August 4, 2024: Friends of City Dogs Cleveland
Friends of City Dogs Cleveland is a volunteer-run organization established in April 2020 with the mission of providing the animals taken in by Cleveland Animal Care and Control (CACC) with medical care and enrichment during their time at the kennel, preparing them for adoption into loving homes, and creating opportunities for potential adopters to get to know them as the great family members they were meant to be.
https://friendsofcitydogscleveland.com/
July 28, 2024: Green Noble Project
The Noble neighborhood of Cleveland Heights has become a prime site for UUCC’s commitment to environmental justice. Bordering East Cleveland, this northernmost section of Cleveland Heights faces the challenges of resegregation and sluggish property values. The UUCC has responded with hands-on garden building with the goals of rebuilding both community and soil. This has led to restoration of the Oxford Community Garden, partnership with the Oxford Elementary School, the creation of innovative front yard pollinator pockets and a community orchard.
https://www.nobleneighbors.com/green-noble.html
July 21, 2024: Greater Cleveland Food Bank
We work to ensure that everyone in our communities has the nutritious food they need every day.
https://www.greaterclevelandfoodbank.org/
July 14, 2023: Hitchcock Center For Women
mission is to support women and families with substance use issues. Compared to placing a child in the foster care system, we provide our treatment at a fraction of the cost to the community. HCFW provides a stable and supportive environment for mothers and their children to live on our historic campus. We also provide treatment while children are living with a relative, so that a mother receives the support she needs.
https://www.hcfw.org/
July 7,2021: The Bail Project
The Bail Project – Cleveland serves people incarcerated at the Cuyahoga County Jail in the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court and the Cleveland Municipal Court systems by providing bail assistance. Because bail is returned at the end of a case, donations to The Bail Project National Revolving Bail Fund can be recycled and reused to pay bail two to three times per year, maximizing the impact of every dollar. 100% of online donations are used to bring people home. The Bail Project Cleveland also works in coalition with other groups to eliminate cash bail.
https://bailproject.org/
June 30, 2024: Northeast Ohio Voting Advocates (NOVA)
NOVA is a grassroots organization that believes in expanding voter participation so that all voices are heard in our democracy. Our 501(c)3, non-partisan status allows us access to social service agencies, schools, food pantries and correctional facilities to register voters, conduct voter research, and advocate for voting equity.
https://nova-ohio.org/about-us/
June 23, 2024: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee is a non-profit, nonsectarian associate member organization of the Unitarian Universalist Association that works to provide disaster relief and promote human rights and social justice around the world.
UUSC.org
June 16, 2024: FaCT (Faith Communities Together for a sustainable Future)
Empowered communities protecting our air, water, and soil, and the health and safety of Ohio families as well as working to mitigate climate change. Educate, Inspire, Advocate, and Organize for a just transition to renewable energy sources and sustainable practices and policies that address the problem of climate change. We are individuals from Catholic, Jewish, Protestant, and other faith communities in Ohio, West Virginia, and some locations in Pennsylvania. We are working together to protect the natural evolved systems of this earth which sustain us all. We draw on the ethical principles of our various moral traditions to preserve and protect the earth’s interconnected web of life. Faith communities represent strong and caring individuals with the power to effect change.
https://www.factohio.org/
June 9, 2024: LGBT Community Center Greater Cleveland
The Center is the heart of the region’s LGBTQ+ community and is a one-stop hub that provides a safe space, programs & services, advocacy, and social events. We work to provide supportive programs, educational opportunities, and health services that advance the overall wellbeing of LGBTQ+ people of all ages.https://lgbtcleveland.org/programs/
June 2, 2024: Lake Erie Native American Council (LENAC)
The Lake Erie Native American Council preserves and promotes Native American culture among the youth of many different Indigenous Nations in Northeast Ohio. LENAC faced a difficult decision in December, when funding intended to provide gifts for the children in their programs fell through. They secured holiday gifts for just over 300 young people that otherwise might not have received much, and we are now among a few community partners seeking to reimburse the cost of those gifts. We wish we had been able to provide some resources in advance, but we didn’t learn about this need – LENAC didn’t even learn about this need – until the holidays were already upon us. We hope that our generosity today might ignite meaningful partnership in the future.
https://www.facebook.com/LENACohio/
May 26, 2024: Rid-All
We have turned an empty and forgotten piece of land in Cleveland’s Kinsman Neighborhood into an urban farm where we grow produce to bring healthy, local food to area institutions…
https://ridall.org/
May 19, 2024: EDWINS Family Center
EDWINS Family Center is now open! The center will provide free high-quality child care to children of returning citizens in a safe, stable, and caring environment. Our hope is to continue to break the cycles of poverty and incarceration and give our students and their families all of the support necessary to succeed and thrive.
https://edwinsrestaurant.org/donate/
May 12, 2024: Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio provides essential reproductive health care services to generations of Ohioans in our communities. Our caring and knowledgeable staff provide a wide range of services; including testings, treatment, counseling, and referrals. We believe everyone deserves access to empowered sexual and reproductive health care and education, free from the interference of politicians. The constant political attacks on abortion and what they mean for accessing care can be confusing, but abortion is still legal in Ohio. Our doors are open. We are providing medication and in-clinic abortion care for patients.
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-greater-ohio
May 5, 2024: My Recovery Day
Our mission is to develop and provide follow up support resources to individuals recovering from addictions giving them the help and hope they need for sustainable recovery. Our vision for every individual in addiction recovery is to stay in recovery allowing God to work through their lives providing them with purpose and passion.
https://myrecoveryday.com/
April 28, 2024: Jewish Federation of Cleveland & Palestine Children’s Relief Fund
Jewish Federation of Cleveland: The Jewish Federation of Cleveland has launched the Israel Emergency Campaign to help provide immediate assistance to victims of Hamas terrorism and their families. One hundred percent of your donation will go directly to help those in Israel being affected by this horrible violence. Thank you for your generosity. May the memories of all the innocent lives lost as a result of these acts of war be for a blessing. https://donate.jewishcleveland.org/israel
Palestine Children’s Relief Fund: Help provide urgent humanitarian care for Gaza’s children amidst the unfolding crisis in Gaza, over one million children hang in the balance. PCRF is the primary humanitarian organization in Palestine, delivering crucial and life-saving medical relief and humanitarian aid where it is needed most. https://www.pcrf.net/
April 21, 2024: Alzheimer’s Association of Cleveland
Our mission: The Alzheimer’s Association leads the way to end Alzheimer’s and all other dementia – by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support. Our vision: A world without Alzheimer’s and all other dementia.
https://www.alz.org/cleveland/about_us
April 14, 2024: Cleveland Rape Crisis Center
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center’s mission is to support survivors of rape and sexual abuse, promote healing and prevention, and advocate for social change. Our vision is the elimination of sexual violence.
https://clevelandrapecrisis.org
April 7, 2024: Ohio End of Life Options
Our Mission: To raise awareness and provide fact-based education about Medical Aid In Dying laws for the terminally ill in Ohio in order to achieve the enactment of such a law.
Our Vision: All Ohioans will have the knowledge and power to decide and to direct their own end-of-life care when terminally ill. The values, beliefs, and preferences that each person brings to these decisions will be protected by laws and rooted in compassion.
https://ohiooptions.org/
March 31, 2024: Migration & Refugee Services, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Cleveland
We welcome refugees, asylees, and immigrants from around the world who have been forced to flee their homes in fear of persecution. We “welcome the stranger” by providing services that help individuals adapt and thrive to life in America
https://www.ccdocle.org/service-areas/migration-refugee-services
March 24, 2024: UUCC Orchard Perennials
UUCC Ministry for Earth and the Impact After School program are planting more perennials in the UUCC orchard to help nourish the soil and the insect pollinators.
UUCC Apple Orchard and Impact Program
March 17, 2024: LGBT Community Center Greater Cleveland
The Center is the heart of the region’s LGBTQ+ community and is a one-stop hub that provides a safe space, programs & services, advocacy, and social events. We work to provide supportive programs, educational opportunities, and health services that advance the overall wellbeing of LGBTQ+ people of all ages.https://lgbtcleveland.org/programs/
March 10, 2024: Urban Hope
Urban Hope is an Ohio City storefront soup kitchen that area Unitarian churches support. It provides a place for needy neighbors to gather inside for a few hours to eat a meal, talk, play cards and take a shower.
https://uucleveland.org/urban-hope/
March 3, 2024: IMPACT
The IMPACT Youth Enrichment Program is an afterschool prevention program for Shaker Heights Middle School 7th and 8th graders in collaboration with UUCC and the Shaker Heights Youth Center. The program promotes leadership, service, wellness and academics.
https://uucleveland.org/impact-youth-enrichment-program/
February 25, 2025: Diverse Revolutionary Unitarian Universalist Multicultural Ministries (DRUUMM)
DRUUMM is a Unitarian Universalist People of Color Ministry and anti-racist collective bringing lay and religious professionals together to overcome racism through resistance and transform Unitarian Universalism through our multicultural experiences. We developed from several older ministries, namely the African American UU Ministries and Jubilee World anti-racism change trainings.
https://www.druumm.org/
February 18, 2024: Re:Source Cleveland (Refugee Response)
Re:Source Cleveland empowers resettled families to grow roots, supporting them in becoming engaged, self-sufficient and contributing members of their new communities.
https://www.resourcecleveland.org/
February 11, 2024: Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition
NEOBHC’s mission is to create equity in the African American community addressing the cumulative impact of racial, economic, environmental and social justice inequities in education, employment, housing and health by working to educate, advocate for and empower the community.
February 4, 2024: Greater Cleveland Food Bank
We work to ensure that everyone in our communities has the nutritious food they need every day.
https://www.greaterclevelandfoodbank.org/
January 28, 2024: Rainey Institute
Since its beginnings in 1904, Rainey Institute has served countless Greater Cleveland youth. Today, over 2,500 children participate in engaging arts education programming each year. Children of all ages discover and develop their talents after school, on weekends, and over the summer.
https://raineyinstitute.org
January 21, 2024: Lake Erie Native American Council (LENAC)
The Lake Erie Native American Council preserves and promotes Native American culture among the youth of many different Indigenous Nations in Northeast Ohio. LENAC faced a difficult decision in December, when funding intended to provide gifts for the children in their programs fell through. They secured holiday gifts for just over 300 young people that otherwise might not have received much, and we are now among a few community partners seeking to reimburse the cost of those gifts. We wish we had been able to provide some resources in advance, but we didn’t learn about this need – LENAC didn’t even learn about this need – until the holidays were already upon us. We hope that our generosity today might ignite meaningful partnership in the future.
https://www.facebook.com/LENACohio/
January 14, 2024: African American Cultural Garden
We want to build on a legacy defined years ago by finishing the African American Cultural Garden…The Association of African American Cultural Gardens provides unique educational experiences in a beautiful, inclusive atmosphere where individuals of all ages and backgrounds can interact in a space relevant to African American history.
https://www.aaacg.org/about
January 7, 2024: Near West Theatre
Near West Theatre builds loving relationships and engages diverse people in strengthening their sense of identity, passion, and purpose, individually and in community, through accessible, affordable and transformational theatre arts experiences. The Near West Theatre Collection Plate will go to support the Drag Story Hour program.
https://www.nearwesttheatre.org/programs/drag-queen-story-hour
December 31, 2023: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee is a non-profit, nonsectarian associate member organization of the Unitarian Universalist Association that works to provide disaster relief and promote human rights and social justice around the world.
UUSC.org
December 24, 2023: Ministerial Discretionary Fund
This fund allows our minister to provide confidential support to members of the congregation or community who have urgent need for temporary assistance.
December 17th, 2023: Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH)
Since 1988, NEOCH has sought to break the cycle of homelessness in Northeast Ohio. We exist to eliminate the root causes of homelessness while loving our diverse community through organizing, advocacy, education, and street outreach.
NEOCH.org
December 10, 2023: Cleveland Classical Guitar Society Education Program
Cleveland Classical Guitar Society believes that all youth have the right to high quality arts instruction. The Education Program is designed to fight inequities and reduce barriers to instruction for kids in the City of Cleveland. CCGS provides exceptional teachers, curricula, guitars, and more at no cost to the students; while the students bring creativity, ambition, imagination, dedication and passion.
https://cleguitar.org/education/
December 3, 2023: RIP Medical Dept / GCC Color of Health Campaign
GCC’s Color of Health campaign will focus on retiring medical debt for the disadvantaged citizens in Cuyahoga County. On average, $1 is leveraged to abolish $100 in medical debt, and every donation through this page will be spent directly on abolishing medical debt in Cuyahoga County. Join us in bringing hope and restoration to those who are financially suffering and are crippled by medical bills and debt.
https://ripmedicaldebt.org/campaign/gcc-color-of-health-campaign/?
November 26th: Thirsty for Knowledge
Capture the water, release student potential: Please help fund a Rainwater Harvesting facility for a K-12 Unitarian School in remote Northeast India.
https://www.faithify.org/campaign/279/water-for-Unitarian-school
November 19, 2023: Harry’s Kitchen Crew
This is a small dedicated group of UUCC folks who help cook food for congregational gatherings. Your donation will help provide for the cost of their supplies.
November 12, 2023: Hunger Network
Our goal is to rescue perfectly viable food that is destined for our waste stream and get it into the hands of those who are hungry in our community. Together, we can reduce food waste and fight hunger!
https://hungernetwork.org/get-to-know-us/
November 5, 2023: League of Women Voters Ohio
The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.
https://www.lwvohio.org/about
October 29, 2023: Renovare
Our Mission: Sharing music at the highest level of artistry in diverse settings and innovative programs to love our neighbor, affirm the value of all people, and cultivate reconciled communities.
https://www.renovaremusic.org/about
October 22, 2023: Signal Cleveland
Launched in 2022, Signal Cleveland is a nonprofit newsroom that fuses community building with local news reporting. We produce authoritative, trustworthy daily journalism across a range of topics. We’re also home to Cleveland Documenters, a group of 600 Cleveland residents who represent almost every ZIP code in Greater Cleveland and are trained and paid to cover public meetings.
https://signalcleveland.org/about/
October 15, 2023: LGBT Community Center Greater Cleveland
The Center is the heart of the region’s LGBTQ+ community and is a one-stop hub that provides a safe space, programs & services, advocacy, and social events. We work to provide supportive programs, educational opportunities, and health services that advance the overall wellbeing of LGBTQ+ people of all ages. https://lgbtcleveland.org/programs/
October 8, 2023: The Marshall Project
The Marshall Project – Cleveland aims to expose abuses in Cuyahoga County’s criminal justice system, through investigative, data and community engagement journalism. https://www.themarshallproject.org/cleveland
October 1, 2023: Stop Cop City Solidarity
Stop Cop City Solidarity is a movement of organizers from across the country and across the world answering the call to stand in solidarity with the Defenders of the Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta who are working to defend the forest and Stop Cop City.
https://stopcopcitysolidarity.org
September 24, 2023: HOLA Ohio
HOLA Ohio is an award-winning, 501c3 charitable nonprofit organization based in Painesville, Ohio, providing programs and services to Hispanic workers, families and children. HOLA was founded in 1999 to serve the growing Hispanic community in Lake and Ashtabula counties, and has since expanded its reach to most of northern Ohio and beyond.
https://www.holaohio.org/about-us/
September 17, 2023: Birthing Beautiful Communities
Birthing Beautiful Communities was established to address and improve the systemic and community structures that lead to poor birth outcomes through Culture, Education, Advocacy, Support and Engagement (CEASE). BBC holistically supports pregnant women to deliver full-term, healthy babies, and in achieving equitable birth outcomes.
https://www.birthingbeautiful.org
September 10, 2023: Franklin D. Roosevelt Academy
Franklin D. Roosevelt Academy is committed to partnering with families and the community to empower all students to reach their full potential in a safe, supportive, and rigorous environment that emphasizes academic achievement through inquiry-based learning, social responsibility, and emotional resilience.
We focus on developing P.R.I.D.E. in our staff and students – Personal Responsibility In Delivering Excellence!
https://www.clevelandmetroschools.org/Page/929