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Foundation Announces New Board Members
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland elected Dan J. Mullinger, executive vice president at PNC Real Estate, and Leo M. Spellacy, Jr., a partner with Porter Wright, to its board of directors.
Mr. Mullinger, who has 18 years of experience in commercial banking and real estate, joined National City Bank in 2005, which became PNC in 2009. He is the Central Region Executive of Real Estate Banking wwhich delivers lending and banking products for commercial real estate companies located in the Midwest, Texas and Colorado. Mr. Mullinger earned his MBA from The John Carroll University's Boler School of Business.
Mr. Spellacy is a partner in Porter Wright's litigation department and is active in the Environmental, Energy and Government Affairs Practice Groups. He is a summa cum laude graduate from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and has a Master's in Public Administration from Cleveland State University.
The new board members replace long-term outgoing members Martin D. Rodriguez, senior vice president of the Commercial Real Estate Division at PNC, and Dan Flannery, PhD, director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention, Research and Education at Case Western Reserve University.
Sept. 15, 2011
Sisters of Charity Awards Grants
The Sisters of Charity awarded 30 Good Samaritan Grants totaling $150,000, including 8,000 daily RTA bus passes to non-profits and faith based organizations in Cuyahoga County. The Foundation also awarded four other grants, totaling $122,000. A Cultural Exchange was awarded $25,000 for its Read Baby Read Literacy Program; the Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania (OH) was awarded $20,000 for the Hope & Resilience: Catholic Sisters of New Orleans video project; the Sisters of the Humility of Mary in Rocky River was awarded $27,000 for the Collaborative Initiative to End Human Trafficking; and the Partnership for a Safer Cleveland (PAR) was awarded $50,000 over two years for the Cleveland Police Assisted Referral Program.
Sisters of Charity Grant Awards
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland awarded more than $1.3 million in grants for the first and second quarters to support homeless housing initiatives, expand food programs for Cleveland children and for seed money for a new community newspaper.
Included in those awards was $100,000 in grants that went to eight women religious organizations under the Saint Ann Legacy grants that honor the Saint Ann Hospital that provided maternity and infant care in Cleveland for more than 100 years.
Saint Ann grants include $15,000 to Community Re-Entry which works with women who have been in jail break the cycle of incarceration; $15,000 to Millcreek Children’s Center in Youngstown, a preschool that works to ensure low income children are ready for kindergarten; and $18,000 for Joseph’s Home, which gives homeless men discharged from Cleveland area hospitals but still have medical needs a place to recover and supportive services to help find them homes.
The Sisters of Charity Foundation also awarded $25,000 to the Campus District to start-up a local newspaper, the Campus District Observer. The first edition of the free monthly newspaper is expected to be published in late July. For more information.
March 23, 2011
Sisters of Charity Foundation Awards First Quarter Grants
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland awarded 10 first quarter grants totaling $245,005 to Cleveland-area nonprofits to reduce homelessness, encourage collaboration among local religious organizations, to get insight into Ohio’s budget, as well as start up funds for a community newspaper.
Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. received $75,000 for the Housing First Initiative, a collaboration of foundations, government agencies and others, that are working to build or renovate 1,000 apartments in Cleveland to get people off the streets and out of emergency homeless shelters.
The newest apartment building in the Housing First Initiative is under construction on Euclid Avenue near East 75 Street. Supportive housing couples permanent housing with social services, including job training and substance abuse programs for people facing complex challenges.
Six grants, ranging from $5,000 to more than $51,000, were awarded to local Catholic organizations. And the Campus District Inc. received a $25,000 grant to start-up a local newspaper.
“Because of the Foundation’s generous support, we’ll be able to launch the Campus District Observer, a community newspaper written by and for those who live, work and learn here,” said Rockette Richardson, executive director of the Campus District, which had been known as the Quadrangle. “Even more exciting, the newspaper will include a special section showcasing the journalism and creative writing talents of young people in our community in grades K through 12.”
Grantee Award
Enterprise Community Partners Inc., Cleveland $75,000
Funders Together to End Homelessness, Boston $25,000
Catholic Community Connection, Cleveland $18,650
Conference of Religious of Leadership, Pepper Pike $10,000
Light of Hearts Villa, Inc., Bedford $15,000
Regina Health Center, Richfield $51,355
Sisters of Notre Dame, Christ the King Province, Chardon $10,000
Campus District Inc., Cleveland $25,000
Policy Matters, Cleveland $10,000
March 11, 2011
Foundation receives Friends of Literacy Award from Project: Learn
Project: Learn awarded the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland its Friends of Literacy Award at its annual meeting on Saturday, March 11. Project: Learn, founded in 1974, is an adult literacy center who's mission is "Literacy for Every Adult." The center's purpose is to teach basic skills to adults. The foundation received the award for its work on health literacy with St. Vincent Charity Medical Center.
March 9, 2011
St. Vincent Charity Medical Center's health literacy work, supported by foundation, highlighted in publication
Simplified signage is in the works for St. Vincent Charity Medical Center.
"Admitting" will make way for "Patient Check-In." Instead of "Protective Services," visitors will see "Security" on the directional placards. "Radiology" will be called "X-Ray."
It's all part of St. Vincent Charity's ongoing effort to improve the way it communicates with patients. Since 2007, the hospital has sought to make health information easier to understand, which includes making the hospital hallways easier to navigate.
St. Vincent Charity began looking at ways to improve how it communicates with patients after receiving a grant in 2007 from the Sisters of Charity Foundation, which was started by the hospital's founders, the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine. Read full article here.
Dec. 6, 2010
Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland awards $315,000 in fourth quarter grants
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland awarded nine grants totaling $315,000 to Cleveland-area nonprofits for urban health improvements and other needed services.
St. Vincent Charity Medical Center received a total of $115,000, with the majority of the money aimed at helping the Cleveland hospital plan an "urban medicine model," that could include adding expanded and new medical services in the Central Neighborhood.
Senior Transportation Connection of Cuyahoga County received $50,000 to support its program that gives seniors transportation to doctors appointments, shopping and other critical services across the county. Nearly one-third of the seniors receiving rides have moderate to severe disabilities and almost three-quarters of the riders are 70 to 89 years of age.
Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy received $25,000 for its "education for Service Scholarship Program," that will provide full tuition for medical students in exchange for a commitment to practice in medically underserved urban areas in Northeast Ohio for a set amount of time.
Other grants were awarded to the Mental Health Advocacy Coalition, which received $25,000 for operating support. The coalition brings together like-minded organizations that work to ensure adequate funding for mental health services and effective public policies for the mental health system in Cuyahoga County and Ohio.
Rid-All Foundation, Inc. received $15,000 to support a regional training site for urban farmers and gardeners to learn skills including dealing with vermin, hydroponic and aqua-ponic growing techniques, through its Regional Outreach Training Center. The Rid-All Green Partnership's aim is to ensure a fresh food supply in Cleveland Neighborhoods, in particular Central.
The Health Policy Institute of Ohio, which researches, analyzes and evaluates Ohio's health policies, was awarded $75,000 over a two year period. The Ohio Grantmakers Forum received $10,000 for operating support and Voices for Ohio's Children received $25,000 toward optimize youth development systems.
Nov. 1, 2010
Foundation wins "Visionary Award"
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland was recently awarded Famicos Foundation's Visionary Award for its leadership in ending homelessness through supportive housing.
The award, announced at Famicos 40th anniversary celebration Oct. 30, was given to Sisters of Charity Foundation specifically for its work with the Housing First Initiative. The award is "given to those individuals or organizations that have made a significant contribution to the community through their leadership to initiate change."
"Housing first" or rapid re-housing as it is also known, is an alternative to the current system of emergency shelter or transitional housing. Instead, the goal is moving at-risk families and individuals into stable homes and then linking them to interventions and social services support. Find out more about the local Housing First Initiative and and about the Foundation's work in in establishing more supportive housing locally.
Sept. 17, 2010
Foundation Awards More Than $900,000 in Third Quarter Grants
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland awarded more than $900,000 in grants aimed at reducing educational disparities, improving health literacy and helping the work of women religious (Sisters) in Greater Cleveland. More than one-third of the total awards went to organizations working to end homelessness in Cuyahoga County by increasing supportive housing options for vulnerable residents.
Included in the total was the Foundation's annual $150,000 Good Samaritan grants, this year awarded to 29 local agencies and organizations to help struggling residents with basic needs, such as food, clothing, bus tickets and emergency medical supplies.
In its role as a resource for Catholic women religious, the Foundation awarded $146,000 to support Sister-led or Sister-founded ministries under its program commemorating the work of the Saint Ann Foundation. More
Sept. 16, 2010
New Chairman and Other Officers Elected to Foundation Board Cleveland State University Provost New Board Chair of Foundation Cleveland State University Provost Geoffrey S. Mearns was elected to be the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland's new board chairman.
Mearns, a former federal prosecutor and partner at Baker Hostetler Law Firm, became dean of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at CSU in 2005. In August he was made provost.
Other newly elected board officers include vice chair Mary Lou Stricklin, vice chair June Taylor, secretary Tom Pernsteiner, treasurer Alton Tinker and congregation representative Sr. Evelyn Flowers, CSA. More board information is here.
July 26, 2010
Four New Members Join Sisters of Charity Foundation Board
The Reverend Abraham D. Allende, Sister Evelyn Flowers, Robyn N. Gordon and Felton Thomas, Jr. will be joining the Sisters of Charity Board in September.
The Four new directors have diverse and unique backgrounds.
Rev. Allende, pastor at The Lutheran Church of the Covenant in Maple Heights, spent six years as a community relations director of the Cleveland Indians. He also had a long career at Cleveland radio and television stations and previously taught Spanish and French in Akron schools. He was ordained a minister in 2003.
Sr. Flowers, volunteer coordinator for environmental issues for the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine, has worked in Greater Cleveland area schools as music directors, and holds masters degrees in Spanish and Music Education. She is also a board certified music therapist.
Ms. Gordon is the director of Center operations directorate at NASA Glenn Research Center where she oversees institutional functions, including the offices of human capital management, protective services, protocol and legislative affairs and procurement and external programs division. Previously, Ms. Gordon was assistant human resources director at the Cuyahoga County Public Library. She has a Master's of Business Administration degree and also completed the senior executive fellows program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Mr. Thomas took over as director of the Cleveland Public Library in 2009 and is working on a Ph.D. in the information profession program at Simmons College in Boston. Before coming to Cleveland, Mr. Thomas spent more than 20 years at libraries in the state of Nevada. The Las Vegas native holds a master's degree in library and information science from the University of Hawaii.
"We are delighted that these individuals are joining our Board, as their expertise and perspectives in literacy, science and technology, community engagement and in environmental issues will support our mission and advance our work," said Susanna h. Krey, president of the foundation.
Three members', Sr. Marian Durkin, Jane E. Fumich and Randell McShepard, terms have expired and they will be leaving the board in September.
AUGUST 14, 2009
Sisters of Charity Foundation Expands Its Investments to Reduce Family Homelessness and Regional Disparities
Grant Awards for the First Half of 2009 Total $762,499
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland announced eight new grants to expand its work to improve health literacy across the Greater Cleveland area. Significant funding was also invested in continuing efforts to reduce homelessness through permanent supportive housing and the Housing First model the Foundation helped to introduce to northeast Ohio eight years ago. Grantmaking through the first half of 2009 totals $762,499.
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AUGUST 14, 2009
Two New Members Join Sisters of Charity Foundation Board of Directors
Chair Daniel J. Flannery, Ph.D.announced that the Board of Directors for the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland has added two new members -- Tari S. Rivera, President of Regency Construction Services, Inc. and Dick Russ, Managing Editor at WKYC-TV 3.
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JANUARY 23, 2009
Sisters of Charity Foundation Announces Final 2008 Grants Totaling More than $1 Million to Address Causes and Consequences of Poverty
Grant Awards for Third & Fourth Quarters of 2008 Total $1,140,908
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland concluded its 2008 grantmaking with awards totaling $1,140,908, reaffirming its commitment to address causes and consequences of poverty. More than half of that amount—$664,249—was earmarked for programs in the Foundation’s four focus areas: Supportive Housing, Health Disparities, Education Disparities and Religious Communities.
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November 24, 2008Daniel J. Flannery, Ph.D. Elected Chair, Board of Directors for the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland
New Board Member Pauline M. Seitz, Director of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland has announced the election of new Board officers, including Chair Daniel J. Flannery, Ph.D., Professor of Justice Studies and Director of the Institute for the Study and Prevention of Violence at Kent State University. The officers are eligible for two one-year terms.
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July 23, 2008
Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland Launches New Focus on Reducing Health & Educational Disparities in Cleveland's Central Neighborhood The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland has made its initial round of funding aimed at reducing health and educational disparities in Cleveland’s Central Neighborhood. As outlined in its new strategic plan, the Foundation has committed to a “special emphasis” on the Central Neighborhood, where health and educational disparities are among the highest in the City. Grant awards for the Second Quarter of 2008 total $521,264.
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June 16,2008
Adriennie Hatten, MNO Joins the Foundation as Program Officer, Education
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland welcomed Adriennie Hatten as Program Officer for Education. With an extensive background in social service and education, in particular, Ms. Hatten will continue the Foundation's community engagement efforts in Cleveland's Central Neighborhood to further understand its educational needs and assets.
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April 9, 2008
SOCF Funds Efforts to Address Troubling Community-Wide Concerns: Foreclosures, Human Trafficking & The Uninsured
First Quarter 2008 Grant Awards Total $69,550.00 More…
March 7, 2008
New Grant Program Targets Health & Education in the Central Neighborhood
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland is issuing a new funding announcement as part of its strategic focus on health, housing and education as key components to building strong families and stable neighborhoods. While most of the Foundation’s work to relieve poverty reaches across Cuyahoga County, efforts to improve health and education outcomes have a special emphasis in the Central Neighborhood of Cleveland. More...