2024 Grant Awards 3rd and 4th Quarters

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:  Marisa R. Rohn, President
Office: (330) 454-5800, ext. 307
Cell: (330) 309-3844
mrohn@scfcanton.org
400 Market Avenue North, Suite 300
Canton, Ohio 44702

SISTERS OF CHARITY FOUNDATION AWARDS $2,447,604

Canton, Ohio (December 3, 2024) The Board of Directors of the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton has announced $2,447,604 in grants for the third and fourth quarters of 2024.

Foundation President Marisa Rohn stated, “Each quarter, the number of requests we receive continues to grow, and this is directly related to the growing needs of our community. Our board of Directors believes in strategically devoting staff time and awarding funds to help organizations best meet these needs. While the need for dollars and support continues to grow, our involvement at all levels has helped us realize just how rich Stark County is with caring, compassionate people.”

The following are the third and fourth quarter grants awarded:

Responsive Efforts: Our commitment to respond to specific or short-term community needs. Total: $1,148,500

Access Health Stark County , to support community health worker project focused on chronic disease

$75,000

Alliance Family Health Center , to support expanding behavioral health services for patients onsite

$46,000

Beacon Charitable Pharmacy , to support general operations, over two years

$200,000

Canton For All People , to support capital for the Gibbs Avenue Center

$100,000

Challenge Ministries , to support operations

$10,000

Coleman Health Services , to support capital for the new Stark County Crisis Receiving Center

$375,000

Family and Community Services , to support capital for the Stark County Honor Home, a transitional housing facility for homeless veterans and their children

$50,000

Hammer and Nails , to support operations

$47,000

Health Policy Institute of Ohio , to support operations, over three years

$150,000

Stark County Board of Developmental Disabilities , to support the creation of a multi-sensory therapy room in a new home for children and youth with complex intellectual disabilities and severe behavioral challenges

$12,500

Stark County Minority Business Association , to support the Expanding Resources for All program, over two years

$22,500

Stark Economic Development Board , to support operations, over three years

$60,500

 

Strategic Collaborations:Our work alongside others to launch programs that build capacity and increase effectiveness in community services. Total: $289,978

Access Health Stark County , to support capacity building through a marketing plan

$15,000

AHEAD , to support capacity building through marketing and website upgrade

$5,905

Domestic Violence Project, Inc. , to support capacity building through strategic planning to create a family justice center

$15,000

Legacy Project of Stark , to support capacity building through website upgrade

$15,000

Lighthouse Ministries of Canton , to support capacity building through professional development training

$15,000

Margaret B. Shipley Child Health Center , to support capacity building through professional development

$15,000

Pathway Caring for Children , to support capacity building through a software upgrade

$10,790

Refuge of Hope Ministries , to support capacity building through professional development training

$13,200

Stark County Minority Business Association , to support capacity building through technology upgrades

$12,190

TomTod Ideas , to support capacity building through professional development

$7,893

Total Living Center , to support capacity building through strategic planning and volunteer database management system

$15,000

Tri-County Jobs for Ohio’s Graduates , to support capacity building through data management system

$14,000

YWCA Canton , to support infrastructure needs over two years

$126,000

YWCA Alliance , to support the Navigators after school program

$10,000

 

Foundation-Led Initiatives: Our efforts to develop and hone programs focused on systemic change. Total: $1,009,126

Alliance for Children and Families , to support overflow emergency shelter for single women

$50,000

CommQuest Services , to support integrated behavioral health services

$48,585

ICAN Housing , to support construction of permanent supportive housing development, Duncan Square

$239,000

JRC , to support its learning centers

$75,000

Stark County Mental Health and Addiction Recovery , to support the continuous Improvement Behavioral Health and workforce project, and leadership development training

$148,000

Stark Housing Network , to support a second year of its pilot project to recruit, retain, and upskill the workforce in Stark County’s homelessness system

$175,000

Stark Housing Network , to support operations, over two years

$111,041

YMCA of Central Stark County , to support the Gibbs Community YMCA Early Learning Center, over three years

$162,500

 

Established in 1996, the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton is a ministry of the Sisters of Charity Health System. Based on the vision of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine, the Foundation is committed to addressing the needs of the poor and underserved by understanding the root causes of poverty, nurturing the growth of healthy communities, emphasizing youth and family, and measuring the outcomes of these efforts.

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton reviews grants on a rolling basis. Information on the grant application process is available at www.scfcanton.org 

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