Jeanette Joan Saffold Foundation

Brown Manor: A Safe Place to Begin Again

Brown Manor is a project of The Jeanette Joan Saffold Foundation, created to provide a safe, supportive place for people who are lost, left out, and lonely to begin rebuilding their lives.

Located in Mansfield, Ohio, Brown Manor is a historic 1916 mansion being restored and transformed into more than a building—it is being transformed into a place of hope, dignity, structure, healing, and second chances.

Brown Manor was born from lived experience. Founder Anthony Brown understands what it means to experience homelessness, childhood trauma, addiction, incarceration, and the loneliness that can come with being forgotten by society. His journey from homelessness to stability, recovery, education, and becoming a nurse practitioner inspired him to create a place where others can find the same opportunity to change the direction of their lives.

Our vision is to help individuals affected by homelessness, trauma, substance use, abuse, incarceration, and other life circumstances move from simply surviving to rebuilding, reconnecting, and thriving.

Brown Manor will bring together supportive services, life skills, accountability, community, and opportunities for personal growth in an environment where people are treated with dignity and reminded that their past does not have to determine their future.

We believe everyone deserves a safe place to land, someone to believe in them, and an opportunity to begin again.

Your support through Richland Gives will help us continue restoring Brown Manor and turning this once-abandoned mansion into a lasting resource for people in Mansfield and throughout Richland County.

Brown Manor isn't just restoring a building. We're helping restore lives.