October Grantees Announced totaling $530,362
We are pleased to announce that our Board of Directors approved $530,362 in grants on October 7, 2024. The recipients include the following programs:
October Open Grants
Ballet Metropolitan Inc - $10,000 - BalletMet Dance-in-Schools 2024-25
Boys Hope Girls Hope of NE Ohio - $20,000 - The Academy Program
Breakthrough Cincinnati Inc.- $10,000 - 2025 Summer Scholars Program
Brooklyn City Schools - $8,800 - Page to Stage: Transforming Literacy Education
Cleveland Botanical Garden - $14,530 - Sprouting Young Scientists
Cleveland Institute of Music - $15,000 - 2024-25 CIM Teaching Artist Program
Cleveland Metropolitan Schools - $15,000 - Learning Through Arts Integration
Cleveland State University Foundation - $20,000 - First Ring Leadership Academy
College Now Greater Cleveland Inc. - $35,000 - Elevating PACE Professional Excellence
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation- $15,000 - The Orchestra Program (TOP) FY25
Edison Local Schools - $4,603 - Mental Health Awareness
ESC of Central Ohio - $22,500 - OSU Student Leadership Research
ESC of Northeast Ohio - $20,000 - Ohio 8 Coalition 2024-25
Esperanza, Inc.- $10,000 - Academic Success for Hispanic Youth
Friends of the Cleveland School of the Arts Center - $15,000 - CSA Dance Program 2024-25
Goshen Local Schools- $15,000 - Implementing Instructional Rounds
Great Lakes Museum of Science, Environment & Technology - $20,000 -
GLSC’s Robotics Initiative
Kent State University Foundation - $19,000 - Vulnerable Youth: Writing Our Lives
Lakewood City Schools- $15,000 - Coding Experiences for Young Learners
Lorain City Schools - $22,500 - PK Collaborative Coaching and PD
Lorain Historical Society - $15,000 - Lorain Early Learning Initiative
Middletown City Schools - $20,000 - Morphing into Readers
Ohio Energy Project - $13,900 - STEM Design Challenge
Osnaburg Local Schools - $15,000 - Expanding STEM through Mastery
Philanthropy Ohio - $20,000 - 2024 Education Policy Support
Reading Community City Schools - $15,000 - Formative Instruction Transformation
Roots of American Music Inc. - $15,000 - Blues is the Backbone Music Program
Science Education Council of Ohio - $14,884 - SECO Ambitious Science 2.0
Tallmadge City Schools - $15,000 - Mastering Engaging Learning
Tiffin City Schools - $8,691 - TC Biotechnology Initiative
Toledo Science Center - $12,825 - Engineering for Confidence
Wellington Exempted Village Schools - $15,000 - Connecting Coding/STEM With Content
Grants-to-Educators
Jennifer Buckler - Western Local Schools - $2,995 - Don’t Quit! You CAN Quilt!
Zachary Griffith - Akron Public Schools - $2,960 - Pneumatics with Akron City
Madison Heddleson - Noble Local Schools - $2,448 - AI and Photography
Meghan Hignite - North Ridgeville City Schools - $3,000 - High School LEADS
Mark Kotlarz - Maple Heights City Schools - $2,990 -
I Want to be a Scientist! But What Kind?
David Saluga - Shaker Heights City Schools - $3,000 - Garden Nutrition Experiential Learning
Shane Sullivan - North Ridgeville City Schools - $3,000 - LEADS Program
Jill Weaver - Valley View Local Schools - $3,000 - Cardboard Arcade Games and Electronics
