Saint Luke's Foundation - TRANSFORM
The Saint Luke’s Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio reinvests its resources to provide leadership and support for the improvement and transformation of the health and well-being of individuals, families and communities of Greater Cleveland.
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A Big Job: Retooling Northeast Ohio's Economy
Since 2004, philanthropic organizations in Northeast Ohio have worked together to bolster economic development in a region suffering from decades of decline. Click here to access a reporter's analysis of Northeast Ohio as told to the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation of Miami, Florida. (added 5/7/2008)
Aspiring to be the best
The Aspire Program is an all-girls bonding, leadership and growth experience. This three-year program provides girls from Cleveland, East Cleveland and Cleveland Heights schools with the opportunity to grow academically and learn different leadership skills through workshops and classes. Aspire also exposes new and upcoming teachers to what educating is really like. These teachers come from colleges and universities such as Harvard, Brown, and Yale. The Saint Luke's Foundation is a proud supporter of the Aspire Program. To learn more about Aspire, click here.
Storytelling resources now available
Click here to access our "Tool Kit" of marketing communications resources that will help your organization tell its story. To recommend a resource, click here.
The YWCA Greater Cleveland has announced the 2008 recipients of its 2008 Women of Achievement awards. Saint Luke's Foundation trustee Stephanie McHenry, President, Shorebank-Cleveland Region, is among the distinguished group of recipients who will be honored at the 32nd annual YWCA Women of Achievement Awards Luncheon on Mon., May 12 at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel Grand Ballroom. Click here to read about all 2008 award recipients. (added 4/16/2008)
Foundation announces grant awards
The Saint Luke's Foundation has awarded nearly $1.8 million in grant support to local organizations and community projects. For more, click here.
- Click here to read coverage in Crain's Cleveland Business. (added 4/7/2008)
Lead poisoning can be prevented
Locally, 70 agencies are trying to do something about the problem of lead poisoining. Together, they make up the Greater Cleveland Lead Advisory Council, which is supported in part by the Saint Luke's Foundation. The Council has created a Lead Elimination Plan which aims to wipe out childhood lead poisoning by 2010. To read recent Plain Dealer coverage of this issue, click here.To learn more about Saint Luke's Foundation's involvement in efforts to eliminate lead poisoning, click here. (added 4/2/2008)
What's happening in philanthropy?
The Ohio Grantmakers Forum produces a monthly "EventsLine" that details skill building and networking events and activities across Ohio. Click here to access EventsLine. And to learn more about what's happening in the philanthropic sector across the nation, click here to access Philanthropy News Digest, a Foundation Center news source.
Tell us your stories!
Are you a Saint Luke's grantee with a story to tell? Or do you have a story from the old Saint Luke's Medical Center? If so, click here - we want to hear about it! (added 3/19/2008)
Economic Fund selects Abbott; CWRU signs on with Fund
David Abbott, executive director of the George Gund Foundation, is the new board chairman of the region's largest economic development philanthropy. And in one of his first acts as chair, Abbott announces Case Western Reserve University has committed $100,000 over three years to join the organization that is working to bolster the region's economic competitiveness. Click here to read:
- Plain Dealer article on Abbott announcement (3/5/2008)
- Crain's Cleveland article on CWRU signing on as a partner in the Fund (3/19/2008)
Foundations concerned about foreclosure crisis
According to the Wall Street Journal, some of the nation's wealthiest philanthropies are turning their attention to the growing foreclosure crisis, and Cleveland is one of the cities that could benefit from their efforts.
In its article, the Wall Street Journal says some foundation officials fear the foreclosure crisis could usher in the type of urban blight that devastated pockets of
American cities in the 1970s and 1980s.” Click here to read the Crain's Cleveland Business summary of the Wall Street Journal article -- includes an embedded link to the Wall Street Journal article. (2/28/02)
Vision shapes Fund
Rob Briggs is stepping down as the chairman of the Fund for Our Economic Future, saying it's time for another to lead the four-year-old initiative. His successor will be elected at the group's March 4 meeting. Denise San Antonio Zeman, president and CEO of the Saint Luke's Foundation, currently serves as vice-chair of the Fund. For more, click here. (2/23/08)
A deeper look at
In December, The Plain Dealer and ideastream ran a series of
interviews and reports examining