Nord Family Foundation doles $2.3M in grants

The Nord Family Foundation has announced the list of nonprofit organizations in the fields of health and social services, education, civic affairs and arts that have received grants this cycle.

At the Oct. 20, Board of Trustees meeting, grants approved totaled $2.3 million to be disbursed in Lorain and Cuyahoga counties; Columbia, S.C.; metro Denver; Boston; Penn Yan, N.Y., and other areas of interest, according to a news release from the Nord Family Foundation.

Twenty-eight other actions totaling $60,471 also were ratified at the meeting bringing the total grants authorized in this round to $2.4 million.

The Nord Family Foundation is a successor to the charitable trust originally established by Walter G. Nord in 1952. The predecessor organization contributed more than $12 million to a variety of charitable causes between 1953 and 1988, primarily in Lorain County, according to the release.

The Nord Family Foundation has contributed more than $126 million to nonprofit organizations in northern Ohio and selected geographic areas of family interest, the release said.

The Foundation’s grantmaking guidelines, prior press releases and Faces of Philanthropy videos are available at www.nordff. org.

The Foundation only accepts grant applications online, accessible through the Information for Grantseekers tab on its website.

Board of Trustees of the Nord Family Foundation will meet again in February 2019. The next deadline for consideration of online grant applications is Dec. 3.

The approved grants are:

Arts and Culture

Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, $55,000 for continued support of general operations

Great Lakes Theater Festival Inc., Cleveland, $20,000 for continued support of theater education programming in Lorain County

Oberlin College, $25,000 for continued support of Oberlin Community Music School scholarships

Civic Affairs

Catholic Charities Corporation, Cleveland, $110,000 in continued support of Coordinated Entry for Lorain County

Colorado Juvenile Defender Center, Denver,$25,000 in support of Education First: School to Prison Pipeline Project

Community Shares of Colorado, Denver, $15,000 toward Executive Leadership Institute Expansion

Dobama Theatre, Cleveland Heights, $20,000 in support of capital renovations

Emerald Development & Economic Network Inc., Cleveland, $100,000 to purchase property for a permanent supportive housing project in Lorain County

Health Law Advocates Inc., Boston, $15,000 in continued support of general operations

Keuka College, Keuka Park, N.Y., $40,000 in support of Teaching Laboratory for Undergraduate Nursing Program

More Than Words Inc., Waltham, Mass., $25,000 in continued support of work based social enterprise program in Boston

Oberlin Community Services Council, $72,000 toward Refrigerated Truck for food distribution

Ohio Campus Compact, Granville, Ohio, $10,000 toward the Ohio Campus Election Engagement Project in Lorain County

Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio, Lorain, $75,000 toward Refrigerated SemiTrailer and Day Cab Tractor for food distribution

Social Finance Inc., Boston, $25,000 in support of strengthening high-need Ohio communities by developing an outcomes rate card to reduce infant mortality and improve birth outcomes

Education

Cleveland Council on World Affairs, Cleveland, $10,000 in continued support of the Model United Nations Program 20182019 for Lorain County students

Colorado Seminary, Denver, $30,000 toward Expanding Restorative Practices in Denver Public Schools

The Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio, Cleveland, $20,000 toward Building Youth Leadership through Cultural Exchanges in Lorain County

DSST Public Schools Foundation, Denver, $150,000 in support of DSST Aurora Expansion, over three years

The Epiphany School, Dorchester, Mass., $30,000 in support of general operations

Lake Erie Nature and Science Center, Bay Village, $40,000 in continued support of general operations

Little Lighthouse Learning Center, Lorain, $50,000 in continued support of general operations

University Circle Inc., Cleveland, $15,000 in continued support of the Early Learning Initiative

Vital Connections of the Midlands Inc., Columbia, S.C., $35,000 in support of general operations

Health and social services

Boys and Girls Clubs of Lorain County, Lorain, $50,000 in continued support of general operations

Catholic Charities Corporation, Cleveland, $80,000 in continued support of the St. Elizabeth Center in Lorain and the Elyria Family Center

El Centro De Servicios Sociales, Lorain, $300,000 in continued support of general operations and the community development program, over three years

Enterprise Community Partners Inc., Cleveland, $100,000 in support of general operations, over two years

Family Planning Services of Lorain County, Elyria, $70,000 in continued support of general operations

The Gathering Place, Denver, $30,000 in continued support of general operations

Homeless No More Inc., Columbia, S.C., $90,000 in continued support of core programming

Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion, Boston, $25,000 in support of the Resident Services Program

Lorain County Free Clinic Inc., Lorain, $80,000 in continued support of general operations

Lorain County General Health District, Elyria, $30,000 in continued support of the Lorain County Drug Repository Program

Lorain County Lutheran/ Presbyterian Cooperative Ministry, Lorain, $15,000 in continued support of general operations

Lovin’ Spoonfuls Inc., Boston, $30,000 toward Lovin’ Spoonfuls Food Rescue Program

Metro Denver Partners $25,000 in support of the Gang Rescue and Support Project (GRASP)

Neighborhood Alliance, Lorain, $50,000 in continued support of the Senior Enrichment Services Home Delivered Meals Program

The Nord Center, Lorain, $100,000 in support of implementation of The Nord Center’s strategic plan

The Nord Family Foundation Initiative, Amherst, $50,000 in continued support of the development and implementation of a coordinated collective response to the opiate/opioid crisis in Lorain County

Providence Network, Denver, $20,000 in support of general operations

Save Our Youth, Denver, $50,000 in continued support of onetoone mentoring and education programs

Stone Soup CLE Inc., Cleveland, $40,000 in support of general operations

Vocational Guidance Services, Elyria, $60,000 in continued support of the Elyria Center

Youth Challenge, Westlake, $15,000 in continued support for adapted sports and recreational programs for children with physical disabilities from Lorain County

Other

Philanthropy Ohio, Columbus, $35,000 in continued support of general operations and the Education Initiative

MORNING JOURNAL FILE Anthony Richardson, associate director for The Nord Family Foundation, welcomes attendees to the Lorain County After-School Time Investments summit May 21 at Lorain County Community College.