The Cleveland Browns have announced that the team's owners, Dee and Jimmy Haslam, have awarded $10 million to Breakthrough Schools to help provide more than seven thousand Cleveland children with a high-quality college-prep education.

Awarded through the Haslam 3 Foundation, the gift will help the Cleveland-based charter school organization expand its network in the city. Established in 2010 by three of Cleveland's highest performing public charter schools, Breakthrough Schools serves more than thirty-three hundred students in eleven schools and will open its twelfth school on Cleveland's west side next summer. The gift is in addition to a $1 million gift to the organization made by the Haslams earlier this year.

"The Haslams' contribution is a powerful first step in our ability to open nine more high-performing schools," said John Zitzner, president of Friends of Breakthrough Schools, the network's fundraising and advocacy arm. "Their significant challenge to other supporters in our community will fundamentally transform the educational landscape in Cleveland."