The South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families has a mission to reduce child poverty through father engagement. It is the hub of a unique statewide network of program centers and satellite offices serving fathers and families in every county of the state. Several of its fatherhood programs received media coverage around Father’s Day and Tom Keith, president and CEO of the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina, wrote a guest column for The State about the importance of fathers. [More]

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton has awarded more than $1.1 million in grants for the first and second quarters of 2018. Established in 1996, the foundation is a ministry of the Sisters of Charity Health System committed to addressing the needs of the poor and underserved. [More]

As a fellow in The Innovation Mission at the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland and a college and career coach at Notre Dame College in South Euclid, Ohio, Bill Leamon is focused on launching a large-scale, low-cost, technology-enabled, micro-mentoring program to make college mentoring easy and increase college graduation rates as a result. [More]

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland’s fellowship, known as The Innovation Mission, is a powerful opportunity for accomplished professionals to advance their innovative ideas to change the trajectory of poverty in Cleveland. Foundation President Sue Krey explains why this was the ideal undertaking for the foundation. [More]

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland established the Blocks and Bridges initiative in 2015 to pair sisters with lay co-workers to help build and transform their ministries. It provides best practices in nonprofit management for sister-led, sister-founded ministries. Blocks and Bridges consultant Janus Small recently blogged about her experience for U.S. Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking. [More]

The Cleveland Central Promise Neighborhood awarded scholarships to 12 scholars in East Tech High School’s graduating class of 2018 in a May 11 awards ceremony, offering a boost to get them started on the next step of their education journey. The East Tech scholars received a total of more than $2 million in scholarship awards from across the community. [More]

As a fellow in The Innovation Mission at the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland and a senior attorney at The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, Julie Cortes is focusing on using the power of entrepreneurship to move people out of poverty. The Innovation Mission is an opportunity for accomplished professionals to advance their innovative ideas to change the trajectory of poverty in Cleveland. [More]

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina has announced the 2018 Immigrant Families Initiative grants totaling $197,500 to 13 organizations serving South Carolina’s immigrant and refugee populations. [More]

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton recently released its 2017 annual report. With a theme of “Give hope,” the annual report has updates on investments made in 2017 while also showcasing multiple stories that demonstrate the impact the foundation is having by providing examples of the programs the foundation funds. [More]

Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland President Sue Krey spoke to Philanthropy Ohio about the foundation’s experience with The Innovation Mission fellowship for the organization’s Philanthropy Review spring 2018 publication. Her article appears in the “Conversations with Colleagues” section, which asked foundation leaders across Ohio to “describe the bold moves they’ve recently undertaken.” [More]