Community West Foundation Grants $783,000 To Local Nonprofits

Westlake OH

12 March, 2021

6:47 PM

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Press release from Community West Foundation: March 12, 2021 The Community West Foundation Board of Directors approved $783,000 in first quarter grants to nonprofit agencies that provide basic needs services to the community in Cleveland, Western Cuyahoga and Lorain Counties. The recipient organizations include: ⮚ Beck Center for the Arts ⮚ Blessing House ⮚ Edwin's Leadership Institute ⮚ Far West Center ⮚ Front Steps ⮚ Greater Cleveland Food Bank ⮚ Humility of Mary Housing ⮚ Journey Center for Safety and Healing ⮚ Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry ⮚ Neighborhood Alliance ⮚ North Ridgeville Community Care ⮚ Providence House ⮚ The Lantern Center for Recovery ⮚ The Refugee Response ⮚ The Salvation Army ⮚ Trials for Hope ⮚ Urban Community School ⮚ Youth Bee Works ⮚ YWCA Greater Cleveland - Norma Herr Center Several members of the Board of Directors Grants Committee, along with Community West staff, personally delivered grant checks to these agencies. "We've really missed the in-person connection with our partners. This gave us an opportunity to see one another outside of Zoom for the first time in over a year," commented Marty Uhle, President and CEO of Community West Foundation. In 2020, Community West Foundation provided 70 grants to nonprofit agencies, the most in the foundation's history, totaling $2.4 million. This press release was produced by Community West Foundation. The views expressed here are the author's own.