Local museums, theaters and other area arts non-profits will be sharing a little over $12 million in grant funding from cigarette-tax revenues distributed annually by Cuyahoga Arts and Culture (CAC). The awards were announced at a virtual meeting of the CAC board Tuesday.
Sixty-five organizations will receive general operation support during 2021, from nearly $32,000 for Chagrin Valley Little Theater to $1.2 million for Playhouse Square. ideastream also receives operating support from Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. Another 230 groups are receiving funding for special projects, in amounts ranging from $1,000 to $25,000.
Out of the nearly 300 recipients this year, there are 16 first-time awardees, including Night Market Cleveland in AsiaTown, the East Cleveland Farmers' Market Preservation Society and the RASHAD Center, devoted to studying religion and spirituality in the African diaspora.
Soon after the pandemic forced shutdowns across the region earlier this year, CAC acted to free-up funding for its recipients, by allowing for those funds to be distributed more quickly. Executive director Jill Paulsen said CAC is looking to keep such flexibility in the coming year鈥檚 funding cycle, also providing leeway for rescheduled events.
鈥淲e're all living through this pandemic and we know it's not going away tomorrow,鈥 she said. 鈥淪o, some groups may not be able to complete their grants next year. And that's okay, because we're most worried about how to keep people safe while doing arts and culture.鈥
In addition to awarding cigarette-tax funds for next year, the CAC board will also distribute $2,664,000 in federal CARES Act funds to arts and cultural non-profits before the end of this year from a special pool of money set aside by the county for COVID relief.
2021 Grants
The following organizations will receive funding through Cuyahoga Arts & Culture鈥檚 2021 grant programs.
Grant Recipient
| Grant Amount
|
Achievement Centers for Children
| $鈥5,000
|
America Asian Pacific Islander Organization
| $鈥4,000
|
America SCORES Cleveland
| $鈥15,960
|
American Hungarian Friends of Scouting
| $鈥8,883
|
Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra
| $鈥104,031
|
Aradhana Committee
| $鈥22,500
|
Art House
| $鈥19,641
|
Art Song Festival
| $鈥4,000
|
Art Therapy Studio
| $鈥45,545
|
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve
| $鈥23,401
|
Arts Cleveland
| $鈥54,131
|
Arts in Strongsville
| $鈥5,000
|
Arts Renaissance Tremont (ART)
| $鈥4,000
|
Arts Without Borders*
| $鈥4,000
|
ATNSC: Center for Healing & Creative Leadership
| $鈥4,000
|
Baldwin Wallace University
| $鈥21,000
|
Baseball Heritage Museum
| $鈥5,000
|
Bay Village Community Band
| $鈥2,800
|
BAYarts
| $鈥57,017
|
Beck Center for the Arts
| $鈥129,016
|
Bedford Downtown Alliance
| $鈥5,000
|
Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging
| $鈥5,000
|
Berea Arts Fest
| $鈥5,000
|
Big Creek Connects
| $鈥2,000
|
Blazing River Freedom Band
| $鈥1,050
|
Blue Streak Ensemble
| $鈥4,000
|
BlueWater Chamber Orchestra
| $鈥13,958
|
Bodwin Theatre Company
| $鈥5,000
|
BorderLight
| $鈥4,000
|
Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland
| $鈥21,400
|
Brite Cleveland
| $鈥23,000
|
Broadway School of Music and the Arts
| $鈥19,553
|
Brooklyn Heights Service Clubs
| $鈥4,000
|
Buck Out Foundation*
| $鈥5,000
|
Burten, Bell, Carr Development
| $鈥4,000
|
Campus District Inc.
| $鈥4,000
|
Carolyn L. Farrell Foundation
| $鈥12,995
|
Case Western Reserve University
| $鈥5,000
|
Cassidy Theatre
| $鈥18,407
|
Catholic Charities Diocese of Cleveland
| $鈥4,000
|
Cavani String Quartet
| $鈥10,682
|
Cedar Fairmount Special Improvement District
| $鈥5,000
|
Center for Arts-Inspired Learning
| $鈥95,371
|
Cesear's Forum
| $鈥4,000
|
Chagrin Documentary Film Festival
| $鈥22,333
|
Chagrin Valley Little Theater
| $鈥31,854
|
ChamberFest Cleveland
| $鈥20,550
|
Children's Museum of Cleveland
| $鈥69,804
|
Choral Arts Cleveland
| $鈥5,000
|
City Ballet of Cleveland
| $鈥4,000
|
CityMusic Cleveland
| $鈥19,333
|
Cleveland Arts Prize
| $鈥19,333
|
Cleveland Association of Black Storytellers
| $鈥4,000
|
Cleveland Ballet
| $鈥20,083
|
Cleveland Botanical Garden
| $鈥193,947
|
Cleveland Chamber Choir
| $鈥5,000
|
Cleveland Chamber Collective
| $鈥4,000
|
Cleveland Chamber Music Society
| $鈥14,280
|
Cleveland Chamber Symphony
| $鈥5,000
|
Cleveland Classical Guitar Society
| $鈥23,083
|
Cleveland Composers Guild
| $鈥5,000
|
Cleveland Contemporary Chinese Culture Association
| $鈥14,006
|
Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation
| $鈥11,144
|
Cleveland Grays Armory Museum
| $鈥4,000
|
Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center
| $鈥5,000
|
Cleveland Inner City Ballet
| $鈥5,000
|
Cleveland Institute of Art
| $鈥548,585
|
Cleveland Institute of Music
| $鈥547,099
|
Cleveland International Film Festival
| $鈥151,398
|
Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
| $鈥27,492
|
Cleveland Kids' Book Bank
| $鈥3,000
|
Cleveland Leadership Center
| $鈥5,000
|
Cleveland Museum of Art
| $鈥936,686
|
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
| $鈥492,147
|
Cleveland Opera Theater
| $鈥22,333
|
Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra
| $鈥5,000
|
Cleveland Play House
| $鈥313,809
|
Cleveland POPS Orchestra
| $鈥62,803
|
Cleveland Print Room
| $鈥23,083
|
Cleveland Public Theatre
| $鈥104,107
|
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center
| $鈥5,000
|
Cleveland Restoration Society
| $鈥71,797
|
Cleveland School of the Arts Board of Trustees
| $鈥23,500
|
Cleveland Seed Bank
| $鈥5,000
|
Cleveland Shakespeare Festival
| $鈥4,000
|
Cleveland TOPS Swingband
| $鈥5,000
|
Cleveland Treatment Center
| $鈥18,918
|
Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project
| $鈥5,000
|
Cleveland Women's Orchestra
| $鈥4,000
|
Collective Arts Network
| $鈥16,501
|
CollectivExpress
| $鈥4,000
|
Comit茅 Mexicano*
| $鈥4,000
|
Community Cup Classic Foundation*
| $鈥5,000
|
Connecting for Kids of Westlake OH
| $鈥5,000
|
Contemporary Youth Orchestra
| $鈥29,216
|
convergence-continuum
| $鈥7,849
|
Coventry Village Special Improvement District
| $鈥5,000
|
Cudell Improvement
| $鈥5,000
|
Cuyahoga River Restoration
| $鈥5,000
|
DANCECleveland
| $鈥48,961
|
DANCEVERT
| $鈥3,000
|
Dancing Wheels
| $鈥37,315
|
Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization
| $鈥9,849
|
Djapo Cultural Arts Institute
| $鈥5,000
|
Dobama Theatre
| $鈥45,877
|
Downtown Cleveland Alliance
| $鈥22,188
|
DuffyLit
| $鈥11,889
|
Dunham Tavern Museum
| $鈥20,370
|
Earth and Air: String Orchestra
| $鈥4,000
|
East Cleveland Farmers' Market Preservation Society*
| $鈥3,000
|
Edward E. Parker Museum of Art
| $鈥5,000
|
Eliza Bryant Village
| $鈥5,000
|
ENCORE Chamber Music
| $鈥22,583
|
Ensemble Theatre
| $鈥14,201
|
Environmental Health Watch
| $鈥19,366
|
Esperanza
| $鈥5,000
|
Euclid Beach Park Now
| $鈥4,000
|
Far West Center
| $鈥5,000
|
Focus On Education
| $鈥5,000
|
Folknet
| $鈥3,200
|
Foluke Cultural Arts
| $鈥7,993
|
Food Strong
| $鈥5,000
|
Friends of the East Cleveland Public Library
| $鈥4,000
|
Friends of the McGaffin Carillon
| $鈥5,000
|
From Me 2 U
| $鈥5,000
|
FRONT International*
| $鈥5,000
|
Front Steps Housing and Services
| $鈥5,000
|
FrontLine Service
| $鈥4,980
|
FutureHeights
| $鈥5,000
|
German Music Society
| $鈥1,800
|
Golden Ciphers
| $鈥5,000
|
Good Company: A Vocal Ensemble
| $鈥5,000
|
Graffiti HeArt
| $鈥4,000
|
Great Lakes Science Center
| $鈥250,265
|
Great Lakes Theater
| $鈥181,437
|
Greater Cleveland Film Commission
| $鈥5,000
|
Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association
| $鈥19,688
|
Greater Cleveland Urban Film Foundation
| $鈥13,751
|
Greater Collinwood Development Corporation*
| $鈥5,000
|
GroundWorks DanceTheater
| $鈥44,633
|
Harvard Community Services Center
| $鈥5,000
|
Hasani Management Inc
| $鈥5,000
|
Heights Arts
| $鈥25,111
|
Heights Youth Theatre
| $鈥18,060
|
Hispanic Business Center
| $鈥4,000
|
Hispanic Police Officers Association
| $鈥5,000
|
Historic Gateway Neighborhood Corporation
| $鈥5,000
|
Historic Warehouse District Development Corporation
| $鈥7,380
|
Hospice of the Western Reserve
| $鈥23,418
|
ICA - Art Conservation
| $鈥80,198
|
ideastream
| $鈥618,996
|
In Education
| $鈥4,000
|
India Fest USA
| $鈥4,000
|
Ingenuity
| $鈥37,379
|
Inlet Dance Theatre
| $鈥25,634
|
International Community Council
| $鈥5,000
|
International Women's Air & Space Museum
| $鈥5,000
|
Italian Cultural Garden
| $鈥4,000
|
Jennings Center for Older Adults
| $鈥9,694
|
Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland Ohio
| $鈥5,000
|
Jewish Federation of Cleveland
| $鈥20,350
|
Jones Road Family Development Corporation
| $鈥13,225
|
Joyful Noise Neighborhood Music School
| $鈥5,000
|
Judson
| $鈥21,400
|
Julia De Burgos Cultural Arts Center
| $鈥12,461
|
Karamu House
| $鈥90,349
|
Kulture Kids
| $鈥5,000
|
Lake Erie Ink
| $鈥24,076
|
Lake Erie Institute*
| $鈥5,000
|
Lake Erie Native American Council
| $鈥5,000
|
Lake Erie Nature & Science Center
| $鈥77,226
|
Lake View Cemetery Foundation
| $鈥4,000
|
Lakewood Historical Society
| $鈥12,674
|
Lakewood Young Filmmakers Academy*
| $鈥3,993
|
LAND studio
| $鈥157,993
|
Larchmere PorchFest
| $鈥5,000
|
LatinUs Theater Company
| $鈥5,000
|
Les D茅lices
| $鈥22,250
|
Lexington-Bell Community Center
| $鈥15,160
|
LGBT Community Center Greater Cleveland
| $鈥5,000
|
Literary Cleveland
| $鈥15,016
|
Little Italy Redevelopment Corporation
| $鈥3,600
|
Little Lumpy's Center for Educational Initiatives
| $鈥5,000
|
LYLESART
| $鈥4,000
|
M.U.S.i.C.
| $鈥8,833
|
Maelstrom Collaborative Arts
| $鈥9,205
|
Malachi Center
| $鈥4,500
|
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
| $鈥132,993
|
Mandel JCC
| $鈥22,333
|
May Dugan Center
| $鈥5,000
|
Mercury Theatre Company
| $鈥22,400
|
Merrick House
| $鈥4,000
|
Metro West Community Development Organization*
| $鈥5,000
|
MidTown Cleveland
| $鈥7,075
|
Mojuba! Dance Collective
| $鈥5,000
|
Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory and Educational Foundation
| $鈥24,830
|
Mt. Pleasant NOW Development Corporation
| $鈥5,000
|
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
| $鈥139,190
|
Music and Art at Trinity
| $鈥12,810
|
Naach Di Cleveland
| $鈥5,000
|
NAMI Greater Cleveland
| $鈥5,000
|
Nature Center at Shaker Lakes
| $鈥73,567
|
Near West Theatre
| $鈥60,049
|
Negative Space Gallery
| $鈥5,000
|
New Avenues to Independence
| $鈥4,354
|
NewBridge Cleveland Center for Arts & Technology
| $鈥22,750
|
Night Market Cleveland*
| $鈥5,000
|
No Exit
| $鈥4,000
|
North Union Farmers Market
| $鈥5,000
|
Northcoast Men's Chorus
| $鈥25,341
|
Northeast Ohio Alliance for Hope (NOAH)
| $鈥4,000
|
Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless
| $鈥5,000
|
Notes for Notes
| $鈥5,000
|
Notre Dame College
| $鈥14,615
|
Ohio City Incorporated
| $鈥4,000
|
Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation
| $鈥5,000
|
Open Doors Academy
| $鈥22,833
|
PALS for Healing
| $鈥5,000
|
Parma Area Fine Arts Council
| $鈥2,000
|
Parma Heights Historical Society
| $鈥4,000
|
Piano Cleveland
| $鈥56,170
|
Playhouse Square
| $鈥1,164,989
|
Playwrights Local
| $鈥6,727
|
Polish Village Parma
| $鈥5,000
|
Praxis Fiber Workshop
| $鈥18,996
|
Progressive Arts Alliance
| $鈥49,127
|
Quire Cleveland
| $鈥5,000
|
Rainey Institute
| $鈥79,915
|
Reaching Heights
| $鈥5,000
|
Refresh Collective
| $鈥5,000
|
Restore Cleveland Hope
| $鈥2,500
|
Roberto Ocasio Foundation
| $鈥4,000
|
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
| $鈥748,681
|
Rollin' Buckeyez
| $鈥5,000
|
Roots of American Music
| $鈥20,873
|
Sankofa
| $鈥5,000
|
Schmooze Ohio*
| $鈥2,000
|
Shaker Arts Council
| $鈥5,000
|
Shaker Historical Society
| $鈥13,475
|
Shore Cultural Centre
| $鈥7,264
|
Slavic Village Development
| $鈥11,497
|
Slovenian Museum and Archives
| $鈥5,000
|
SOS: Strengthening Our Students
| $鈥5,000
|
SPACES
| $鈥34,197
|
StandUP! For Change
| $鈥5,000
|
Stellar Acrobatic Dance Academy
| $鈥5,000
|
STV Bavaria
| $鈥4,000
|
Suburban Symphony Orchestra
| $鈥4,000
|
Symphony West Orchestra
| $鈥4,000
|
Talespinner Children's Theatre
| $鈥17,459
|
Tender Hearts Crusades
| $鈥5,000
|
The City Club of Cleveland
| $鈥21,765
|
The Cleveland Opera
| $鈥16,693
|
The Cleveland Orchestra
| $鈥1,045,644
|
The Gathering Place
| $鈥5,000
|
The German Central*
| $鈥4,000
|
The Harvard Square Center
| $鈥4,000
|
The Movement Project
| $鈥4,000
|
The Music Settlement
| $鈥180,052
|
The Musical Theater Project
| $鈥43,848
|
The RASHAD Center*
| $鈥5,000
|
The Sculpture Center
| $鈥16,624
|
The Singing Angels
| $鈥29,610
|
The Trust for Public Land*
| $鈥5,000
|
Thea Bowman Center
| $鈥5,000
|
Transformer Station
| $鈥19,418
|
Tremont West Development Corporation
| $鈥6,519
|
Twelve Literary Arts
| $鈥5,000
|
UCI
| $鈥18,998
|
Ukrainian Museum-Archives
| $鈥15,280
|
Underground Classical
| $鈥5,000
|
University Hospitals (UH)
| $鈥20,800
|
UpStage Players
| $鈥5,000
|
Ursuline College
| $鈥5,000
|
Valley Art Center
| $鈥33,940
|
Verb Ballets
| $鈥39,864
|
VIVA Bavaria*
| $鈥5,000
|
Wake Up and Live's Actor's Studio
| $鈥4,000
|
Waterloo Arts
| $鈥20,910
|
West Creek Conservancy
| $鈥4,000
|
West Park Kamm's Neighborhood Development
| $鈥4,500
|
West Shore Chorale
| $鈥5,000
|
West Side Catholic Center
| $鈥5,000
|
West Side Community House
| $鈥21,918
|
Western Reserve Fire Museum & Education Center
| $鈥4,000
|
Western Reserve Historical Society
| $鈥216,835
|
Western Reserve Land Conservancy
| $鈥4,000
|
Westlake Chinese School
| $鈥5,000
|
Westlake-Westshore Arts Council
| $鈥2,230
|
Westown Community Development Corporation
| $鈥5,000
|
Windsong, Cleveland's Feminist Chorus
| $鈥2,500
|
Women in History
| $鈥5,000
|
Woodland Cemetery Foundation of Cleveland
| $鈥4,000
|
Youth Challenge
| $鈥5,000
|
Zygote Press
| $鈥29,743
|
*Denotes first time CAC grant recipient.
