Spring 2019 Grant Recipients

Grant Recipient Amount
Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc.

To provide home repairs for seniors living in Central, Kinsman, and Buckeye neighborhoods

$25,000
The Center for Community Solutions

For the Council on Older Persons

$17,500
Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center

To provide hearing aids and audiology services to low-income seniors

$20,000
Cleveland TOPS Swingband Foundation

for senior outreach programming

$7,500
Court Community Services

For yard and snow services for Cleveland seniors

$45,150
Cuyahoga Community College

For equipment for the STNA training program

$8,241
ESOP

For the Senior Financial Empowerment Initiative

$20,000
Grantmakers in Aging

For the 2019 Annual Conference

$30,000
The Greater Cleveland Food Bank

To provide nutritous meals and SNAP application assistance to seniors

$50,000
Greater Cleveland Volunteers

To engage older adults in addressing community needs

$15,000
Karamu House

To provide live jazz and blues concerts at Cleveland area senior centers

$6,000
LeadingAge Ohio

For the STNA apprenticeship program 

$5,964
The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland

For legal advocacy for older adults

$55,000
May Dugan Center

For programming for low-income seniors

$20,000
Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coalition

To continue research and advocacy regarding seniors' behavioral health needs

$12,500
Prevent Blindness

For EyeWatch, to provide access to free eyeglasses and vision services to seniors

$10,000
Slavic Village Development

For home repair services for seniors 

$25,000
Thea Bowman Center

To provide health and wellness programming for seniors

$18,000