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Saint Luke’s Foundation

The Saint Luke’s Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio is one of the city’s leading philanthropic institutions and a valued partner of Enterprise. The mission of the foundation is to reinvest its resources to provide leadership and support for the improvement and transformation of the health and well-being of individuals, families and communities of Greater Cleveland. The Saint Luke’s Foundation is a strong supporter of the Housing First Initiative, the Enterprise-led groundbreaking effort to end chronic homelessness in Cuyahoga County through permanent supportive housing. The Foundation is also deeply invested in the Buckeye neighborhood of Cleveland and the work of Neighborhood Progress, Inc. and the Buckeye Area Development Corporation, two key partners of Enterprise.

The investment in Buckeye speaks to the foundation’s roots. Originally established in 1894 as the Cleveland General Hospital, what would become Saint Luke’s Medical Center served several communities, including Buckeye, for over a century. When the medical center was sold to a for-profit partnership, the charitable assets were used to establish the Saint Luke’s Foundation. As evidence that things really do come full circle, Enterprise is currently an investor in a three-phase, $53 million project to transform the historic former Saint Luke’s Medical Center building, located in Buckeye, into 139 units of affordable senior housing and 85,000 square feet of commercial space.

Saint Luke’s Foundation recently announced its efforts to “Rethink, Redesign and Reinvent” its grantmaking to respond to the changing needs and broader economic and demographic shifts in Cleveland and beyond. Enterprise applauds the efforts of Saint Luke’s Foundation to have an even greater impact in Cleveland and its surrounding communities.

For more information on the Saint Luke’s Foundation, please visit their website at www.saintlukesfoundation.org.

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