The Haslam 3 Foundation, funded by Cleveland Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam, is donating $4.5 million for education programs at three of Cleveland's most prominent arts organizations.

The largest of the grants, for $2.5 million, will go to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Receiving $1 million each are the Cleveland Orchestra and Playhouse Square.

The Rock Hall said in a news release that it has established the Haslam Scholars Program in recognition of the Haslams' "generous commitment to the Rock Hall, their ongoing support for education, and unwavering commitment to students." The program provides free admission and expert classroom instruction to Cleveland Metropolitan School District students and Title 1 schools statewide.

Greg Harris, president and CEO of the Rock Hall, said in a statement that the Haslams "understand the power of investing in education, arts, and culture and have been a transformative partner in helping the Rock Hall deliver high-quality education programs for children throughout the state."

Through the Haslam Scholars Program, the Rock Hall said, "more students will have the chance to benefit from the Rock Hall's Rockin' the Schools programs and experience the power of rock and roll." Those programs are "on-site, interdisciplinary classes on the history of rock and roll that meet academic content standards," according to the release. The classes "draw on the power of rock to teach students about fine arts, language arts, social studies, mathematics, science and technology," and they reach more than 300,000 students per year.

The $1 million donation to the orchestra will go toward furthering the organization's goal of bringing people of all ages closer to music.

Dee Haslam is a Cleveland Orchestra board member. The money will support the full range of the orchestra's education and community programs, president and CEO André Gremillet said in a statment.

"With the philanthropic contributions of individual, foundation, corporate, and government funding partners, the orchestra's education and community programs reach more than 100,000 people of all ages annually, helping to foster a lifelong relationship with music," Gremillet said.

Dee Haslam said in a statement that one Cleveland Orchestra education program of particular importance is Mindful Music Moments, which exposes children daily to music by the orchestra, "helping them focus and prepare for their day of work in the classroom and also (giving) them tools that they can, ideally, utilize later in life in the form of mindfulness techniques. We are thrilled to be part of such a positive and productive way to help children start their day."

The $1 million gift to Playhouse Square will "ensure the perpetuation and expansion of the Disney Musicals in Schools program in Northeast Ohio," according to a release from the nonprofit performing arts center.

Playhouse Square introduced that program in 2015. Since then, Playhouse Square said, the program "has planted sustainable musical theater programs at 16 schools in Cuyahoga and Lorain counties." The Haslams' gift enables Playhouse Square to continue adding four schools to the program annually.

The after-school programs are completely free to participating schools. Through an application process, Playhouse Square said, it selects four elementary schools each year. Those four schools participate in a 17-week musical theater residency. At no cost to them, the schools receive performance rights, educational support materials, and guidance from the teaching artists.

Playhouse Square president and CEO Gina Vernaci said in a statement, "One of the most rewarding days I experience every year now is the Disney Musicals in Schools Student Share Celebration at Playhouse Square. It is such a joy to witness the transformative power of live theater firsthand as these young students shine onstage. We cannot thank Dee and Jimmy enough for their generous support of this program."