FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 4, 2015
Contact: John Mullaney
Executive Director
(440) 984-3939
AMHERST, OH – The Nord Family Foundation announced the list of nonprofit organizations in the fields of health and social services, education, civic affairs, and arts that have been awarded grants this cycle. At the October 24, 2015 Board of Trustees meeting, grants approved totaled $1,249,415 to be disbursed in Lorain County, Ohio; Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Columbia, South Carolina; Metro Denver, Colorado; Boston, Massachusetts and other areas of interest. Fifty-seven other actions totaling $146,723 were also ratified at the meeting bringing the total grants authorized in this round to $1,396,138. Attached is a complete list of the grants authorized by the Trustees at their recent meeting.
The Nord Family Foundation is a successor to the charitable trust originally established by Walter G. Nord in 1952. The predecessor organization contributed more than $12 million to a variety of charitable causes between 1953 and 1988, primarily in Lorain County, Ohio. The Nord Family Foundation has contributed more than $107 million to nonprofit organizations in northern Ohio and selected geographic areas of family interest.
The Foundation’s grantmaking guidelines, annual report and Faces of Philanthropy videos are available at www.nordff.org or you may write to 747 Milan Avenue, Amherst, Ohio 44001, or call 440/984-3939. The Foundation only accepts grant applications on-line. The application can be accessed through the Grant Applications tab on our website. The Board of Trustees of the Nord Family Foundation will meet again in February 2016. Deadline for consideration of online grant applications is December 1, 2015.
747 Milan Avenue ◆ Amherst, Ohio 44001 ◆ 440/984-3939 ◆ Fax 440/984-3934 ◆ www.nordff.org
The Nord Family Foundation
Approved Grants – October 24, 2015
Arts and Culture | |||||||
Center for Arts-Inspired Learning | $30,000 | ||||||
Cleveland, OH | |||||||
in continued support of arts and art-integrated programs in Lorain County schools | |||||||
Firelands Association for the Visual Arts | $65,000 | ||||||
Oberlin, OH | |||||||
in support of operations and programming, as well as capacity building and strategic plan implementation | |||||||
Great Lakes Theater Festival, Inc. | $20,000 | ||||||
Cleveland, OH | |||||||
in support of the 2016 Touring “Outreach” Production in Cuyahoga and Lorain counties | |||||||
Littleton Town Hall Arts Center | $12,000 | ||||||
Littleton, CO | |||||||
in continued support of Actors’ Playground and Arts on the Move | |||||||
MCA DENVER | $20,000 | ||||||
Denver, CO | |||||||
in support of general operations | |||||||
Professional Flair/Dancing Wheels | $7,000 | ||||||
Cleveland, OH | |||||||
in support of Dancing Wheels’ Lorain County Outreach Programs: Celebration of the ADA’s 25th Anniversary | |||||||
Total Arts and Culture | $154,000 | ||||||
Civic Affairs | |||||||
Cornucopia, Inc. | $25,000 | ||||||
Lakewood,, OH | |||||||
toward Vocational Training and Job Placement Programs for people with developmental disabilities | |||||||
The Nature Conservancy | $65,000 | ||||||
Dublin, OH | |||||||
in support of developing an Ohio Water Trust, a collaborative method to improve Ohio’s water quality | |||||||
Vocational Guidance Services | $30,000 | ||||||
Elyria, OH | |||||||
in continued support of general operations for the Elyria Center | |||||||
Total Civic Affairs | $120,000 | ||||||
Education | |||||||
Cleveland Council on World Affairs | $10,000 | ||||||
Cleveland, OH | |||||||
in continued support of the Model United Nations Program 2015-2016 for Lorain County students | |||||||
Envision Excellence in STEM Education | $20,000 | ||||||
Cleveland, OH | |||||||
in support of a Computer Science strategy for Northeast Ohio | |||||||
Great Lakes Biomimicry, Inc. | $25,000 | ||||||
Elyria, OH | |||||||
to support the Lorain County Biomimicry Professional Learning Community and Curriculum Collaborative for the remainder of the 2015-2016 academic year | |||||||
Lake Erie Nature and Science Center | $40,000 | ||||||
Bay Village, OH | |||||||
in support of general operations | |||||||
Save Our Youth | $50,000 | ||||||
Denver, CO | |||||||
in continued support for one-on-one mentoring and educational support | |||||||
Total Education | $145,000 | ||||||
Health and Social Services | |||||||
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lorain County | $60,000 | ||||||
Lorain, OH | |||||||
in continued support of general operations and toward strategic planning | |||||||
Columbia Oral Health Clinic | $10,000 | ||||||
Columbia, SC | |||||||
toward the Denture Program for uninsured patients | |||||||
Common Ground | $60,000 | ||||||
Oberlin, OH | |||||||
in continued support of general operations and toward consultancy regarding for-profit enterprise management | |||||||
El Centro De Servicios Sociales | $40,000 | ||||||
Lorain, OH | |||||||
in continued support for the Adult Supportive Services Program | |||||||
The Gathering Place | $25,000 | ||||||
Denver, CO | |||||||
in continued support of general operations | |||||||
The Good Samaritan Clinic | $15,000 | ||||||
Columbia, SC | |||||||
in continued support of free medical and dental services for uninsured individuals in the South Carolina Midlands | |||||||
Health Law Advocates, Inc. | $15,000 | ||||||
Boston, MA | |||||||
in continued support of the Mental Health and Addiction Parity Project for Boston’s Children | |||||||
Little Lighthouse Learning Center | $55,415 | ||||||
Lorain, OH | |||||||
in continued support of general operations and toward expansion of services | |||||||
Lorain County Free Clinic, Inc. | $70,000 | ||||||
Lorain, OH | |||||||
in continued support of general operations | |||||||
Lorain County Health & Dentistry | $284,000 | ||||||
Lorain, OH | |||||||
in support of the purchase of dental equipment for the new site in Oberlin, over three years | |||||||
Metro Denver Partners | $10,000 | ||||||
Denver, CO | |||||||
in continued support of GRASP (Gang Rescue and Support Project) | |||||||
Neighborhood Alliance | $42,000 | ||||||
Elyria, OH | |||||||
in support of Senior Enrichment Senior Nutrition Home Delivered Meals Program | |||||||
Trinity Housing Corporation | $25,000 | ||||||
Columbia, SC | |||||||
toward St. Lawrence Place’s children’s programming and literacy initiative, “Read to Succeed” | |||||||
Vital Connections of the Midlands, Inc. | $35,000 | ||||||
Columbia, SC | |||||||
in continued support for the Children’s Garden Child Development Center | |||||||
Welvista | $50,000 | ||||||
Columbia, SC | |||||||
in continued support of general operations | |||||||
Youth Challenge | $14,000 | ||||||
Westlake, OH | |||||||
in continued support for adapted sports and recreational programs for children with physical disabilities from Lorain County | |||||||
Total Health and Social Services | $810,415 | ||||||
Other | |||||||
National Center for Family Philanthropy | $15,000 | ||||||
Washington, DC | |||||||
in continued support of the Leadership Circle and toward marketing | |||||||
The Philanthropy Roundtable | $5,000 | ||||||
Washington, DC | |||||||
in continued support of the Alliance for Charitable Reform (ACR) | |||||||
Total Other | $20,000 | ||||||
Grand Total | $1,249,415 | ||||||