Westfield Insurance Foundation

About Westfield Insurance Foundation

The Westfield Insurance Foundation’s most distinctive pattern is its concentration in disaster recovery, with a $500,000 flood recovery grant to Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc in 2025 and a $297,300 disaster recovery grant to the same organization in 2023 for Atlantic hurricane season recovery. That two-year throughline shows a funder that uses sizable, purpose-built grants for emergency response rather than a broad, diffuse portfolio. The recent record also shows support for community needs tied to stability and resilience, including grants to Spanish American Committee for family stability and to American Red Cross of Northeast Ohio for safety and operating support. Beyond disaster work, the foundation has backed local institutions that address household stability, workforce-related needs, and community support in Ohio communities such as Cleveland and Akron. Its giving is regional, but the grant list includes both large national disaster-response funding and locally directed support across a mix of community organizations. The overall picture is of a foundation that pairs crisis relief with place-based assistance, using grants to meet immediate needs and help affected communities recover.

What Westfield Insurance Foundation Funds

Disaster response and recovery sit at the center of the foundation’s recent grantmaking. In 2023, it gave $100,000 to Resilience Force for disaster recovery, and in 2025 it awarded $500,000 to Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc for flood recovery. That combination points to a sustained emphasis on emergency response and post-disaster rebuilding. Family stability is another visible theme. The foundation gave $115,000 to Spanish American Committee for family stability and $85,000 to CHN Housing Partners for family stability, while also supporting Youth Opportunities Unlimited and College Now Greater Cleveland with family-stability-related grants. Those awards connect the foundation to household-level support in Northeast Ohio. The funder also supports food access and economic participation. In 2025 it gave $48,050 to Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank for general operating support, and in 2023 it awarded $100,000 to Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative for support of minority-owned businesses. Grants to Urban League of Greater Cleveland and Akron Urban League add to that pattern.

How Westfield Insurance Foundation Gives