Foundation awards $3.6M to nonprofits

The Nord Family Foundation awarded $3,644,900 at its October 2022 Board meeting.

The Nord Family Foundation announced in a news release the list of nonprofits in the fields of arts and culture, civic affairs, education, and health and social services receiving grants this cycle.

At the October 22 Board of Trustees meeting, grants approved totaled $3,610,800 to be disbursed in Lorain and Cuyahoga counties; Columbia, S.C.; Metro Denver, Colo.; Penn Yan, N.Y. and other areas of interest.

Twenty-one actions totaling $34,100 also were ratified at the meeting bringing the total grants authorized in this round to $3,644,900, said the release.

The Nord Family Foundation is a successor to the charitable trust originally established in 1952 by Walter G. Nord.

The predecessor organization contributed more than $12 million to a variety of charitable causes between 1953 and 1988, primarily in Lorain County.

The Nord Family Foundation has contributed more than $153 million to nonprofits in northern Ohio and selected geographic areas of family interest, the release said.

The Foundation’s grantmaking guidelines, prior news releases and Grantee Spotlight videos are available on the website.

The Foundation only accepts grant applications online, accessible through the application portal on its website.

The Board of Trustees of the Nord Family Foundation will meet again in February 2023; the next deadline for consideration of online grant applications is Dec. 1.

Arts and culture

• Firefish Arts Inc., Lorain, $35,000 for continued general operating support

• Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, $68,000 for continued general operating support

• Lorain Civic Center Committee Inc., Lorain, $50,000 for continued general operating support

• Lorain Historical Society, Lorain, $65,000 for continued general operating support

• North Pointe Ballet, North Ridgeville, $15,000 for general operating support

Civic affairs

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

• Elyria Community Partnership, Elyria, $200,000 for general operating support over two years

• Lorain County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services Inc. — The LCADA Way, Lorain, $55,000 for Lorain County client transportation van

• Lorain County Health & Dentistry, Lorain, $110,000 for Middle Avenue Pharmacy

infrastructure

• Lorain Revitalization Association — Main Street Lorain $40,000 for continued general operating support

• United Way of Greater Lorain County, Lorain, $78,800 for system improvements and coordination of the Lorain County Continuum of Care

Education

• Cleveland Council on World Affairs, Cleveland, $22,000 for continued support of the Model United Nations Program for Lorain County students over two years

• Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, $15,000 for expanding live virtual field trips and learning experiences for Lorain County schools

• College Now Greater Cleveland Inc., Cleveland, $160,000 for continued support of the postsecondary access initiative in Lorain County

• Envision Excellence in STEM Education, Cleveland

Heights, $25,000 for Score with STEM program for Save Our Children of Elyria youth

• Little Lighthouse Learning Center, Lorain, $250,000 for continued general operating support over two years

• Lorain County Community College Foundation, Elyria, $150,000 for FastTrack Scholarship Fund

• Lorain Public Library System, Lorain, $40,000 for continued support of the Lorain Public Library System’s Maker-in-Residence program

• Vocational Guidance Services, Elyria, $75,000 for continued general operating support for the Elyria Center

Health and social services

• Catholic Charities Corporation, Cleveland, $100,000 for continued support of Emergency Assistance Services and Prevention Programs in Lorain and Elyria

• El Centro De Servicios Sociales Inc., Lorain, $300,000 for continued general operating support over two years

• Family Planning Services of Lorain County, Elyria, $80,000 for continued general operating support

• Lorain County Free Clinic Inc., Lorain, $200,000 for continued general operating support over two years

• NAMI Lorain County, Lorain, $20,000 for continued general operating support

• Neighborhood Alliance, Lorain, $150,000 for continued support of senior nutrition home delivered meals over two years

• Neighborhood Alliance, Lorain, $15,000 for emergency warming center

• Passages Connecting Fathers and Sons Inc., Cleveland, $50,000 for continued general operating support in Lorain County

• YWCA of Elyria, Elyria, $50,000 for continued general operating support