Funding search · EIN 341404854 · Cleveland, OH
The Abington Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 209
- grants reported
- $5.1M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $15,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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48 grants matching “cmsd” · $848,500
- $25,000
America Scores Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For programming for cmsd students in fy25
- $25,000
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For education concerts and music resources for cmsd students in 2024-25
- $20,000
Esperanza · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For afterschool programming for cmsd latinx students in 2023-24
- $20,000
Nature Center at Shaker Lakes · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For cle4sci programming for cmsd preschool, kindergarten, and first-grade students in 2023-24
- $20,000
Beech Brook · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For school based mental health services for cmsd students in 2024-25
- $15,000
Dancing Classrooms Northeast Ohio · Parma, OH · 2024
For dance residency programming in cmsd schools in 2023-24
- $15,000
College Now Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For college and career access advising services for cmsd students in 2024-25
- $15,000
Argonaut · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For aerospace and maritime extended learning programming for cmsd high school students in 2023-24
- $15,000
Great Lakes Museum of Science Environment and Technology · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For the cle4sci collaborative for cmsd 6th, 7th and 8th graders in 2024-25
- $12,000
Effective Leadership Academy · Warrensville Heights, OH · 2024
For social-emotional learning and leadership development programming for cmsd students in 2024-25
- $10,000
Young Entrepreneur Institute · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2024
To support entrepreneurship education in the cmsd in 2024-25
- $10,000
Footpath Foundation · Westlake, OH · 2024
For programming for cmsd 6th graders in 2024-25
- $10,000
Great Lakes Theater · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For theater residencies in cmsd schools in 2024-25
- $10,000
Arts Impact · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For steam residencies in cmsd schools in 2024-25
- $10,000
Center for Arts-Inspired Learning · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For artworks programming in 2024-25 for cmsd students in 2024-25
- $10,000
Dancecleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024
To provide arts and literacy programming in cmsd early childhood classrooms in 2024-25
- $10,000
Cleveland Play House · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For theater-based social emotional learning residencies in cmsd schools in 2024-25
- $10,000
Roots of American Music · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For music residencies in cmsd schools in 2023-24
- $10,000
Coach Sam'S Scholars · Beachwood, OH · 2024
For literacy programming and academic support for cmsd students in 2023-24
- $25,000
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For education concerts and music resources in the cmsd in 2023-24
- $20,000
Nature Center at Shaker Lakes · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For cle4sci programming for cmsd preschool, kindergarten and first grade classes in the 2022-23 school year
- $15,000
Playhouse Square Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For classroom connections programming for cmsd students in the 2023-24 school year
- $15,000
Beech Brook · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For school-based mental health services for cmsd
- $15,000
College Now Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For college and career access advising services for cmsd students in 2023-24
- $13,000
Dancing Classrooms Northeast Ohio · Parma, OH · 2023
For dance residency programming in cmsd classrooms during the 2022-23 academic year
- $12,500
Great Lakes Museum of Science Environment and Technology · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For the cle4sci collaborative for cmsd 6th, 7th and 8th graders in 2023-24
- $12,000
Arts Impact · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For steam residencies in cmsd schools in 2023-24
- $12,000
Effective Leadership Academy · Warrensville Heights, OH · 2023
For social-emotional learning and leadership development programming for cmsd students in 2023-24
- $10,000
Footpath Foundation · Westlake, OH · 2023
For the discover your path program for cmsd 6th grade students in 2023-24
- $10,000
Cleveland International Film Festival · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For in-person and virtual filmslam programming for cmsd students in 2022-23
- $10,000
Center for Arts-Inspired Learning · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For artworks programming for cmsd students in fy 2023
- $10,000
Young Entrepreneur Institute · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2023
To support entrepreneurship education in the cmsd in 2023-24
- $10,000
Teaching Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023
To provide cleveland history programming to the cmsd in 2023-24
- $7,500
Dancecleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023
To provide arts and literacy programming in cmsd early childhood classrooms in 2023-24
- $135,000
Great Lakes Museum of Science Environment and Technology · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For the cle4sci collaborative for cmsd 6th, 7th and 8th graders in 2022-23
- $40,000
Coach Sam'S Scholars · Beachwood, OH · 2022
For literacy programming and academic support for cmsd students in the 2021-22 school year.
- $35,000
Say Yes Cleveland Scholarship · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For higher education tuition scholarships for cmsd high school graduates.
- $25,000
Dancecleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For literacy and movement programming for preschool and kindergarten students in the cmsd in 2022-23
- $25,000
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For education concerts and music resources in the cmsd in 2022-23
- $20,000
Playhouse Square Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For classroom connections programming for cmsd students in the 2022-23 school year
- $20,000
Dancing Classrooms Northeast Ohio · Parma, OH · 2022
For dance residency programming in cmsd classrooms during the 2021-22 academic year
- $20,000
College Now Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For college advising services for cmsd students in 2022-23
- $15,000
Refresh Collective · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For music programming in cmsd schools in 2022-23
- $13,000
Nature Center at Shaker Lakes · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For cle4sci programming for cmsd preschool, kindergarten and first grade classes in the 2021-22 school year
- $10,000
Effective Leadership Academy · Warrensville Heights, OH · 2022
For social-emotional learning and leadership development programming for cmsd students in 2022-23
- $10,000
Roots of American Music · Cleveland Heights, OH · 2022
For music residencies in cmsd schools in 2022-23
- $10,000
Footpath Foundation · Westlake, OH · 2022
For the discover your path program for cmsd 6th grade students in 2022-23
- $1,500
Arts Impact · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For steam residencies in cmsd schools in 2022-23
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Lake View Cemetery Foundation2 grants · $300,000
- Cleveland Zoological Society1 grant · $250,000
- The Centers for Families and Children4 grants · $242,000
- Positive Education Program2 grants · $181,666
- Great Lakes Museum of Science Environment and Technology3 grants · $162,500
- The City Club of Cleveland2 grants · $150,000
- Pre4cle3 grants · $135,000
- Urban Community School1 grant · $125,000
- Cleveland Metropolitan School District1 grant · $90,000
- Support Center for Child Advocates3 grants · $80,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 209 grants.
- $250,000
Cleveland Zoological Society · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For construction of the new primate forest in 2024-25
- $200,000
The Centers for Families and Children · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Over two years, for the capital campaign to renovate cleveland christian home to serve as the cuyahoga county child wellness campus and welcome center
- $166,666
Positive Education Program · Cleveland, OH · 2022
To provide early childhood consultation in public school districts in 2022-23
- $150,000
Lake View Cemetery Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Over two years for phase iii of the restoration of the garfield memorial
- $150,000
Lake View Cemetery Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For phase iii restoration of garfield memorial
- $135,000
Great Lakes Museum of Science Environment and Technology · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For the cle4sci collaborative for cmsd 6th, 7th and 8th graders in 2022-23
- $125,000
Urban Community School · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Over two years, to construct an athletic center in 2024-25
- $90,000
Cleveland Metropolitan School District · Cleveland, OH · 2023
To support specific civics 2.0 program costs in the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years
- $90,000
Pre4cle · Independence, OH · 2022
To increase cleveland preschool enrollment through an enrollment campaign in 2022-23
- $75,000
Neighborhood Health Care Inc Dba Neighborhood Family Practice · Cleveland, OH · 2024
To expand services at a new site in 2024
- $75,000
The City Club of Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Over two years for a new headquarters
- $75,000
The City Club of Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Over two years for a new headquarters
- $70,000
May Dugan Center · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For the education resource center in 2023 and phase 2 of building renovation
- $50,000
The Metrohealth Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For the mobile clinic outreach program in 2024
- $45,000
Birthing Beautiful Communities · Cleveland, OH · 2024
To construct a birth center in 2024-25
- $45,000
Cleveland International Film Festival · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For filmslam streams 2022
- $40,000
Eliza Bryant Village · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For programming for residents
- $40,000
Thurgood Marshall Oratorical Education Project · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For speech and debate programming for middle and high school students in 2023-24
- $40,000
Coach Sam'S Scholars · Beachwood, OH · 2022
For literacy programming and academic support for cmsd students in the 2021-22 school year.
- $35,000
Say Yes Cleveland Scholarship · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For higher education tuition scholarships for cmsd high school graduates.
- $35,000
Village of Healing · Euclid, OH · 2022
For start-up of a health center
- $30,000
Support Center for Child Advocates · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To provide legal representation and advocacy to low-income children with behavioral health needs in fy25
- $30,000
Medworks · Lyndhurst, OH · 2023
For healthcare clinics in 2023
- $30,000
Pre4cle · Independence, OH · 2023
To increase cleveland preschool enrollment through an enrollment campaign in 2023-24
- $30,000
Scranton Road Ministries Community Development Corp · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For academic enrichment programming for cleveland youth
- $30,000
Starting Point · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For capacity building in 2023
- $30,000
Support Center for Child Advocates · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To provide legal representation and advocacy to low-income children with behavioral health needs in fy24
- $30,000
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2022
To remove barriers to economic independence through civil legal aid in 2022
- $30,000
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry · Cleveland, OH · 2022
To provide guardianship support to vulnerable adults in 2022
- $30,000
Spanish American Committee for a Better Community · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For the latino construction program in 2022
- $27,500
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center of Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For health and wellness programming for greater clevelands lgbtq+ community in 2023
- $25,000
America Scores Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For programming for cmsd students in fy25
- $25,000
Malachi House · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For housing and support services for terminally ill homeless individuals in fy25
- $25,000
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For education concerts and music resources for cmsd students in 2024-25
- $25,000
Stella Maris · Cleveland, OH · 2024
To hire a full-time registered nurse for central intake
- $25,000
America Scores Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For literacy and fitness youth development programming in fy24
- $25,000
Center for Employment Opportunities Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For employment services for formerly incarcerated individuals in fy24
- $25,000
Cleveland Lutheran High School Association · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For building renovations at lutheran high school east
- $25,000
Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For case management services in fy23
- $25,000
Family Promise of Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023
To help homeless families address economic stability in 2023
- $25,000
Greater Cleveland Food Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For operating support in fy23
- $25,000
Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coalition · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For program support in 2023
- $25,000
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For education concerts and music resources in the cmsd in 2023-24
- $25,000
The First Tee of Cleveland · Newburgh Hts, OH · 2023
For the capital campaign to build a new activity center
- $25,000
Chn Housing Partners · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For the lease purchase homeownership program in 2022
- $25,000
Cleveland Play House · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For compassionate arts remaking education theater residencies in cleveland schools in the 2022-23 school year
- $25,000
Dancecleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For literacy and movement programming for preschool and kindergarten students in the cmsd in 2022-23
- $25,000
Eliza Bryant Village · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For operating support
- $25,000
Facing History and Ourselves · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For the northeast ohio partner schools network in 2022-23
- $25,000
Family Connections of Northeast Ohio · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For family-school connection, a family kindergarten reading readiness program, in 2022-23
- $25,000
Fund for Our Economic Future · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For phase 7 (2022-24) for program support of initiatives that drive equitable economic growth in northeast ohio
- $25,000
Malachi Center · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For after-school programming in fy23
- $25,000
Medworks · Lyndhurst, OH · 2022
For healthcare clinics in 2022
- $25,000
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For education concerts and music resources in the cmsd in 2022-23
- $25,000
Saint Martin De Porres High School · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For professional development in fy23
- $25,000
Scranton Road Ministries Community Development Corp · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For in-school academic enrichment programming for cleveland youth
- $25,000
Skidmark Cle · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Provide motorcycle shop class programs for city of cleveland youth in 2022-23
- $25,000
The Metrohealth Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For the metrohealth behavioral health hospital
- $25,000
University Circle Incorporated · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For the early learning initiative in fy22
- $20,000
A Place 4 Me · Cleveland, OH · 2024
To provide financial literacy education for foster care youth in fy25
- $20,000
Beech Brook · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For school based mental health services for cmsd students in 2024-25
- $20,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For academic success programming at bgcneo cleveland clubs in 2024
- $20,000
Chn Housing Partners · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For the lease purchase homeownership program in 2024
- $20,000
City Year · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For programming in 3 cleveland schools in 2023-24
- $20,000
Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For case management services in fy24
- $20,000
Esperanza · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For afterschool programming for cmsd latinx students in 2023-24
- $20,000
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024
To remove barriers to economic independence through civil legal aid in 2024
- $20,000
Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For dolly parton's imagination library in 2024
- $20,000
Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coalition · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For program support in 2024
- $20,000
Nature Center at Shaker Lakes · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For cle4sci programming for cmsd preschool, kindergarten, and first-grade students in 2023-24
- $20,000
Open Doors Academy · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For out-of-school time educational enrichment programming in fy25
- $20,000
Seeds of Literacy · Cleveland, OH · 2024
To provide adult basic education in fy25
- $20,000
Smart Development · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For the community first program in 2024
- $20,000
Spanish American Committee for a Better Community · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For the families first program in 2024
- $20,000
The Base · Roxbury, MA · 2024
For youth development programming in fy25
- $20,000
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History · Cleveland, OH · 2024
For the slam dunk program for k-2 students in east cleveland city schools in 2024-25
- $20,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited · Cleveland, OH · 2024
To support the jobs for ohios graduates program in 2024-25
- $20,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For academic success programming at bgcneo cleveland clubs in 2023
- $20,000
City Year · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For programming in 4 cleveland schools in fy23
- $20,000
Family Connections of Northeast Ohio · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For family-school connection, a family kindergarten reading readiness program, in 2023-24
- $20,000
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023
To remove barriers to economic independence through civil legal aid in 2023
- $20,000
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center of Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For health and wellness programming for greater clevelands lgbtq+ community in 2024
- $20,000
Nature Center at Shaker Lakes · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For cle4sci programming for cmsd preschool, kindergarten and first grade classes in the 2022-23 school year
- $20,000
Open Doors Academy · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For out-of-school time programming for scholars in grades k-8 in fy22
- $20,000
Resource Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For the mentoring program for refugee youths in 2023
- $20,000
Smart Development · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For the community first program in 2023
- $20,000
Spanish American Committee for a Better Community · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Or the families first program in 2023
- $20,000
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History · Cleveland, OH · 2023
For the slam dunk program for east cleveland k-2 students in the 2023-24 school year
- $20,000
America Scores Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For literacy and fitness youth development programming in fy23
- $20,000
Candid Midwest · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For program support in 2022
- $20,000
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center · Cleveland, OH · 2022
To provide trauma therapy to survivors of sexual violence in 2022
- $20,000
College Now Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For college advising services for cmsd students in 2022-23
- $20,000
Dancing Classrooms Northeast Ohio · Parma, OH · 2022
For dance residency programming in cmsd classrooms during the 2021-22 academic year
- $20,000
Literacy Cooperative of Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For community-wide literacy initiatives in 2022
- $20,000
Open Doors Academy · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For out-of-school time programming for scholars in grades k-8 in fy22
- $20,000
Playhouse Square Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For classroom connections programming for cmsd students in the 2022-23 school year
- $20,000
Smart Development · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For the community first program in 2022
- $20,000
Support Center for Child Advocates · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To provide legal representation and advocacy to low-income children with behavioral health needs in fy23
- $20,000
University Settlement · Cleveland, OH · 2022
To support families exiting the shelter system in fy23
- $20,000
Villa Angela St Joseph High School · Cleveland, OH · 2022
For the capital campaign
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