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O'Neill Foundation Grantmaking Committee


2006 GRANTS

Note: Grants in bold face were designated by the Foundation's Grantmaking Committee.  Other gifts were made at the discretion of O’Neill family members.


ANIMALS
CLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Cleveland, Ohio
for 'Toys for Animals'
for general operations



$500
$7,500
 


GEAUGA HUMANE SOCIETY

Novelty, Ohio
for
Development Director
for general operations
 

$15,000
$8,000


PATCH
Wayne, NJ

for general operations
 


$1,500

   

MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS
OF $1,000 OR LESS



$1,000


SUB-TOTAL: ANIMALS = 0.86%


$33,500


 

 

ARTS AND CULTURE
CLEVELAND FILM SOCIETY 
Cleveland, Ohio
for survey, web design
for general operations



$22,000
$8,000

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART
Cleveland, Ohio
for general operations



$5,000
CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE
Cleveland, Ohio 
for website
for general operations



$25,000
$12,000
CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATER
Cleveland, Ohio
for Executive Assistant
$18,000
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ARTS
Cleveland, Ohio
for marketing database
 

$20,000


DANCECLEVEAND
Cleveland, Ohio
for audience and board development 
 
 


$25,000
 

INTERMUSEUM CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
Cleveland, Ohio
for Education/Field Service Coordinator



$5,000

 
JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL
Becket, Maine
for campus master plan
for general operations
 

$15,000
$750


MUSICAL ARTS ASSOCIATION
Cleveland, Ohio
for database system
for general operations


 

$30,000
$16,000


RED {AN ORCHESTRA}
Cleveland, Ohio 
for marketing & outreach manager  

 


$7,500

ZVI GOTHEINER & DANCERS
New York, New York
for general operations



$16,000


MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS
OF $1,000 OR LESS



$2,000


SUB-TOTAL: ARTS AND CULTURE = 5.85%
$227,250

 

COMMUNITY

CLEVELAND BRIDGE BUILDERS
Cleveland, Ohio
for contact management system
 
$20,000

FOUNDATION CENTER
Cleveland, Ohio 
for general operations
 



$3,000

FUTURE HEIGHTS
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
for donor database
 

$9,904

LOADING DOCK
Baltimore, Maryland
for project management & marketing
for general operations
 
 

$10,000
$1,000


RSVP OF GREATER CLEVELAND
Cleveland, Ohio
for fundraising, marketing, technology
 




$14,290


MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS
OF $1,000 OR LESS



$1,000


SUB-TOTAL: COMMUNITY = 1.52%


$59,194


 

EDUCATION
CAPE HENRY COLLEGIATE SCHOOL
Virginia Beach, Virginia
for general operations



$5,500


CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Cleveland, Ohio
for transformation plan
for general operations
for Annual Fund
for FalconCam Project
 
 

$25,000
$2,000
$5,000
$5,000

CLEVELAND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
Cleveland, Ohio 
for Institutional Advancement & Information



$15,000


COLLEGIATE SCHOOL
Richmond, Virginia
for general operations
 

$2,000


CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
Cleveland, Ohio
for internal audit
 


$20,000
 

EAST WOODS SCHOOL
Oyster Bay, New York
for general operations
 

$3,000

FRIENDS OF THE CLEVELAND SCHOOL OF ARTS
Cleveland, Ohio
for Development Director
 

$10,000

GARRISON FOREST SCHOOL
Owings Mills, Maryland
for
general operations



$2,000

GILMOUR ACADEMY
Cleveland, Ohio
for Annual Fund

$7,500

GREAT LAKES SCIENCE CENTER
Cleveland, Ohio
for strategic plan
for general operations

$25,000
$6,000
GREENWICH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
Greenwich, Connecticut
for general operations


$20,000
HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL
Cleveland, Ohio 
for general operations 


$11,500
HAWAII PREPARATORY ACADEMY
Kamuela, Hawaii
for earthquake relief
for general operations
 

$46,000
$5,000


HOLLINS UNIVERSITY
Roanoke, Virginia 
for general operations 



$1,500
INDIAN CREEK SCHOOL
Crownsville, Maryland
for Annual Fund

$2,000

KENYON COLLEGE
Gambier, Ohio 
for scholarships 
for Annual Fund 



$5,000
$3,000
LAUREL SCHOOL
Shaker Heights, Ohio
for general operations


$10,000

NORTHEAST OHIO COUNCIL ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Cleveland, Ohio
for Regional Entrepreneurial Internship
 
 


$25,000


NOTRE DAME COLLEGE OF OHIO
Cleveland, Ohio
for Academic Support Center
for general operations



$15,000
$6,500

OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
Delaware, Ohio 
for Annual Fund 



$5,000


PARKER SCHOOL

Kamuela, Hawaii
for school construction
for general operations

for earthquake relief
 



$50,000
$7,500
$14,000

PURNELL SCHOOL
Pottersville, New Jersey
for general operations



$3,000


SEEDS OF LITERACY
Cleveland, Ohio
for Director of Teaching & Learning




$15,000


SUMMIT COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
Cincinnati, Ohio 
for general operations 
for capital campaign
for Annual Fund




$2,500
$2,500
$10,000


TULANE UNIVERSITY 
New Orleans, Louisiana
for Rebuilding Annual Fund

 


$1,500
 

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
CENTER FOR FAMILY STUDIES
Coral Gables, Florida
for general operations



$2,000
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND
Richmond, Virginia
for Classics Department 



$10,000


UNIVERSITY SCHOOL
Cleveland, Ohio 
for Tower Society 



$10,000
 

UP WITH KIDS
South Euclid, Ohio
for financial audit
 

$7,500

URBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
Cleveland, Ohio
for website upgrade

$15,000

WASHINGTON & LEE UNIVERSITY 
Lexington, Virginia
for Annual Fund




$3,500
 

WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Cleveland, Ohio
for Earned Income Initiative

$10,000
WM. V. FISHER CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
Lancaster, Ohio
for general operations


$1,500
YOUNG AUDIENCES OF GREATER CLEVELAND
Cleveland, Ohio
for artist professional development 
 

$11,500


MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS
OF $1,000 OR LESS 


$17,300

SUB-TOTAL: EDUCATION = 12.40%


$481,800


 

EMPLOYMENT
CORNUCOPIA
Lakewood, Ohio
for technology infrastructure
 

$7,000

HARD HATTED WOMEN
Cleveland, Ohio
for Development Director
 

$30,000

HEALING CONNECTIONS ASSOCIATES
Cincinnati, Ohio
for merger-related activities
 

$20,000


JOB PATH
New York, New York
for general operations





$6,000


STRIVE DC, INC.
Washington, DC
for Development Director
 

 


$25,000


UNION-CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP
Cleveland, Ohio 
for Instructor position
 




$20,000


WIRE-NET 

Cleveland, Ohio 
for Economic Innovations Initiative 
 




$25,000


YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED
Cleveland, Ohio 
for MIS upgrade


SUB-TOTAL: EMPLOYMENT = 3.60%




$7,000



$140,000


 

ENVIRONMENT

ALLIANCE FOR CHESAPEAKE BAY
Baltimore, Maryland
for strategic plan
for general operations
 

$15,000
$1,000

CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Oakland, California
for Development Director
 


$5,000
 


DUCKS UNLIMITED
Middlefield, Ohio
for scholarship fund
 
 

$5,000

DUTCHESS LAND CONSERVANCY
Millbrook, New York
for land purchase
  




$10,000


HOLDEN ARBORETUM 
Kirtland, Ohio
for computer mapping
for general operations
 


$16,500
$1,000


PARKWORKS
Cleveland, Ohio
for strategic marketing
 
$20,000

WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY
Novelty, Ohio
for general operations
 
 

$3,000


MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS
 OF $1,000 OR LESS


$1,000

SUB-TOTAL: ENVIRONMENT =1.99% 


$77,500


 

FAMILY
CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND FOUNDATION 
Cleveland, Ohio 
for Children of Incarcerated Parents  



$50,000

CENTER FOR FAMILIES & CHILDREN
Cleveland, Ohio
for "Better Together" program
 

$10,000

HEIGHTS PARENT CENTER
Cleveland, Ohio
for fundraising database
 

$15,000

NATIONAL FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE
Gaithersburg, Maryland
for
Maryland InsideOut Dads program



$50,000


SHAKER FAMILY CENTER
Shaker Heights, Ohio
for staff expansion
 
$6,800

SUB-TOTAL: FAMILY = 3.39%


$131,800


 

FOCUS AREA (FATHERING PROGRAMS)

CENTER FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
Cleveland, Ohio
for Fathers and Families Together Program




$389,326


SERVICES UNITED FOR MOTHERS
AND ADOLESCENTS

Cincinnati, Ohio
for Fatherhood Project





$291,285


SUB-TOTAL: FOCUS AREA = 17.51%


$680,611


 

FOOD, NUTRITION, AGRICULTURE


NORTH UNION FARMERS MARKET
Cleveland, Ohio
for field worker consultant
 




    $23,300 


MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS
 OF $1,000 OR LESS

$1,000
   

SUB-TOTAL: FOOD, NUTRITION, AGRICULTURE = 0.63%            

                           $24,300


FREE ENTERPRISE


CLEVELAND FOUNDATION
Cleveland, Ohio
for Fund For Our Economic Future

 

             $200,000


COMMUNITY WEALTH VENTURES
Washington, DC
for Cleveland Community Wealth Collaborative
 
 

                     $25,000


SUB-TOTAL: FREE ENTERPRISE = 5.79%

               $225,000


HEALTH


ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CTR. FDN, INC. 
Annapolis, Maryland  
for Annual Fund
 



$2,000

BEECH BROOK
Cleveland, Ohio
for staff retention plan
 



$30,000
 


CATHERINE HORSTMANN HOME
Cleveland, Ohio
for nursing contract
 
 

$6,000


CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF THE KING'S DAUGHTERS
Norfolk, Virginia 
for general operations 

 



$1,500

CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
for Free Care Fund 
 



$3,000

CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER
Cleveland, Ohio
for Early Intervention Specialist
for general operations
 



$10,000
$2,000

CLOVERNOOK CENTER
Cincinnati, Ohio
for consumer information database
 
 

$10,500


ELIZA BRYANT VILLAGE
Cleveland, Ohio
for Human Resources Associate
 
$30,000

EPILELPSY ASSOCIATION
Cleveland, Ohio
for general operations
 
$3,000

FIELDSTONE FARM THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER

Chagrin Falls, Ohio
for general operations
for Volunteer program



$6,000
$32,000

FREE MEDICAL CLINIC OF GREATER CLEVELAND
Cleveland, Ohio
for Endowment Fund campaign manager
 

$30,000


HATTIE LARLHAM CARE GROUP
Mantua, Ohio
for general operations
 

$2,500


HEARTBEATS OF LICKING COUNTY
Newark, Ohio
for general operations
 

$2,000

HORSES AND HUMANS FOUNDATION
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
for strategic plan and marketing
for general operations

 
 

$40,000
$11,500


ISLAND DOLPHIN CARE
Key Largo, Florida
for general operations



$12,500

LA CLINICA DEL PUEBLO
Washington, DC
for organizational development
 
 

$20,675


LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR
Cleveland, Ohio
for Medical Records secretary
 
 

$34,320


MALACHI HOUSE
C
leveland, Ohio
for computer technology and software
 
 

$25,000


MATT TALBOT RETREAT GROUP
Mahweh, New Jersey
for general operations
 
$1,500

MOVEABLE FEAST
Baltimore, Maryland
for online fundraising
 
 

$20,000


NEW DIRECTIONS
Cleveland, Ohio
for adolescent male dual diagnosis program
 

$25,000

NORTH HAWAII COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Kamuela, Hawaii
for earthquake relief
 


$15,000

NORTH HAWAII HOSPICE, INC.
Kamuela, Hawaii 
for  Endowment Fund
for general operations


$100,000
$7,500

NUEVO LUZ
Cleveland, Ohio
for fund development
 

$30,000

PARTNERS WITH PAWS
Novelty, Ohio
for Director's compensation & educational materials
 
$20,000

PERIWINKLE FOUNDATION
Houston, Texas
for strategic plan
 
$25,975

PLANNED LIFETIME ASSISTANCE NETWORK
Cleveland Heights, Ohio 
for Cognitive Enhancement Therapy Project 



$30,000

RECOVERY RESOURCES
Cleveland, Ohio
for Increasing Access to Care program
 
$25,000

SELF IMPROVEMENT THRU RIDING EDUCATION
Hockley, Texas
for site expansion
for general operations

 


$100,000
$21,000

SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN
Naples, Florida
for Counselor/Advocate

 

$46,800


ST. VINCENT FAMILY CENTERS
Columbus, Ohio
for a clinical treatment model
 
 

$30,000


UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM
Cleveland, Ohio
for Pediatric Emergency Department
for Bohlman Professorship in Orthopaedics
for general operations

 
 

$100,000
$25,000
$2,000


UNIV. OF TEXAS M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER
Houston, Texas
for data entry system
for general operations

$30,000
$5,000

VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION
C
leveland, Ohio
for succession plan
for general operations
 
$15,000
$1,000
WOMANKIND MATERNAL & PRENATAL CENTER
Cleveland, Ohio
for organizational assessment
$3,500
YOUTH CHALLENGE
Cleveland, Ohio
for strategic plan and marketing
$9,000
MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS OF $1,000 OR LESS

SUB-TOTAL: HEALTH = 26.16%



$4,000

$1,016,770


 

HOUSING


CLEVELAND HOUSING NETWORK
Cleveland, Ohio
for the Almost Home program
 


$25,000

COGSWELL HALL
Cleveland, Ohio
for fund development marketing plan
 


$23,000

GREATER CLEVELAND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Cleveland, Ohio
for technology upgrade 




$20,000

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GEAUGA COUNTY
Newbury, Ohio
for strategic plan and fundraising
 

$20,500


HOME REPAIR RESOURCE CENTER
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
for Executive Director transition
 


$7,500

HOUSING RESEARCH & ADVOCACY CENTER
Cleveland, Ohio
for Development Director
 


$20,000

JIREH SERVICES, INC.
Columbus, Ohio
for managerial position
 
 

$6,300


NEW LIFE COMMUNITY
Cleveland, Ohio 
for graduate Family Specialist
 



$30,000

TRANSITIONAL HOUSING
Cleveland, Ohio 
for employment & education coordinator




$25,220

VIRGINIA SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
Richmond, Virginia
for licensure process
 
 

$15,000


WILLWOODS COMMUNITY
Metairie, Louisiana
for general operations
 


 
$9,000

SUB-TOTAL: HOUSING = 5.18 %


$201,520


 

HUMAN SERVICES

ANNAPOLIS AREA MINISTRIES
Annapolis, Maryland
for Business Advisory Group
 


$10,000

CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORP
Cleveland, Ohio
for information systems
 

 

$27,450
 


CENTER FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
Cleveland, Ohio
for Building on Hope campaign
for Annual fund


$50,000
$8,960


CLEVELAND HEARING & SPEECH CENTER
Cleveland, Ohio
for architectural study
 

$10,000

COMMUNITY OF HOPE 
Washington, Ohio
for general operations 




$32,000

COVENANT HOUSE
New York, New York 
for Peer Review
 



$25,000

JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ASSN. OF CLEVELAND
Cleveland, Ohio
for employee retention



$30,000

PROVIDENCE HOUSE
Cleveland, Ohio
for Blackbaud Analytics
 

$35,905


SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES
Cincinnati, Ohio
for marketing campaign
 


$27,000

SENIOR OUTREACH SERVICES
Cleveland, Ohio
for strategic plan and staff training
 

$8,200

UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT
Cleveland, Ohio
for fund development
 

$25,000


WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER
Cleveland, Ohio
for software system
 

$20,000

WEST SIDE ECUMENICAL MINISTRY
Cleveland, Ohio 
for bilingual customer service training

 



$25,000

MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS 
OF $1,000 OR LESS 


$2,000

SUB-TOTAL: HUMAN SERVICES = 8.66%


$335,515




LAW ENFORCEMENT/CRIME

BLUECOATS, INC.
Cleveland, Ohio
for general operations



$2,000


CLEVELAND MOUNTED POLICE CHARITABLE TRUST
Cleveland, Ohio  
for general operations



$2,000

SUB-TOTAL: LAW ENFORCEMENT = 0.10%


$4,000




MANAGEMENT SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

BUSINESS VOLUNTEERS UNLIMITED

Cleveland, Ohio
for general operations



$40,000


EXECUTIVE SERVICE CORP OF CINCINNATI
Cincinnati, Ohio  
for general operations
 



$25,000

NORTHEAST OHIO SOURCING OFFICE
Cleveland, Ohio
for general operations
 

$15,000

SUB-TOTAL: MSO'S =2.06%


$80,000

 



PUBLIC POLICY

VOICES FOR CHILDREN OF GREATER CLEVELAND
Cleveland, Ohio 
for communications 



$30,000

SUB-TOTAL: PUBLIC POLICY =0.77%


$30,000




PUBLIC SAFETY

THE COMMUNITY FIRE CO., INC.
Exmore, Virginia
for general operations 



$3,000

OCEAN PARK VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE
Virginia Beach, Virginia
for general operations

 

$1,500


SUB-TOTAL: PUBLIC SAFETY = 0.12%


$4,500



RECRE
ATION

CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK ASSOCIATION
Peninsula, Ohio
for Extraordinary Spaces project
 



$10,000

POLO TRAINING FOUNDATION
Tully, New York 
for general operations 



$6,000

SUB-TOTAL:  RECREATION = 0.41%

$16,000


RELIGION

CARMELITE MONASTERY 
Cleveland, Ohio 
for general operations 



$18,500
CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND FOUNDATION
Cleveland, Ohio
for general operations

$2,000

CHURCH OF THE ANNUNCIATION
New Orleans, Louisiana 
for general operations 



$2,500
CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION
Johnstown, Ohio
for general operations


$2,000
ST. DOMINIC RC CHURCH
Oyster Bay, New York
for general operations
 

$3,000


ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH
Naples, Florida
for general operations



$2,000

MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS
OF $1,000 OR LESS 


$1,000

SUB-TOTAL: RELIGION= 0.82%


$32,000


RESEARCH


YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

 


E CITY
Cleveland, Ohio
for administrative assistant

 

$28,000

JACKSON FEILD
Richmond, Virginia
for technology project
 

$35,700


JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT
Cleveland, Ohio
for technology project
 

$14,000

YMCA CAMP SILVER BEACH
Jamesville, Virginia
for general operations
 

$7,500


SUB-TOTAL:  YOUTH DEVELOPMENT = 2.19%
$85,200

:

TOTAL GRANTS

MADE IN 2006 :   100.00% $3,886,460