Saint Luke’s Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Saint Luke’s Foundation supports health, health equity, racial equity, poverty, economic opportunities, housing and other social determinants of health in Ohio.
IP TAKE: This health legacy funder is interested in how race affects health equity, so make sure to include this concept in proposals.
PROFILE: Established in 1997, the Saint Luke’s Foundation (SLF) is a health legacy foundation based in Cleveland, Ohio. The foundation’s history dates back to the founding of Cleveland General Hospital, the predecessor of Saint Luke’s Medical Center, in 1894. Saint Luke’s Medical Center became part of a for-profit partnership and created this foundation to extend the hospital’s charitable mission. The foundation aims to “achieve health equity by addressing social determinants of health for people in neighborhoods surrounding Saint Luke’s and throughout Cuyahoga County.” It funds local efforts for health, health equity, racial equity, poverty, economic opportunities and housing.
The Saint Luke’s Foundation’s work primarily focuses on health equity and addressing race as the single largest predictor of health inequity. SLF identifies the following social determinants of health as part of its mission: educational attainment, household financial stability, housing stability and safety, social connections, healthy eating and active living and place as it relates to the neighborhood surrounding Saint Luke’s. Grants invest in closing the health equity gap and advocating for more just policies to fix broken health delivery systems, while being a high-performing foundation to achieve its mission. SLF provides general operating support, program support, capital support and capacity-building support.
Grants range between about $5,000 and $500,000. Grantmaking focuses on the Cleveland area of Ohio and Cuyahoga County. Past local grantees include Adoption Network Cleveland, Boys and Girls Clubs of Cleveland and the Cleveland Police Foundation. Learn more about this funder’s local giving on the grant list published on the funder’s website.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. It accepts requests for discretionary grants of $15,000 or less on a rolling basis with no deadlines. For requests over $15,000, recent application deadlines have been in March, June and September. SLF requires grantseekers to use its online application system. Direct general questions to the staff at 216-431-8010 or via online form.
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