Community West Foundation Grants $783,000 to Local Nonprofit Agencies

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.

: Front Steps Housing & Services: Matthew Anderson, Development Director; Sherri Brandon, CEO with members of Community West Foundation Board of Directors and Staff

: Urban Community/The Refugee Response: George Miller, Community West Foundation Board Chair; Patrick Kearns, Executive Director, The Refugee Response; Marty Uhle, President and CEO, Community West Foundation; Tom Gill, President Urban Community

: Neighborhood Alliance: Alicia Foss, President & CEO with Marcus Madison and Marty Uhle of Community West Foundation

: Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry: Michael Sering, Vice President Housing & Shelter; Drew Genszler, President & CEO; Marty Uhle, President and CEO, Community West Foundation

: The Lantern Center for Recovery: Garth Murdock, Development Associate with Marty Uhle

: Trials for Hope: Jonathan Gray, Founder & CEO with Marty Uhle

: Greater Cleveland Food Bank: Mary LaVigne-Butler, Vice President of Philanthropy with Peter Schindler and Marty Uhle of Community West Foundation

: YWCA Greater Cleveland: Teresa Sanders, Chief Program Officer with Marty Uhle

About Community West Foundation

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.