Grants

Grants Awarded in Grants Awarded in 2026

Early Childhood Enrichment $34,750

Children’s Museum of Cleveland

Amount
$10,000
Category
Early Childhood Enrichment
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2026

for Access Family Memberships for Cleveland residents in 2026

Ideastream Public Media

Amount
$12,000
Category
Early Childhood Enrichment
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2026

for kindergarten readiness and literacy support for children and families in FY26

Rainey Institute

Amount
$12,750
Category
Early Childhood Enrichment
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2026

for early childhood arts enrichment programming in FY26

Educational Success $210,000

Art House, Inc.

Amount
$15,000
Category
Educational Success
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2026

for Urban Bright art residencies in Cleveland schools in 2025-26

Benedictine High School

Amount
$25,000
Category
Educational Success
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2026

for the Pathways program in 2025-26

City Year Cleveland

Amount
$30,000
Category
Educational Success
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2026

for programming in CMSD schools in 2025-26

Cleveland Play House

Amount
$15,000
Category
Educational Success
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2026

for theater-based residencies in 18 CMSD schools in 2025-26

Cleveland Public Theatre

Amount
$10,000
Category
Educational Success
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2026

for Cleveland Act Now after-school/summer programming in FY26

Cleveland State University Foundation

Amount
$20,000
Category
Educational Success
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2026

for summer programming for students in grades 5-12 in 2026

College Now Greater Cleveland

Amount
$40,000
Category
Educational Success
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2026

for college access advising for CMSD high school students in 2025-26

LifeAct

Amount
$15,000
Category
Educational Success
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2026

for suicide prevention and stress management programming for Cleveland youth in 2025-26

Teach For America

Amount
$10,000
Category
Educational Success
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2026

for program support in 2025-26

The Art Therapy Studio

Amount
$10,000
Category
Educational Success
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2026

to provide creative arts programming for CMSD students in 2026

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Amount
$20,000
Category
Educational Success
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2026

for the CLE4SCI program for CMSD 2nd grade students in 2025-26

Other $17,700

Bethune-Cookman University

Amount
$2,700
Category
Other
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2026

for operating support

Vision To Learn

Amount
$15,000
Category
Other
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2026

for vision services for CMSD students in FY26

Workforce Readiness $85,000

Center for Employment Opportunities

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2026

for employment services for formerly incarcerated individuals in FY26

Passages, Inc.

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2026

for the Cognitive Behavioral Health Interventions for Employment program in 2026

Smart Development, Inc.

Amount
$25,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2026

for the Community First Program in 2026

Towards Employment

Amount
$20,000
Category
Workforce Readiness
Grants Awarded in
Grants Awarded in 2026

for the Career Pathways program in 2026

Total: $347,450