Surdna's Board met in May to approve 96 grants totaling $9,621,450.

The Art institute at Mill Street Loft, a pre-college portfolio development program for motivated, career-minded teens in the visual arts, Ages 14 – 19.

Grants included support to: Green For All, to advocate for a green economy, strengthen local infrastructure, and build a movement to promote green jobs and the environment in urban centers throughout the United States; Fund for Our Economic Future, to establish NEO@Work, a program designed to seed, nurture, connect and scale successful initiatives that better prepare the most vulnerable citizens of Northeast Ohio to meet the needs of the emerging regional economy and to connect them to tangible, attractive employment opportunities; Energy Action Coalition, a youth-led movement to raise awareness and build a clean and just energy future; and Mill Street Loft for their Art Institute which helps career-minded, economically disadvantaged teens of diverse backgrounds to develop and express their ideas and build skills in the visual arts through intensive long-term experiences with professional teaching artists.