E S PRENTISS FOUNDATION-IR

The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation is a charitable trust dedicated to the support and advancement of healthcare, primarily in the greater Cleveland community. The Foundation operates with five primary objectives: 1) to promote medical and surgical research and to assist in the acquisition, advancement and dissemination of knowledge of medicine and surgery, and of means to maintain health; 2) to promote public health; 3) to aid hospitals and health institutions in Cuyahoga County, OH, that are organized and operated exclusively for public charitable purposes by contributions for capital improvements or equipment, purchase of rare and expensive drugs, and expenses of operation or maintenance; 4) to improve methods of hospital management and administration; and 5) to aid in establishment and support of plans and programs designed to make hospital and medical care available to all, especially those of low-income.

Recent major grant (2025): $3.6 million gift to Hospice of the Western Reserve to support the Quality of Life capital campaign. The foundation gave $4,681,500 in grants in 2023 with 55 grants made. Historical beneficiaries include the Child Guidance Center of Greater Cleveland, the Free Clinic, University Hospitals of Cleveland, the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing of Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Hospice of the Western Reserve, and Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland.