Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation supports health, urban needs, Jewish needs, academic medicine, bioscience and health policy in Ohio.
FUNDING AREAS: Health, urban needs, Jewish needs, academic medicine, bioscience, health policy
IP TAKE: Although this health legacy funder has strong Jewish roots, it supports a wide variety of health issues in the Cleveland area.
PROFILE: Established in 1996, the Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation (MSHCF) is a health legacy foundation based in Cleveland, Ohio. This is a health legacy foundation that formed upon the sale of the Mt. Sinai Hospital. The foundation aims to "assist Greater Cleveland's organizations and leaders to improve the health and well-being of the Jewish and general communities now and for generations to come.” MSHCF funds local efforts for health, urban needs, Jewish needs, academic medicine, bioscience and health policy.
The Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation supports the physical and mental health of the Jewish community in collaboration with other local Jewish funders. It supports the health of the urban community in Greater Cleveland through grants for disease prevention and early intervention. Academic medicine and bioscience grants fund emerging collaborations and organizational capacity building efforts to advance progress in the field. MCHCF’s health policy grants assist policies that affect the poor, children, seniors and other at-risk populations.
Grants range between about $500 and $350,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by viewing the funder’s legacy newsletter archive. Grantmaking focuses on the Cleveland area of Ohio. Past local grantees include the Cleveland Leadership Center, Cuyahoga County Board of Health and Providence House.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. MSHCF encourages communication with the staff prior to submitting a grant request. April 1 is a typical application deadline for the foundation, and the funder accepts applications by email. Direct general questions to the staff at 216-421-5500 or to individual staff members by email.
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