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In 2016, Cleveland Clinic set a new record by providing $808.7 million in community benefit where it operates in Ohio, Nevada and Florida – a 17 percent increase over 2015.
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Our caregivers teamed up with Fairfax residents and area high school students to transform campus parking lots into community parks.
A measure of the institution’s commitment to financial assistance, Medicaid shortfall, subsidized health services, outreach programs, education and research, community benefit has been central to Cleveland Clinic’s mission since being founded in 1921.
RELATED: Read the full press release about $809 million provided to the community in 2016
In announcing the 2016 community benefit results, Toby Cosgrove, M.D., President and CEO of Cleveland Clinic, said it is tangible evidence of the non-profit institution’s ongoing support of its founding principles: better care of the sick, educating the next generation of healthcare professionals, and funding medical research that leads to advanced treatments and cures.
Among the many community benefit highlights from 2016 is Cleveland Clinic’s ongoing support of:
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Family Health Center, which serves residents of East Cleveland by providing preventive care and treatment for chronic diseases from a facility in the community.
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Our caregivers teamed up with Fairfax residents and area high school students to transform campus parking lots into community parks.
Let’s Move It®, an initiative to connect residents with resources, programs and organizations to empower them to transform their lives and communities through academic achievement, career preparedness, partnership opportunities, collaboration, advocacy, wellness and preventive healthcare.
Minority Men’s Health Center, one of the first programs in the country to broadly address the health issues that particularly impact African-American and Hispanic men. Its annual Minority Men’s Health Fair offers free screenings for a wide variety of health issues, including diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease.
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Our caregivers teamed up with Fairfax residents and area high school students to transform campus parking lots into community parks.
Celebrate Sisterhood, a program dedicated to educating, energizing and empowering women of color to embrace self-care.
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Our caregivers teamed up with Fairfax residents and area high school students to transform campus parking lots into community parks.
Pocket Parks — a Cleveland Clinic collaboration with the Fairfax neighborhood and high school students in the 2017 Cleveland Clinic Louis Stokes Scholars program – which transformed temporary surface parking lots into permanent community greenspace.
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Our caregivers teamed up with Fairfax residents and area high school students to transform campus parking lots into community parks.
Included in the 2016 community benefit contribution was:
Cleveland Clinic calculates community benefit conforming to the IRS Form 990 guidelines. Read more about the 2016 results here.
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