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.

The mission of Community West Foundation is to advance the health and well being of our community. The staff and Board of Directors are guided by the words in Matthew 25:35-40: “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me… Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”
For more information, contact Community West Foundation at 440-360-7370 or visit communitywestfoundation.org