The Nord Family Foundation awards $3.3M in funding

The Nord Family Foundation announced Feb. 29 the list of nonprofits in the fields of arts and culture, civic affairs, education and health and social services that have received grants this cycle, according to a news release.

At the Feb. 24 Board of Trustees meeting, grants approved totaled $3,176,275 to be disbursed in Lorain and Cuyahoga counties; Columbia, S.C.; metro Denver, Colo.; Boston, Mass.; Penn Yan, N.Y.; and other areas of interest, the release said.

Fifty-nine other actions totaling $142,794 also were ratified at the meeting bringing the total grants authorized in this round to $3,319,069, according to the release.

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

The Nord Family Foundation has contributed more than $165 million to nonprofits in northern Ohio and selected geographic areas of family interest, according to the release.

The Foundation only accepts grant applications online, accessible through the application portal on its website at https://www. nordff.org/.

The Board of Trustees of the Nord Family Foundation will meet again in June.

The next deadline for consideration of online grant applications is April 1.

Arts and culture

• Black River Innovative Artist Residence Inc. in Lorain for Building Futures Through Art pilot project, $10,000

• Amherst Historical Society for continued general operating support and capital campaign feasibility study, $50,000

Civic affairs

• Amherst Downtown and Betterment Association for continued general operating support, $40,000

• City of Oberlin for strategic and master planning of municipal parks and recreation, $30,000

• Heritage Ohio for data collection and survey pilot in Lorain County over two years, $44,000

• Lorain County Community Development Corporation for general operating support over two years, $200,000

• Lorain County Safe Harbor Corp. for Child Retreat, Resource & Advocacy Center, $50,000

• Main Street Oberlin Inc. for continued general operating support, $25,000

• Oberlin Historical and Improvement Organization for continued support of preservation of historic buildings and wayfinding, $29,500

Philanthropic ventures

• Foundation Oakland, Calif., for continued support of Resilia’s capacity building efforts and technical assistance for Lorain County nonprofits, $63,775

• The MAD Factory for continued support of capital improvements to Lorain theatre space, MAD* on Broadway, $25,000

• Wilson Bruce Evans Home Historical Society in Oberlin for continued support of capital improvements to the historic Wilson Bruce Evans Home, $50,000

Education

• Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio for continued general operating support for club sites in Lorain County, $50,000

• Open Doors Inc. for Out-of-School Time programming for Firelands Schools, $50,000

• Save Our Children of Elyria Inc. for continued general operating support, $65,000

• TECH CORPS for general operating support for Lorain County programming, $25,000

• Thrive Scholars for Lorain County expansion, $15,000

Health and social services

• Blessing House Elyria for continued general operating support over two years, $160,000

• Common Ground — The Cindy Nord Center for Renewal in Oberlin for continued general operating support over two years, $210,000

• Emerald Development and Economic Network Inc. in Cleveland for continued general operating support in Lorain County over two years, $200,000

• Lorain County Health & Dentistry Lorain for sliding fee discount program expansion, $99,000

• Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry in Cleveland for continued support for Lorain County Volunteer Guardianship Program, $30,000

• Vocational Guidance Services in Elyria for continued general operating support for the Elyria center over two years, $150,000