Community West Foundation grants over $600,000 to local nonprofit agencies
The Community West Foundation board of directors approved $485,000 in second-quarter grants to nonprofit agencies that provide basic needs services to the community. The receiving organizations include:
- Avon/Avon Lake Community Resource Services
- Cogswell Hall
- Domestic Violence & Child Advocacy Center
- Lorain County Free Clinic
- May Dugan Center
- Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH)
- Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center
- Oberlin Community Services
- Society of St. Vincent de Paul
- St. Herman’s/FOCUS
- St. Paul’s Community Outreach
- The City Mission
- The Ed Keating Center
- The Turn
These grants are just the beginning of the group’s recent philanthropic efforts. In March, Community West announced they were establishing the COVID-19 Emergency Fund to support nonprofit agencies in need during the pandemic crisis. That fund quickly grew to $143,000 and, in the past two months, Community West issued grants amounting to $85,140.
The receiving organizations include:
- Cleveland Christian Home
- Community Service Alliance
- Lakewood Community Services Center
- Lutheran Hospital
- Malachi House
- May Dugan Center
- Merrick House
- Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center
- Oberlin Community Services
- Society of St. Vincent de Paul Food Centers
- St. Paul’s Community Outreach
- Stella Maris
- The Edna House for Women
- The Village Project
- Trials for Hope
- Urban Community School/Refugee Response
- Ursuline Piazza (HIV/AIDS)
- West Side Catholic Center
- Westlake Meals on Wheels
Community West Foundation also provided a $50,000 grant to the Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund as well as a $10,000 grant to a similar collaboration being led by the Community Foundation of Lorain County.
Maria Estes
Community West Foundation, Marketing & Communications Director