Health foundation set for second round of grants

YOUNGSTOWN — The Western Reserve Health Foundation, which replaced the fundraising arm of the former Western Reserve Care System (Forum Health), is in full grant-awarding mode.

In its first round of funding in May, the WRHF awarded three grants: $25,000 to the Neil Kennedy Recovery Clinic and $10,000 each to the American Red Cross and Youngstown Area Goodwill Industries.

Moving forward, WRHF is expected to award nearly $200,000 in grants in January.

Coming out of Forum Health’s bankruptcy, the court allowed the lion’s share of the money in its foundation, which supported Tod Children’s Hospital and Northside Medical Center, to remain for use by nonprofit organizations for health care purposes and causes in Mahoning County.

As of June 30, the end of its last fiscal year, WRHF had assets of $13.7 million, said the organization’s chairman, Phillip B. Dennison, principal at Packer Thomas & Co. in Canfield.

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