McGregor Foundation Disburses $520,902 for Senior Programs

EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The McGregor Foundation redoubled its focus on strengthening the safety net of basic human services for Northeast Ohio's most vulnerable seniors by distributing $520,902 to a wide range of organizations during its semi-annual grantmaking cycle.

Among the grantees was the City of Cleveland, which received $45,000 from McGregor and the same amount from the Cleveland Foundation. These grants are toward implementation of Economic Security Centers, a competitive matching-grant program sponsored by the National Council on Aging.  The Centers will provide financial counseling to 500 low-income seniors in partnership with 11 local agencies.

"The needs of low-income seniors in Northeast Ohio continue to escalate," says McGregor Foundation President Rob Hilton.  "At the same time, we have seen a decline in the financial resources available to meet those needs."

McGregor also continued to support the development of affordable senior housing in Cleveland by providing funds to encourage four separate projects now in planning.

In addition, grants included $35,000 to Case Western Reserve University for Healthy Homes, a program that surveys and improves senior housing to ensure the healthiest possible living environments.

The latest grants bring the total to more than $7.6 million distributed since the McGregor Foundation was created in 2002.

Other McGregor grants are:

• Famicos Foundation, $119,000, for a program-related investment to cover predevelopment costs of renovating the Amasa Stone House in Glenville into affordable senior housing.

• Union Miles Development Corporation, $55,000, for an affordable senior housing complex.

• Burton, Bell, Carr Development, Inc., $49,000, the development of affordable senior housing.

• Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, $30,000, Pro Bono Elder Law Project.

• Jennings Center, $30,000, evaluation of REACH, a long-term care workforce initiative.

• Senior Citizen Resources, $25,000, Senior Transportation Program.

• Cuyahoga County College Foundation, $20,257, equipment for Home Health Aide Training.

• American Red Cross, $20,000, smoke alarms and fire safety education.

• Grantmakers in Aging, $20,000, program support.

• University Settlement, Inc., $20,000, senior wellness programming.

• Cleveland TOPS Swingband, $18,000, senior outreach programming.

• Schnurmann House, $15,000, community nutrition and transportation.

• Towards Employment, $10,000, for ACHIEVE, job-retention for long-term care workers.

• Boy Scouts of America Greater Cleveland Council Yard Charge Project, $7,315, to work with the Cleveland Department of Aging on free yard-maintenance for low-income seniors.

• Ohio Grantmakers Forum, $2,230, membership.

The McGregor Group also operates The A.M. McGregor Home on a 32-acre campus in East Cleveland. The campus includes the Gardens, a nursing facility for 149 residents in the private-rooms.  Adjacent to the Gardens is the A.M. McGregor Home, which includes 65 affordable independent and assisted living apartments.

In addition, McGregor operates a 25-room satellite facility adjacent to Herrick Mews atop Cedar Hill in Cleveland Heights known as McGregor at Overlook.  

The McGregor Group traces its roots to 1877 with early support from Standard Oil Company founders.

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SOURCE The McGregor Foundation