The Community Health Center Foundation was established in 1985 to support the activities and goals of the Community Health Center (CHC). Since then, the Community Health Center Foundation has not only supported the CHC, but partnered with the CHC to obtain many grants and provide programming in Summit County and surrounding areas.

Over the past 20 years, the Community Health Center Foundation has raised over $500,000 in our public fundraisers. These fundraisers have not only supplemented many CHC programs, but brought attention to many issues facing Summit County residents regarding substance abuse, addiction, recovery, and housing.

In addition to the fundraisers, the CHC Foundation publishes the Straight News, the quarterly public newsletter of the CHC with a circulation of nearly 5,000. This newsletter outlines important issues in the community, special events we have going on in the Community Health Center, and highlights professionals on our Board of Directors, Board of Trustees, and Staff that make special contributions in the community.

The CHC Foundation also prints the Annual Report for the Community Health Center every year. This publication gives an overview of the CHC programming and finances for the year. The Annual Report is used for mailings, distribution at public events and most importantly to obtain grants and other funding for the Community Health Center.

Today, the CHC Foundation has moved into business partnerships with the CHC including land ownership, property rentals, and housing development and construction. This partnership has seen the formation of the Ohio Multi-County Development Corporation (OMCDC), a wholly owned subsidiary of the CHC Foundation that concentrates on providing housing for specific populations in a seven county radius.

Throughout the years, the Community Health Center Foundation has grown with the CHC by providing support and funding to help supplement new and innovative grants, housing and other programming for the people of Summit County and surrounding areas.