Saint Luke's Foundation

Who We Are

Vision/Core Values

Mission

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.

Vision

The Saint Luke’s Foundation will be a philanthropic innovator and catalyst that supports programs that significantly advance its mission and have the potential to be locally, regionally and nationally recognized and replicated.

Values

The Saint Luke’s Foundation embraces the following core values to guide its work:

RESPECT: We respect diverse perspectives, knowledge, backgrounds and values, both internally and externally.

LEADERSHIP: As an organization deeply committed to listening and learning, we strive to employ and share best practices within philanthropy and the not-for-profit sector, and empower our grantees to do the same in their work.

PARTNERSHIP: We recognize our efforts are compounded exponentially when we work in collaboration with others, and we are eager to partner with organizations and individuals that share our interests, values and desired outcomes.

COURAGE: We recognize that true and lasting change requires a willingness to take risks on well-conceived ideas, time, vision, tenacity, patience, persistence and the ability to learn from honest mistakes and improve performance going forward.

RESULTS: We are committed to supporting, analyzing and utilizing outcome data to inform planning, decision-making and capacity building, and to reporting our findings.

TRANSPARENCY: We are open and transparent in everything we do and committed to communicating the results of our work, and that of our partners.

Methods

The Saint Luke’s Foundation will accomplish its mission and realize its vision through grantmaking, outcomes measurement, collaboration and communication.