2009 Capacity Building and Proactive Grants

Grants made 3/13/2009     Grants made 7/17/2009 

Grants made 10/30/2009    Proactive Grant

Animal Care

Geauga Humane Society, Novelty, OH
Fundraising Initiative:  Streamlining Administrative Operations - $8,505

The Toby Project, New York, NY
Consultant for Strategic Planning and Donor Software - $19,800

Total Animal Care: $28,305

Arts & Culture

Beck Center for the Arts, Lakewood, OH
Strengthening Programs Through On-Line Technology - $35,000

The Cleveland Arts Prize, Cleveland, OH
Consultant: Strategic Plan- $10,000

Cleveland International Film Festival, Cleveland, OH
Website Upgrades - $36,000

Cleveland Public Theatre, Cleveland, OH
Technology Upgrades - $15,050

DanceCleveland, Cleveland, OH
Website Re-Design - $20,550

Ideastream, Cleveland, OH
Building ideastream's Multi-Service Plan - $30,000

Musical Arts Association/The Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland, OH
Seed Funding for the Musically Speaking Series -$100,000 Proactive Grant

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), Brooklyn, NY
Marketing/Branding Plan - $30,000

Opera Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Director of Development - $15,000

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland, OH
Evaluation Consultant - $13,875

Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA
Integrating Planned Giving into VACR's Development Program: Consultant - $7,500

YMCA Camp Silver Beach, Jamesville, VA           Consultant: Development of Alumni Association - $30,000

Total Arts & Culture: $342,975

Community Improvement

Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc., Cleveland, OH
Business/Finance Planning - $20,000

Business Volunteers Unlimited, Cleveland, OHTechnology/Equipment Upgrade - $27,500

Collaboration Station, Cleveland, OH
CS Sustainability Project - $6,550

FutureHeights, Cleveland Heights, OH
Consultant for Development Planning/IT - $20,000

Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association, Cleveland, OH
Business Plan Development and Implementation - $50,000

May Dugan Multi-Service Center, Cleveland, OH
IT upgrade - $31,000

MidTown, Cleveland, OH
Technology Upgrade: hardware, server, software - $10,000

North Kohala Community Resource Center, Hawi, HI
Technical Support/Business and Design Planning - $16,150

University Settlement, Cleveland, OH
CNE Consulting Services - $22,000

Total Community Improvement: $203,200

Education

Anne Arundel Community College Foundation, Arnold, MD
50th Anniversary Campaign: Planning Phase & Silent Phase - $16,750

Baltimore School for the Arts, Baltimore, MD       
Website Redesign and Development - $15,000  

Cleveland Scholarship Programs, Inc., Cleveland, OH
Website Enhancements and Resource Center - $24,000

Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
Allen Theater Renovation - $100,000  Proactive Grant

E City, Cleveland, OH
Technology Upgrade - $22,000

Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center, Chagrin Falls, OH
IT System Upgrade - $23,862

Friends of the Cleveland School of the Arts, Cleveland, OH
Consultant: Design/Plan for the "New Arts School Project" - $25,000

Hanna Perkins Center, Shaker Heights, OH
Polycom Teleconferencing Equipment - $14,022

Lawrence School, Broadview Heights, OH
New Marketing and Communications Materials - $20,000

Parker School, Kamuela, HI  
SMART Boards and Video Conferencing - $44,169

Positive Education Program, Cleveland, OH
Creating a Spectrum of Hope:  Autism Center - $100,000  Proactive Grant

The School of Graduate and Professional Studies, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH
Learning and Teaching with Technology - $24,000

Summer on the Cuyahoga, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Permanent Recruitment Initiative - $15,000

Total Education: $443,803

Employment

Clovernook Center, Cincinnati, OH
Compostable Paper Hot Cup Machine Retrofit - $10,000

Towards Employment, Cleveland, OH
Building Marketing and Communications Capacity - $21,000

West Side Ecumenical Ministry, Cleveland, OH
WSEM/El Barrio Project Enlace Capacity Building Initiative - $25,000

Total Employment: $56,000

Environment

James River Association, Richmond, VA
2nd Phase Website Development - $13,880

Total Environment: $13,880

Family

Adoption Network Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Business/Strategic Plan - $30,000

National Fatherhood Initiative, Gaithersburg, MD
Consultant: Board and Staff Development/donor prospect research - $15,000

Total Family: $45,000

Food, Nutrition and Agriculture

Brother Hubbard's Cupboard Food Pantry, Cleveland, OH
Marketing Plan/Website/Donor Database - $25,000.00

Capital Area Food Bank, Washington, DC
Capacity Building through Social Marketing - $22,000

Total Food, Nutrition and Agriculture: $47,000

Health

Achievement Centers for Children, Highland Hills, OH
Increase Online Marketing and Fund Development - $22,500

Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, MD
Pediatric Emergency Department - $100,000  Proactive Grant

Cleveland Clinic's Center for Human Nutrition, Cleveland, OH
Nutrition Therapy Patient Outcomes Database - $26,460

Eliza Jennings Senior Care Network, Lakewood, OH
Strategic Planning - $35,000

HELP Foundation, Inc., Cleveland, OH
Network Sustainability & Improvement Upgrade - $27,000

Island Dolphin Care, Key Largo, FL
Marketing Consultant and Collateral Material Project - $20,000

Jennings Center for Older Adults, Garfield Heights, OH
Telling Our Story: Public Relations Plan - $20,000

Kidney Foundation of Ohio, Cleveland, OH
Development Associate - $27,000

LifeCare Alliance, Columbus, OH 
Technology Equipment and Systems - $20,000

Malachi House, Cleveland, OH

Part-time Grants Coordinator - $13,000

Moveable Feast, Baltimore, MD 
Contracted position to coordinate efforts of three partner organizations in resource development - $28,000

North Hawaii Hospice, Inc., Kamuela, HI
Implementation of a Hospice-specific Software Program - $35,000

The Wellness Community, Greater Columbus, Columbus, OH
Development/Community Relations Director - $40,000

Womankind Maternal & Prenatal Center, Garfield Hts., OH
Develop/implement new client-tracking database - $8,000

Total Health: $421,960

Housing

Annapolis Area Ministries, Annapolis, MD
Management Consultant - $15,000

Calvary Women's Services, Washington, DC
Technology Expansion - $11,000

Cleveland Tenants Organization, Cleveland, OH
Strengthening Organizational Infrastructure to Serve Community Needs - $25,000

Cogswell Hall, Inc., Cleveland, OH
Agency Networking and IT Support - $24,968

Disability Housing Network, Columbus, OH
Communications Technology Upgrade - $8,500

Home Repair Resource Center, Cleveland Heights, OH
Building Effective Fund Development/Donor Database - $15,000

L'Arche Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Feasibility Study - $20,000

Virginia Supportive Housing, Richmond, VA
IT Technology Capacity Project - $33,000

Total Housing: $152,468

Human Services

Adoptions Together, Inc., Silver Spring, MD 
Consulting Agency: Naming & Visual Identity, Brand Strategy, Brochure - $27,000

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Implementation of Technology Plan - $25,400

Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Consulting Services for Feasibility Study - $21,000

Bread for the City, Washington, D.C.

Technology Upgrade--Second Phase - $14,704

Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York, NY
In Your Hands:  Web Technology - $21,248

The City Mission, Cleveland, OH
Maximizing Website Capacity - $31,000

Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, Cleveland, OH
Resource Development, Technology, Marketing and Communications Capacity - $100,000  Proactive Grant

Credit Where Credit Is Due, Inc., New York, NY
Quality Initiative - $40,000

Empowerment Center of Greater Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Information Management Systems/Computer Technology Upgrade - $25,000

Heritage Day Health Centers, Columbus, OH
Fund Raising Assessment and Strategic Plan Development - $20,000

Invest In Children/Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners, Cleveland, OH
Strategic Planning - $22,000

Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Electronic Record Storage Project - $25,000

Jewish Family Service of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Case Management Information System - $10,000

Lakewood Christian Service Center, Lakewood, OH
Technology Upgrade - $11,885

Providence House, Cleveland, OH
Blackbaud System - $19,713

Shelter for Abused Women & Children, Naples, FL
Website Redesign and Web-based Training - $14,667

Shoes and Clothes for Kids, Inc., Cleveland, OH
Strategic Planning and Implementation - $10,000

Specialized Alternatives for Families and Youth of Ohio, Shaker Heights, OH
Integration of Clinical and Financial Applications - $30,000

United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
 Consultant: Develop Coordinated System for Volunteer Involvement - $10,000

Youth Opportunities Unlimited, Cleveland, OH

Consultant: Develop Coordinated System for Volunteer Involvement - $10,000

Total Human Services: $498,617

Mental Health

Beech Brook, Cleveland, OH
Laptop Pilot Project/Strategic Consultant - $26,900

Domestic Violence Center, Cleveland, OH
Utilizing Technology to Build Fund Development Capacity - $22,198

Ed Keating Center, Inc., Cleveland, OH
Upgraded IT Systems and Staff Training - $19,807

Epilepsy Association, Cleveland, OH
Web-based Technologies to enhance delivery of services - $20,000

PLAN Northeast Ohio, Lyndhurst, OH 
Development and Marketing Consultants - $18,000

Recovery Resources, Cleveland, OH
Psychiatric Practice Management Consultant - $18,240

Total Mental Health: $125,145

Philanthropy, Volunteerism & Public Affairs 

Catholic Network of Volunteer Service, Takoma Park, MD
Outreach/Communications Initiative - $28,000

Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County, Annapolis, MD
Technology Upgrade: hardware and software - $14,500

Greater Cleveland Volunteers, Cleveland, OH
RSVP 2.0 Project: Marketing, Communications and IT - $12,000

National Center for Family Philanthropy, Washington, DC

Integration of Customer Relationship Management Tool - $16,500

Total Philanthropy, Volunteerism & Public Affairs: $71,000

Public Policy

Voices for Ohio's Children, Cleveland, OH
Building Communications Capacity with Narrative-Based Messages - $38,000

Total Public Policy: $38,000

Public Protection/Legal Services/Court/Crime 

Cleveland Eastside Ex-Offender Coalition, Cleveland, OH  
Communication/IT & Staff Development - $23,000

Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc., Towson, MD
Technology Upgrade - 6,900

Total Public Protection/Legal Services/Court/Crime: $29,900

Religion 

TBA

Total Religion: TBA

Research

Case School of Engineering-CWRU, Cleveland, OH
Building Capacity for Research in Energy Innovation - $25,000

Total Research: $25,000

Science & Technology

Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland, OH
Building Capacity of GLSC Marketing Initiatives-Phase One - $15,440

W.M. Keck Observatory, Kamuela, HI  
Upgrade to HIRES (High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer - $66,877  Proactive Grant

Total Science & Technology: $82,317

Grand Total: $2,624,570