Racial Equity

When our community was shattered by the civil unrest of April 2001, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation convened local funders to help address the crisis situation and support the work of Cincinnati CAN (Community Action Now). When CAN completed its work in 2003, we funders were compelled to come together to provide leadership and resources to the most challenging community solutions that emerged from CAN’s research and planning. Under the umbrella of Better Together Cincinnati (BTC), we have stayed together as a collaborative for an unprecedented period of time, not only because we were asked, but because it was right and important to do.

Partners:

Cincinnati Bell Convergys Corporation GE Aircraft Engines The Greater Cincinnati Foundation         Love Family Foundation Macy's Ohio National Financial Services The Procter & Gamble Company	SC Ministry Foundation Scripps Howard Foundation The Thomas J. Emery Memorial Toyota Manufacturing North America United Way of Greater Cincinnati U.S. Bank Western & Southern Financial Group

 

• Programs and organizations created, expanded, and sustained in the community.
• Actual and perceived value of the programs funded by BTC to improve race relations and reduce racial disparities. 
  
• System changes/policy improvements that have occurred as a result of BTC funding. 
  
• Lasting impact of these programs/organizations and current status of programs/organizations that remain.
  

Dig into the data

In 2010, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation provided funding for a Community Research Collaborative graduate student at the University of Cincinnati to update previous research on education, poverty and employment among blacks and whites in the City using the most recent data from the United States Census Bureau's American Community Survey. Key results from this new data analysis, which updates BTC's 2007 Cincinnati in Black and White report, are now available online.