GIFTS & GRANTS | 14-15

Castellinis honored for $2 million donation to Christ Hospital

The Christ Hospital Foundation honored Bob and Susie Castellini recently for their donation that funded the new $2 million Castellini Family Endowed Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery, which is held by Dr. J. Michael Smith.

A private event was held at The Christ Hospital Health Network’s Joint & Spine Center, on the Martha S. and Carl H. Lindner III Rooftop Garden and Skydeck.

Susie Castellini; Dr. J. Michael Smith; Dr. Dean Kereiakes; Bob Castellini; Arturo Polizzi, president and CEO, The Christ Hospital Health Network; Rick Kammerer, president, The Christ Hospital Foundation

P&G’s $1M gift will grow minority businesses in region

A $1 million gift from Procter & Gamble will help a fund dedicated to growing the region’s minority businesses.

The gift moves the J. Phillip Holloman Endowment Fund of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber’s Minority Business Accelerator closer to its $5 million goal.

Darrin Redus, vice president and executive director of the Minority Business Accelerator, said P&G’s gift will help make the region a center for minority business growth.

It follows a recent $1 million gift from First Financial Bank.

The Chamber launched the endowment a year ago to honor retired Cintas President & COO J. Phillip Holloman’s commitment to building minority business in the region.

J. Phillip Holloman

“Our community has ambitious, yet achievable goals for a vibrant, inclusive community that can only be achieved through commitment, collaboration and innovative efforts such as this,” said Damon Jones, P&G vice president, global communications and advocacy.

$1.5M grant will help deliver Mental Health First Aid training

Mental Health America of Northern Kentucky and Southwest Ohio, a regional leader in mental health advocacy, recovery and education, has been awarded a $1.5 million grant through the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

The money is to be used to develop a collaborative, sustainable, statewide strategy to efficiently deliver Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training to Ohio residents.

MHFA is an eight-hour training program that provides an action plan to support an individual facing a behavioral health challenge.

The agency is “proud and excited to take the lead in developing a collaborative, sustainable approach in providing this lifesaving training,” said Executive Director Elizabeth Atwell.

Statewide partners in implementing the grant include Miami University’s Center for School-Based Mental Health Programs, the university’s Discovery Center for Evaluation, Research, and Professional Learning, and regional and national MHFA experts.

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GCF, Black Giving Circle partner on $100K in grants

Greater Cincinnati Foundation, in partnership with its first Cincinnati Black Giving Circle, has awarded $100,000 to four nonprofit organizations working to address racial inequities faced by emancipated youth, young children and single mothers in our region.

These four nonprofits will each receive $25,000: Cincinnati Union Bethel Scholar House; the D.A.D. Initiative; Ohio Justice and Policy Center; and Rosemary’s Babies.

The inaugural Cincinnati Black Giving Circle was formed as a result of GCF’s Giving Black: Cincinnati report, which looked at black philanthropy and giving priorities.

(Top) Representatives of grant recipients: Tyran Stallings, Alicia Miller, Tiffanny Smith, Rosemary Oglesby-Henry, Rainie Moody, Bonnie Bobay, Beth Schwartz, Nancy Pryor and Sarah Estes. (Bottom) Cincinnati Black Giving Circle Committee: Jamila Watson, Kimberly Kitchens, Darrick Dansby, Sharon Brown, Herb Robinson, Phyllis McCallum, Beverly Grant, Robert Killins Jr., Nicole Redus, Michael Coffey, Edna G. Keown and LaToya Coffey

Campaign benefits Mercy Neighborhood Ministries

Mercy Neighborhood Ministries received a gift of nearly $108,000 from the Bon Secours Mercy Health Associates Give for Good campaign. The contribution will help the ministry provide holistic support and workforce development training for disadvantaged women and seniors. The organizations share a founding heritage of the Sisters of Mercy.

Officials from Mercy Health and Mercy Neighborhood Ministries: (Back) Brian Smith, Michael Bezney, Dr. Sam Ross, Jon Labbe, Dr. Wael Haidar and David Cannady; (front) Judy Caldwell, Becky Sittason, John Starcher, Sue Kathman, Sr. Mary Stanton, Fr. Joseph Cardone, Emma Bachelder and Sandra Mackey

Students of the Year raise $361K for LLS

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society recently held its 2020 Students of the Year Grand Finale, with 18 teams of students raising $361,744.

The students competed for scholarships in a sevenweek leadership and philanthropy program while raising money to fight cancer.

Team ALL for A-Town 3.0 – Carlie Mays, Maya Tilley and Lucy Yungblut – won this year’s Students of the Year honor, raising $111,795.

Team ALL for A-Town 3.0, top fundraisers: Maya Tilley, Carlie Mays and Lucy Yungblut

The Carnegie receives funding for arts programming

Kentucky State Sen. Christian McDaniel and Rep. Buddy Wheatley presented The Carnegie with a check for $17,318, a Kentucky Arts Partnership (KAP) grant awarded by the arts council in July 2019. The funding awarded to The Carnegie is part of $1.2 million the arts council awarded to 93 nonprofit arts organizations across the state for the 2020 fiscal year.

The Carnegie also received a grant for $25,000 from the Helen G., Henry F., & Louise Tuechter Dornette Foundation that will go towards arts education programming.

Lindsey Jaeger, Kentucky Arts Council board member; Chris Cathers, arts council executive director; and State Rep. Buddy Wheatley

Funds will help purchase, restore historic properties

Cincinnati Preservation Association received a $50,000 grant from The 1772 Foundation. Based in Providence, R.I., The 1772 Foundation promotes historic properties redevelopment programs, also known as revolving funds, nationwide.

The money will be used by CPA to help people acquire and renovate property held by the Hamilton County Landbank to preserve historic resources.

Heritage Village Museum receives 5 grants

Heritage Village Museum and Educational Center received five grants totaling $52,000 to help educate, restore and promote an inclusive environment.

In 2019, grants were received from the Charles M. Dater Foundation ($20,000), the Louise Taft Semple Foundation ($15,000), The John Hauck Foundation ($15,000), the W. E. Smith Family Charitable Trust Fund ($1,000) and the Oliver Family Foundation ($1,000).

The Village depends on grants like these to bring history alive, focusing on life in the late 1700s through the 1800s.