The board of directors of the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland recently approved $345,000 in grants for the first quarter of 2018. Funding for this quarter is concentrated primarily around efforts to end homelessness, as well as to continue to strengthen the community’s resources through collaboration and partnerships. These grants support a wide range of essential organizations whose programs and initiatives serve to combat many of poverty’s root causes. [More]

Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland board members Woodrow Whitlow Jr. and Robyn Gordon were honored at halftime of a recent Cleveland Cavaliers home basketball game for their contributions to NASA. The Cavaliers honored historic African American astronauts and other black pioneers in space travel during the halftime ceremony. [More]

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland helped organize an intercongregational, intergenerational event March 10 that attracted more than 130 sisters, associates and young adults celebrating the contributions of women religious in the community and exploring news ways for Catholic sisters and lay partners to be companions to one another. [More]

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland is supporting National Catholic Sisters Week (NCSW), an annual celebration that takes place from March 8-14 created to honor Catholic sisters. The foundation is devoted to sharing the important work taking place by Catholic sisters throughout the nation and is lifting up their voices by sharing Sister Stories, including one about the Collinwood Neighborhood Catholic Ministries, a grantee of the foundation's Collaboration of Ministry Initiative. [More]

As a fellow in The Innovation Mission at Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland and an attorney at The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, Hazel Remesch is exploring ways to provide legal counsel to Cleveland residents facing eviction. The foundation will be sharing the fellows' journey over the course of 18 months. First up in its fellows series is Remesch. Her article is titled "Facing Eviction, Good Luck Getting a Lawyer." [More]

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland (SOCF) has been awarded a $750,000 three-year grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to expand Generative Spirit, an SOCF-led effort to develop the next generation of leaders for sister-led ministries in Northeast Ohio. [More]

Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland Program Officer Angela D’Orazio and two leaders who have seen the end of chronic/vet homelessness in their communities joined Funders Together to End Homelessness to share insight on ending homelessness during a recent webinar. [More]

National Catholic Sisters Week runs from March 8-14 and the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland is helping celebrate through involvement with the “Celebrate Catholic Sisters: Turning to Each Other” event March 10 at Magnificat High School in Rocky River. The intercongregational, intergenerational event is open the public and will celebrate the contributions of women religious in the community and explore news ways for Catholic sisters and lay partners to be companions to one another. [More]

Grantmaking organizations and community partners, including the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland, sat down recently at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA) to discuss the ongoing success of Housing First and reflect on the benefits of collaboration. [More]

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland recently announced that the Housing First initiative is on pace to end long-term homelessness in Cuyahoga County by 2020. The announcement garnered significant media coverage. [More]