Five Cleveland-area professionals will begin this November to research their ideas to disrupt the cycle of poverty as the newly announced fellows of The Innovation Mission, a ground-breaking initiative launched by the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland. [More]

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown recently hosted a legislative update at Friendly Inn Settlement in Cleveland for the Central-Kinsman community. During the event, Senator Brown moderated a panel discussion with community stakeholders from the Central and Kinsman communities, which included Cleveland Central Promise Neighborhood Director Lowell Perry Jr. [More]

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina is pleased to share Governor McMaster's proclamation declaring September 2017 Kinship Care Month across the Palmetto State. The proclamation is supported by members of the foundation's Statewide Kinship Care Advisory Council, including South Carolina's Lieutenant Governor's Office on Aging and South Carolina's Joint Citizens and Legislative Committee on Children. [More]

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina is celebrating 20 years of strategically using resources to reduce poverty through action, advocacy and leadership. The foundation’s recently released 2016 annual report highlights accomplishments in 2016 and over the past 20 years. [More]

The Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network (WREN) recently held a kick-off meeting with seven organizational partners to launch the Seen and Heard: Women and Girls in the Midlands photovoice project. The project, supported by a grant from the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina, will enable partners to elevate the voices of women and gender minorities across the region through critical dialogue and photography. [More]

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina awarded its 2017 Leadership in Diversity Award yesterday to Reshma Khan, M.D., founder and executive director of the Shifa Free Clinic, a program of the Islamic Circle of North America Relief USA. [More]

The national initiative to build the movement to prevent and end homelessness among young people—known as A Way Home America—recently unveiled the first data set from its nationwide youth homelessness Community Dashboard effort, which included data from Cleveland. [More]

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina is hosting a leadership development opportunity, The Poverty Factor training, that is designed for all community members who want a deeper understanding of generational poverty and how it impacts the people they serve. [More]

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina created the Philanthropy Leadership And Community Engagement (PLACE) Fellowship Program through a partnership with Columbia College in 2013. PLACE is a unique program designed to increase students’ awareness of the impact of philanthropy on community nonprofits. Catholic Health World recently published an article about the program. [More]

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland has embraced the connectivity of health, arts, food and environment issues for many years and has continued to do so by supporting the FreshLo program in the Garden Valley neighborhood. The Fresh, Local & Equitable program—FreshLo for short—is designed to strengthen the economic vitality, cultural expression and health in the neighborhood. [More]