers Forum
fiscal agent

Philanthropic funders collaborative to encourage, foster and produce significant strategic restructuring effrots among human service organizations in Cuyahoga County

$50,000
Old Stone Education Center
Career Readiness Track Program

$15,000
Open Doors
General operating support

$15,000
Parkworks
General operating support

$500
Planned Parenthood of Northeast Ohio
Capital funding for purchase of building for permanent home for the Bedford Health Center

$35,000
General operating support $2,000
Positive Education Program
Capital campaign for autism program

$3,000
Project: Learn
Basic Literacy Program

$12,000
Recovery Resources
Start-up costs for a new Community Re-Entry position

$35,000
Scranton Road Ministries Community Development Corporation
Funding for Youth Jobs Partnership Advanced Training Initiative

$25,000
Salvation Army
General operating support

$1,000
Seeds of Literacy
General operating support; challenge grant totaling $75,000; $50,000 to be paid immediately to match $50,000 from the Congregation of St. Joseph and a $25,000 challenge grant to be matched 1:1 for any new or increased foundation and corporate funding; challenge expires 6/30/10

$75,000
General operating support $1,000
Senior Citizen Resources
Extend the hours of operation for the Transportation Program

$3,000
Senior Outreach Services
General operating support

$4,400
St. Martin de Porres
General operating support

$1,000
Stella Maris
Building People Program

$1,700
Towards Employment
NetWorks 4 Success and Legal Services Program

$30,000
Towards Employment, fiscal agent
Achieve component of the REACH Project

$15,000
Transitional Housing
General operating support

$20,000
United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Cleveland
Community Site Support Specialist position

$10,000
University Circle
Future Connections program

$10,000
Vocational Guidance Services
Pathways II collaborative program for vocational rehabilitation services

$26,000
West Side Catholic Center
Outreach & Advocacy program and Zacchaeus Housing Solutions, a transitional housing program

$50,000
West Side Ecumenical Ministries
Outreach services at Food Centers ( $52,250) and salary and benefits for a new Volunteer Coordinator ( $47,750)

$100,000
General operating support $6,000
Young Audiences
Artworks 2009 summer program

$15,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited
General operating support

$50,000
YWCA of Cleveland
Peer Awareness Communication Training Program

$12,500
TOTAL AWARDED 2009: $1,371,500


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