September Grantees Announced totaling $555,328
We are pleased to announce that our Board of Directors approved $555,328 in grants on September 22, 2026. The recipients included the following programs:
September Open Grants
100 Black Men of Greater Cleveland Inc. - Saturday Academy - $20,000
Appalachian Children Coalition - Appalachian Youth-Led Prevention Convenings - $15,000
Arts Impact Incorporated - Impacting Student Achievement Through Arts Integration - $15,000
Building Bridges to Careers Inc. - Students as Dynamic Storytellers! - $20,000
Cardinal Local Schools - Huskie Leaders of Tomorrow - $15,000
Cuyahoga County Public Library - K-3 Grade-Level Reading Support 2026-2027 - $10,000
Delta Alpha Lambda Foundation - Thurgood Marshall Oratorical Debate (TMOD) Education Project - $20,000
Educational Service Center of Central Ohio - Ohio State Student Leadership Research Collaborative - $20,000
Educational Service Center of Northeast Ohio - Informational Campaign on Public School Funding-Phase II - $17,000
Educational Service Center of Northeast Ohio - 2026-2027 Ohio 8 Coalition Advancement of Public Education Initiative - $20,000
Educational Service Center of Northeast Ohio - 26-27 First Ring Student Leadership Institute - $20,000
Facing History and Ourselves Inc. - Supporting Public School Teachers in NE Ohio - $25,000
Greater Cincinnati Arts & Education Center - ACT Torch Prep - $15,000
Holden Forests and Gardens - Sprouting Young Scientists (SPYS) - $14,530
LEADERship Ashtabula County, Inc. - Ashtabula County Youth Leadership Junior and Senior Programs - $10,264
Leadership Lake County Inc. - 26-27 Youth Leadership Programs - $15,000
Licking Regional Educational Service Center - Students Lead the Way - $40,000
Lorain Historical Society - Lorain Early Learning Initiative - $9,200
North Central Ohio Educational Service Center - Numbers and Narratives: Where Children’s Literature becomes Mathematical Thinking - $14,400
Ohio Energy Project - STEM Design Challenge - $15,537
Positive Education Program - Teacher Leadership Alternate Licensure Cohort - $25,000
Shaker Heights City Schools - Collaborative Teams that Transform Schools - $20,000
St. Marys City Schools - Sustaining Writing Success - $13,800
Teaching Cleveland Foundation - Teaching Cleveland Student Challenge - How to Create a More Sustainable Future in NEO? - $16,000
Toledo Science Center - Engineering Change: Teachers as Innovation Leaders - $18,500
University of Cincinnati Foundation - Jennie Davis Porter Teacher Pathway – Cincinnati Public School Fellowship - $15,000
West Creek Conservancy - Understanding our Community - Creekside Field Kitchen - $15,000
Young Men’s Christian Association Lake County - Arthur Holden Leadership Institute - $40,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited - Jobs for Ohio’s Graduates (JOG) Program - $20,000
Grants-to-Educators
Canal Winchester Local Schools - Tiffany Kloeppel -Sensory Pathways - $3,000
Cleveland Heights-University Heights City Schools - Quinci Teer - Archeology of Self - $2,870
Cleveland Metropolitan Schools - Anne Miano - Fueling Futures Culinary Arts - $3,000
Columbus City Schools - Lavonne King - Character Strong Support Initiative - $1,999
Gahanna Jefferson Public Schools - Jason Bates - Gahanna Lincoln HS Tech Center - $3,000
Garaway Local Schools - Jennifer Morosko - Building Tomorrow's Innovators - $3,000
Hamilton City Schools - Sarah Elrod - Mastering the Menu and Sale - $888
Sycamore Community Schools: Maple Dale - Michelle Bates - Enrichment for All Using Games - $1,600
Washington Local Schools - Candace Bundren - Voice and Choice with Reading - $1,740
