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Saint Luke's Foundation's 2012 grantmaking.   

 

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Healthy CLE Summit a success

The Healthy Cleveland Initiative, launched in the spring of 2011, aims to reduce health disparities in the city of Cleveland and improve quality of life for every resident in Cleveland. The Healthy Cleveland Resolution passed by Cleveland City Council in 2011 outlines the framework for tackling the root causes of the health disparities which exist between urban and suburban communities and is built upon the pro-active engagement of Cleveland’s four healthcare systems: Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth, Sisters of Charity Health System and University Hospitals.

On May 11, a cross section of people came together to discuss how to move the Healthy Cleveland agenda forward. To learn more, click here. (5/16/2012)

 

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Ohio Literacy Conference Series starts soon

The 2012 Ohio Health Literacy Conference Series is being launched as a forum for relevant discussions providing valuable knowledge about the provision of quality health care. Staff, social workers, dieticians, health care administrators, public health professionals, physicians, nurses and others are encouraged to attend and join the discussion!  Conference presenting partners include St. Vincent Charity Medical Center and Project Learn, with foundation support from the Saint Luke's Foundation, Sisters of Charity Foundation and the Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation. For more information on the series and the October conference, click here. (5/4/2012)

 

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Come out and celebrate fathers!

 

 

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Health and Housing funders meet in Cleveland

Last week, health and housing funders met in Cleveland to network and learn from one another. During the two-day visit, attendees participanted in site visits where they were able to visit oft "forgotten” and invisible” neighborhoods that through the work of dedicated community organizers, government agencies, and philanthropy have become beacons of hope.

In this photo, Randell McShepard talks to the funders group about the Rid All Green Partnership, an urban farming initiative in Cleveland's Central neighborhood. Additionally, East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton inspired the group with his fresh perspective on neighborhood planning and his passion for protecting children from dangers inside their homes and in the surrounding community.

The funders group was also the first to see the newly-minted video from the folks at the Healthy Homes Advisory Council of Greater Cleveland. To view the video, click here. (4/23/2012)

 

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Saint Luke's Foundation announces 1st quarter grants

The Board of Trustees of Saint Luke’s Foundation has approved its first quarter grants for 2012, awarding a total of $1,947,852 to eight organizations that advance the Foundation’s strategic priorities in Urban Health and Well-Being, Urban Community Revitalization and Urban Families. These are the first quarterly grants to be awarded under the Foundation’s new grantmaking approach that ties grant decisions directly to mission-driven criteria and outcomes in three strategic priorities.

For more on the grants awarded, click here. (4/16/2012)

 

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Heather Torok joins Saint Luke's Foundation staff

The Saint Luke’s Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of  Heather Torok to the newly-created position of Senior Program Officer for Urban Health and Well-Being.

In this role, Torok will provide leadership and oversight for all aspects of the Urban Health and Well-Being program strategy area, the grant portfolio designed to improve community outcomes by addressing the root causes of disparities in health and healthcare.

Initial priorities in this funding area will include behavioral, lifestyle and environmental issues; chronic disease prevention and management; and the development of a highly skilled, culturally competent healthcare workforce.

For more on this appointment, click here. (4/2/2012)

 

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Affordable Care Act information now available

The George Gund, Mt. Sinai and Saint Luke’s Foundations have partnered to share useful information about the Affordable Care Act, the federal health care reform plan that passed in March 2010. Created initially by The Health Foundation of Cincinnati, these information sheets present factual, unbiased details about how health care reform affects many of Northeast Ohio’s residents.

To access the information sheets in downloadable PDF formats, click here. (3/21/2012)

 

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Collaboration is truly "hot in Cleveland!"

In response to requests from local nonprofits for help in learning how to approach collaborations, a group of 17 grantmakers in Northeast Ohio, including the Saint Luke's Foundation, pooled resources to develop and implement a three-phase project aimed at strengthening human services offerings. In the end, 8 nonprofits strategically restructured their operations into four, and a network of consultants was formed to support collaboration efforts.

The results of that process are detailed in a recently published case study, which was shared with philanthropic colleagues from across the country at the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations' annual conference in Seattle, Washington. To read the case study, click here. (3/20/2012)

 

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Happy Anniversary Saint Luke's Foundation!

In 1997, the Saint Luke's Medical Center was sold to a for-profit partnership and the net proceeds from the sale were transferred to what became the Saint Luke's Foundation.

As the Foundation reflects upon and celebrates 15 years of grantmaking, we pay homage to board and staff past and present who've worked hard to "improve and transform the health and well-being of individuals, families and communities in Greater Cleveland." (2/29/2012)

 

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Frequently asked question...

A number of nonprofits have asked the Saint Luke's Foundation about the application process for discretionary grants (grants of up to $20,000 for smaller, time-sensitive projects that align with one of our program strategy areas). The discretionary grant application process has indeed been streamlined - click here for details. (2/21/2012)

 

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In case you missed it...

Angela Glover Blackwell, founder and CEO of PolicyLink and a leading voice in the movement for equity in America, shared her thoughts on how public policy impacts place during the third presentation in the “Why Place Matters” series at noon on February 17 at the City Club of Cleveland. If you missed the presentation, check out The City Club's podcast or click here to view the presentation on YouTube. (2/24/2012)

 

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Lead Safe Living debuts Medical Champions video

Lead hasn’t been an additive in paint products for decades, but its poisoning effects are far from being eradicated from properties throughout local neighborhoods. However, the risks of lead exposure and new methods for testing and containment are very top-of-mind for many throughout the community, thanks to the Healthy Homes Advisory Council of Greater Cleveland, an innovative strategic alliance between the former Greater Cleveland Lead Advisory Council (GCLAC) and Greater Cleveland Asthma Coalition (GCAC).  The two community collaborative organizations joined forces in 2011 with the adoption of the holistic healthy homes approach to effectively embark on an ambitious plan to create a lead-safe and healthy Cuyahoga County.

In addition to a dynamic new website, the Healthy Homes Advisory Council also recently debuted the new Medical Champions Campaign, which encourages medical providers to screen children (aged 6 years old and under) for lead poisoning. In the video linked here, parents share their experience with the Lead Safe Living program and also share reasons why they think childhood lead poisoning prevention is important.  (12/12/2011)

 

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Human Services Restructuring Pilot Project Materials Available Online!

The Human Services Restructuring Pilot Project was created in 2009 when 18 funders joined together to engage human services organizations in a process of exploring strategic restructuring.

The pilot project was headed by Denise San Antonio Zeman from the Saint Luke's Foundation and Deborah Vesy from the Deaconess Community Foundation, along with consultants David Kantor of Kantor Consulting Group, Jo DeBolt of La Piana Consulting and Amy Main Morgenstern of Main Stream Enterprises.

The Foundation Center is now the home for all of the guiding documents so other funders and nonprofits can learn from them.  To access the Foundation Center's Nonprofit Collaboration Resources, click here. (8/10/2011)