The Cleveland Foundation

2022 Grants

Crossroads Health

• $25,250 Support for staffing and operational costs of the hotline and Mobile Crisis Services Response Team

Fairmount Center for the Arts

• $12,775 Support ongoing arts, wellness, and performance experiences for Geauga County seniors

Family Pride of Northeast Ohio

• $44,700 Funding for the addition of staff to increase client access to supportive and mental health services

Jennings Center for Older Adults

• $39,750 Support for formal and informal caregivers through the creation of accessible evidence-based training content and workshops

Lake County Free Clinic

• $25,575 Funding for the expansion of medical care services for low-income seniors in Lake and Geauga counties

Lakeland Foundation

• $19,995 Support for the operations of the Veteran agriculture training and wellness program

Lifeline Empowerment

• $44,700 Funding for a pilot program linking community volunteers with seniors needing help with minor household chores, errands, and other activities of daily living

Signature Health

• $35,500 Support for the provision of best-practice training for Signature Health clinical staff

2021 Grants

Alliance for Working Together Foundation

• $50,000 Support for the creation of the Northeast Ohio Transformation Training Center, a world-class, industry 4.0/SMART Manufacturing training center and a hub for education and industry sector collaboration that will help fill a gap in K-12 and adult/incumbent worker training

Geauga Growth Partnership, Inc.

• $25,000 Support for youth workforce development programming, including the development of a web-based learning portal for Geauga County teachers and students as well as North Eastern Ohio Education Association (NEOEA) Day professional development activities for Geauga County teachers

ioby

• $10,000 Funding for an assessment centered on stakeholder interviews to see if the organization’s potential expansion into Lake and Geauga counties would be feasible and sustainable

Lake Geauga Recovery Centers

• $50,000 Support for the $2 million 50th Anniversary Campaign that will result in the availability of an additional 16 beds for those men needing residential recovery services

Deepwood Foundation

• $10,000 To allow individuals and families to meet the basic daily needs of food, shelter and safety

Fine Arts Association

• $10,000 To allow students with behavioral, cognitive and physical disabilities and those feeling higher levels of stress/anxiety to participate in the Creative Arts Therapies (CAT) program

Geauga County Veterans Food Pantry

• $10,000 To provide an ongoing supply of basic household cleaning and sanitizing supplies and PPP to veterans, and the volunteers that work at the pantry

Hershey Montessori

• $15,000 To allow the school to outfit and sanitize both campuses to ensure the continued wellbeing of students, staff and parents

McKinley Community Outreach Center

• $20,000 To continue to provide basic hygiene items, clothing, shoes, food, and much more

2020 Grants

Project Hope for the Homeless

• $22,000 COVID-19 emergency response

Lake County Free Clinic

• $10,000 COVID-19 emergency response

Crossroads Health

• $25,000 COVID-19 emergency response

Lakeland Foundation

• $10,000 COVID-19 emergency response

Fine Arts Association

• $10,000 COVID-19 emergency response

Claridon Community Helps

• $5,000 Commercial refrigerator, freezer and food supplies

Geauga Hunger Task Force

• $20,000 Food and shipping costs

University Hospitals

• $25,000 Testing, treating, preventing, protection, wellness and resilience for the employees and community at University Hospitals Geauga Campus

Deepwood Foundation

• $20,000 Food cards and rental subsidies for the families and adults living independently

Family & Community Services, Inc.

• $15,000 Chagrin Falls Park Community Center food, delivery costs, and academic activities and supplies

Metzenbaum Sheltered Industries Inc.

• $14,000 Client lost wages due to the COVID-19 crisis

Ravenwood Mental Health Center

• $15,000 Emergency needs due to the COVID-19 crisis

Kent State University Foundation

• $20,000 Zoom room on Burton, Ohio campus and establishment of an Emergency Relief Fund that supports students in Lake and Geauga counties

NAMI Geauga County

• $1,500 Laptop, two Zoom accounts, and staff training for tele-communications and service

2019 Grants

Kent State University Foundation

• $14,079 Growing the student pipeline to postsecondary education in Geuaga County (Year 2)

Chagrin River Watershed Partners, Inc.

• $60,000 Chagrin River Corridor and Lakefront Trail Connection Plan

Foundation for Geauga Parks

• $15,000 Planning and piloting pollinator initiative

Fairmount Center for the Arts

• $10,000 Engaging rural underserved preschoolers and their caregivers in expanded early childhood, literacy based program

Catholic Charities Corporation

• $21,250 Innovative backpack program pilot in Painesville City Local Schools – Chestnut Elementary

2018 Grants

Metzenbaum Sheltered Industries Inc.

• $10,000 Transport vehicle for individuals with development disabilities to community-based worksites

Catholic Charities Corporation

• $34,122 Helping Geauga County residents build the foundation to rise out of poverty (Year 2)

Lake Erie College

• $25,000 Mobile lab for high-need local educational agency schools across Lake and Geauga counties

Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coalition

• $5,000 Public policy/advocacy activities for mental health and addiction issues across Lake and Geauga Counties

Kent State University Foundation

• $15,000 Growing the student pipeline to postsecondary education in Geauga County

Chagrin River Watershed Partners, Inc.

• $28,000 Rain garden stormwater pilot program in Lake County

Crossroads Health

• $40,000 Marketing, branding and implementation of strategic plan

United Way Services of Geauga County

• $20,000 Improve reading outcomes of children living in Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed (ALICE) households in Geauga County

Cleveland Rape Crisis Center

• $34,200 Marketing capacity to enhance services across Lake and Geauga counties

2017 Grants

University Hospitals

• $70,000 Emergency Department intervention model to fight opioid crisis in Geauga County

Catholic Charities Corporation

• $24,290 Helping Geauga County residents build the foundation to rise out of poverty

Leadership Lake County

• $10,000 Pilot new model to develop stronger non-profit leaders

Lake-Geauga Recovery Centers

• $19,000 Addressing client transportation challenges

DDC Clinic for Special Needs Children

• $9,300 Creating a more cost effective method of diagnosing rare genetic disorders

Lake Health Foundation

• $40,000 Capital support to increase addiction treatment beds in Lake County