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Carolyn Dawson and Ava Schmidt of Famicos Foundation were guests on Fox8's New Day Cleveland to talk about Famicos' effort to save St Mark's church in Glenville. The church played an important role in Cleveland's Civil Rights movement in the 1950's and 1960's.

Famicos was recently awarded $750,000 by the National Park Service for our efforts to save St Mark's church on historic East Blvd in Cleveland. The award is from the African American Civil Rights grant program which focuses on the preservation of historic sites directly associated with the struggle of African Americans to gain equal rights.

Famicos Foundation is planning two exciting new development projects as a part of Glenville’s Neighborhood Revitalization Plan. The two projects are both located within the Plan's concentrated investment district in the southern portion of Glenville. Read more in this Press Release.

Famicos Foundation is proud to partner with Kaboom!, the Cleveland Foundation, and General Motors to create a new multi-sport court at Mary M Bethune School in Glenville, an $80,000 investment.

Youth representatives of Famicos and OYU have helped deliver food to the elderly, toys to children, and got the word out on the census and voting.

In Ohio, only 77,000 African Americans have received their COVID vaccine while one million white Ohioans have received theirs. Famicos is on the front lines fighting yet another racial disparity.

The Fall 2020 issue of The Foundation is here!

CDCs including Famicos provide holiday season support for Cleveland neighborhoods.

Famicos is proud to be one of eight revitalization organizations across the country to receive a Committed to Serve grant from Republic Services Charitable Foundation. These grants will assist minority-owned small businesses impacted by COVID-19.

Spectrum 1 News story on Famicos' work with young people at the Michael R White Community Garden.

Famicos is one of only ten organizations across the US to receive the first-ever USDA urban agriculture grants. Read the press release here.

A summary of the widespread, momentum-gaining development that's been going on in Glenville since Famicos made it's MyGlenville Master Plan in 2017.

Famicos is one of ten organizations nationwide who have received a grant from the USDA for urban agriculture. This is a new grant program for the USDA.

The Summer 2020 edition of our newsletter is out now.

Youth in Famicos' summer employment program learned about the shortage of skilled workers in the building trades and what a typical day looks like in construction and building.

Famicos Foundation is working with Ward 9 Councilman Kevin Conwell and Mayor Jackson's Neighborhood Transformation Initiative to revitalize Glenville, beginning with East 105th Street!

NeighborWorks highlights Famicos' Coronavirus relief efforts in its weekly blog.

Famicos Foundation is grateful to receive an $80,000 grant from the Rapid Response Fund of the Cleveland Foundation.

Find out how untold stories of baseball's past are being preserved at the Baseball Heritage Museum at Historic League Park in Hough.

The Winter 2020 edition of The Foundation is out now!