Cuyahoga Arts & Culture awards more than $89,000 to CH-based organizations

At its Nov. 14 board meeting, the Board of Trustees of Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC) awarded several Cleveland Heights-based organizations more than $89,000 in project grants. The CAC approved 88 grants, totaling $1,029,164 for the 2012 Project Support cycle. The awards include traditional PS I grants and the new Project Support II, a small grant program that provides awards of up to $5,000. Grants range in value from $625 to $49,333.

Among the larger organizations receiving Project Support I grants were the City of Cleveland Heights, which was awarded $28,700 for the Cain Park Arts Festival; Ensemble Theatre of Cleveland, which was awarded $19,525; and Open Doors, Inc., which received $21,633.

Among the smaller organizations receiving a maximum of $5,000 under the CAC’s Project Support II grants program were FutureHeights, which received $4,933 to develop walking tours of Cleveland Heights using the Cleveland Historical mobile phone app; Facing History and Ourselves, which received $4,733; the Coventry Village Special Improvement District, which received $4,600 for the Coventry Village Arts Festival; Council Gardens, which received $4,567; and the River Valley Ringers, which received $625.

At the board meeting, CAC staff stated that this year’s application process attracted a record number of applications. For more information about the grant program and a full list of 2012 Project Support grantees visit: http://www.cacgrants.org/news.php?id=86.

Since 2007 when voters in Cuyahoga County approved a 10-year tax on cigarettes to fund the program, CAC has invested nearly $65 million dollars in 150 local arts and cultural organizations.