1881-1890
After 1880, Cleveland's philanthropists introduced new forms of organization in charitable giving. These organizations promoted both efficiency of service and civic wellbeing while evincing concern for the entire population regardless of religious affiliation.
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1881 Charity Organization Society founded to promote efficiency in Cleveland's charitable efforts 1881 Hungarian Benevolent and Social Union (HBSU) established by Hungarian Jews to aid members in illness or death and to aid non-members in need 1882 Western Reserve School of Design for Women (later Cleveland Institute of Art) established 1882 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo established through the donation of land and a herd of deer by Jeptha Wade 1882 Montefiore Home dedicated by the Jewish fraternal order Kesher Shel Barzel to provide a home for poor elderly Jews
Montefiore Home 1884 Bethel Associated Charities created through merger of Charity Organization Society and Bethel Union
Floating Bethel City Mission 1884 Dorcas Home established by the Dorcas Society to provide refuge for sick and destitute women 1884 St. Alexis Hospital founded by Srs. M. Leonarda and M. Alexia of the Order of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration to meet the health care needs of working people
St. Alexis Hospital 1884 Mt. St. Mary's Institute established by the Catholic Sisters of Notre Dame to house and care for neglected and abandoned girls; closed in 1929 1886 St. Ignatius College (John Carroll University) founded by the Jesuit Order
St. Ignatius College 1886 Altenheim founded by Westside German Ladies Society for the care of elderly people of German descent 1887 Jones School and Home for Friendless Children (later known as the Jones Home of Children's Services) established by Carlos and Mary Jones to serve as an orphanage and foster home 1888 Eliza Jennings Home founded by Eliza Jennings and the YWCA to care for the elderly and chronically ill
Eliza Wallace Jennings 1888 Cleveland City Hospital renamed Lakeside Hospital (later known as University Hospitals of Cleveland)
William Gwinn Mather, trustee of Lakeside Hospital 1889 John Huntington Benevolent Trust established by John Huntington to benefit 40 institutions annually
John Huntington 1890 St. John Hospital established by the Sisters of St. Francis; closed in 1993
St. John's Hospital 1890 Sunbeam Circle established by local women to aid pediatric patients at Lakeside Hospital and later aid the Sunbeam School for Crippled Children |
