Laura Menge, Giving Strategies Officer for The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, received Legacy’s 2016 Next Generation Leadership Award in the category of Community and Social Services.

The Greater Cincinnati Foundation’s donors and professional advisors spent an inspirational evening with Andy and Jordan Dalton and Bob Coughlin.

The Greenlight Fund, in partnership with The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, announced today a multi-million-dollar initiative to fight family poverty in our region. Together, they are investing $2.4 million to bring the Family Independence Initiative—and its innovative model of trusting and investing in family solutions—to Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.

The Greater Cincinnati Foundation has been evaluating how our grantmaking strategy can be more innovative, focused, and effective. We are also considering strategic areas of focus for large scale community initiatives. These considerations result from an evaluation of our current processes that identifies opportunities for us to improve the way we support the community. As a result, we are not currently accepting applications for the Fall 2017 grant cycle.

When the Withrow Dental Center opened, it had a waiting list of 200 Withrow University High School students.

Scripps Howard Foundation, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Duke Energy Foundation and WCPO 9 On Your Side selected the top three finalists, out of a field of 14 nonprofit applicants, for $150,000 in grants to support childhood literacy initiatives in impoverished neighborhoods in the Tristate.

The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Scripps Howard Foundation and WCPO 9 on Your Side are joining forces to break the cycle of poverty through literacy. The organizations are leveraging resources to provide a $100,000 grant to a single nonprofit that supports family literacy in impoverished neighborhoods in Greater Cincinnati. Funds will be awarded to a single nonprofit that fosters and promotes the development and expansion of new and/or existing literacy programs supporting children and their families living in poverty from birth through early elementary school age.

The Women’s Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation has received $150,000 from the Charlotte R. Schmidlapp Fund, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee. These funds will support numerous projects furthering the fund’s mission to ensure the economic self-sufficiency of women.

Read our latest news stories, including features on how Collective Impact is improving early childhood education and the environment, our Devou Cup honoree, The Women’s Fund research report on childhood poverty, and our new Vice President for Marketing and Communications.

Mike Collette opened a donor advised fund at The Greater Cincinnati Foundation when he decided that Cincinnati was his home.

Imagine a city where teens from the urban core graduate college and become brand managers, vice presidents of corporations, architects.

Kathryne Gardette likens her neighborhood to a garden.

The Greater Cincinnati Foundation is pleased to welcome Andrea Gatewood, a participant in New Faces of Fundraising, a program of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater Cincinnati Chapter.

Craig Carlson received the 2016 Emerging Philanthropist Award at the LEGACY Next Generation Leader Awards on July 14.

The Women’s Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation has announced the recipients of its mini-grants, totaling $21,250.