Organizational Funds

Organizational Funds

An organizational fund is a long-term fund held and managed by the Cleveland Foundation on behalf of a nonprofit organization. It ensures long-term financial stability and preservation of funds for future use. We are proud to partner with the community organizations listed below.

Learn more about the benefits of becoming an organizational fund

1992

The Salvation Army of Greater Cleveland Endowment Fund

Founder: Mr. Cleo B. Dolan

1993

Friends and Members Endowment Fund of St. James A.M.E. Church

Founder: St. James A.M.E. Church

The Catherine Horstmann Home Endowment Fund

Founder: Help Foundation, Inc.

1994

Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry Association Fund

Founder: Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of Greater Cleveland Fund

Founder: LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland

1995

Aurora Schools Foundation Fund

Founder: Aurora Schools Foundation

Greater Cleveland Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated Endowment Fund

Founder: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Ohio Humanities Council Endowment Fund

Founder: Ohio Humanities Council

1996

Black Professionals Association Charitable Foundation Fund Honoring Allmond, Baker, Harris

Founder: Black Professionals Association Charitable Foundation, Inc.

The Center for Community Solutions Health and Human Services Fund

Founder: The Center for Community Solutions

Prevent Blindness Ohio Fund

Founder: National Society to Prevent Blindness

1997

Deaconess Community Foundation Fund

Founder: Deaconess Community Foundation

1999

Youth Challenge Endowment Fund

Founder: Youth Challenge

Women Helping Women

Founder: Dress for Success Cleveland

Irish American Archives Society Fund

Founder: Irish American Archives Society

Leadership Cleveland Scholarship Fund

Founder: Leadership Cleveland

Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity–Tau Boule Fund

Founder: Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity–Tau Boule

HELP Foundation Fund

Founder: Help Foundation, Inc.

Richard E. Sering Fund

Founder: Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry

Nature Center at Shaker Lakes Fund

Founder: Nature Center at Shaker Lakes

2000

Bethany Baptist Church Endowment Fund

Founder: Bethany Baptist Church

Family Planning Association of Northeast Ohio Fund

Founder: Family Planning Association of Northeast Ohio, Inc.

American Orff-Schulwerk Association Shields-Gillespie Scholarship Fund

Founder: American Orff-Schulwerk Association

American Orff-Schulwerk Association Research Fund

Founder: American Orff-Schulwerk Association

American Orff-Schulwerk Association TAP (Training and Projects) Fund

Founder: American Orff-Schulwerk Association

American Orff-Schulwerk Association Endowment Fund

Founder: American Orff-Schulwerk Association

American Orff-Schulwerk Association Gunild Keetman Assistance Fund

Founder: American Orff-Schulwerk Association

Cuyahoga Valley National Park Association Phyllis and Debra Ann November Scholarship Fund

Founder: Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center

Margaret Manor Butler Fund

Founder: Lakewood Historical Society

United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland, Inc.

Founder: United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland, Inc.

Shaker Heights Public Library Fund

Founder: Shaker Heights Public Library

2001

The Second Foundation Student Scholarship Fund of Cuyahoga Valley National Park Association

Founder: Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Gloria Andrews Memorial Fund

Founder: Lake County Historical Society

Doris Brennan Endowment Fund

Founder: Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry

Preservation Fund for Communion of Saints Parish

Founder: Communion of Saints Parish

Olivet Institutional Baptist Church Endowment Fund

Founder: Olivet Institutional Baptist Church

Dress for Success Fund

Founder: Dress for Success Cleveland

The Adhesion Society Fund

Founder: The Adhesion Society, Inc.

Bethany Baptist Church Memorial Scholarship Fund

Founder: Bethany Baptist Church

The City Club Forum Foundation Fund

Founder: The City Club Forum Foundation

University Circle United Methodist Church Endowment Fund

Founder: University Circle United Methodist Church

Early Childhood Enrichment Center Endowment I Fund

Founder: Early Childhood Enrichment Center, Inc.

East Side Catholic Center and Shelter Endowment Fund

Founder: East Side Catholic Center and Shelter

Fairfax Renaissance Endowment Fund

Founder: Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation

2002

American Orff-Schulwerk Association International Outreach Fund

Founder: American Orff-Schulwerk Association

Paul and Vercile Strege Fund to Benefit International Partners in Mission

Founder: International Partners in Mission

East View United Church of Christ Endowment Fund

Founder: East View United Church of Christ

The Antioch Baptist Church Fund

Founder: Antioch Baptist Church

The Foundation Center Scholarship Fund

Founder: The Foundation Center

The Bay Village Foundation Fund

Founder: Bay Village Foundation

The Klaus George Roy Scholarship in Music of the Cleveland Arts Prize

Founder: Cleveland Arts Prize

Literature Scholarship Fund of the Cleveland Arts Prize

Founder: Cleveland Arts Prize

The Kathryn Karipides Scholarship in Dance of the Cleveland Arts Prize

Founder: Cleveland Arts Prize

The John Paul Miller Scholarship in Visual Arts of the Cleveland Arts Prize

Founder: Cleveland Arts Prize

The Martha Joseph Fund of the Cleveland Arts Prize

Founder: Cleveland Arts Prize

University Circle Inc. Endowment Fund

Founder: University Circle Incorporated

Geauga County Historical Society Fund

Founder: Geauga County Historical Society

The Lakewood Foundation Fund

Founder: The Lakewood Foundation

Center for Families and Children Fund

Founder: The Center for Families and Children

Emerald Necklace Endowment Fund

Founder: Cleveland Metroparks

The Fine Arts Association Endowment Fund

Founder: Fine Arts Association Willoughby

The Peter Hitchcock House Fund of The Geauga County Historical Society

Founder: Geauga County Historical Society

North Coast Community Homes Endowment Fund

Founder: North Coast Community Homes, Inc.

2003

Cleveland Church of Christ Endowment Fund

Founder: Cleveland Church of Christ Citadel of Hope Ministries

Union Miles Development Corporation Fund

Founder: Union Miles Development Corporation

Citizens’ Academy Endowment Fund

Founder: Initiatives in Urban Education Foundation

Louisa Oliver Endowment for Family Connections

Founder: Family Connections of Northeast Ohio

LEAF Administrative Endowment Fund

Founder: Lake/Geauga Educational Assistance Foundation

LEAF Last Dollar Grant Endowment Fund

Founder: Lake/Geauga Educational Assistance Foundation

Lake County Council on Aging Fund

Founder: Lake County Council on Aging

Mayfield Schools Education Foundation Fund

Founder: Mayfield Business Education Community Alliance Foundation

The Scarborough House Endowment Fund

Founder: Scarborough House, Inc.

2004

Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland Fund

Founder: Hunger Task Force of Greater Cleveland dba Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland

Ronald McDonald House of Cleveland Inc. Endowment Fund

Founder: Ronald McDonald House of Cleveland, Inc.

The Bellflower Center Endowment Fund

Founder: Bellflower Center for Prevention of Child Abuse, Inc.

Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center Founders Fund

Founder: Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park

The Cadiz Alumni Scholarship Fund

Founder: Cadiz High School Alumni Association Scholarship Fund, Inc.

Fine Arts Association Roger and Anne Clapp Chair of Performing Arts Fund

Founder: Fine Arts Association Willoughby

Singing Angels’ William C. Boehm Endowment Fund

Founder: Northern Ohio Children’s Performing Music Foundation, Inc.

Andrews Osborne Academy Fund

Founder: Andrews Osborne Academy

Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra Fund

Founder: Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra

2005

Ernestine J. Holman Fund of the League of Women Voters of Lake County

Founder: Mr. Ronald D. Holman Sr.

Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation Fund of the North Coast Community Homes

Founder: North Coast Community Homes, Inc.

Jenny Goldman Memorial Nature Outreach Fund

Founder: Nature Center at Shaker Lakes

Galen Foundation Fund

Founder: Galen Foundation

Betsey C. Kaufman Fund for Planned Parenthood

Founder:  Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio

National Black MBA Association Cleveland – NE Ohio Endowment Fund

Founder: National Black MBA Association Cleveland Chapter

Womankind, Inc. Endowment Fund

Founder: Womankind, Inc.

East End Neighborhood House, Inc. Endowment Fund

Founder: East End Neighborhood House, Inc.

Bedford Historical Society Endowment Fund

Founder: Bedford Historical Society

2006

Western Reserve Land Conservancy Endowment Fund

Founder: Western Reserve Land Conservancy

Transitional Housing Inc. Fund

Founder: Transitional Housing Inc.

Wendy Park Foundation Fund

Founder: Wendy Park Foundation

East Cleveland Township Cemetery Foundation Endowment Fund

Founder: East Cleveland Township Cemetery Foundation

Case/Cleveland Play House MFA Endowment Fund

Founder: Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Play House

The Cleveland Foodbank Endowment Fund

Founder: Cleveland Foodbank Inc.

2007

GradsNet Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio Scholarship Endowment Fund

Founder: GradsNet Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio

Maria J. and William Aubrey Hall Endowment Fund for the Geauga County Historical Society

Founder: Geauga County Historical Society

Maria J. and William Aubrey Hall Endowment Fund for the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes

Founder: Nature Center at Shaker Lakes

Faith Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America Endowment Fund

Founder: Faith Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America

Paul and Odette Wurzburger Memorial Fund

Founder: La Maison Française de Cleveland

La Maison Française de Cleveland Fund

Founder: La Maison Française de Cleveland

Girl Scouts’ Helen and Jerry Daube Fund

Founder: Girl Scouts of North East Ohio

Girl Scouts’ Georgianna Bonds Wider Opportunities Fund

Founder: Girl Scouts of North East Ohio

Girl Scouts’ Dale E. & Bernice E. Mansperger Fund

Founder: Girl Scouts of North East Ohio

Girl Scouts’ Paul A. & Mildred I. Miller Fund

Founder: Girl Scouts of North East Ohio

Yank Heisler Scholarship Fund

Founder: KeyBank Foundation

Gail Long Fund for Neighborhood Advocacy and Organizing

Founder: Merrick House

Crossroads Endowment Fund

Founder: Crossroads: Lake County Adolescent Counseling Service

Cleveland Rape Crisis Center Endowment Fund

Founder: Cleveland Rape Crisis Center

Geauga Park District Foundation Fund

Founder: Geauga Park District Foundation

2008

American Orff-Schulwerk Association Keetman-Potter Fund

Founder: American Orff-Schulwerk Association

Euclid Public Library Foundation Endowment Fund

Founder: Euclid Public Library Foundation

Cornucopia Endowment Fund

Founder: Cornucopia, Inc. dba Nature’s Bin

Credo Endowment Fund

Founder: Slowik Music Institute

Cleveland Arts Prize Annual Artist Prize Fund

Founder: Cleveland Arts Prize

Robert Marsh Warren Fund

Founder: Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad

The Great Geauga County Fair Foundation Fund

Founder: Geauga County Agricultural Society

Art House, Inc. Endowment Fund

Founder: Art House, Inc.

The Bay Village Educational Foundation Fund

Founder: Bay Village Educational Foundation

Jean Eakin Fund

Founder: Nature Center at Shaker Lakes

Esperanza, Inc. Endowment Fund

Founder: Esperanza Inc.

2009

Western Reserve Historical Society Endowment Fund

Founder: Western Reserve Historical Society

Polish-American Cultural Center Fund

Founder: Polish-American Cultural Center

Geauga 211 Direct Services Fund

Founder: United Way Services of Geauga County

Westlake Porter Public Library Endowment Fund

Founder: Westlake Porter Public Library Foundation, Inc.

College Club of Cleveland Foundation

Founder: College Club of Cleveland Foundation

Adoption Network Cleveland Endowment Fund

Founder: Adoption Network Cleveland

Phillis Wheatley Association’s Emeritus House Preservation Endowment Fund

Founder: Phillis Wheatley Association of Cleveland

Big Ideas Endowment Fund

Founder: Reaching Heights, Cleveland HeightsUniversity Heights Public Schools’ Foundation, Inc.

Blind and Visually Impaired Services Accreditation (NAC) Fund

Founder: National Accreditation Council for Blind and Low Vision Services

Alpha Omega Foundation Endowment Fund

Founder: Alpha Omega Foundation Inc.

2010

Phillis Wheatley Association Endowment Fund

Founder: Phillis Wheatley Association of Cleveland

Fund for The Free Clinic’s Future

Founder: The Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland

Cuyahoga Valley National Park Association Trails Forever Legacy Fund

Founder: Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Cleveland Center for Arts & Technology Endowment Fund

Founder: NewBridge Cleveland Center for Arts and Technology

City Mission Endowment Fund

Founder: The City Mission

Ginn Foundation Endowment Fund

Founder: Ginn Foundation

National Alliance on Mental Illness Greater Cleveland (NAMIGC) Fund

Founder: NAMI Greater Cleveland

New Avenues to Independence Endowment Fund

Founder: New Avenues to Independence, Inc.

First Tee of Cleveland Endowment Fund

Founder: The First Tee of Cleveland

Milestones Autism Organization Pathway to the Future Endowment Fund

Founder: Milestones Autism Organization

Zeta Omega Scholarship Fund

Founder: Zeta Omega Scholarship Fund Inc.

2011

Endowment Fund of Forest Hill Church Presbyterian

Founder: Forest Hill Church, Presbyterian

Edward and Betty Sloat Endowment Fund for Youth Services of Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry

Founder: Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry

Lifebanc Fund

Founder: LifeBanc

Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation Marvin and Sue Sicherman Excellence in Bankruptcy Award Fund

Founder: Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation

Dutch Harley East Cleveland Township Cemetery Tree Fund

Founder: East Cleveland Township Cemetery Foundation

Virginia Marti College Foundation Fund

Founder: The Virginia Marti College Foundation

Metro Catholic School Fund

Founder: Metro Catholic Parish School

Geauga United Way Legacy Fund

Founder: United Way Services of Geauga County

Stanley I. and Hope S. Adelstein Fund for the benefit of The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes

Founder: Nature Center at Shaker Lakes

2012

Tremont West Development Corporation Fund

Founder: Tremont West Development Corporation

Dare2Care Fund

Founder: Dare2Care, Inc. 

Cleveland Public Theatre Building Reserve Fund

Founder: Cleveland Public Theatre, Inc.

Bay Alumni Foundation Endowment Fund

Founder: Bay Village Public Schools Alumni Foundation

Ohio Canal Corridor Development Fund

Founder: The North Cuyahoga Valley Corridor, Inc. dba Ohio Canal Corridor

CMHA Charity Fund

Founder: CMHA Charities Fund, Inc.

Hattie Larlham Fund

Founder: The Hattie Larlham Foundation, Inc.

Broadening Horizons Endowment Fund

Founder: Friendly Inn Settlement, Inc.

Healthnetwork Foundation Fund

Founder: Healthnetwork Foundation

Near West Theatre Endowment Fund

Founder: Near West Theatre Inc.

2013

The Center for Community Solutions Fund

Founder: The Center for Community Solutions

Vocational Guidance Services Fund

Founder: Vocational Guidance Services

Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organizational Fund

Founder: Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization

Capitol Theatre Sustainability Fund

Founder: Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization

Educational Gift Fund of the Chagrin Valley Woman’s Club

Founder: The Educational Gift Fund of the Woman’s Club of Chagrin Falls

MedWish International Fund

Founder: MedWish International

Fund for the Future of Heights Libraries

Founder: Fund for the Future of Heights Libraries

Volunteers of America Fund

Founder: Volunteers of America of Greater Ohio

MidTown Cleveland, Inc. Endowment Fund

Founder: MidTown Cleveland

Greater Cleveland Sports Commission Endowment Fund

Founder: Greater Cleveland Sports Commission

Cleveland Play House Fund

Founder: Cleveland Play House