General grantmaking for capacity building programs continues this year, and these grants are currently running at an annual rate of $2,900,000. Grants are made to eligible grantseekers operating in all program areas.

   In addition, the Foundation makes directed gifts, matching gifts and gifts in recognition of O'Neill family member service to charitable organizations.

 

Current Grants The following are grants made by the Grantmaking Committee thus far in 2008:   ANIMALS CLEVELAND ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY Cleveland, Ohio for technology innovation $25,000 UNITED STATES EQUINE RESCUE LEAGUE Pendleton, Indiana for an audit   $3,900 ARTS AND CULTURE     CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE Cleveland, Ohio for a Branding Task Force   $25,000 CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATER Cleveland, Ohio for Marketing Assistant     $17,472 DANCE THEATER WORKSHOP New York, New York for a development campaign consultant   $45,000   FOUNDATION FOR DANCE PROMOTION New York, New York for an Education Manager position     $25,000 GREAT LAKES THEATER FESTIVAL Cleveland, Ohio for marketing   $50,000 INTERMUSEUM CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION Cleveland, Ohio for donor software   $9,272 JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL Becket, Maine for a documentary   $100,000 JOYCE THEATER New York, New York for marketing and revenue consulting   $25,000 KAHILU THEATER FOUNDATION Kamuela, Hawaii for box office expansion and upgrade   $100,000 MUSICAL ARTS ASSOCIATION Cleveland, Ohio for patron relationship management and website redevelopment     $50,000 NEAR WEST THEATER Cleveland, Ohio for marketing and communications   $22,448 SAN FRANCISCO FILM SOCIETY San Francisco, California for business and capital campaign plans     $22,500 ZVI DANCE New York, New York for rebranding and strategic planning|   $35,000     COMMUNITY MERRICK HOUSE Cleveland, Ohio for a funding plan                                $23,000 WECO FUND, INC. Cleveland, Ohio for Development Coordinator                                                         $30,000 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT   MIDTOWN CLEVELAND Cleveland, Ohio for fund development initiative                                                             $17,500 NORTHEAST OHIO COUNCIL ON HIGHER EDUCATION Cleveland, Ohio for Customer Relationship Management software                                                                $25,000 NORTHERN MANHATTAN IMPROVEMENT New York, New York for a Client database                               $25,000 OHIO & ERIE CANALWAY COALITION Akron, Ohio for Strategic Plan                                  $10,000 EDUCATION   BEAUMONT SCHOOL Cleveland, Heights, Ohio for website re-design     $21,000 BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE NORTHEASTERN OHIO Garfield Heights, Ohio for Parental Engagement Program   $25,000 CLEVELAND COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS Cleveland, Ohio for database software and hardware     $30,000 CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION Cleveland, Ohio for Veterans Initiative         $26,000 FRIENDS OF CLEVELAND SCHOOL OF ARTS Cleveland, Ohio for donor and relationship management initiative   $32,500 LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF COLLIER COUNTY Naples, Florida for technology upgrade   $15,000 NOTRE DAME COLLEGE OF OHIO South Euclid, Ohio for Nursing Simulation equipment   $34,000 URBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL Cleveland, Ohio for the Schools Attuned Program training   $20,000     EMPLOYMENT JOB PATH New York, New York for staff training and expansion $70,550 MERCY NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRIES Cincinnati, Ohio for PR Plan Implementation $15,000 STRIVE, DC Washington, DC for fundraising plan $17,250 TOWARDS EMPLOYMENT Cleveland, Ohio for Development Assistant, marketing materials, software     $30,000     ENVIRONMENT CLEVELAND BOTANICAL GARDEN Cleveland, Ohio for building finance capacity $44,500 CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK ASSOCIATION Peninsula, Ohio for virtual green initiative   $45,000 PARKWORKS Cleveland, Ohio for strategic plan and board evolution $20,000 WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY Chesterland, Ohio for a fundraising database replacement/upgrade   $50,000     FAMILY ABRAHAM HOUSE Bronx, New York for marketing and communications   $20,000 CLEVELAND EASTSIDE EX-OFFENDERS COALITION Cleveland, Ohio for program manager position     $47,037 FAMILY TREE Baltimore, Maryland for Raiser's Edge & accounting software $30,000 SHAKER FAMILY CENTER Shaker Heights, Ohio for marketing and communications strategy     $25,000     FOCUS AREA CENTER FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN Cleveland, Ohio for Fathers and Families Together program     $143,077 SERVICES UNITED FOR MOTHERS & ADOLESCENTS Cincinnati, Ohio for the Fatherhood Project     $97,095 FOOD NUTRITION AGRICULTURE CLEVELAND FOODBANK Cleveland, Ohio for online marketing and fundraising     $40,000 MOVEABLE FEAST Baltimore, Maryland for a major donor program   $25,000 NORTH UNION FARMERS MARKET Cleveland, Ohio for technology and communications $18,133 FREE ENTERPRISE ENTREPRENEURS FOR SUSTAINABILITY Cleveland, Ohio for customer relationship management system $20,000 HEALTH CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH & POLICY AT RAINBOW Cleveland, Ohio for strategic planning     $20,500 CLEVELAND-MOTTEP Cleveland, Ohio for Development Director   $50,000 CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER Cleveland, Ohio for Fund for the Future   $100,000 COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT & TREATMENT SERVICES Cleveland, Ohio for technology     $60,000 CONNECTIONS: HEALTH, WELLNESS, ADVOCACY Cleveland, Ohio for streamlining procedures   $50,000 ELIZA BRYANT VILLAGE Cleveland, Ohio for information technology   $28,000   FREE MEDICAL CLINIC OF GREATER CLEVELAND Cleveland, Ohio for Development Director     $68,200 GATHERING PLACE Cleveland, Ohio for website redesign   $31,000 HORSES AND HUMANS RESEARCH FDN Chagrin Falls, Ohio for an endowment fund $100,000 LIFECARE ALLIANCE Columbus, Ohio for technology systems and equipment   $35,000 LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR Cleveland, Ohio for Nurses' Station Renovation $100,000 MEALS ON WHEELS OF CENTRAL MARYLAND Baltimore, Maryland for Board and Development plan     $50,000 MURTIS TAYLOR HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM Cleveland, Ohio for regionalization project   $20,000 NATIONAL MARFAN FOUNDATION Port Washington, New York for strategic plan assessment   $24,550 NEIGHBORHOOD FAMILY PRACTICE Cleveland, Ohio for strategic planning and management development     $30,000 PLAN NORTHEAST OHIO Cleveland, Ohio for website and training materials   $25,000 ST. VINCENT FAMILY CENTERS Columbus, Ohio for business development position   $50,000 UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND Baltimore, Maryland for database automation-workstations     $34,000 UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM Cleveland, Ohio for Vision 2010: new Cancer Hospital $100,000 YOUTH CHALLENGE Cleveland, Ohio for strategic planning   $46,115 HOUSING CLEVELAND HOUSING NETWORK Cleveland, Ohio for building finance capacity $35,000 COMMUNITY HOUSING PARTNERSHIP San Francisco, California for technology enhancement $25,000 CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY LAND TRUST Cleveland, Ohio for strategic planning $15,000 EMERALD DEVELOPMENT & ECONOMIC NETWORK Cleveland, Ohio for computer/phone upgrades   $30,000 FAMICOS FOUNDATION Cleveland, Ohio for graphic designer, software and training $13,046 KOINONIA HOMES Cleveland, Ohio for governance role assessment   $14,400 NEW LIFE COMMUNITY Cleveland, Ohio for a donor database $27,000 PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS New York, New York for website development $30,000 SAMARITAN INNS Washington, DC for Resource Development $25,000 SHELTER HOUSE Falls Church, Virginia for consolidating recent growth $31,250 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING Cleveland, Ohio for communications plan   $30,000     HUMAN SERVICES AMERICAN RED CROSS, GREATER CLEVELAND CHAPTER Cleveland, Ohio for strategic planning     $30,000 CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME Wooster, Ohio for technology for connectedness   $55,000 CITY MISSION Cleveland, Ohio for strategic and fund development planning $37,500 CLEVELAND HEARING & SPEECH CENTER Cleveland, Ohio for strategic marketing     $25,000 CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER Cleveland, Ohio for Fund for the Future $100,000 COLUMBUS FEDERATION OF SETTLEMENTS Columbus, Ohio for Management Information Systems     $50,000 HAMILTON MADISON HOUSE New York, New York for technology expansion   $17,500 IGNATIAN VOLUNTEER CORPS Cleveland, Ohio for IVC Cleveland transition     $10,000 JOB PATH New York, New York for Achieving Excellence program   $70,550 LIBERTY YOUTH RANCH Naples, Florida for completion of Phase 1   $100,000 NORTHWEST ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES Houston, Texas for client management software   $45,230 NUEVA LUZ URBAN RESOURCE CENTER Cleveland, Ohio for integration of its programming     $23,000 PROVIDENCE HOUSE, INC. Cleveland, Ohio for website reconstruction                                  $15,000 SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN Naples, Florida for website redesign and donor prospecting   $14,500 SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS Cleveland, Ohio for website redesign & custom content management system   $20,000 LEGAL SERVICES LEGAL AID BUREAU, INC. Baltimore, Maryland for a fundraising audit $25,000 SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT Washington, DC for advocacy hotline   $9,462 MANAGEMENT SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS COMPASS Washington, DC for website and marketing brochures $25,000   PUBLIC POLICY NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADOPTION LAW & POLICY Columbus, Ohio for strategic development   $35,800   PUBLIC SAFETY     RECREATION     RELIGION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY     YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AMERICA SCORES New York New York for technology strategy assessment   $25,000 CLEVELAND BASEBALL FEDERATION Cleveland, Ohio for website upgrade   $9,500 MEN CAN STOP RAPE Washington, DC for strategic plan and technology improvements     $15,780 YMCA OF THE PALMS Naples, Florida for a new software system   $57,000