Ten local nonprofits are now in the running for a total of $150,000 in grants to support childhood literacy initiatives in impoverished neighborhoods in the Tristate.

The Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF) has provided $25,000 in funding to support The Cincinnati Project, a community-engaged research initiative at the University of Cincinnati (UC). The funding will go to support projects that offer clear and direct benefit to women of color in Cincinnati.

The Women’s Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation has selected Melanie Healey as the interviewer for its 2018 signature event, A Conversation with Dr. Mae Jemison, Thursday, April 5, 2018, 5:30 p.m. at the Cintas Center.

The Greater Cincinnati Foundation will be hosting a sold out Community Conversation and film viewing of the Academy Award nominated film, I Am Not Your Negro, which is based on the unfinished novel of the late James Baldwin, and hosting a community conversation with Baldwin’s niece on Friday, Jan. 19. The conversation will continue with three sessions of “Being Curious Together About Race” this spring.

Scripps Howard Foundation, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Duke Energy Foundation and WCPO 9 On Your Side are continuing their charge to break the cycle of poverty through literacy. The organizations are leveraging resources to provide $150,000 in grants to nonprofits that support family literacy in impoverished neighborhoods in Greater Cincinnati.

The Greater Cincinnati Foundation has recently released its Providing A Safety Net for Individuals & Families Request for Proposals (RFP), which are due Friday, Feb. 2, 2018.