Cleveland, Ohio – On Tuesday, four organizations in Northeast Ohio received millions of dollars from MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos.
Fairfax Renaissance Development Corp. received$ 1 million. The LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland, Towards Employment, and Bridgewater Beautiful Communities each received$ 2 million.
In an open call that was launched next March, more than 6, 000 organizations submitted programs for grants, according to Offer. ” for their excellent function advancing the accents and opportunities of people and families of small or moderate means, and groups who have met with bias and other structural obstacles,” panel members of volunteer representatives chose 361 community-led nonprofits.
Offer refers to the businesses as “vital agents of modify.”
In Cleveland:
- is dedicated to improving Cleveland’s severe infant mortality rate through culture, education, campaigning, support and commitment. The party plans to build a new birth center on Cleveland’s East Side.
- aims to promote solutions and support previously marginalized Black districts.
- works to strengthen the lives of Cleveland’s LGBTQ+ area through campaigning, support, training and celebration.
- believes in promoting everyone’s ability to have a satisfying career today while creating a diverse and equitable workforce for tomorrow.
Offer Giving has distributed more than$ 16.50 billion to roughly 2, 000 non-profits all over the country to help the communities they serve since the beginning of 2019.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District. The city developed the Get More Opportunities initiative to distribute the money over a five-year period through a grant-making process created and implemented by CMSD students.
Yet, a year into the system, just appointed area CEO Warren Morgan announced he would end it and redistribute the remaining$ 17 million to the district’s public fund. In response to criticism from Cleveland City Council members who claimed it constituted a broken promises to individuals, Morgan made the announcement in late February that the city had step down.
The agencies chosen for Tuesday in Cleveland expressed gratitude.
This revolutionary donation supports the LGBT Community Center of Cleveland, which furthers our unwavering commitment to excellence in the field of assistance, said Executive Director of the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland, Phyllis Harris. The Center’s authority is capable of making wise decisions about this significant help, according to the LGBTQIA community.
Said Jill Rizika, Towards Employment president and CEO:” For our table, employees and colleagues who care about our job, this is a dream come true. This is a great opportunity to consider how this one-time funding can be a catalyst for high-impact, equal community change because the world of job is quickly changing.
In the past, Scott has donated money to Cleveland-based agencies like the YMCA and YWCA Greater Cleveland, as well as the Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Ohio.
Three different Ohio companies also won provides Tuesday: HER Cincinnati, Women Helping Women and Justice for Migrant Women.
