OUR MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS

Click on member names listed in red for links to their websites.

ACLU of Ohio Foundation
216.472.2200
Removes barriers to participation in our democracy by working to preserve and extend the individual rights guar anteed in the Constitution to all individuals in the United States. • acluohio.org

Adoption Network Cleveland
216.325.1000
Advocates for the basic civil rights of adoptees to know their past.  Helps youth waiting to be adopted in Cuyahoga County identify and recruit families, greatly enhancing their chances to avoid homelessness or incarceration and succeed in life. • adoptionnetwork.org

CityMusic Cleveland
216.321.8273
Builds communities through the arts by performing free professional orchestra concerts and providing free after-school youth orchestra programs.• citymusiccleveland.org

Cleveland Jobs with Justice
440.333.7007
Engages in issue-based campaigns that protect workers' rights to organize and promote a higher standard of living for all working people. • clevelandjwj.org

Cleveland MOTTEP (Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program)
216.229.2690
Promotes education and awareness in the Greater Cleveland African-American population about organ and tissue donation and issues related to prevention and wellness.  • clevelandmottep.org 

Cleveland Public Theatre
216.631.2727
Inspires, nurtures, challenges, educates and empowers artists and audiences in order to make the Cleveland pub lic a more conscious and compassionate community.  • cptonline.org

Community Land Trust of Greater Cleveland
216.334.1620
Develops affordable housing; helps clients secure sound mortgages; and maintains the community's investment by ensuring that Land Trust homes remain affordable for future home buyers. • cclandtrust.org

Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization
216.961.4242
A neighborhood-based organization on the near west side of Cleveland engaged in affordable housing, community organizing and a range of other neighborhood improvement activities. • dscdo.org

Domestic Violence Center
216.391.HELP (4357) or 216.651.8484
Committed to ending domestic violence through shelter, education and services that foster peaceful relationships.    • domesticviolencecenter.org

ESOP (Empowering & Strengthening Ohio's People)
216.361.0718
Uses community organizing methods to address banking, education, predatory lending and safety issues in Ohio. • esop-cleveland.org

The Empowerment Center of Greater Cleveland
216.432.4770
Creates positive outcomes in the lives of low-income people through advocacy, community organiz ing and implementing programs to stimulate individual per sonal development. • ecgccleveland.org

Environmental Health Watch
216.961.4646
Provides information, assistance and advocacy on house hold and community environmental health concerns and conducts special projects on childhood asthma, lead poi soning and chemical accident prevention.• ehw.org  

The Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland
216.721.4010
Provides quality health care services, free of charge, to uninsured indi viduals and works to make health care available to all. • thefreeclinic.org

Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity
216.429.1299
Creates partnerships among low-income families, congregations, corporations, foundations and individuals to eliminate substandard housing and strengthen neighborhoods by building and rehabilitating homes and operates the ReStore for resale of construction materials. • clevelandhabitat.org

Hard Hatted Women
216.861.6500
Empowers women to achieve economic independence by providing training and job referrals to low-income women wishing to access careers in the skilled trades.  • hardhattedwomen.org

Heights Community Congress
216.321.6775
Serves as a monitor and advocate for diverse communi ties. Involves community residents in identifying and solving issues of mutual concern. • heightscongress.org

Housing Research & Advocacy Center
216.361.9240
Works to eliminate housing discrimination in Northeast Ohio by providing those at risk with intervention and advocacy, educating housing providers and conducting and disseminating research. • thehousingcenter.org  

IRTF (InterReligious Task Force on Central America)
216.961.0003
Works to change U.S. policies, corporate actions and con sumer behaviors that undermine justice, both here and abroad. • irtfcleveland.org

Independent Pictures
216.926.6166
Presents and produces the work of emerging media artists, bringing their work and the message of social justice to a larger audience. • ohiofilms.com

InterAct Cleveland
216.241.0230
Uses the strength of Greater Cleveland's religious diversity to benefit the hungry and the homeless while increasing religious understanding and peace.• interactcleveland.org

League of Women Voters of Cleveland Educational Fund
216.781.8375
Strengthens democracy by increasing citizen knowledge of and participation in government and civic affairs through non-partisan voter information, public forums, programs and publications. • lwvcef.org

Learning Disabilities Association of Northeast Ohio
216.292.4549
Empowers individuals and families experiencing issues related to specific learning disabilities to more fully access educational support services at both the school and workplace levels. • ldaneo.org

The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Community Center of Greater Cleveland
216.651.5428
Works toward a society free of homophobia and gender oppression by advancing the respect, dignity and human rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community. • lgcsc.org  

LiveCLEVELAND!
216.781.5422
Promotes home ownership in the City of Cleveland's 36 neighborhoods. Offers assistance to prospective home-bu yers and provides marketing services to neighborhood-based organizations. • livecleveland.org    

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Greater Cleveland
216-875.7776
Empowers persons affected by mental illness and their family members to achieve a better quality of life by pro viding them with mutual support, practical infor mation, referral, advocacy and educational resources. • namigreatercleveland.org

NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio Foundation
216.283.2180
Works to ensure that all women have access to and information about reproductive health care services in Ohio.    • naralohio.org

NEOCH (Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless)
216.432.0540
Empowers and organizes homeless people to break the cycle of poverty through advocacy campaigns, public edu cation and the creation of nurturing environments.  • neoch.org

Near West Theatre
216.961.9750
Offers professionally directed theatre arts activities for children, teens and adults, regardless of skill level or experience, with affordable performances for the community.    • nearwesttheatre.org

New Agrarian Center/City Fresh
440.774.362
Works to make healthy, locally-grown food available at fair and affordable prices to everyone in Northeast Ohio, while also supporting a just and sustainable food system in the region. 7 • gotthenac.org

Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund
216.861.5200
Organizes grassroots campaigns to protect public health, the environment and consumer rights. • ohiocitizen.org

Organize! Ohio
216.651.2606
Works to advance, encourage and build a system of sup port for community organizing as a strategy for progressive change in Ohio. • organizeohio.org

Planned Parenthood of Northeast Ohio
216.961.8804
Encourages women and men to take control of their health through advocacy, education and health care services.   • ppneo.org

Policy Matters Ohio
216.361.9801
Statewide policy research institute dedicated to issues facing working people. Conducts research, advocacy and popular education promoting a more fair and prosperous Ohio economy. • policymattersohio.org 

Preterm
216.991.4000
Promotes a world that values women and cherishes children by providing safe, respectful and accessible abor tion care. • preterm.org  

Providence House
216.651.5982
Provides a temporary nurturing home for infants, toddlers and children whose caregivers are in crisis, protects at risk children and preserves fragile families. • provhouse.org

R.E.A.D. (Reading Enrichment for Adult Development)
216.721.3223
Increases the level of literacy among African-American adults and youth in Greater Cleveland to stimulate hope and motivate young adults to aspire to higher education and employment.

Slavic Village Development
216.429.1182
Works with residents and stakeholders in the Broadway/Slavic Village neighborhood to create a sense of ownership and belonging in a community where all people can live well. • slavicvillage.org

St. Clair Superior Development Corporation
216.881.0644
Builds sustainable communities through community involvement and leadership development; real estate and business development; and housing services such as lead safety, code enforcement and service referrals.  • stclairsuperior.org

UHCAN (Universal Health Care Action Network) Ohio
216.241.8422
Promotes health care justice—universal coverage, accessible and affordable health care for all Ohioans, quality care and public accountability—through education, policy work and grassroots organizing. • uhcanohio.org

Union Miles Development Corporation
216.341.0757
Maintains a strong community by rehabilitating vacant homes for low and moderate income families, weatherizing homes, promoting commercial development and organizing for a safer community. • unionmiles.org  

Women's Center of Greater Cleveland
216.651.1450
Certified chemical dependency treatment facility provid ing comprehensive services for medically indigent women and their families. Provides opportunities for women to take control over their lives—physically, emotionally and economi cally.  • womensctr.org