Sophisticated Living Charity Register Cincinnati 2021

CINCINNATI CHARITY REGISTER 2021 Presented by

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A human institution serving human needs. Those are the words our founders used to define the new company they formed in 1888 to provide affordable life insurance that would bring peace of mind to hard-working Americans. Our company has evolved over the years as have our offerings, but this organizing principle united our founders and remains our mission today.

The Western & Southern Financial Group family of companies is genuinely focused on delivering the financial products, services and solutions our clients and their families can count on to help them achieve financial security for their lifetime.

That same focus drives our unwavering commitment to do all we can to make Cincinnati the best place to live, work and celebrate life. At the core of this vision is our support for Cincinnati’s nonprofit community. Western & Southern has provided much-needed funding in excess of $55 million to these organizations over the last five years through sponsorships, charitable donations and contributions. We strive not only to strengthen the social foundation of our community in the areas of economic development, human services, health care, education and the arts but to inspire others to get involved and do their part.

Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc., our investment management subsidiary, has been a valued business partner of endowments, foundations and nonprofits for over 30 years. The team at Fort Washington provides collaborative advice with the goal of helping nonprofits maximize their important missions. Through its Private Client Group, Fort Washington also helps individuals and families share their wealth through philanthropic strategies that benefit the nonprofit community and become part of a comprehensive approach to wealth management.

The Sophisticated Giving Cincinnati Charity Register is a valuable resource to start those conversations and one that we hope many in our community will draw upon to learn more about the incredible nonprofit organizations that help make Cincinnati the best city in America.

John F. Barrett Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Western & Southern Financial Group

Maribeth S. Rahe President and Chief Executive Officer Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc.

CHARITY REGISTER 7

The Apartment Association Outreach, Inc.

59

Greater Cincinnati Foundation

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Assistance League of Greater Cincinnati

61

Impact Autism

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Bayley

63

JDRF Southern & Central Ohio

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Beech Acres Parenting Center

65

LADD

15

The Beechwood Home

67

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Tri-State Chapter

69

Lighthouse Youth & Family Services

71

Lindner Center of HOPE

73

Magnified Giving

17

Bethany House Services, Inc.

19

BLOC Ministries

21

Boys Hope Girls Hope Cincinnati

23

Brandon C. Gromada Head &

Neck Cancer Foundation

75

Matthew 25: Ministries

25

Brighton Center Inc.

77

Meals on Wheels

27

Cancer Family Care

79

Network of Executive Women Cincinnati Region

29

CancerFree KIDS

81

New Life Furniture Bank

31

CET

83

Ohio Valley Voices

33

The Children’s Home

85

People Working Cooperatively

35

Cincinnati Art Museum

87

ProKids

37

Cincinnati Association for the Blind

89

Ride Cincinnati

& Visually Impaired (CABVI)

91

Ronald McDonald House Charities

39

The Cincinnati International Wine Festival

of Greater Cincinnati

41

Cris Collinsworth ProScan Fund

93

The Rotary Foundation of Cincinnati

43

The Cure Starts Now

95

The Salvation Army in Greater Cincinnati

45

deCavel Family SIDS Foundation

and Northern Kentucky

47

DePaul Cristo Rey High School

97

The School For Creative & Performing Arts

49

The Dragonfly Foundation

99

Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur

51

Envision Children

101

SPCA Cincinnati

53

Episcopal Retirement Services

103

Springer School and Center

55

The Erica J. Holloman Foundation for the

105

Stepping Stones, Inc.

Awareness of Triple Negative Breast Cancer

107

Taft Museum of Art

57

Freestore Foodbank

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THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OUTREACH, INC.

Who We Are: The Apartment Association Outreach is a 501(c) 3, non-profit charitable organization. OUTREACH was originally founded in 1991 to provide clothing and household items to families in need. Since 2000, we focus on 5 major programs to provide basic needs and emergency assistance to families and individuals in crisis.

With the help of our social service partners they identify the need in our community. Our partners include Freestore Foodbank, CAIN (Churches Active in Northside), Jewish Family Services and Santa Maria Community Services.

food and school supplies. When Covid-19 was announced we immediately canceled the 5K 4 Rent fundraiser, nevertheless, our Sponsorships and Registrations were kind enough to donate their money to our event, asking for no refunds. We continued our plan to supply backpacks and school supplies to 1300 students. In place of volunteers filling backpacks with supplies and the Back to School Drive canceled, we scheduled deliveries to 6 school locations. Our Night Out for Outreach was canceled and replaced with a very successful 2020 Fundraiser Campaign. Lastly, the Holiday Cheers event was canceled and replaced with an Online Auction.

What We Do: With the help of many volunteers and sponsors, each year 3 fundraising events are held to support our 5 programs. In the spring we host a 5k 4 Rent event with a timed run and walk through beautiful Friendship Park along the river. In the fall, we host a Night Out for Outreach with many industry leaders and the community in attendance. This night is full of fun with music, great food, fundraising and a short program of our good deed. In December, we enjoy the Holiday Cheers for Outreach benefit party. Many gift items available with the purchase of Raffle tickets, Silent and Live Auctions.

How You Can Help: • Make a donation to OUTREACH. www.gcnkaoutreach .org. Click on DONATE button.

• Become a Sponsor for one or all of our events.

• Participate in our 5k 4 Rent, attend our Night Out for Outreach and Holiday Cheers for Outreach event.

• Sign up for Kroger Community Rewards and select The Apartment Association Outreach as your charity.

• Sign up for the AmazonSmile program and select The Apartment Association Outreach as your charity.

How We Serve the Community: We serve the community with the support of our 5 programs: • Rent Assistance provided in the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area • Food Distribution to 20 food pantries, twice a year.

• Backpack supplies and distribution in conjunction with Santa Maria Community Services and the Price Hill Back to School Fair.

• Senior events held at affordable living facilities providing a hot meal and a fun game of Bingo.

• Scholarships are awarded to candidates currently employed in the apartment industry for the National Apartment Association Education Institute designation programs.

Post-secondary scholarships are awarded to college students.

The Apartment Association Outreach, Inc. 7265 Kenwood Rd. Suite 100, Cincinnati, OH 45236 (513) 407-8612 www.gcnkoutreach.org facebook.com/apartmentassociationoutreach/ Executive Director: Mark Franks Email: mark@gcnkaa.org Development Director: Patty Braun Email: patty@gcnkaa.org Board Members:Jeff March, Mark Franks, Janie Evans, Emily Howard, Brian Hendy, Sean Blythe, Tonya Beckner, Jamie Thiel, Jordann Morgan, Megan Lawhon, Justin Seger

Why We’re Important: During Covid-19 we didn’t stop fundraising for the community and those in need of housing,

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ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF GREATER CINCINNATI

other family crises. Assistance League member volunteers strive to meet these unmet needs through our mission and vision statements: Assistance League volunteers transforming lives of children and adults through community programs. Essential needs are met in our community and families’ flourish.

Who We Are: Since 1998, Assistance League has served 64,500, local women in crisis, disadvantaged school children, adult college students and kinship foster children and their caregivers. As a non-profit, all volunteer organization we created, direct and fund our programs from grants, directed campaigns and appeals and generous donations from the community. All funds are raised and spent locally. Awards and Certifications include the BBB Torch Award and the GuideStar Gold Seal. At the end of fiscal year 2020, 90% of all our expenses were directed to program services.

How You Can Help: • Make a generous donation of cash • Visit our Website for a full description of programs • Join and work as a member volunteer • Encourage friends, relatives, coworkers, neighbors and your favorite organization to contact us for ways they can help us meet the growing community needs.

What We Do: In the year ending May 31, 2020, a total of 8,339 people were served by our programs. Operation School Bell® supplied new school clothes and supplies to 5330 children in 43 public and parochial schools. 410 disadvantaged adults were helped enter college with necessary school supplies. 1,278 relatives or close friends who foster children received emergency items for childcare. 464 women and their children entering shelters received personal supplies. 474 victims of rape and abuse received new clothing and hygiene products following hospital exams. 383 women and their children received multiple household items as they left shelters for a life away from their abusers.

Assistance League of Greater Cincinnati 1057 Meta Drive, Cincinnati OH 45237 513-221-4447 algc@fuse.net AssistanceLeagueCincinnati.org Facebook Executive Director: Assistance League of Greater Cincinnati is an allvolunteer organization. We have no paid staff. Our Board of Directors is elected by members from the membership. Our elected board and committees perform the duties and work required of a nonprofit.

Why We are Important: All our programs serve the most vulnerable in our community and all are in the “Bullseye” of the need caused by the pandemic. The number of children served by Foster Care support increased by 36%. We discovered a need for services beyond Clothing.

We adopted the Red Star Plan to include Literacy, Supplies, Hunger and Health. Participation in the CPS Feed The Children Campaign at the beginning of the Pandemic, provided volunteers a method and plan for distributing Hygiene Supplies to 10,000 students in the 4th, 5th and 6th grades in 42 of the neediest schools in the area.

Board President: Audrey Stehle Board Members: Executive VP, Mary Irish VP Fund Raising, Phyllis Dix VP Student Services, Mary King VP Grants, Jo-Anne Prendeville VP, Domestic Violence Services, Pat Eveslage VP Hospital Services, Leann Kuchenbuch VP Membership, Diane Branche Secretary, Cyndie Willson Treasurer, Rosanna Nelson

How We Serve the Community: The poverty rate in the city of Cincinnati was about 28% as of the last information with almost 29,000 children living in poverty. During the Pandemic, many existing programs and agencies are straining to cover all needs. Programs developed by Assistance League effectively provide services to children and adults affected by poverty, abuse, homelessness, violence and

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BAYLEY become the place where friends meet, socialize, work out and attend outreach programs that encourage safe and healthy lifestyles.

While we were closed much of the year for pandemic safety closures, we encouraged our fitness members to continue their health and wellness journeys through virtual classes we provided, and checked in with members often with fitness activities they could do in their own homes. In an average year, we hold over 2000 fitness classes, including classes in balance, yoga, boxing, Pilates, tai chi, water aerobics, cycling, and more. In 2020, Bayley Home Services kept 73 seniors living on campus or in the community safe and independent - on their own, but not alone!™ Over 60 members and their families were assisted by the Bayley Adult Day Program.

We also assisted many seniors with their rehabilitation needs, both inpatient and outpatient.

Who We Are: A non-profit ministry of the Sisters of Charity, Bayley is a continuum of care Retirement Facility and Community Wellness Center on the west side of Cincinnati. For thirty years, dedicated staff and volunteers have provided compassion and quality of life to those we serve in a Catholic/Christian-like environment. We strive to help others live “Life In Every Moment” at any stage, regardless of their abilities. Our goal is to promote optimum health and wellbeing for seniors of all faiths who live on our campus and in the greater community through the programs and services we offer.

What We Do: Bayley offers 78 Independent Living cottages, a Fitness Center, an Adult Day Program, Outpatient and Inpatient Rehabilitative Therapy and Assisted Living, Home Services, Memory Support, Skilled Nursing Care, and Pastoral Care. Physical, social, spiritual and emotional needs are addressed by our professional, caring staff. We adhere to the strictest standards of safety and hygiene, with ample PPE and increased staff training during COVID-19. Our residents and staff received the vaccine in December, and are tested regularly based on state and county mandates. Our staff has created safe and diverse activities to satisfy the varied interests of those in our care. Once COVID-regulations are lifted, family members will once again be encouraged to join in the daily activities, attend Mass or experience the beautiful gardens and accessible walking paths around campus with their loved ones. Our residents’ relatives quickly become an extension of our Bayley family, often renewing old friendships and creating new memories. In 2020, over 400 seniors called Bayley home.

How You Can Help: Bayley’s vision is to continue providing exceptional, compassionate care to seniors for generations to come, but we need additional support to make this happen. We currently have no waiting list for our lovely Assisted Living apartments, and we hope that you will encourage friends and relatives to tour, to see if they would like to call Bayley home! Charitable contributions are welcomed and we offer several giving options that include event sponsorships, memorial or tribute donations, society memberships and planned giving opportunities. Volunteers, important members of our Bayley family, add to the circle of friends for our residents and members through their service to others. Whether you’re helping on field trips, delivering mail, knitting prayer shawls or taking time to sit and chat, we invite you to share your talents with us. Visit www.bayleylife.org

Why We’re Important: Residents, Adult Day and Fitness Club members participate in a variety of services, classes and programs coordinated by our professional staff. We have put extra cleaning and sanitizing procedures into place, as well as social distancing and mask requirements. Upholding our reputation as the preferred senior wellness hub in the community and contributing to our fivestar rating awarded by the Center for Medicare/Medicaid Services, we help seniors where they are today. Expanded residential options and community services are available if care needs increase.

Responsive to family concerns as well, the Adult Day Program offers respite to caregivers, and educational dementia trainings are scheduled to enhance communication and understanding of loved ones in need of memory support.

Bayley 990 Bayley Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45233 513-347-5500 bayleylife.org bayleylife (Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram) Executive Director: Adrienne A. Walsh, President/CEO Development Director: Steven Breidenich Email: steven.breidenich@bayleylife.org Board Chair: David W. Wiltse, MD, Group Health Associates/TriHealth

How We Serve the Community: In 2020, we had nearly 1900 Fitness Center members from the local community. The club has

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EMPOWERING

EMPOWERING EMPOWERING PARENTS

EMPOWERING STRENGTHENING PARENTS

PARENTS STRENGTHENING

PARENTS STRENGTHENING KIDS

KIDS

STRENGTHENING

T GETHER

BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER

How We Serve the Community: Serving more than 13,500 parents, teachers and children every year, our ser vices are available in 16 local pediatric offices and 39 public and private schools in the Greater Cincinnati Area. All of our programs are founded in our Natural Strength Parenting™ framework, which enables parents and other caregivers to unlock their potential by building on their unique strengths. We help build confidence for families through parent coaching, provide mental health services for children, strengthen families in crisis or transition, and train and support Foster parents and Grandparents who are raising their grandchildren.

Who We Are: Beech Acres Parenting Center™ has been serving parents, families and children in the Greater Cincinnati area for more than 170 years. Originally founded as an orphanage to address the cholera epidemic that gripped the nation, Beech Acres has consistently evolved to meet the ever-changing needs of parents in the community.

Our mission, inspiring and equipping today’s parents, families, and communities to raise capable, caring, contributing children has not changed since our inception and continues to guide our organization every day. As a modern parenting center, we believe intentional parenting is essential to helping all children achieve their full potential.

What We Do: • Foster Care and Adoption – supporting the most vulnerable children as they find a loving Foster family, are reunified with their birth parents or are adopted.

• Kinship Connections – supporting Grandparents and other relatives thrust into the unexpected role of raising their grandchildren.

• School-Based Services – working in schools to provide mental and behavioral health services (Beyond the Classroom™) and with teachers and parents to build resiliency and a common support network (The Character Effect™).

• Parent Coaching – working with parents in pediatric offices (Parent Connext™) and at community sites (Parent Enrichment Program) to help parents navigate behavioral and child-rearing challenges.

How You Can Help: Join the Natural Strength Parenting™ movement by signing up for Beech Roots, our parenting newsletter and sharing the mission with other parents you know. You can also get involved by joining a committee or signing up for periodic volunteer opportunities. You can make a powerful difference in the lives of parents, children and families with a onetime or recurring cash gift. You can also create a lasting legacy through planned estate giving or a memorial gift.

Beech Acres Parenting Center 6881 Beechmont Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45230 513-231-6630 beechacres.org facebook.com/BeechAcresParentingCenter/ twitter.com/BeechAcres linkedin.com/company/beech-acres-parenting-center youtube.com/beechacres

Why We’re Important: 1,000 children need a safe and loving foster care home each day in Hamilton County alone. Our dedicated foster care team has been training, matching and supporting foster care families for over 40 years, providing important value to the region.

1 in 5 children between the ages of 13-18 have or will have a serious, diagnosable mental illness which makes the work we do vital to building a strong community.

Challenges facing today’s parents and caregivers are greater than ever before. Beech Acres Parenting Center is here with answers; Natural Strength Parenting™ can be the antidote to these modern challenges.

President and CEO: James R. Mason Email: jmason@beechacres.org VP of Development: M. Patricia Rosely Email: prosely@beechacres.org Board Chair/Members: Jenny Franta, Board Chair

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THE BEECHWOOD HOME available. Access to services in this field will be clear, transparent and available. • Maintain our commitment to superior care and a family environment for our residents and leverage our strengths.

Who We Are: The Beechwood Home is a not-for-profit; long-term care skilled-nursing facility. We offer the area’s most comprehensive services for a wide range of neurodegenerative, cerebral vascular, spinal cord, and other medical conditions. We specialize in providing high quality, long-term care together with advanced rehabilitation and restorative services, as well as therapeutic and recreational activities that optimize function and quality of life for our residents. The Beechwood Home currently has 80 beds in long-term nursing care services.

How We Serve the Community: Our customers / market niche consists of residents who have a debilitating neurological disease (i.e. 45% Multiple Sclerosis, 16% Cerebral Palsy, 6% CVA, 2.5% Huntington's, 3% ALS, 5% Parkinson’s) mostly coming from our Tri-State area. There are additional diseases such as traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, Fredric's Ataxia, etc. There is a list of approximately 42 customers/clients awaiting admission to our facility. Our customers are willing to wait for months to have the opportunity to live in our home with a level of independence they had long ago thought was lost.

What We Do:Beechwood Home has a niche in the neurologically impaired community. There are only two other facilities in the United States that can be compared to ours, in Philadelphia and in Boston.

These homes are instrumental in serving the same type of disease population as we do; a very young population, need for specialized equipment due to their immobility and progression of their diseases, uniquely experienced, trained and knowledgeable medical staff with experience in working with the (non-elderly or pediatric population).

We are not a nursing home but a "home for our residents" to extend and improve their quality of life and not one to await decline and death. Most Long-Term Care Facilities' average occupancy rate is 80-85% where ours is almost always at 98-100%. Our challenge is how do we become the "best of the best", become recognized as a regional/ national leader in our area of expertise and bring our services to those who wait patiently.

How You Can Help: Beechwood is a home primarily for people with a variety of neurological conditions, most of which are degenerative and incurable. Beechwood strives to provide the highest level of care possible to enable our residents the optimum quality of life and allow them to retain as much independence and dignity as possible. To do this, we must provide expensive high-tech equipment, training, and maintenance. In the past, we have relied on funding from Medicaid or other third-party payors. This requires many hours of documentation and justifications. We are challenged with the Medicaid funding each year, in fact, our current reimbursement is the same today as it was in 2003. This financial detriment has had a definite impact on the amount of dollars we need to care for the residents. This year, because our residents rely on the generosity of others to provide special therapeutic programs and services, we need your support more than ever. The need is to sustain our Programs and Services for our residents mean finding opportunities to fill this a gap of over $113.00 per day per Medicaid resident, which causes this vital need for help from our Friends of Beechwood!

Why We’re Important: Currently, the factors that determine Beechwood Home's success are that we are recognized locally as a leader in the management of neurological disorders. Our success to maintain this local niche and then to expand to a more global leader will challenge us to: • Continue to provide an extended scope of services internally and externally and leverage our major competencies to reach and improve the lives of other neurologically diseased clients. • Recognition as the leader in developing assistive and environmental technologies that enable individuals with these disorders to lead independent lives • Maintain our network of providers that offer a continuum of coordinated care for the various stages and aspects of the diseases and continue to be the provider of choice to various constituents and medical providers • Expand our knowledge, expertise, and technological advances which are shared with and supported in other facilities. Be a leader in partnering to bring technological advances to the population we serve. • To continue specialized training; we will export our unique expertise to other organizations around the world to help reach those whom we cannot directly treat • Coordinate resources to provide one information source as to what services and providers are

The Beechwood Home 2140 Pogue Ave Cincinnati, Ohio 45208 513 321-9294 www.beechwoodhome.org Instagram & Facebook Executive Director: Dr. Patricia A. Clark, CEO Development Director (Optional): Dr. Patricia A. Clark Board Chair: Sam Bortz, 2020-2021

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BETHANY HOUSE SERVICES, INC. How You Can Help: • Volunteer: Share your professional expertise by becoming a volunteer; help with special events, administrative tasks, yard work, mailings, and organizing donations.

• Donate: Make a monetary donation to feed, clothe, shelter and re-house our families.

• Meals: Bring dinner Monday-Thursday or breakfast on the weekends.

• Fundraise: Host a fundraiser or serve on one of our fundraising committees.

• Donation drives: Organize a donation drive for sheets, pillows, towels, pots & pans, and household items.

• Planned giving: Contact your financial advisor and make a planned gift through a will or trust.

• Advocate: Join our Speakers Bureau and help educate the community about family homelessness.

Who We Are: Bethany House is the tri-state’s largest emergency shelter for families, operating five shelters and sheltering more than 60% of the families and 66% of the children experiencing homelessness in the city. We are also the largest provider of housing programs for families exiting shelter. Founded in 1983, our mission is to empower homeless and at-risk families with the solutions to achieve housing stability and long-term self-sufficiency. Our vision is to a live in a community where all families have a place to call home and no one spends a night without shelter.

What We Do: Bethany House supports, educates and stabilizes families through comprehensive family-centered homelessness services, all of which are provided by staff trained in trauma-informed care and focused on empowering families to reach self-sufficiency. Our holistic services – including homelessness prevention, emergency services, re-housing, comprehensive case management and permanent affordable rental housing – address both a family’s current needs and seek to prevent repeat episodes of homelessness. Shelter diversion services prevent families with inadequate resources from becoming homeless, while postshelter support prevents a recurrence of homelessness. Special services for parenting and pregnant youth 18-24 moves high-risk young parents into housing as quickly as possible.

Bethany House Services, Inc. 1841 Fairmount Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45214 513.921.1131 bethanyhouseservices.org Facebook: facebook.com/BethanyHouseServices Instagram: @BethanyHouseServices Twitter: @BethanyHouseSvc LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/bethany-house-services

Why We’re Important: We serve the city’s highest risk families – most single mothers with children and most people of color. We break the cycle of family homelessness, providing parents with the skills and knowledge needed to remain stably housed and children with strong, goal-oriented programming. Our wrap-around services work – 96% of families leaving shelter moved to positive housing and 93% of families who exited shelter have remained housed. Family homelessness services are desperately needed, and the regional response system is at capacity. In 2020, over 2,100 families called the regional hotline for help, but only 450 – just 21% – received shelter or program services.

Executive Director: Susan S. Schiller Email: sschiller@bhsinc.org Development Director : Deanna L. Powell Email: dpowell@bhsinc.org Board Chair: Carolyn K. Washburn Board Members: H. Kim Baird, Donald L. Brown, Tony Chambliss, Lucy A. Crane, Ross A. Crawford, Susan M. Dyer, Jeffrey A. Eberlein, Jackqueline D. Grant, Darin Hall, Steven D. Hengehold, Sr.,Lynn Heper, SC, Robert J. Inkrot, Catherine A. Kitchin, Susan L. Macy, Megan J. McCuen, M. Gail Myers, Gregory W. Olson, Albert C. Smitherman, Robie K. Suggs, Amanda R. Toole, David Tramontana, Ian A. Van Handel, Pamela A. Webb, Carole C. Williams, Nahamani D. Yisrael

How We Serve the Community: The number of families in need of emergency shelter and the severity of the barriers to safe housing continue to increase – and that was before the pandemic. It is no longer enough to provide food and a safe, clean place to sleep – families need onsite mental and physical healthcare, education, parenting counseling, employment services and connections to community service providers. A new family shelter is a basic and vital public need in our community. Stabilizing homeless families is one of the most important ways our region can support the fight against poverty – and break the cycle of generational homelessness.

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BLOC MINISTRIES our community including, but not limited to, children’s afterschool programs, a fitness center for young athletes, a residential recovery home for women exiting the sex trade, jail ministry, a food pantry, community meals, and a coffee shop that serves as a community gathering space as well as a job training platform for our neighbors.

Because all of our programs are within Price Hill, they are interconnected, allowing our neighbors to utilize multiple programs or services across different stages of their lives. Programs seamlessly integrate allowing us to be available in a myriad of ways.

Who We Are: Dr. Dwight and Stephanie Young began BLOC Ministries in 1998 after working as youth pastors for more than a decade in Cincinnati, Ohio, and in Knoxville, Tennessee. As community pastors, they’d seen youth and adults whose lives and neighborhoods were breaking or shattered. The Youngs realized that many students slipped between the cracks: not involved in school, church, social clubs, or any productive pursuits. Yet these were the ones who were usually at the highest risk for dropping out, drugs, teen pregnancy, crime, sex trafficking, and other risks of urban streets.

BLOC was created to build connections and safe spaces for students, families, and adults to thrive and succeed in spite of difficult circumstances. We’re a faith-based non-profit that focuses on healthy, personal relationships and activities that help to build hope, purpose, and vital life skills.

How You Can Help: In Spring 2021, BLOC Ministries is breaking ground on a first-of-its-kind program called Horses on the Hill (HOTH). HOTH will serve at-risk urban children, teens and adults living in the heart of urban Cincinnati through horses and equine-assisted therapy. At no cost to the participants, an estimated 300 students and 50 adults every week will grow life skills, build stronger character, and help some of our area’s most wounded and at-risk individuals to overcome obstacles and heal. Will you join in supporting this unique, life-giving project by making a financial contribution today? You can mail your check to BLOC Ministries, 911 W. 8th Street, Cincinnati, OH 45203. To find out more, contact Katie Metz at 513.546.4830 or Katie.Metz@onebloc.org.

What We Do: We serve our community through a diverse array of programs ranging from afterschool programs to homes for women exiting the sex trade. Regardless of the program, each follows the same process. We begin by meeting our neighbors right where they are, ministering to their immediate needs. We encounter children in desperate need of stable relationships, women chained by addiction forced into prostitution, men stuck in the never-ending cycle of incarceration, and other difficult life situations. By ministering to physical needs, doors open, relationships are built, and our neighbors begin to hope again. We minister one-to-one seeking to create generational change.

BLOC Ministries 911 W 8th St, Cincinnati, OH 45203 (513) 546-4830 onebloc.org facebook.com/blocministries Instagram: bloc_ministries

Why We’re Important: Price Hill is our home. Every BLOC staff member not only works in Price Hill, but lives here as well. We love our community, but we are the first to admit that it is broken.

Violent crime, drug abuse, and prostitution plague our streets.

Lives are being destroyed, and families are becoming doomed to the curse of generational poverty. By entering into the Price Hill community, we have a chance to live life with our neighbors. We build relationships and share hope in brokenness. By sharing hope, we equip our neighbors to break the cycles that would have otherwise consumed them.

Executive Director: Dwight Young Email: dwight@onebloc.org Development Director: Katie Metz Email: katie.metz@onebloc.org Board Chair: Jerry Maas

How We Serve the Community: Our programming consists of five pillars: community ministry, student ministry, men's ministry, women’s ministry, and job training. Our programs are as diverse as

Board Members: Johnnie Carroll, Daniel Rajaiah, Gina Dubell-Smith, Fritz Geer, Kelvin Boatner, Joan Morgan, Larry Blundred

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BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE CINCINNATI

realize their potential, and help transform our world. Children create these successes when we remove obstacles, support and believe in them, and provide environments and opportunities that build on their strengths.

Who We Are: The mission of Boys Hope Girls Hope is to nurture and guide motivated young people in need to become well-educated, careerready men and women for others. BHGH serves underprivileged youth in Cincinnati by providing residential, therapeutic, and educational assistance. BHGH’s scholars are in grades 7-12, are academically capable and motivated, without access to quality education, living at or below the poverty level, and come from socio-economically disadvantaged environments. Scholars live in one of the three BHGH homes (Gardner, Heidt, and H.C. Schott) Sunday – Friday evening, where our program offers our scholars holistic support from staff, mentors, and counselors.

How You Can Help: Typically, there are numerous ways to be a part of our organization and the life-changing programs we offer. You can tutor, mentor or volunteer. Volunteers are welcome to bring dinner to one of our houses, help with an event or help identify corporations and individuals that might want to support our cause. Due to COVID-19, we have had to close our houses to volunteers. Once our programming can go back to normal, we will be excited to welcome new volunteers! Whether it’s tickets to an event for our scholars, clothing or a financial donation, every contribution makes a difference!

What We Do: While living in the family-like homes, scholars are enrolled in college preparatory schools, participate in extracurricular activities, and are encouraged to participate in volunteer work in the community. Our program wraps our scholars in many services, providing food, clothing, shelter, access to top parochial schools, mentoring, tutoring and probably most importantly, therapeutic mental health services. Our main objective is to have them successfully complete high school, go on to college and ultimately gain employment. We know education is the great equalizer and by supporting our children on this path, we know they will break the generational cycle of poverty.

Boys Hope Girls Hope Cincinnati 2400 Reading Road, Suite 139 Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 721-3380 bhghcincinnati.org Facebook: @Boys Hope Girls Hope Cincinnati Twitter: @CincinnatiBHGH Instagram: @cincinnatibhgh

Why We’re Important: Most of our scholars are the first in their families to go to college. Our program not only supports our scholars but we know the long-term ripple effect it has on their families financial and future outlook. Our scholars show immediate improvements in academic changes, character development, social and emotional strength, cultural fluency, spiritual enrichment, and community service and engagement.

Our program is a deep investment in their futures and we support our scholars for years. Our program supports our scholars and gives their families' a financial boost because of the many expenses our program supplies for their children.

Executive Director: Missy Hendon Deters Email: mhendondeters@bhgh.org Board Chair: Steve Arnold Board Members: Carl Adkins, Julie Bristow, Melanie Burden, Michael Burke, Mike Caudill, Development Chair, Mike Cinque, David W. Conway, Nominating Chair, Aaron Haslam, Noreen Hayes, David Horn, Michelle Jones, Jean Margello, Program Chair, Laura Mueller, Greg Scruggs, Kelvin Stroupe, Finance Chair, John Succo, Vice Chair, Dr. Pat White, Kristin Ostby de Barillas, President/ CEO Boys Hope Girls International

How We Serve the Community: Boys Hope Girls Hope firmly believes that children have the power to overcome adversity,

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BRANDON C. GROMADA HEAD & NECK CANCER FOUNDATION the top two and received funding each year, we entered into an agreement with UCCC in 2018 to provide an annual grant award of $25,000 for a HNC project fitting the foundation’s guidelines.

We hope our commitment to UCCC’s HNC research program will be one contributing factor in UCCC achieving National Cancer Institute (NCI) status soon.

Who We Are: Brandon C. Gromada Head & Neck Cancer Foundation is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization that funds innovative head and neck cancer (HNC) research and raises public awareness about this form of cancer. The foundation, named for Brandon C. Gromada, was launched by his parents on June 3, 2012, the day after his death from HNC. We are committed to supporting ground-breaking research that leads not only to the development of more effective, less-debilitating treatments but also to the discovery of cures for HNC. We want no other family to know the sadness of losing a beloved member to HNC.

How You Can Help: The current pandemic has presented unusual fundraising challenges for Brandon's Foundation, which are continuing into a second year. In 2021 you can help Brandon’s foundation bring an end to HNC by: • Participating in foundation fundraising events • Purchasing a sponsorship level for the April Stay Home – Stay Safe MASKerade • Contributing the amount one could have been spent on the Mardi Gras MASKerade.

• Serving on an event committee or task force • Hosting an individual fundraiser benefitting Brandon’s foundation • Contributing regularly and to his foundation, including through a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD)

What We Do: Only research will lead to new treatments and cures.

We raise funds for HNC research, administer a grant process, and award funds annually for the most promising research proposals.

Brandon’s Foundation also participates in events to raise public awareness of HNC. The foundation usually “Heads for a Cure” in February by hosting an annual Mardi Gras MASKerade but not this year! We cheer community businesses that hold fundraising events, and individuals or groups who host product parties or Facebook fundraisers or donate privately. Thanks to different types of contributions, Brandon’s Foundation has awarded more than $250,000 for groundbreaking HNC research.

Brandon C. Gromada Head & Neck Cancer Foundation c/o 2510 Grandin Road, Cincinnati, OH 45208 513-325-2550 www.gromadacancerfndn.org/ Facebook www.facebook.com/ BrandonCGromadaHeadNeckCancerFoundation Twiiter: @BCG_Cancer_FDN

Why We’re Important: Brandon’s foundation gets promising, peerreviewed research projects off the ground. Although HNC is the sixth most common cancer worldwide, it is grossly underfunded when it comes to allocation of research dollars. Current treatments, which have changed little in decades, often have both immediate and long-term debilitating side effects. Related surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation frequently result in facial disfigurement, loss of oral function with difficulty eating and swallowing requiring an indwelling feeding tube, loss of many or most teeth, speech difficulties, and so on. Mental and emotional effects are also common.

Only research can drive changes in treatment and discover cures.

Executive Director: NA – all volunteer organization; no paid positions at this time Email: bcg.headneckcafdn@gmail.com Board Chair: Karen Gromada

How We Serve the Community: Brandon’s foundation has awarded two to three HNC research grants annually since 2014. Researchers with the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center (UCCC) have been the beneficiaries of 55-60% of our total award funding. Because proposals from researchers at the UCCC continually ranked in

Board Members: Joseph Gromada, MD, Co-Chair; Christina Keuper Gromada, Secretary; Elizabeth Gromada, Treasurer; Carolyn Durstock, Terri Gaughan; Carey Kuznar; Jim McGraw, Jr, Esq; Michael Pardo

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BRIGHTON CENTER INC. Who We Are: Brighton Center’s mission is to create opportunities for individuals and families to reach self- sufficiency through family support services, education, employment, and leadership. To us, selfsufficiency is taking responsibility to provide for yourself and your family using available resources to maintain the best quality of life possible. Our vision is to be an innovative leader that strengthens the vitality of the community and engages people as they work and live to achieve their hopes and dreams. We achieve this mission by creating an environment that rewards excellence and innovation, encourages mutual respect, and maximizes resources.

• 379 individuals participated in financial education services.

• 365 women served residentially through Brighton Recovery Center for Women • 1,228 individuals attended orientations or workshops to learn about career opportunities.

• $20,120 is the average wage gain for those who completed our Center for Employment Training and gained employment.

• 2,823 volunteers spent a total of 26,581 hours assisting programs and customers.

What We Do: Brighton Center wraps a community of support around individuals and families by tackling the issues that prevent people from becoming self-sufficient, removing the barriers they face, and creating hope so that goals can be achieved and dreams realized.

From our modest beginnings in 1966, we have grown to provide a comprehensive, holistic range of programs and services which include meeting basic needs, adult and early childhood education, workforce development and training, substance abuse recovery for women, affordable housing, financial education and asset building, youth services, and neighborhood based programs. Our comprehensive approach to bundling services allows whole families to move from crisis to stability to long-term self-sufficiency.

How You Can Help: Your donation to Brighton Center ensures thousands of families and future generations have the best possible support system as they transform their lives.

• Donate: financial contributions are critically important to achieving our mission. Donate online, by check, or through a gift of stock • Volunteer: we welcome volunteers of all ages and group sizes. From one time, to on-going, we have many opportunities across our 41 programs. Learn more at brightoncenter.com/volunteer • In-Kind Gifts: visit our website to find a list of needed items throughout the year • Attend or Sponsor: you can support our amazing events by attending or sponsoring • Planned Gift: leave a legacy by making a planned gift

Why We’re Important: Our unique and comprehensive approach is based on a philosophy that families become our partners in creating change by sharing their hopes and dreams then setting goals to accomplish them. Self-sufficiency is a constantly evolving process and that families move through the continuum based not only on their current situations, but also their long-term goals. They move back and forth through the process as new or developing opportunities, challenges, or life goals come about. These ideas guide our work, our interactions with the community, and our actions in helping people build connections, skills, and a future. In FY20, we impacted the lives of 46,445 individuals from infants to older adults through 41 programs across all eight counties of Northern Kentucky, Hamilton County in Ohio, and beyond.

Brighton Center Inc. PO Box 325, Newport KY 41072 859.491.8303 www.brightoncenter.com facebook.com/brightoncenter twitter.com/brightoncenter instagram.com/brightoncenter linkedin.com/company/brighton-center President & CEO: Wonda Winkler, Email: wwinkler@brightoncenter.com

How We Serve the Community: FY20 Impact • 6,739 individuals received food, basic necessities, or a connection to other services in the community.

• 1,226 children and their families participated in our Early Childhood Education programs.

• 187 youth received crisis intervention services at Homeward Bound Shelter, 69 youth stayed residentially and 66 of those were able to stay at their home school.

Development Director: Lauren Copeland Email: lcopeland@brightoncenter.com Board Chair: Thomas Stoll Board Members: Dan Groneck, Vice-Chair; Jill M. Scherff, Secretary; Julie Sparks, Treasurer

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CANCER FAMILY CARE

Who We Are: Cancer Family Care is a nonprofit organization that helps children and adults cope with the effects of a cancer diagnosis in the family. We are known throughout the Greater Cincinnati region as a force of compassion and strength in the face of cancerrelated illness and loss.

area offices, and to ensure continuity of care, our social workers and counselors offer tele-heath visits, and are able to make house calls, when appropriate. Our Treehouse Children’s Program is schoolbased and offers both individual and group therapy for children and teens ages 5-18.

What We Do: Cancer Family Care provides individual, couple and family counseling to anyone affected by a cancer diagnosis or loss from the disease. Our therapists are all Master’s Level trained social workers and counselors. We also offer free wigs, oncology massage and Healing Touch to cancer patients and at a reduced rate to caregivers. Our Treehouse Children’s Program includes individual and group therapy in addition to Camp Courage, our day camp for children dealing with cancer or a cancer loss in the family.

How You Can Help: Our Treehouse Children’s Program is offered at no charge. Our adult counseling program does bill insurance if appropriate and co-pays are on a sliding fee basis if clients are able to pay. No one is ever turned away due to a lack of insurance coverage or ability to pay co-payments. The number one stressor for those dealing with cancer is finances. Because of United Way funding and our generous donors, we are able to help families deal with the added stress without incurring more financial hardships caused by counseling fees.

Why We’re Important: Over the next decade, the number of new cancer cases is expected to go up, mostly because of an aging population. Because cancer patients overall are living longer, the number of cancer survivors is expected to go up from about 11.7 million in 2007 to 18 million by 2020. People who have cancer may find the physical, emotional, and social effects of the disease to be stressful. People who are able to use effective coping strategies to deal with stress, such as relaxation and stress management techniques, have been shown to have lower levels of depression, anxiety, and symptoms related to the cancer and its treatment.

Cancer Family Care 4790 Red Bank Expressway, Suite 128, Cincinnati, OH 45227 513-731-3346 www.cancerfamilycare.org facebook.com/cancerfamilycare instagram.com/cancerfamilycare youtube.com/user/CancerFamilyCare Executive Director: Jill Settlemyre Email: jsettlemyre@cancerfamilycare.org

How We Serve the Community: Since 1971, we have provided therapeutic counseling , education, support, and hope to all people touched by cancer. Additional services include free wigs, therapeutic massage and Healing Touch sessions for cancer patients and at reduced rates to caregivers. Our programs are available at six

Development Director: Kevin Hackman Email: khackman@cancerfamilycare.org Board Chair: Susan Verschoor

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CANCERFREE KIDS

Who We Are: CancerFree KIDS is passionately dedicated to fighting pediatric cancer, the #1 cause of death by disease in children. We know that research is the only path to eradicating cancer as a life-threatening disease in children, but before promising new research has the potential to succeed, it must have the resources to begin. We invest in novel, high risk/high reward research that might otherwise go unfunded. We do this through the generosity of our supporters who understand that investing in pediatric cancer research is a smart investment in the future, not only for our kids, but for all of us.

How We Serve the Community: The impact of CancerFree KIDS goes far beyond the direct investment into research that fuels innovation in the field and our local economy. Our funding allows early researchers to develop their careers by building capacity and expertise at our partner hospitals, bringing value to both the field and the institutions. In addition, we engage over 1,600 high school students annually in our Night for the Fight student-led event, nurturing our region’s future philanthropists. Finally, we strive to create meaningful experiences of celebration and honor for children who have battled cancer and their families in everything we do.

What We Do: At CancerFree KIDS, we do ONE thing. We invest in cutting-edge pediatric cancer research. We partner with two of the top pediatric cancer hospitals in the country, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital (#3) and Nationwide Children’s Hospital (#8), to identify and invest in high risk/high reward research projects with the highest potential to move the pediatric cancer field forward. Our proven approach is unlike any other pediatric cancer research organization in the region, launching some of the most innovative research projects in the field.

How You Can Help: Join our fight by supporting CancerFree KIDS! • Become a member of the Power of 1 Community – a passionate group of monthly donors on a mission to end childhood cancer.

• Join and participate in one of our many upcoming events!

• Volunteer – we are constantly looking for volunteers to help execute our work!

CancerFree KIDS 420 W. Loveland Ave., Loveland, OH 45140 (513) 575-KIDS (5437) www.cancerfreekids.org www.facebook.com/cancerfreekids

Why We’re Important: Despite pediatric cancer being the #1 cause of death by disease in children, research is desperately underfunded, receiving less than 4% of the National Cancer Institute’s annual budget. Since 2002, we have invested $6 million into 154 innovative pediatric cancer research projects. Our results speak for themselves: • $70 million generated in subsequent funding – over 1000% return on investment • 261 scientific publications • 11 patents and 16 clinical trials • 3 start-up companies that began with CancerFree KIDS-funded research projects

Executive Director: Jill Brinck Email: jill@cancerfreekids.org Development Director: Nate Krugman Email: nate@cancerfreekids.org Board Chair: Ellen Flannery Board Members: Al Early, Amy Wagner, Andy Kaiser, Greg Carroll, David Reynolds, Kelly Holden, Greg Morris Kristy Moster, Margaret Van Gilse, Max Flannery, Barb Yearout

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CET

Who We Are: The first licensed educational television station in the nation, CET is the leading provider of education and enrichment in living rooms and classrooms across Southwest Ohio. Our mission is to strengthen the communities we serve through programs and services that inspire and inform, educate and engage, fostering citizenship and culture, the joy of learning and the power of diverse perspectives. CET is a service of Public Media Connect (PMC), a regional public media partnership with ThinkTV in Dayton, that serves more than 3 million people in the Greater Cincinnati and Dayton communities.

opportunity to use our broadcast, our connection with teachers and our online resources to support our community. We used our air to provide educational materials to at-risk students. We transitioned our educator workshops to help teachers with remote teaching. We rethought our arts programming to showcase local art while local venues were closed. We worked with community leaders to rethink how we could support diversity, equity and inclusion. We look forward to using that experience to serve our community in even bigger, better ways.

What We Do: Our nationally and locally-produced, Emmy awardwinning content, educational resources and digital services provide a forum, a stage and a resource for public awareness and education for learners of all ages. As Greater Cincinnati’s PBS station, CET is the area’s largest classroom, we offer viewers a front row seat to the arts and we are a trusted window to the world, providing multichannel broadcast, cable and online services. We also provide over 100 workshops a year for teachers and daycare providers on a variety of subjects like health, social-emotional learning, STEM, literacy and technology, both in person and virtually.

How You Can Help: Most of CET's support comes from viewers like you! Becoming a member provides needed funding for programming, educational initiatives and community projects.

Membership levels vary and those who donate at least $5 per month receive access to CET Passport (on-demand video for members). Other ways to support include a gift of stock or planned gift to CET. Businesses in Greater Cincinnati support CET through program underwriting and event sponsorship. CET’s Action Auction and Live on CET! events offer an opportunity for individuals and businesses to donate goods and services. Or join CET’s corps of volunteers!

Why We’re Important: A tested and dedicated resource for parents and educators, CET is also a safe haven for children. Our children’s programs teach academic skills, values and social responsibility, helping children to succeed as learners and citizens. Working collaboratively with community partners, CET’s local productions reflect the interests, needs and rich history of Greater Cincinnati. Through PBS and local programming, CETconnect.org, innovative multimedia curriculum projects, parent workshops and professional development for teachers, CET positively impacts Greater Cincinnati with rich and diverse resources.

CET 1223 Central Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45214 513-381-4033 CETconnect.org @CETconnect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest President and CEO: Kitty Lensman Development Director: Sue Ellen Stuebing

How We Serve the Community: While we continued to provide PBS, PBS Kids and local programming, the pandemic gave us an

Board Chair: Carrie Haley

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THE CHILDREN’S HOME

Who We Are: Originally named The Children's Home of Cincinnati, our organization was founded in 1864 to provide daycare and shelter for the poor and abandoned children of Cincinnati. After leaving behind the traditional custodial care of orphanages, we began new programs to enable most children to remain in their own homes while receiving services. Today, The Children’s Home provides education and therapeutic treatment for children and their families facing social, behavioral and learning challenges. We also provide consultation services for parents, and conduct training for caregivers and professionals.

How We Serve the Community: We are the leader in offering hope, help, and healing through a continuum of health and education services and partnerships. The Children’s Home offers over 30 programs in behavioral health treatment, wellness, therapeutic education, autism services, and early childhood/ school age development. The Children’s Home is the only agency in the area that provides an integrated counseling program for adolescents with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Last year, we provided individualized services to more than 14,200 individuals in a variety of life-changing ways.

What We Do: The Children’s Home provides education and therapeutic treatment for children and their families facing social, behavioral and learning challenges. Through more than 30 campus and community-based programs and services, we transform young lives, helping children succeed in their homes, schools and communities.

How You Can Help: We offer various volunteer opportunities throughout the year. We also welcome groups interested in volunteer opportunities. Projects such as landscaping and program supply drives are a great way to bond with fellow co-workers, church members or others while contributing to a worthy cause. For more information visit our website or contact us at volunteer@tchcincy.org.

Why We’re Important: The Children’s Home has become a pillar in our community — particularly at a time when so many are looking for answers to the challenges of mental or behavioral health, poverty, and access to quality health services. We have answered the demand for services in the areas of early childhood education, autism, and community-based mental health, while advancing a workplace culture that promotes operational excellence by investing in our employees. That investment has earned our agency recognition as a Cincinnati Enquirer 2019 Top Place to Work as well as one of the Best Places to Work in Ohio by Ohio Business Magazine and national recognition by The Nonprofit Times as one of the top large nonprofits to work for in the nation.

The Children’s Home 5050 Madison Road, Cincinnati OH, 45227 513-527-2800 www.tchcincy.org facebook.com/TheChildrensHomeCincinnati instagram.com/life_tch/ twitter.com/lifeattch linkedin.com/school/the-children's-home-of-cincinnati President and CEO: John Banchy Chief Administrative Officer: Roderick Hinton Board Chair: Joe Dominiak

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CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM

Who We Are: The Cincinnati Art Museum features a diverse, encyclopedic art collection of more than 67,000 works spanning 6,000 years. In addition to displaying its own broad collection, the museum hosts several national and international traveling exhibitions each year. From Van Gogh to Warhol, from Cincinnati to Africa, the museum tells the story of the history of art.

General admission to the Cincinnati Art Museum is always free. Special exhibition pricing may vary. Parking at the Cincinnati Art Museum is free. The museum is open Tuesday – Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. and Thursday, 11 a.m.–8 p.m.

How We Serve the Community: In addition to the experience we provide within our facility, our community outreach efforts bring us to schools, community centers, libraries and festivals as we work to bring art to the public. The museum also offers partnership opportunities for specific areas of geographic focus, called Art For Life, as well as lectures, hands on art making activities and other programs.

We are proud to offer an experience for everyone, including baby tours, docent-led tours, and accessibility tours for visitors with vision and hearing impairments. The Rosenthal Education Center (REC) provides interactive activities for art lovers of all ages.

What We Do: We believe that a vibrant city integrates art and design into its civic agenda. Connecting people and art is central to this belief and at the core of all we do. We believe that inspiration, empowerment, education and community building are the highest purposes of museum programs, exhibitions, collecting, conservation, interpretation and scholarship.

Through the power of art, the Cincinnati Art Museum contributes to a more vibrant Cincinnati by inspiring its people and connecting our communities.

How You Can Help: There are many ways to make a difference at the museum, including volunteering, donating to the Cincinnati Art Museum’s Annual Fund or visiting our diverse exhibitions and attending programs and events!

Cincinnati Art Museum 953 Eden Park Drive Cincinnati, OH 45202 513-721-2787 www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org Facebook: @cincinnatiartmuseum Twitter: @cincyartmuseum Instagram: @cincyartmuseum Snapchat: cincyartmuseum1

Why We’re Important: We seek to present exhibitions and public programming that empower, educate and build community through culturally rich and diverse experiences.

Founded in 1881 by a group of volunteers on the notion of servicing the public, the museum boldly carries the civic mandate forward to this day. We were one of the first art museums in the westward expansion of our country, and the collections of the Cincinnati Art Museum are among the largest and finest in the nation.

The Cincinnati Art Museum serves as a hub for the community.

A welcoming, beautiful location where families can come together.

Executive Director: Cameron Kitchin Director of Philanthropy: Kirby Neumann Andrew E. DeWitt, Chairman of the Board Amy L. Hanson, President Rance G. Duke, Vice President Cheryl Rose, Treasurer Bruce Petrie, Jr., Secretary

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CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED (CABVI) How We Serve the Community: CABVI serves people of all ages who are blind or visually impaired in Greater Cincinnati. Our service area includes eight counties in Ohio (Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland, and Warren) and three counties in Kentucky (Boone, Campbell, and Kenton). We also serve adjoining counties as needed.

Who We Are: Founded in 1911, CABVI provides counseling, rehabilitation, information and employment services to people of all ages who have severe vision loss in the Greater Cincinnati region. Through all of its programs and services, it strives to help nearly 5,000 people annually to lead full and independent lives.

CABVI receives client referrals for services from local eye doctors, hospitals, schools, and other social service agencies in the Greater Cincinnati/ Northern Kentucky area. CABVI has two Cincinnati locations: we house our vision rehabilitation services at CABVI on Gilbert Avenue near Eden Park and we provide employment for people with vision loss at the Hornbeck Social Enterprise Center on Kenner Street in the West End.

How You Can Help: CABVI welcomes community support through financial donations and volunteer opportunities.

Volunteers assist people by: reading on-air for Radio Reading Services; reading newspapers, magazines, or other materials over the telephone for Personalized Talking Print (PTP); providing transportation and serving as sighted guides, and helping with administrative projects and special events. For more information about CABVI or to make a donation, please call (513) 221-8558 or visit our website at www.cincyblind.org.

What We Do: CABVI’s programs include Early Childhood and Youth Services, Social Services, Vision Rehabilitation Therapy, Orientation and Mobility Services, Low Vision Services, Radio Reading Services, Talking Book Machine Services, Personalized Talking Print Services, Volunteer Services, and Access Technology Services. CABVI provides employment opportunities in our Industries Program (for people who are legally blind or visually impaired) and in our Communication Center. We sell office products and other supplies through VIE Ability, a social enterprise that provides employment for people with vision loss. CABVI operates a Base Supply Center, called Office Runway, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base that sells office products and employs people who are blind.

We also provide employment in Contract Management Services at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and in Quantico, VA.

Cincinnati Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired (CABVI) 2045 Gilbert Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 513-221-8558 www. cincyblind.org www.facebook.com/CABVIcincy www.twitter.com/CABVICincy http://www.instagram.com/CABVIcincy www.youtube.com/channel/UCphNPX5ob7TpaNFBc3uZGgw https://www.linkedin.com/company/cabvi/ Dennis Dern, Interim President/CEO

Why We’re Important: CABVI’s mission is “Empowering people who are blind or visually impaired with opportunities to seek independence.” CABVI is associated with the National Industries for the Blind (NIB), the National Association for the Employment of People Who are Blind (NAEPB), Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (AER), International Association of Audio Information Services (IAAIS), Ohio Radio Reading Services (ORRS), and VisionServe Alliance (VSA). CABVI is a Better Business Bureau Accredited Charity.

CABVI won the 2018 BBB Torch Award for outstanding ethics.

Aaron Bley, VP of Community Relations/CDO Email: aaron.bley@cincyblind.org Glen Vogel, Interim Board Chair Mary L. Rust, Immediate Past Chair Kim Ravenhall, Vice Chair/Treasurer Kelly Schlafman, Vice Chair/Secretary Brenda D. Gumbs, Vice Chair

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THE CINCINNATI INTERNATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL beneficiaries are passionate about supporting the arts, education, health and human services. We are proud to support non-profits such as Cincinnati Public Radio, the Freestore Foodbank, Cancer Family Care, and many other local wonderful organizations. A complete listing of our beneficiaries is under the “Our Charities” section of our website.

Who We Are: The Cincinnati International Wine Festival is a charitable, non-profit organization founded in 1991 to raise funds and distribute grants to area charities while promoting the wine industry. The festival plans celebrate its 30th year of giving back one glass at a time October 1-2, 2021 at the Duke Energy Convention Center, with Kroger as the presenting sponsor. As the Midwest’s premier wine festival, guests select from more than 700 wines from 250 wineries each year, while enjoying delicious food, a silent auction, education sessions and more.

How You Can Help: Attend Wine Festival events! Your ticket purchase directly helps local charities and is partially tax deductible. If we can get together this fall, you can buy tickets to: • Attend a gourmet meal with wine pairings at one of the area winery dinners in September.

• Select from three Grand Tastings with a Collectors Tasting Room option.

• Participate in the Charity Auction & Luncheon to bid on outstanding wine lots, trips and dinners.

• Follow us on social media (@CincyWineFest) and help spread the word!

• Donate wine lots for the Charity Auction & Luncheon.

• Become a wine festival sponsor.

• Bring your friends! Buy tickets at winefestival.com

What We Do: The Wine Festival is typically made up of four prominent events: Winery Dinners, Grand Tastings with a Collectors Tasting Room and silent auction, a Charity Auction & Luncheon, and the Russ Wiles Memorial Golf Tournament each year. This year there will also be a virtual “Cincy Wine Fest @ Home” experience in March during our typical festival time.

The Wine Festival provides a fun, educational and memorable experience for attendees to learn about and sample fine wines while connecting directly with winery representatives on site.

These events enable the festival to distribute annual grants to 35 Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area charities supporting the arts, education, health and human services.

The Cincinnati International Wine Festival 11159 Kenwood Rd., Suite F, Cincinnati, OH 45242 513-241-3434 winefestival.com @CincyWineFest (FB, Twitter, Instagram)

Why We’re Important: Since 1991, the Cincinnati International Wine Festival has given back more than six million dollars to local charities. Each year, the festival hosts a wine competition where experts participate in a blind wine judging of the wines to be featured at the festival’s grand tastings. Nationally recognized gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded. This provides wineries from around the world the opportunity to gain exposure to not only the trade, but also to the general public. Every year, we also select an honorary chair to kick off the festival weekend and offer a unique perspective for our attendees.

The festival’s economic impact on Downtown Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky is profound, with thousands of attendees eating at local restaurants, shopping at local stores and staying in hotels.

Executive Director: Kelly Weissmann Email: kweissmann@winefestival.com Event Coordinator: Amanda Pack Email: apack@winefestival.com Board Chair/Members: Connie Wiles, President; Barry Oppelt, Treasurer; Mary Ann Bokenkotter, Missy Duggan, George Elliott, Marilyn Harris, Mary Horn, Jason Milburn, Michael Miller, John Mocker & Marj Valvano

How We Serve the Community: We distribute hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants to local charities each year. Our

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CRIS COLLINSWORTH PROSCAN FUND Schools program provides chess instruction as part of the school day curriculum and afier school chess clubs by placing trained chess instructors in elementary, middle, and high schools throughout Greater Cincinnati to teach the game to local students. We are active in over 40 TriState schools and provide 75 hours per week of chess instruction serving 2000 children annually. In addition, we offer Chess in the Park, a community summer program providing chess play and instruction at Ziegler Park. We also offer Chessboards for Kids so children can have a board of their own.

As a response to Covid-19, we have thoughtfully reworked both of our initiatives for safety including additional time and cleaning between imaging appointments as well as instituting a robust online chess resource as a complement to implementing social distancing and safety measures for in-person chess play. In addition, we reimagined both our large scale events to a virtual format for safety.

Who We Are: The Cris Collinsworth ProScan Fund (“CCPF”) is a non-profit organization in Cincinnati. CCPF was founded in 2002 with a two-pronged mission to raise the bar in improving women’s health, particularly with mammography and to empower our community’s youth by fostering self-esteem, sportsmanship, and critical thinking through the game of chess.

What We Do: For twenty years, CCPF has served women in Greater Cincinnati through our breast cancer programs and has provided support for patients locally and around the country. In the fight against breast cancer we provide education, support, and early detection services. We host a large fundraising event every year to support our efforts called The Pink Ribbon Luncheon which has become a beloved annual event for the city of Cincinnati.

The Queen City Classic Chess Tournament was also started twenty years ago as a way to bring children together to play chess. It has grown to become one of the largest youth tournaments in the Midwest and is also an exciting event that the community looks forward to. Our Chess in Schools program was born out of the success of the Queen City Classic and we provide chess instruction to children as a way to mentor and develop important life skills that will help kids succeed.

How You Can Help: You can help support our impactful programs!

• Donate. Mail a donation directly to our office; visit our website at ccpf.org or text CCPF to 74121.

• Join us! Attend our annual fundraising events: • The Pink Ribbon Luncheon brings 1500 community members together to support the Pink Ribbon Programs featuring educational speakers and dynamic performers, as well as a live and silent auction.

• The Queen City Classic Chess Tournament hosts 700 children for a day tournament and supports the Chess in Schools Programs with a fundraising event for sponsors on the opening night of tournament weekend.

• Volunteer. Volunteer power is key to our success. Volunteers help pack Pink Ribbon Bags, teach chess, and make our annual events possible! Please call us at 866.577.7465 or email ccpfevents@proscan.com to learn more.

Why We’re Important: Through the Pink Ribbon Programs, we remove barriers for women to access potentially lifesaving early detection in addition to our comprehensive support services.

Through the Chess Programs, we provide children of all backgrounds the ability to develop important life skills such as critical and strategic thinking, patience and good sportsmanship through chess instruction and play.

How We Serve the Community: We currently operate two Pink Ribbon Centers located in Tri-County and Red Bank. Our Pink Ribbon Centers provide early detection services with state of the art imaging and are open to all women. The Mammogram Match and Breast MRI Programs provide complimentary scans and breast MRI’s for patients who qualify and when you get your annual scan through a Pink Ribbon Center you help to support this program. Cruisin’ for a Cure provides transportation services to all patients with appointments at the Pink Ribbon Centers, via our partners at Performance Lexus. CCPF also provides a beautifully appointed bag filled with educational and emotional support items for newly diagnosed patients through the Pink Ribbon Bag Program. Additionally, the Survivor Circle provides one-on-one support for those going through their breast cancer journey.

The first Queen City Classic Chess Tournament, held in the spring of 2002, drew 350 students and was a huge success. The event now draws up to 700 players each year and all proceeds raised from the event funds our Chess in Schools program. Our Chess in

Cris Collinsworth ProScan Fund 5400 Kennedy Avenue, Cincinnati Ohio 45213 866.577.7465 ccpfevents@proscan.com / ccpf.org Text CCPF to 74121 www.facebook.com/criscollinsworthproscanfund www.instagram.com/cris_collinsworth_proscan_fund Co-founders: Holly Collinsworth and Penny Pomeranz Executive Director: Brook Drummond Email: bdrummond@proscan.com Board Members: Troy Blackburn, Robert Brant, Esq., Karen Cassidy, Cris Collinsworth, Holly Collinsworth, Esq., L. Thomas Hiltz, Esq., Ellen Knue, Carol O'Brien,Penny Pomeranz, Stephen Pomeranz M.D., Russell Wilson, Esq.

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THE CURE STARTS NOW

battling cancer worldwide every year. We are the largest pediatric cancer research foundation resulting in the establishment of The Cure Starts Now Foundation Brain Tumor Center, as part of a multimillion-dollar donation to fund pediatric brain cancer research at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Additionally, we have funded over 100 cutting edge research grants at over 100 hospitals in 15 countries since 2007.

Who We Are: The Cure Starts Now started with just one child.

Today, The Cure Starts Now is comprised of over 40 families/ chapters in three countries dedicated to finding the Homerun Cure™ for all cancers, starting first with one of the deadliest cancers: pediatric brain cancer. Experts believe that the lessons we learn from fighting pediatric cancer may provide us with the critical first step in winning the battle against all cancers, both pediatric and adult.

The Cure Starts Now represents a revolutionary new strategy in cancer research: one that fights cancer not according to numbers but, instead, based on knowledge and research.

How You Can Help: The easiest way to support The Cure Starts Now is with a simple donation which can be made online at donate2csn.org. However, there are many ways to get more involved: • Our events are successful in large part because of the support of volunteers. A simple donation of time can go a long way toward helping us raise funds for critical research.

• Sponsoring one of our events can make a huge impact on research funding by offsetting the costs of hosting an event.

• Get your community involved in something bigger – host your own event/fundraiser. We’re happy to provide support.

What We Do: The Cure Starts Now actively seeks to create new research collaborations and protocols for pediatric brain cancer that were previously thought to be too ambitious or impossible. To this end, we raise funds in support of innovative research. Additionally, we have a yearly grant funding cycle in which our Medical Advisory Council reviews submitted grants to determine their relevance to our research strategy and makes recommendations based on funding abilities determined by our board. When we choose a grant to fund, we make an active effort to be apart of the research from the check presentation to the conclusion.

The Cure Starts Now 10280 Chester Road, Cincinnati, OH 45215 (513) 772-4888 thecurestartsnow.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheCureStartsNow Instagram: www.instagram.com/curestartsnow Twitter: www.twitter.com/CureStartsNow

Why We’re Important: Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children, with over 11% of those diagnosed dying each year. However, the National Cancer Institute designates only 4% of its annual research budget to all pediatric cancer research. Since 2007, in collaboration with our partners, we have funded over $16.4 million in research. Like our hero, Lauren Hill, we fight for and give a voice to those who may be too young to speak up for themselves.

Executive Director: Brooke Desserich Email: brooke@thecurestartsnow.org

How We Serve the Community: The Cure Starts Now supports research and trials that provide treatment to over 3,000 children

Board Chair: Keith Desserich

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DE CAVEL FAMILY SIDS FOUNDATION carefully, seeking to impact as many lives in Greater Cincinnati as possible with each project.

Who We Are: The de Cavel Family SIDS Foundation is a local non-profit organization dedicated to funding the fight against Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in the Greater Cincinnati area.

The effective organizations we’ve helped support include Cribs4Kids, Cradle Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Hamilton County Children First Council and Hamilton County Job & Family Services. A small portion of our donations also fund The Tatiana de Cavel Scholarship Fund at the Midwest Culinary Institute at Cincinnati State, providing tuition, supplies and income assistance for dozens of students since 2006.

The Foundation was formed by Jean-Robert and Annette de Cavel after the abrupt death of their firstborn child, Tatiana, to SIDS in 2002. Tatiana is one of roughly 2,000 infants who lose their lives to SIDS each year. The de Cavel family envisions a world where no parent will ever again know the tragedy of losing a child to SIDS. What We Do: We support SIDS research, education and awareness, and we work to support the families who have lived through the heartbreak of losing a child to SIDS. Our signature event is the EatPlayGive Friends & Family Brunch, held each year in October. Many local chefs, restaurants and families donate time and talent to create a unique, casual, family-friendly event to raise money to support the fight against SIDS.

How You Can Help: As we enter our 16th year, our greatest need is sponsorship. With the right partners, we can urgently address the local needs for education and awareness while supporting research to help eliminate SIDS. Please contact Annette de Cavel for details about the benefits of sponsorship.

Why We Are Important: SIDS remains the leading cause of death for babies between 1 month and 1 year old in the United States. Over 2,000 babies die each year from SIDS nationally. SIDS deaths in Greater Cincinnati, while declining, continue to exceed the national average. The de Cavel Foundation is a local charity, and the money we raise stays in our community – where it’s needed most.

The de Cavel Family Foundation PO Box 3243, Cincinnati, Ohio 45201 www.eatplaygive.net

Social Media:

www.facebook.com/eatplaygive Instagram: @eatplaygive Twitter: @eatplaygive Executive Director: Annette Pfund-de Cavel Email: annette@eatplaygive.net

How We Serve The Community: Over the past 15 years, the de Cavel Foundation has raised over $1 million to support local partners in the fight against SIDS. We choose partners and projects

Board Members: Amy Hunter, Ilene Ross, Megan McDonough, Nicki Zwissler, Anne-Marie Jezequel, Miki Reilly-Howe

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Educating Changemakers Join us and invest in our community’s future. www.depaulcristorey.org

DEPAUL CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL students are two times more likely to complete a bachelor’s degree by age 24, compared to the total U.S. low-income population.

Who We Are: DePaul Cristo Rey is a Catholic, college-preparatory high school with a mission to educate young people who have the potential but limited financial means to go to college. This is accomplished through a dynamic academic program partnered with an innovative Corporate Work Study Program, not available at any other local high school. Students work in corporate job placements earning part of their own education costs and all students receive financial aid. Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, DPCR is one of 37 high schools in the nationwide Cristo Rey Network® which serves 13,000 young people.

How You Can Help: • Make A Gift – Every DPCR student receives tuition assistance.

Your gift of cash or stock makes a life-changing education possible.

• Provide A Corporate Work Study Job – Students work to fund part of their own education. Your connections can introduce our innovative work-study model to new companies and these companies to our amazing students.

• Support Our Events – Rey of Light Dinner Auction, DPCR Golf Classic and Champions of Change need sponsors, raffle and auction prizes, and volunteers.

• Support Our Graduate Success Fund – Gifts will help us endow this fund as a permanent resource supporting our alumni to college completion. Our goal is $6 million.

What We Do: DePaul Cristo Rey provides education, professional work experience and intensive support to help young people with great potential complete high school, enroll in and successfully complete college. DPCR is the only local high school with a Corporate Work Study Program through which students work at local companies. It’s also the only local high school with a full-fledged Graduate Success Program providing human and financial resources to support alumni to college completion. Through the Graduate Success Fund, alumni can apply for micro-grants to fill college financial shortfalls such as tuition gaps, books, bus cards, and meal plans.

DePaul Cristo Rey High School 1133 Clifton Hills Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45220 513-861-0600 www.depaulcristorey.org Facebook = DePaul-Cristo-Rey-High-School-Cincinnati Instagram = depaulcristorey LinkedIn = DePaul Cristo Rey High School Twitter = @DePaulCristoRey

Why We’re Important: Many young people in our community lack access to quality schools and the opportunity to pursue higher education, but they don’t lack dreams, drive or motivation. Many businesses and organizations in our community seek better ways to improve their pipeline of future talent and demonstrate their commitment to workforce diversity and community engagement.

DePaul Cristo Rey is their common thread offering students quality, faith-based education and exposure to the professional world, and a Corporate Work Study Program that benefits both students and business partners.

President/CEO: Siobhan Taylor siobhan.taylor@dpcr.net Vice President of Advancement: Sparkle Worley sparkle.worley@dpcr.net Board Chair: Patricia Robertson

How We Serve the Community: DePaul Cristo Rey students are this region’s future college graduates, professionals, parents, community leaders, and changemakers. At DPCR, they are prepared, encouraged and supported to embrace their potential, find their voices, enroll in and graduate from college; many of them are the first in their families to go to college. Nationally and locally low-income and minority students have significantly lower college graduation rates than their middle and high-income peers. However, Cristo Rey

Board Members: Barbara K. Bennie, John Browner, David J. Cassady, Manuel Chavez, S. Barbara Davis, SC, Chuma Ekwueme, David Fikse, S. Lois Jean Goettke, SC, Richard (Dick) Haglage, Cindy Howell, Gail Kist-Kline, S. Georgia Kitt, SC, Bart Kohler, Steven McDevitt, Mona Morrow, Dan Neyer, Cathy Ramstetter, PhD, Nick Reilly, James B. “Rick” Reynolds, Michael Schuster, Tim Stautberg, Siobhan Taylor, ex officio, Andre Williams, S. Cj Willie, SC

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THE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION

the possibilities of other organizations by doing one thing : connecting. We empower our community supporters by bridging the gap between their resources, skills and abilities; and our patients, who at times require assistance outside the scope of most other organizations.

Who We Are: The Dragonfly Foundation (TDF) supports the families of pediatric cancer patients. TDF works directly with our partner, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and others, to lend a hand to families during their cancer journey.

What We Do: Dragonfly delivers our mission of support through patient and family events, care packages for newly diagnosed patients, hair loss education and coping, community support and more. We work to enhance the healing process and lessen the emotional and physical toll that is associated with a cancer diagnosis, treatment, recovery, and maintenance. We understand that, even though treatment may end, the post-traumatic stress, the challenges of side effects and the anxiety of recurrence may challenge families for years. We build community to help families connect with others who have or are facing similar experiences.

How You Can Help: Everyone has something to offer for the greater good. Financial contributions, gift donations, volunteer hours, celebrity connections, or other skills, abilities and talents are welcome. Please share your heart with families in need. Learn more and donate at dragonfly.org.

The Dragonfly Foundation 506 Oak Street, Cincinnati, OH 45219 Dragonfly.org Facebook: The Dragonfly Foundation Twitter: DragonflyCinci Instagram: The_Dragonfly_Foundation

Why We Are Important: TDF is the first organization in the region to expand into a fully comprehensive cancer patient and family care organization. Dragonfly has shifted the paradigm of patient care into something that is transformative for the patients and their families, and genuinely improves their outlooks. Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to deliver on our mission of support.

Executive Director: Christine Neitzke Email: c.neitzke@dragonfly.org Senior Vice President of Development: Greg Vehr Email: g.vehr@dragonfly.org

How We Serve the Community: Dragonfly enhances our partner hospitals’ ability to serve their patients by offering services that complete the patient experience. Furthermore, TDDF has been able to fill patient and hospital requests that venture far outside

Board Chair: Laurel Markley, Raymond James Board Vice Chair: Robert Brown, Esq., Graydon

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themselves, their families and to make the region a great place for all of us to live and work.

Who We Are: Envision Children is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a mission “To provide under-served students with supplemental educational instruction in science, technolog y, engineering , math, reading and critical thinking that will allow them to excel academically.”

How You Can Help: It’s very simple—Sponsor a scholarship.

It costs just under $1,200 to help a child for one academic year.

Join our African American Families for Educational Excellence (AFE) giving society. The AFE was born out of the idea that one generation has a direct responsibility to invest in the next generation. AFE dollars (100%) go directly to support a child receiving year-round academic support. Our goal is to find sponsorship for all students in Catch Every Child (638 Students in 2021). Scholarships to the AFE can be made on Envision Children’s website listed above. Click on the AFE Form to join.

What We Do: Envision Children carries out its mission through the Catch Every Child (CEC) initiative. CEC provides educational programming and tutoring designed help students turn their Ds and Fs to As and Bs on report cards in all subjects and achieve proficiency in reading and math at grade level on standardized tests. The goal is 85% success or better on both metrics within three academic years.

Envision Children 8 Enfield Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45218 513-772-5437 www.envisionchildren.org/ www.facebook.com/envisionchildren

Why We’re Important: Our families have no real options which are both affordable and effective in helping their children to get back on track academically. Envision Children was founded to fill this void in the region. 85% of our students are African American; 11% are Latino. 94% of students come from families with incomes below the Federal Poverty Rate. 86% come from single-parent households. 100% of our students are failing when they start their time at Envision Children.

Executive Director: Matthew Hughes Board Chair: Dr. Battino Batts

How We Serve the Community: In Cincinnati, Black and Latino students score 20-30% less than their White peers on standardized tests for reading and math at grade level. Envision Children works with students across the region to improve the academic performance of students of color. Education is key for individuals to be able to support

Members of the Board: Anthony Birkla, Stephanie Byrd, Nelson Castillo, Dr. Mellie Duplechan, Jarvis Graham, Jessica Hall, Drs. Alvin and Yemisi Jones, Dr. Monica Newby, Margo Ross, Tresonne Peters and Erica Thomas

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EPISCOPAL RETIREMENT SERVICES

How We Serve the Community: Our efforts help support vital housing, wellness, and program needs for older citizens to ensure they live full, dignified lives. Our fundraising efforts help us pay for things not covered by Medicare on behalf of our residents. Things like hearing aids, scooters, dentures and staff provided services such as social service coordination, activities, and transportation. And when our residents’ funds are depleted, they can continue to live, just as they always have, in our communities.

Who We Are: Episcopal Retirement Services (ERS) is rooted in the generosity and compassion of those who believe that the elderly deserve to age in a home-like environment, where respect and freedom of choice are paramount and where they can enjoy full and meaningful lives during their later years. Since the 1950s, philanthropists in the spirit of Charles and Marjorie P. Lee have contributed time, talent, and treasure to ensure ERS remains a leader in meeting the evolving needs of older adults representing a wide range of demographics. This legacy of charitable giving and servant leadership continues today through The Good Samaritan Mission Fund, which supports the ministries, programs and services provided to ERS residents, staff, and individuals throughout the community annually.

How You Can Help: There are so many ways you can support our mission with a donation of your time or money. We have volunteer opportunities with Deupree Meals On Wheels, or in our communities. We are taking volunteer applications, however volunteers will be limited to certain roles during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Find volunteer opportunities at: www. episcopalretirement.com/volunteer.

Finally, we also accept financial donations to help support programing for older adults. You can donate online anytime at: www.episcopalretirement.com/donate.

What We Do:We believe that seniors should live with dignity and comfort in a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment no matter their financial situation. ERS is proud to offer rentsubsidized affordable senior living communities that provide various options and services not often found in communities for seniors with limited incomes. We are pleased to own and/or manage 27 low-income housing communities in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. The result for many of our residents is truly lifeenriching. We deliver more than 100,000 nutritious meals to homebound seniors in the Cincinnati area through Deupree Meals On Wheels. We also provide premier housing and services for older adults in Cincinnati at Deupree House and Marjorie P. Lee and in Louisville at Episcopal Church Home.

Episcopal Retirement Services 3870 Virginia Ave. Cincinnati OH 45227 (513) 271-9610 www.episcopalretirement.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ERSCincinnati/ Twitter: @ERSCincy LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ episcopal-retirement-homes Instagram: @erscincinnati

Why We’re Important: ERS is committed to ensuring that older adults live with passion and purpose by setting the highest standards for residential living, healthcare and memory support ser vices. We developed best practice standards within our communities and programs. As an industry leader, our vision is to expand our impact far beyond residents’ reach to address and solve societal issues that currently plague our senior population and their caregivers, including establishing Cincinnati as the most dementia inclusive city in America.

President and CEO: Laura Lamb Email: llamb@ERSLIFE.ORG Executive Director of Philanthropy: Joy Blang Email: jblang@ERSLIFE.ORG Board Chair: Tom Regan

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THE ERICA J. HOLLOMAN FOUNDATION FOR THE AWARENESS OF TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER mastectomy and reconstruction. We also promote community screenings by organizing mammography vans in neighborhoods that may have less access to quality health care.

Who We Are: The Erica J. Holloman Foundation For The Awareness Of Triple Negative Breast Cancer is a nonprofit organization founded in 2012 in honor of Dr. Erica J. Holloman. Erica was a young African-American woman diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) at the age of 31. During her cancer fighting journey she saw the need to let others know about this highly aggressive form of breast cancer. Our vision is to educate the community, give hope, and to empower women and men to make proactive decisions regarding their health that will lead to the prevention of TNBC.

How You Can Help: • DONATE ONLINE OR BY CHECK: visit www. ericajhollomanfoundation.org or mail check to foundation address • DRIVE AWARENESS: (Ohio Residents) Purchase Ohio’s first TNBC Awareness license plate. Each plate donates $25 to The Foundation.

• ANNUAL BRA DRIVE: Donate NEW BRAS. Monetary donations can be made by check or online and are used to purchase bras.

• KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS: Enroll and earn rewards for the Erica J. Holloman Foundation when you use your loyalty card.

• AMAZON SMILES: Sign up for Amazon Smiles and select The Erica J. Holloman Foundation as your charity.

What We Do: The Erica J. Holloman Foundation continues to educate through community events within the Cincinnati area and nationwide.

We have partnered with one of Greater Cincinnati’s largest health networks to host the first forum on Triple Negative Breast Cancer. Our College Students Against TNBC campaign promotes awareness in our next generation. On October 2nd, college students wear special t-shirts and spread awareness by posting throughout social media. We also strive to meet a special need through our annual Bra Drive where we have donated over 6500 new bras to women’s shelters, back to work programs, and disaster relief initiatives.

Most importantly, talk about Triple Negative Breast Cancer to everyone you know.

The Erica J. Holloman Foundation for the Awareness of Triple Negative Breast Cancer P.O. Box 14334, Cincinnati, Ohio 45250-0334 513-541-6110 www.ericajhollomanfoundationince.org Facebook.com/theericajhollomanfoundation

Why We’re Important: About 15 to 20 percent of all breast cancer cases are diagnosed as triple-negative. Findings on triple negative breast cancer are very scarce but research indicates that TNBC has one of the greatest mortality rates and the highest risk of death with this type of cancer among women of color. The Erica J. Holloman Foundation has become the necessary bridge to create new conversation about TNBC research, treatments options, breast care, and help mend the health gap that is prevalent between our communities.

President: Josie Holloman-Adams Email: ejhollomanfoundation@yahoo.com Vice President: Dr. Ebony Griggs-Griffin

How We Serve the Community: The Erica J. Holloman Foundation prides itself on ensuring we are immersed in the community. We believe that the knowledge about this form of cancer is best delivered by personally meeting with the people and leaders in the community. One of our greatest rewards is when we create partnerships between individuals living with TNBC. Every year we give special recognition and a gift basket to a woman newly diagnosed with TNBC and that has undergone a double

Board Members: Ra’Shawn Brown, Mona Jenkins, Gina Jordan, Kelly M. Lane, Dr. McKenzie McNeal III, Kim Moreno-Mays, Sonal Shackelford, Dr. Leesha Thrower Communications Coordinator: Lakisha Taylor

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FREESTORE FOODBANK • Donate: $1 could help provide 3 meals to those in need. Your generosity creates stability and hope for our neighbors facing hunger during these unprecedented time.

• Volunteer: Volunteers are a vital part of Freestore Foodbank’s strategic plan to provide meals to hungry children and families in our tristate area. Every time you volunteer, you will leave knowing that you have helped to provide Food, Connection and Hope for our neighbors in need. To volunteer with us, please contact volunteer@freestorefoodbank.org or call 513-482-7550 • Host a Food Drive: Our most efficient, impactful food drive to get your friends, coworkers and family engaged to help fight hunger. Instead of going to the grocery store and buying canned food, especially during this uncertain time, we will help you create a link to encourage people to donate to the Freestore Foodbank to purchase food for our neighbors in need. To host a food drive, please go to freestorefoodbank.org/ host-a-canned-food-drive/.

Who We Are: Freestore Foodbank’s mission is to improve lives by eliminating hunger in partnership with our community, and our vision is to create a hunger-free, healthy, and thriving community. To achieve this vision, our objectives are to provide nutritious food, connect to support services and offering a pathway from crisis to stability.

What We Do:Freestore Foodbank is the largest emergency food and services provider to children and families in Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana. The organization distributes 37.7 million meals annually to low-income individuals and families. The Freestore Foodbank supports 540 community partners in 20 counties throughout Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana, including food kitchens, homeless shelters, emergency food pantries, social service centers and program sites.

Why We’re Important: By providing emergency food distribution, the Freestore Foodbank responds to the issue of poverty and food insecurity in our community and provides an array of services (emergency clothing, housing services, SNAP assistance, Medicaid outreach and others) aimed at creating self-reliance. The Freestore Foodbank is a member of Feeding America.

Freestore Foodbank 1141 Central Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45202 513-482-4500 www.freestorefoodbank.org facebook.com/freestorefoodbank twitter.com/freestoreFB instagram.com/freestorefb

How We Serve the Community: • Provided 37.7 million meals to our community.

• Provided 8.8 million pounds of produce and 6 million pounds of retail food rescue • 21,969 volunteers served that gave 86,614 hours to Freestore Foodbank • COVID-19 Increase: The Ohio National Guard packed 2.9 million pounds of emergency, 63% increase in food distribution, 40% decrease in food donations, 51% increase in online SNAP apps • COVID-19 Expected Increase: 5% increase in overall hunger expected long-term and a 9% increase in childhood hunger (Feeding America Map the Meal Gap). 35 new partners.

Executive Director: Kurt Reiber (CEO) Email: kreiber@freestorefoodbank.org Development Director: Trisha Rayner Email: trayner@freestorefoodbank.org Board Chair: Warren Weber Tom Kirkwood- Vice Chair Development Julie McGehee- Vice Chair- Governance and Trusteeship Anne Lilly Cone- Board Secretary Richard Vaughan- Treasurer

How You Can Help: You can join us in helping to make a difference.

With your help, Freestore Foodbank is able to help provide three meals to hungry children and families in the tristate area.

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GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION

neighbors. GCF has deep roots and a pulse on the community, coupled with an unbiased focus on driving our region forward.

We play a key role in identifying and solving complex community problems through grants, convening, awareness raising, research, advocacy and communication. We serve generous individuals and families by supporting their charitable goals.

Who We Are: Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF) is the region’s community foundation. As a trusted and connected partner, we inspire generous people to invest in a more equitable and vibrant Greater Cincinnati, now and for generations to come. A community foundation, like GCF, is a tax-exempt public charity created by and for the people in a region so that those with philanthropic interests can support issues they care about – now or through their estates.

How You Can Help: Join us in creating brighter futures, stronger communities and a more vibrant and equitable region by supporting our Empowering Communities Annual Fund: www.gcfdn.org.

What We Do: Connecting people with purpose, GCF is laser-focused on creating a more racially equitable and vibrant Greater Cincinnati.

Importantly, GCF highlights and educates on critical systemic issues that perpetuate inequities to drive community vibrancy for all who live here. Central to our mission as a community foundation, GCF also helps individuals, families and businesses establish charitable funds using a variety of assets and then awards grants from those funds to nonprofits that meet our donors’ charitable goals.

Greater Cincinnati Foundation 720 E Pete Rose Way, Suite 120, Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 241-2880 www.gcfdn.org Facebook: @gcfdn Twitter: @GrCinciFdn LinkedIn: Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Why We’re Important: We are committed to making ours a more equitable region. GCF works alongside partners to solve Greater Cincinnati’s significant systemic challenges – such as income inequality, educational disparities and the lack of affordable housing – and to educate community members about these issues. As our region’s community foundation, we also harness philanthropic capital to make a lasting difference.

President and CEO: Ellen Katz Email: ellen.katz@gcfdn.org Chief Philanthropy Officer: Phillip Lanham Email: phillip.lanham@gcfdn.org

How We Serve the Community: Our primary role is to serve our 8-county region to make it a more equitable home for all of our

Board Chair: Delores Hargrove-Young, Vice Chairwomen of the Board at d.e. Foxx & Associates

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IMPACT AUTISM

Who We Are: IMPACT Autism™ is an all- volunteer charity that believes that both the quantity and quality of care options for those with autism are horribly deficient, especially for adults. We seek to change that and have formed an organization with the mission, the people and the ideas to move beyond the status quo.

We just celebrated our 20th year raising funds to support innovative programs that change the status quo.

Cincinnati campus designed to give provide a world class program where participants thrive in a safe environment where they work on communication, social, and job skills every day. During 2020, we were able to move to virtual programming for several months and were able to return to campus with all the safety protocols in place to protect our participants and staff during COVID-19. This program was created to respond to a call from state and federal governments to increase community integrated job opportunities we have funded an on-going program which focuses on employment, health/wellness, and lifelong learning. These campus participants work on job skills every day in new on-campus ventures and in the community. II is open to adults aged 22 or older.

What We Do: IMPACT Autism™ seeks to change the world for people living with autism. How? By raising funds to support innovated solutions that help adults overcome the educational, emotional and social challenges of autism. Our driving vision is to enable adults with autism to be included in environments where they can be enriched, engaged, healthy and productive citizen in a safe vibrant environment.

How You Can Help: Join us in raising money to support new and innovative programs that can change the trajectory for a person and a family with autism. Given to Impact Autism or the Impact Fund at the University of Cincinnati CECH School.

Why We’re Important: Autism is a complex brain disorder that inhibits a person’s ability to communicate, respond to surroundings, or form relationships with others. First identified more than 50 years ago, autism is now typically diagnosed by the age of two or three.

Autism knows no racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic boundaries. Few disorders are more devastating to a child or his or her family. While some people with autism are only mildly affected, most with the condition will require lifelong care and will have significant language impairments. Sadly, many children with autism will never be able to tell their parents they love them.

Impact Autism 7795 Five Mile Road, Cincinnati, OH 45230 513.699.8845 Impactautism.org Twitter: @impactautism Facebook: IMPACT Autism IMPACT Autism Board: Paul Kitzmiller, Diana O’Brien, Debbie Burgess, Dr. Christie Carnahan, Jake Geglein, Kevin Kappes,

How We Ser ve the Communit y : We support IMPACT INNOVATION(II) - day program based on the University of

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JDRF SOUTHERN & CENTRAL OHIO challenges of living with diabetes. Part of the Youth Ambassador initiative is the JDRF Advocacy program.

Who We Are: JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. The strength of JDRF lies in an exclusive focus and singular influence on the worldwide effort to end T1D. JDRF Southern & Central Ohio serves a 70-county territory covering Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton, northern Kentucky and southeast Indiana. A 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, JDRF is one of the nation’s most efficient nonprofits, with over 80 cents of every dollar contributed going directly to the organizational mission.

How You Can Help: The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted our event-based fundraising model and reduced our overall fundraising.

That said, our commitment to our mission remains steadfast. We’re now deploying strategies to improve our operating efficiency to ensure our mission is met and our communities are served.

Volunteers are JDRF’s greatest strength – from the beginning, JDRF has been a volunteer-driven organization. To succeed, we will need greater involvement of volunteers. Volunteers are needed both on a long-term basis, including various event committees and the board, but also for one-day event volunteer needs. To get involved, contact the chapter at socentralohio@jdrf.org.

What We Do: JDRF Southern & Central Ohio hosts a variety of community outreach and fundraising events annually to raise money to fund life-changing T1D research. The chapter's signature events in Columbus include the Promise Ball in May; the Columbus JDRF One Walk in the fall; and the Ride to Cure program in May. In Cincinnati, the Cincinnatian of the Year Gala, the JDRF One Walk Kings Island in the summer; the Bourbon and BowTie Bash in November; and the Ride to Cure program.

JDRF Southern & Central Ohio 8035 Hosbrook Road Suite 210 Cincinnati OH 45236 513-793-3223 jdrf.org/socentralohio Facebook: fb.com/JDRFSoCOhio Twitter: @JDRFSoCOhio Instagram: @JDRFSOCentralOhio

Why We’re Important: JDRF was founded in 1970 as a grassroots movement by parents of children with T1D. The mission of JDRF is to not only fund research to improve lives of those living with T1D, and to ultimately find a cure, but to also build awareness of the disease. Half of new T1D diagnoses are in adults, and 80% of the overall T1D population is comprised of adults. T1D is an autoimmune disease in which a person’s pancreas stops producing insulin, a hormone people need to get energy from food. T1D can strike anyone at any age at any time and has nothing to do with diet or lifestyle.

Executive Director: Melissa Newman Email: mnewman@jdrf.org Development Director: Becky Gaible Email: rsusmangaible@jdrf.org Development Manager: Melanie Schmid Email: mschmid@jdrf.org

How We Serve the Community: The annual JDRF Southern & Central Ohio TypeOneNation Summit is a free community education conference which attracts over 1,000 registrants and is the biggest in the nation across all other JDRF chapters. Other community outreach activities occur throughout the year in an effort to help improve outcomes for people living with type 1 diabetes, as well as to educate those who are unaware of the disease of the warning signs and symptoms. The chapter also has a formal Youth Ambassador program, which empowers young people with T1D to raise their voice and share their stories of overcoming the

Columbus Market Manager: Jessica Boyd Email: jfboyd@jdrf.org Development Coordinator: Hadley George Email: hgeorge@jdrf.org Board Leadership: Diane Weidner, Steve O'Bryan, Tim Doney & Marc Blubaugh

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LADD

How We Serve the Community: Our programs and efforts empower people with developmental disabilities to live their best lives – lives full of independence, connection and opportunity.

And when people with disabilities are included as employees, residents, volunteers and engaged citizens throughout Cincinnati, our entire community benefits.

Who We Are: Guided by the belief that every person has ability and value, LADD empowers adults with developmental disabilities to live, work, and connect. LADD was founded in 1975 by parents of children with disabilities. Today, LADD supports more than 500 people through a range of services including housing, health and wellness, day programs, supported employment and advocacy.

We believe there is strength in a culture and community that welcomes diversity.

How You Can Help: LADD welcomes volunteers, donors and supporters to help realize our mission in the community. Visit www.laddinc.org or call 513-861-5233.

What We Do : Our work propels the inclusion and success of people with disabilities, the impact of which is felt positively throughout our community. In addition to the range of services mentioned above, LADD is pioneering a new model of community living with our Smart Living Pilot, the first in the nation to combine smart home technology and wearables to increase independence, improve affordability and support more people.

LADD is also the organizer of the Over-the-Rhine International Film Festival, bringing stories from across the globe to the tri-state area in celebration of inclusion and shared humanity.

LADD 3603 Victory Parkway Cincinnati, OH 45229 513.861.5233 www.laddinc.org Facebook @laddinc Twitter @ladd_inc Instagram @laddinc Executive Director: Susan Brownknight

Why We’re Important: LADD is one of the state’s largest providers of services for adults with developmental disabilities. We partner with the people we support as well as volunteers, business leaders and local and state governments to provide opportunities for all people to live fully and independently. We are fully committed to building a welcoming and diverse community for all.

Chief Development Officer: Molly Lyons Board Chair : Robert F. Jung, CFA Board President: Robert M. Zimmerman

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THE LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY TRI-STATE CHAPTER

How You Can Help: Your participation helps fund groundbreaking research to find cures, provide patient support and education, and promote advocacy efforts to benefit patients. The funds raised are used

by LLS for new life-saving re-search approaches, including precision medicine and immunotherapies. We offer timely information and support for newly diagnosed blood cancer patients and families and support advocacy efforts for federal and state laws & policies to ensure patients have access to lifesaving treatments and cures. You can participate in an event, donate to our cause or volunteer for our organization.

Who We Are: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is at the forefront of the fight to cure cancer. We are the largest nonprofit dedicated to creating a world without blood cancers. The LLS mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Since 1949, we’ve invested over $1.3 billion in groundbreaking research, pioneering many of today’s most innovative approaches.

We work tirelessly to find cures and ensure patients can access the lifesaving treatments they need. When someone experiences the fear and uncertainty of a cancer diagnosis, we provide hope, compassion, education and support.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Tri-State Chapter 4370 Glendale Milford Rd., Cincinnati Ohio 45242 (513) 698-2828 www.lls.org/soh facebook.com/tristateLLS twitter.com/LLS_TriState instagram.com/llstristate

What We Do: We fund research to advance lifesaving treatments.

There is no way to prevent or screen for most blood cancers, so we focus on finding cures. We prioritize research based on unmet medical needs, and support it at every stage –from early laboratory research to clinical trials that lead to drug approvals by the US FDA. We drive advocacy for policies that protect patient access to treatment at the state and federal level. We drive policies that accelerate new treatments to patients and ensure patients have access to quality affordable care.

We also provide education and support to patients and their families.

Executive Director: Tom Carleton Email: Tom.carleton@lls.org

Why We’re Important: LLS impact in the Cincinnati Area • 1.36 million invested in local region research grants • $1.3 billion invested nationally since the inception of LLS • $44 million invested in new research nationally last year • $1.466 million was distributed to 530 patients through Co-Pay & Travel Assistance Programs

Development Director: Dawn Berryman Email: dawn.berryman@lls.org Board Chair: Ann Davis, First Financial Bank Board Members: Mike Clark/IT; Amy Kappen/Best Day Ever Foundation; Amanda Kladakis/Neyer Properties; Dr. Peter Reuhlman/OHC, Retired; Lauren Nichols/Avenue Fabricating; Steve Schulte/First Financial Bank; Dr. David Oh/Hoxworth Blood Center; Michael Goeke/iHeartMedia ; Cory Haucke/Accenture

How We Serve the Community: As the leading source of free blood cancer education and support for patients, survivors, and caregivers, LLS helps patients navigate their cancer treatments and access quality, affordable, coordinated care. With robust patient-focused services and programs, we support patients and their families throughout their cancer journey to help them get the care they need.

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LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES

How You Can Help: Your support of Lighthouse is important and will make a true difference in the lives of young people and families in our community.

• Donate a meal for the young people at one of our shelters.

• Donate in-kind items throughout the year or during our Happy Holidays Gift Drive.

• Make a financial gift online, by check, or through an IRA Required Minimum Distribution or gift of stock.

• Leave a legacy by making a planned gift to have a lasting impact on our community.

• Sign up for our email list to keep abreast of Lighthouse news, fundraising events, volunteer opportunities, and more.

Who We Are: Lighthouse Youth & Family Services works to empower young people and families to succeed through a continuum of care that promotes healing and growth. All Lighthouse services are traumainformed and designed to meet each individual’s needs, challenges, and goals. Our core values include integrity, diversity, excellence, adaptability, family, optimism, and respect.

What We Do: Lighthouse serves more than 4,000 children and families each year with a wide range of programs for young people ages 0-24, offered right in their communities, homes, and schools. Lighthouse provides: • Expert mental health and behavioral health care helping young people and families heal and thrive.

• Open access to diagnostic assessments to identify mental health or behavioral health concerns for ages three and up.

• Foster care and adoption.

• Emergency shelter.

• Services for infants and toddlers with disabilities or developmental delays.

• Services to help youth engaged with the juvenile justice system achieve long-term success.

• Community residential treatment facilities.

• Youth housing.

Lighthouse Youth & Family Services 401 East McMillan Street, Cincinnati, OH 45206 513-221-3350 lys.org Facebook: LighthouseYFS Instagram: lighthouseyfs Twitter: LighthouseYFS President and Chief Executive Officer: Paul Haffner Email: phaffner@lys.org

Why We’re Important: Lighthouse’s programs are fully accredited and licensed and respond to the changing needs of our community.

Operating since 1969, Lighthouse has grown from an agency serving 16 young people daily in Cincinnati to a multi-service organization serving thousands of young people and families statewide. The agency’s work is centered on being a leader in creating a community where every young person has the opportunity to thrive.

Vice President, Development and Grants: Jessica Wabler Email: jwabler@lys.org Board Chair: Stephen Peterson Board Members: Dr. P. Eric Abercrumbie, Doug Bierer, Marvin Butts, Steve Campbell, Elena Comeaux, Ken Feldmann, Dawn Green, Chris Harris, Greg Hartmann, Laquita Howell, Roni Hyman, Kick Lee, Santoshi Mahendra, Barry Morris, Kenneth Parker, Bob Rich, Tatyana Rozhnova, Mary-Bob Rubenstein, Candie Simmons, Amber Simpson, Tamie Sullivan, Amy Susskind, Deborah White Richardson, Bob Zepf

How We Serve the Community: Leading the effort to end youth homelessness in Cincinnati, Lighthouse is the only local agency focused on serving young people experiencing homelessness and offers the only local emergency shelter for ages 10-17. Every night, 400 young people sleep under a Lighthouse roof. Employees and volunteers support young people and families seven days a week, providing the best services to young people and families when and where they need it most, whether in the office, home, school, or elsewhere.

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Serving more patients and families today requires new tools Lindner Center of HOPE must expand and incorporate additional technology and infrastructure to serve more patients and families in need of mental healthcare.

Telehealth involves direct interaction between a clinician and a patient.

You can support Lindner Center of HOPE’s technology updates. With the sudden escalation of telehealth visits, the Center is in need of expanding and incorporating additional technology and infrastructure to serve more patients and families in need of mental healthcare.

LindnerCenterOfHOPE.org/Donate | 513-536-0328

LINDNER CENTER OF HOPE and acceptance that mental health needs are as common and treatable as other chronic illnesses.

Currently, the demand for services far exceeds the mental health resources in our community. The Lindner Center of HOPE is working to increase access to mental healthcare through an expanded staff and services aligned with critical community needs. This includes addiction services, outpatient programs and telehealth services.

Who We Are: The Lindner Center of HOPE is a nonprofit, comprehensive mental health center and global leader offering stateof-the-science diagnosis and treatment of the most pervasive mental illnesses of our time.

• One of the first centers designed as a fully integrated system of care to address deficiencies in mental health care as identified by the Institute of Medicine.

• Innovative inpatient and outpatient programs in partnership with UC Health and Cincinnati Children’s serving nearly 48,000 patients from around the world.

• A leader in research and collaborations that are advancing the field and positioning Cincinnati as a national leader in mental health care.

How You Can Help: In 2020 we discovered telehealth not only allowed for greater patient access but, our patient outcomes and satisfaction ratings improved overall - increasing our ability to treat more people. Of all outpatients treated to date, 90% preferred telehealth visits to in-person appointments.

Expanding virtual mental health services simply cannot wait.

A centralized telehealth service at the Center will reduce clinician administrative costs; assist clinicians in securing credentials for in-state and out-of-state virtual patient visits; enhance the quality of telehealth services; equip the Center with a videoconferencing platform, serving outpatient and inpatient family visits.

To share your gift of HOPE, please send your gift to the Center at the address listed, or go online at: LindnerCenterofHOPE.org/Donate.

What We Do: Lindner Center of HOPE takes a progressive and scientific approach to assessing and treating mental disorders.

Research shows that early diagnosis improves patient rate of recovery. That’s why leading mental health experts at Lindner Center of HOPE begin with a complete, onsite diagnostic assessment. Then, since every patient’s need is different, the team recommends and facilitates a tailored treatment plan. Lindner Center of HOPE takes the extra step of formally involving the patient’s family in the diagnostic and treatment process, leading to better long-term outcomes.

Lindner Center of HOPE is a leader in diagnosing and treating mental disorders.

Lindner Center of HOPE 4075 Old Western Row Road, Mason, Ohio 45040 Main: 513-536-HOPE (4673) Toll free: 1-888-536-HOPE (4673) lindnercenterofhope.org Find us on Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Twitter

Why We’re Important: The Center is at the forefront of the most critical public health issue of our time, providing the region’s most advanced diagnostic and treatment services to people suffering with mental illnesses.

As a founding member, and one of only 22 accredited National Network of Depression Centers, our team of world-class clinician researchers seamlessly connect local patients to the latest proven learnings and treatments available, bringing new hope to community members wanting a better life.

As one patient’s parents said, “Without the Center, it’s doubtful (our son) would be alive today and certainly not the productive young man he is now.”

How We Serve the Community: Mental health remains shrouded in stigma at a time when the need for services for people suffering is increasing dramatically. The Center continues to offer free, public education programs (online and in-person) that build understanding

Chief Executive Officer: Paul E. Keck, MD President and Chief Operating Officer: Paul Crosby, MD Development Director: Mary R. Alexander Email: mary.alexander@lindnercenter.org Board Chair/Members: S. Craig Lindner Frances R. Lindner, Sandra Amoils, MD, William P. Butler, Andrew Filak, Jr., MD, Sharon W. Frisbie, Greg Harmeyer, L. Thomas Hiltz, Esq., Paul E. Keck, MD, Anne Kereiakes, Richard P. Lofgren, MD, MPH, FACP, Vincent Rinaldi, J. Scott Robertson, Pamela D. Sibcy, Jon Zipperstein

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MAGNIFIED GIVING

Who We Are: Magnified Giving is a 501 © 3 educational organization founded in 2008 by Roger Grein, a recognized leader in the philanthropic community. Our mission is to educate, inspire and engage students in philanthropy, touch the hearts and minds of teens, lighten the concerns of others, and magnify the impact of philanthropy. Magnified Giving seeks to “develop tomorrow’s philanthropists today.” Currently, Magnified Giving operates primarily in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.

How You Can Help: Magnified Giving helps our student participants understand that they are called to share their time, talent, and treasure with others. Your support allows us to educate more students and adults so they can continue their philanthropic journey. Many volunteers have helped us by sharing their gifts in many and diverse aspects of our operations and are welcomed. Please contact one of our staff members to find out more opportunities to lend your time, talents, or treasure to our mission.

What We Do: Magnified Giving operates through three program mechanisms: the school-based program, where we provide philanthropy curriculum and teacher training to over 100 local schools; the summer camp program, Camp Give; and through family and community Giving Circles. Through service learning and collaborative conversation, groups advocate for a nonprofit to be awarded a grant. Our programs provide a philanthropy training curriculum that engages children, students, and adults in the process of identifying and assessing a broad range of charitable organizations and engaging with local nonprofit organizations. The grants are awarded by students at public giving ceremonies, at Camp Give graduation, and at the culmination of the Giving Circle. Results are magnified through youth engagement, by opening pathways to serve their community.

Magnified Giving 9940 Reading Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45241 513-733-9727 www.magnifiedgiving.org Social Media: @magnifiedgiving Executive Director: Kelly Collison Email: kelly@magnifiedgiving.org Director of Advancement: Carey Kuznar Email: carey@magnifiedgiving.org Director of Programs: Alison Kaufman Email: alison@magnifiedgiving.org

Why We are Important: To date, Magnified Giving has worked with over 40,000 students and countless community partners to grant more than one million dollars in funding to hundreds of nonprofits in our region. Magnified Giving magnifies the impact of our donors’ funds, as we provide grants through a process that inspires the next generation to become generous engaged problem solvers impacting their communities and their world.

Director of Education: Caroline Ray Email: caroline@magnifiedgiving.org Associate Director: Lindsey Barta Email: lindsey@magnifiedgiving.org Data Manager: Allison Riley Email: riley@magnifiedgiving.org

How We Serve the Community: We empower students and adults and educate them on how they can utilize their time and talents to make our community stronger. We connect those who have a desire to serve with organizations in need of energetic, passionate individuals who are ready to begin their journey of philanthropy.

Founder and President: Roger Grein

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MATTHEW 25: MINISTRIES emergency services, police and fire departments, healthcare facilities and service nonprofits with programs and products including: • Local COVID-19 Relief – PPE, sanitary and hygiene supplies to almost 400 local partners and contactless drive-through distributions of PPE and hygiene supplies to the local community • Local Feeding Program – fresh and shelf-stable food distributions to local pantries and shelters • Local Support Programs - clothing, medical, hygiene, personal care, baby and educational supplies to community partners providing services to those in need

Who We Are: Matthew 25: Ministries is an international humanitarian aid and disaster relief organization helping the poorest of the poor and disaster victims locally, nationally and internationally regardless of race, creed or political persuasion. Matthew 25: Ministries provides food to the hungry, water to the thirsty, clothing to the naked, shelter to the homeless, medical care to the ill and humanitarian supplies to those in need. Additionally, Matthew 25: Ministries is committed to educating the public on the conditions and needs of the “least of these” and by providing resources for action.

What We Do: For 30 years, Matthew 25 has demonstrated a tireless dedication to serving the poorest of the poor and disaster victims, exhibiting consistent growth, maintaining the highest standards of efficiency and effectiveness and helping millions of people each year.

By rescuing and reusing products from major corporations and manufacturers, Matthew 25: Ministries provides humanitarian aid and disaster relief in Greater Cincinnati, across the US and worldwide. Matthew 25: Ministries distributed almost 19 million pounds of COVID-19 supplies, medical supplies, personal care items, clothing, food & beverages, household supplies, cleaning products and reblended paint in 2020, helping more than 23 million people.

How You Can Help: Interested donors can support Matthew 25: Ministries in the way that works best for them (visit m25m.org/donate for details).

• Donate Finances: Fund disaster relief and humanitarian aid programs in Greater Cincinnati, throughout the US or around the world.

• Donate Products: Corporations, groups and individuals can donate new and gently used items (see m25m.org/help/productdonations/ for a complete list of categories accepted).

• Donate Time: Volunteer for a hands-on experience that encourages active participation and provides a sense of deep satisfaction and accomplishment when finished. Visit Matthew 25’s volunteer page m25m.org/help/volunteering/ for more details.

Why That’s Important: Matthew 25: Ministries helps people – over 23 million people in 2020. Matthew 25 plays a vital role in building and strengthening our local community and communities worldwide by providing essential products that offer hope and encourage beneficiaries to take steps toward a more sustainable future. Matthew 25: • was awarded a perfect score of 100 on Charity Navigator, America’s premier independent charity evaluator.

• holds a Platinum ranking from Guidestar, the world's largest source of information on nonprofit organizations.

• is accredited by the Better Business Bureau through the "Wise Giving Alliance Standards" and is included on Forbes’ list of America's Top Charities.

Matthew 25: Ministries 11060 Kenwood Road, Blue Ash, OH 45242 513.793.6256 m25m.org Facebook facebook.com/m25m.org Instagram instagram.com/m25m.org Twitter twitter.com/M25M.org Executive Director: Tim Mettey, CEO Development Director: Joodi Archer Email: info@m25m.org

How We Serve the Community: In 2020, Matthew 25: Ministries distributed millions of pounds of aid throughout Greater Cincinnati and served approximately 500 local partners including hospitals,

Board Chair: Michael Brandy, Jr.

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MEALS ON WHEELS

beloved pets with the seniors who love them, and out of shelters.

We can serve a senior for an entire year for about the same cost as just one day in a hospital, or 10 days in a nursing home – we can accomplish this because of our trusted and unique ability to cross the threshold into seniors’ homes.

Who We Are: Meals on Wheels of Southwest OH & Northern KY has been serving seniors in our community since 1937. We are a hot meal for someone who might otherwise go hungry. We are a friendly face and visit for someone who might otherwise have no human connection. We are peace of mind for caregivers and loved ones. We are so much more than a meal!

How You Can Help: Many seniors can’t do it alone, and neither can we! We need your help to meet a growing need. A gift of just $250 can provide a month’s worth of home-delivered nutritious meals and friendly visits to a homebound senior – 100% of all gifts stay in our local community! We offer meaningful volunteer opportunities for individuals and groups of all ages. You can prepare meals in our kitchen, or help deliver meals directly to people in need! Have a professional skill set and want to make a significant impact? Opportunities exist for board membership, special projects and technical assistance.

What We Do: We provide a million delicious, healthy meals to seniors in our community each year, most of whom are homebound.

The need for our services tripled during COVID shutdowns, and remains doubled. We fight loneliness and isolation, assist with independent living tasks, and perform critical safety checks. Our Pet Portions and Pet Care programs provide food and veterinary care for the cats and dogs of Meal recipients, so that seniors can keep their furry family members home and healthy, as well.

Meals on Wheels of Southwest OH & Northern KY 2091 Radcliff Drive, Cincinnati Ohio 45209 513-661-2777 www.muchmorethanameal.org www.muchmorethanameal.org Instagram @muchmorethanameal Twitter @muchmorethanameal facebook.com/muchmorethanameal

Why We’re Important: The average life expectancy is at a record high of 79 years. Even the most independent among us may experience physical declines or financial hardship that strips away our ability as we age. Add to that an increase in geographic mobility of families, and the result is millions of seniors left behind, hungry and alone. COVID has isolated seniors and families more than ever, and we’ve gotten creative and innovative in how we meet these changing needs – with outreach calls to more than 30,000 seniors, customized home delivered grocery services, strategic healthcare partnerships and more.

Executive Director: Jennifer Steele, CEO Email: jsteele@muchmorethanameal.org

How We Serve the Community: We work closely with seniors, case managers, family members and caregivers to help keep seniors safe and healthy at home. Our in-home visits provide unique opportunities to meet nutritional needs, combat isolation, address safety hazards and provide holistic care. Our programs keep

Development Director: Kat Steiner, Chief Giving Officer Email: ksteiner@muchmorethanameal.org Board Chair: Michael Murphy

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NETWORK OF EXECUTIVE WOMEN CINCINNATI REGION

overwhelmingly favors equal pay and gender equality. As consumers vote with their wallets and employees vote by choosing which companies benefit from their talents, the world is changing.

Who We Are: The Network of Executive Women is a growing community of 13,500 professional women representing 900 companies across North America. NEW’s mission is advancing all women, growing business and transforming our workplaces through the power of community. NEW Cincinnati is one of 22 regions throughout the U.S. We are a strong collective voice for everyone in the corporate world who wants to see gender equality become a reality. NEW Cincinnati provides women and men the opportunity to network and connect through more than a dozen events each year - ranging from happy hours to bi-annual learning events with nationally recognized speakers.

How We Serve the Community: NEW develops actionable insights and corporate solutions to drive change from the top down and bottom up.

Amy Alt, Vice President Sales at Procter & Gamble, says, “The Network of Executive Women is about advancing women, growing the business, and transforming our industry through the power of our community. NEW Cincinnati is a fantastic region to make that happen through our networking programs and events. NEW has served as a broader platform for me to drive diversity and inclusion in the Consumer Product Industry. It has allowed me to connect and learn from so many leaders outside of my company.”

What We Do: NEW Cincinnati is developing and empowering women leaders. Nationally, NEW provides insights and practical solutions that support business transformation through gender equality. The focus is to amplify the collective voice of women executives, championing equal opportunity, advancement, inclusion and pay. NEW is a community that walks beside you on your journey to—and through—leadership.

Elise Keeler, a NEW Cincinnati Regional Leader, shares, “NEW is a collection of passionate and encouraged women and men. Whether we are connecting with our NEW Cincinnati members or hosting an event with Indra Nooyi, former CEO of PepsiCo, or Dr. Condoleezza Rice, I always leave the events feeling supported and motivated and have created new friends and mentorships that will continue to grow.”

How You Can Help: Join our community of more than 12,000 leaders who are transforming themselves and their industry. Our conversation is happening on social media and in person events throughout Cincinnati. NEW Cincinnati committees are made up of volunteers that focus on membership, event programming, logistics, college outreach and mentoring. There are opportunities to join the conversation and share your time and talents through NEW Cincinnati.

Network of Executive Women-Cincinnati Region www.newonline.org/region/cincinnati facebook.com/NEWCincinnati Linked In: Network of Executive Women - Cincinnati Chapter (group) Instagram: NEWCincinnati Email: NEWCincinnati@newonline.org

President & CEO: Sarah Alter

Why We’re Important: WOMEN ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN CORPORATE LEADERSHIP. Women hold just 6.6% of Fortune 500 CEO roles, despite comprising 50% of the world’s population. GENDER EQUALITY IS GOOD FOR SOCIETY AND GOOD FOR BUSINESS. It’s not only good for women, it’s good for business. Companies in the top quartile for gender diversity in their executive teams were 21% more likely to have above-average profitability than those in the bottom quartile.

NEW believes we need companies that reflect the consumers they serve. It’s no secret that top millennial and Gen Z talent

Executive Co-Chair Logistics: Amy Alt Executive Co-Chair Programs: Jill McIntosh

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NEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK donate, you can be assured you are helping people with great need.

Not to mention you are recycling and helping prevent the more than 15,000 items we collected from ending up in landfills.

Who We Are: New Life Furniture Bank is a faith-based non-profit located in Blue Ash, Ohio, serving the Greater Cincinnati area. The region’s only nationally-registered furniture bank, we collect gently used furniture (mattresses/beds, dressers, tables, chairs, sofas, lamps) from people throughout Greater Cincinnati, inspect and clean it, then deliver the items directly to the homes of families in extreme need.

Originally a small ministry of Milford First United Methodist Church founded in 2006, the organization gained 501(C)3 status in 2009.

More than a decade later, New Life Furniture Bank partners with over 50 social service agencies to help end the cycle of homelessness.

How You Can Help: Our 2021 goal is to furnish more than 1,500 households! There are several ways you can help DONATE FURNITURE: Consider donating gently used items, including: • Clean mattresses, box springs, and frames • Nightstands, dressers, desks, chairs, end tables, coffee tables, small sofas, recliners • Floor & table lamps, blankets, linens, towels, new pillows, and toiletries • Small appliances such as microwaves, coffee makers, toasters, dishes, silverware, cookware, utensils

What We Do: A “furniture bank” works a lot like a food bank – only instead of food, we collect donations of gently used furniture and provide it to those in need. We deliver up to 18 items, furnishing empty houses of individuals and families overcoming homelessness, escaping domestic abuse, aging out of foster care, or rebuilding after disasters and extreme poverty. Having a furnished space restores dignity, brings pride of ownership,adds confidence,and allows people to stabilize while working toward self-sufficiency. We help get children sleeping on floors into warm, safe beds. For those who have lost everything or have nothing, we turn empty houses into homes.

CONTRIBUTE FUNDING: Your donation helps extend our reach and fuel our mission. One of the most important ways we invest monetary donations is in purchasing mattresses.

VOLUNTEER AS A TEAM OR INDIVIDUAL: • Sort, Pack Household Donations • Build/Repair/Deliver Furniture • Serve on Board and Event Committees

Why We’re Important: Imagine your children sleeping and eating on cold, bare floors day after day and night after night. This is the harsh reality for thousands of low-income families escaping poverty in Greater Cincinnati. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cincinnati’s child poverty rate is one of the highest in the nation, and the city is consistently ranked in the top poorest cities in our country with a poverty rate almost twice the state’s average. Our goal is for all Greater Cincinnati families to live in furnished homes, relieving suffering, strengthening family units, improving quality of life, and building a better community.

New Life Furniture Bank 11335 Reed Hartman Highway, Ste. 134, Cincinnati, OH 45241 513-313-0530 nlfurniture.org Facebook@cincyfurniturebank Instagram@cincyfurniturebank YouTube@newlifefurniture Twitter@nlfbank

How We Serve the Community: We believe in the healing power of giving and receiving to empower communities to come together and support our most vulnerable populations. In 2020, we delivered 15,812 pieces of furniture to 1,071 households. Those households consisted of 1,930 individuals and nearly 50% were households with children under the age of 18. Speaking of children, we delivered a record 1,318 beds, which helped those children move from the floor into a warm bed! The families we serve are the "poorest of the poor'' and 83% reported earning less than $12,000 annually. So when you

Executive Director: Dana Saxton Email: dana@nlfurniture.org Board Chair: Don Lane, Board President Board Members: Marge Putman, Board Vice President Michael Menichetti, Board Treasurer Kristen Elia, Board Secretary

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OHIO VALLEY VOICES

How We Serve the Community: Since 1999, Ohio Valley Voices has helped children in the tri-state area learn how to listen and talk, forever changing their lives, the lives of their families, and our region as a whole. To us, every child and every spoken word is a gift.

Who We Are: Ohio Valley Voices (OVV), founded in 1999, is an early intervention center and school that teaches children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing (D/HH) to listen and talk through the use of hearing aids and cochlear implants. We serve children and their families from infancy to age eight. After graduating from our program, the vast majority of OVV students will go on to attend their local school alongside their hearing peers. Our curriculum is designed to provide a comfortable, loving environment that fosters confidence and a lifelong love of learning through talking.

How You Can Help: While hearing devices like cochlear implants are typically covered by health insurance, OVV’s highly specialized services are not. We depend on the support and partnership of community members like you to ensure that our services remain accessible to all children. Over a third of our budget comes from financial contributions from individuals and foundations. We also rely on the generosity of our volunteers to keep our school programs running. Visit our website to donate to our annual fund and learn about our many volunteer opportunities.

What We Do: Simply put, OVV helps deaf children speak. First, our Family Center gives families an early start on teaching their child how to listen and talk through individualized therapy, parent education, and support. Next, the Academic Program focuses on giving preschool and early elementary children an education designed to accelerate the learning of spoken language, literacy, and academic subjects, the goal of which is to prepare each child to enter a mainstream school alongside their hearing peers. Finally, OVV provides audiological services to our students, alumni, and D/HH children throughout the region at our on-site clinic so that each child can make optimal use of his or her listening device.

Ohio Valley Voices 6642 Branch Hill-Guinea Pike, Loveland, OH 45140 (513) 791-1458 www.ohiovalleyvoices.org Facebook: ohiovalleyvoices Executive Director: Maria Sentelik Email: maria.sentelik@ohiovalleyvoices.org

Why We’re Important: Ohio Valley Voices is one of the few programs in North America dedicated to a listening and spoken language curriculum for children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing.

Indeed, families have moved from across the country and around the world to take advantage of our services. Our guiding principle is that every child deserves access to sound and communication as a right. By providing our students with a language-enriched environment and the tools to talk, OVV helps them reach their fullest potential and embark on a bright future.

Marketing and Development Director: Casondra Cooper Email: ccooper@ohiovalleyvoices.org Board Members: Nancy Creaghead, President, Jon Westerman, Vice President, Michael Wolf, Treasurer, Sandra M. Mills, Secretary, Thomas Fischer, Jody Johnson, Robert Keith, V. Ruth Klette, Kathy Lutz, Tasha Porter, Caloway Puckett, Coleen J. Swanson, Jack Wild

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PEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY Prepare Affair in November, thousands of volunteers rake leaves and clean gutters for nearly 1,000 local homeowners.

W ho We Are: Inc or p orate d in 1 9 7 5 , Pe op le Working Cooperatively (PWC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving low-income homeowners, seniors, people living with disabilities, veterans and families with children in 19 counties of southwestern Ohio, northern Kentucky, and southeast Indiana.

PWC is supported by a robust group of more than 100 licensed, professionally trained staff members and administrative personnel.

In addition, PWC boasts a dedicated corps of 3,000-plus volunteers, making it one of the largest volunteer corps in the region. Every year, PWC skilled staff and volunteers assist nearly 9,000 individuals in more than 4,500 homes in its 19 county territory.

How You Can Help: People Working Cooperatively could not continue this important work without the community’s support. You can help by signing up to volunteer to provide direct services for our clients, lend your time and talent on a PWC committee, sponsor a PWC event or make a monetary donation online at www.pwchomerepairs.org.

People Working Cooperatively 4612 Paddock Road, Cincinnati OH 45229 513-351-7921 www.pwchomerepairs.org Facebook.com/PeopleWorkingCooperatively Twitter: @PWCCincy Instagram: @pwccincy

What We Do: For more than 46 years, People Working Cooperatively has been strengthening our communities by providing critical home repairs, energy conservation, and accessibility modification services in an effort to help residents remain independent and healthy in their homes. Proudly performing more than 9,000 services for eligible homeowners each year, from repairing leaky sinks to installing ramps to restoring heat, PWC’s services keep neighbors in need safely in their homes. PWC’s staff of licensed, trained employees and dedicated corps of 3,000 volunteers have assisted more than 320,000 individuals since 1975, saving homes and restoring pride.

PWC President: Jock Pitts VP of Development: Christine Owens Email: owensc@pwchomerepairs.org Board Chair: Tom Colvin, Gallagher

Why We’re Important: PWC’s mission of keeping people safe and healthy in their own homes has never been more important than right now, during a pandemic. Imagine living in a home where there is no heat, no running water, electricity or a ramp to get in and out of your home if you have a mobility disability — or trying to make these repairs with an income of $14,000 or less. PWC’s ability to provide critical home repairs 24/7/365 days a year with its professional staff can help our neighbors in need remain safe and healthy in their own homes.

Board Members: Treasure - Teresa Huxel, Macy’s Secretary - Steve Ringel, CareSource Christopher Bell, PNC Equipment Finance Matthew Buddenberg, Messer Construction Dan Cahill, HSD Metrics Paul Colbert, Central Hudson Gas Mike Dennemann, Hawthorn, PNC Family Wealth David Faulk, Macy’s (retired) Charles Gerhardt, III, Government Strategies Group, LLC Russell Hairston, Avondale Development Corporation Zachary Kuznar, Duke Energy Stephanie Lambers, TriHealth Anne McKinney, Procter & Gamble (retired) Steve Mombach, TriHealth Greg Shumate, Frost Brown Todd LLC Mike Viox, Omnia360 Facility Solutions John Westrup, Danis Construction (retired) Rick Zoller, Messer Construction (retired)

How We Serve the Community: People Working Cooperatively serves the community by not only helping to keep our lower-income residents safe and healthy in their own homes through essential home repairs and other services, but also helps to maintain our communities’ housing stock with the help of employees, volunteers, funders and supporters. Outside of day-to-day direct services for our clients, PWC hosts two annual community-wide volunteer events. During Repair Affair in May, hundreds of skilled volunteers complete home repairs for more than 50 local homeowners. During

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PROKIDS How You Can Help: You can help ProKids children by becoming a part of our mobilized community. Your one-time contribution or sustaining, ongoing gift at www.prokids.org/donate enables our volunteers to directly advocate for our children. Your gift can honor someone you care about, or mark an important date. You can make your gift online with your credit card, by check, through a gift of stock, as a Qualified Charitable Distribution through your IRA and/or in your estate plan. We also welcome your help as a CASA Volunteer to work directly with abused and neglected children at www.prokids.org/volunteer.

Who We Are: ProKids has a vision of a safe, permanent and nurturing home for every child in Hamilton County. To do that, for the past 40 years, we have mobilized our community to break the vicious cycle of child abuse and neglect. We recruit, train, and support community volunteers to speak up for children who have been abused and neglected and help guide them into safe environments where they can thrive. These volunteers, backed by our generous donors, create a new cycle of growing up safe and secure, fundamentally changing the future for our children and our entire community.

What We Do: Known as CASA Volunteers, Court Appointed Special Advocates are community members who advocate for the best interest of abused and neglected children. CASA Volunteers are trained and supported so that they can get to know the child and everyone in the child’s life. These volunteers then advise Hamilton County Juvenile Court, which ultimately decides who will raise the child and give them a safe, permanent, nurturing home. In about 10 hours a month, CASA Volunteers help children heal from trauma and move to a brighter future.

ProKids 2605 Burnet Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45219 (513) 281-2000 www.prokids.org Facebook: @ProKidsCASA Instagram: prokidscasa Executive Director: Tracy Cook Email: info@prokids.org

Why We’re Important: Childhood trauma, including abuse and neglect, casts a long shadow in a child’s life. When this trauma continues, children have an uncertain future. They are more likely to drop out of school, to become homeless, to experience teenage pregnancy, to develop substance addictions, to be unemployed and abuse their own children. When ProKids is involved, 99% of our children are safe from abuse and neglect and they can move forward to an adulthood full of promise. Thanks to our donors and volunteers, ProKids changes the lives of children and the future of our Hamilton County community.

Community Director: Jennifer McKettrick Email: jmckettrick@prokids.org 2019-2021 Board Officers President: Robert A. McMahon Immediate Past President: John M. Hands President Elect: JoAnn G. Hagopian Treasurer: Steve Moser Secretary: Wynndel Watts

How We Ser ve the Community: There is nothing more fundamental than a home for a child. But when a child’s home is unstable and violent, they can be removed from their family and become part of the child protection system, a governmental safety net that is overwhelmed by the number of Hamilton County children in need. ProKids collaborates within this system to directly advocate for individual children, thanks to dedicated volunteers who are backed by passionate ProKids staff members. This is all possible because of generous community donors who are behind the recruitment, training and support of ProKids volunteers.

2021-2023 Board Officers President: JoAnn G. Hagopian Immediate Past President: Robert A. McMahon President Elect: Mackenzie Chavez Treasurer: Stephen Brown Secretary: Mike Hines President Emeritus: Jeb H. Head President Emeritus: T.D. Hughes

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RIDE CINCINNATI

Who We Are: Ride Cincinnati is a grassroots bike tour that raises money for life-saving cancer research and care. Four route options are available to appeal to all levels of cycling strength, from approximately 15 to 100 miles.

How You Can Help: There are several ways to get involved with Ride Cincinnati: you may register as aparticipant for one of the four available distances, support a rider’s fundraising campaign or volunteer.

What We Do: Born in 2007, Ride Cincinnati’s objective is to become the leading grassroots organization funding cancer research and care in Greater Cincinnati. 100% of every rider-raised dollar goes directly to life-saving cancer research and care right here in our community.

Ride Cincinnati PO Box 862, Mason, OH 45040 (513) 235-9452 ridecincinnati.org/ www.facebook.com/RideCincinnati/ Handle: @RideCincinnati www.instagram.com/ride_cincinnati/ Handle: @Ride_Cincinnati twitter.com/ridecincinnati Handle: @RideCincinnati www.linkedin.com/company/ride-cincinnati-foundation Info@ridecincinnati.org

Why We’re Important: Ride Cincinnati Dollars support clinical trials, provide seed funding for novel ideas and enable large studies that can track and understand the health of Cincinnatians.

How We Serve the Community: Every rider commits to fundraising a minimum amount specific to the route selected. 100% of every riderraised dollar is proudly directed to cancer research and care in the Greater Cincinnati area.

Development Director: Miles McDowell Email: miles@ridecincinnati.org

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feels supported and cared for while they are here. They help us represent our city to people from around the globe.

Who We Are: Cincinnati’s Ronald McDonald House keeps families with sick children together and near the care and resources they need.

While the children are receiving treatment, we surround each family with hope and support and bring joy and a sense of normalcy to children as they heal. Our 177-bedroom House is the largest Ronald McDonald House in the world.

How You Can Help: There are many ways to support our House.

Financial donations enable us to support families when they need it most. We also welcome corporate and social groups to prepare and serve a meal for our families through our Taste of Hope program. We also have regular and single-day volunteer opportunities available.

Attendance/sponsorship at our fundraising events is also a popular way to support our House while having a great time! Due to Covid, some of these opportunities may be limited. Please check our website for the latest information.

What We Do: Our House offers a community of compassion, support and the comforts of home to families with critically ill children, steps away from the medical care they need.

Why We’re Important: Our House is built on the simple idea that nothing else should matter when a family is focused on healing their child – not where they can afford to stay, where they will get their next meal or where they will lay their head at night to rest. We allow families to face the weight of illness together and to focus on the health of their child.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati 341 Erkenbrecher Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229 513-559-4600 www.rmhcincinnati.org rmhcincinnati on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube

How We Serve the Community: Every year, thousands of families travel from around the world to Cincinnati seeking critical medical care for their children. During this stressful time, they turn to Cincinnati’s Ronald McDonald House for a place to call “home” while in our city. Some stay for just a few days while others are here for months or more. It is because of the generosity of thousands of volunteers and donors from our community that each guest family

Chief Executive Officer: Jennifer Loeb Email: jloeb@rmhouse.org Chief Development Officer: Michelle Steed Email: msteed@rmhouse.org

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THE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF CINCINNATI critical financial support to organizations serving children and families. In 1920, we created Cincinnati’s first school for children with disabilities. Those early hospital-based classes became today’s Roselawn Condon School for children with significant challenges – a legacy we have supported for more than a century. In 1921 we created Camp Allyn to provide recreational opportunities for young people with polio. We continue to own and support Camp Allyn, which today provides day and overnight recreational, educational and independencebuilding programs for individuals with a wide range of disabilities.

Our youth programs include public speaking, mentoring and leadership. Rotarians provide an ongoing volunteer source to meet community needs.

Who We Are: We are a group of business and community leaders working together to create a stronger future for children and for the community. As the charitable arm of the Rotary Club of Cincinnati, The Rotary Foundation of Cincinnati harnesses the funding, the hearts and the hands of our Rotary Club members to bring to life the Rotary motto of “Service Above Self.” Our key focus is children with disadvantages.

What We Do: Our 300+ members combine business and leadership skills with hands-on efforts to help children with disabilities and at-risk youth achieve their full potential. As COVID-19 shut down much of the community, The Rotary Club and Foundation expanded efforts to meet new needs and to safely continue support for schools, hospitals, first responders and children in need. Rotary members’ volunteerism includes Ronald McDonald House and Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Our 100-year-old Camp Allyn in Batavia provides day and overnight programs for close to 1,000 individuals with disabilities through Stepping Stones programs at camp. This winter we purchased property to double the size of Camp Allyn to 100 acres. Through Rotary International, we are part of the war to eradicate polio worldwide. As part of our global mission, our club raised close to $30,000 to bring solar power to rural Uganda for light, refrigeration and clean water.

How You Can Help: The Rotary’s main public fundraiser is Believe 2 Achieve, a dinner and auction to benefit three charities supporting children with disabilities and their families. This year’s event will be held at Brain Brew Custom Whiskey on August 7, 2021. Another avenue of involvement is to join the Rotary Club of Cincinnati. Check our web site for details on Believe 2 Achieve and membership. We have special membership levels for young professionals and corporations. he Rotary Foundation of Cincinnati 441 Vine Street, Suite 4192, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 513-421-1080 www.cincinnatirotary.org Facebook: facebook.com/RotaryClubCincinnati Twitter: CincyRotary

Why We’re Important: Rotary magnifies and focuses individual efforts of business and community leaders to meet community needs. Too often, organizations that work with struggling families and severely challenged children operate in a different world from business, government and community leaders. We bring those worlds together, educating and building relationships that strengthen the future for us all. Our mentoring and professional development programs for members promote ethics, understanding and generous involvement. Rotary is especially effective because it is part of a 1.2-million-person organization with 35,000 clubs throughout the world all promoting selfless service.

Executive Director: Linda Muth Email: lmuth@cincinnatirotary.org Membership Director: DeAnn Fleming Email: dfleming@cincinnatirotary.org Rotary Foundation President: Carl Kappes Rotary Foundation President Elect: Ali Hussain Rotary Club President: Brett Lebhar Rotary Club President Elect: Melinda Kelly

How We Serve the Community: The Rotary Foundation of Cincinnati has a long history of meeting needs and providing

Photos opposite page: Rotary activities amid the pandemic included a drive-thru Holiday Party for students with disabilities, clean-up projects at schools and Camp Allyn, providing meals for essential workers, donating masks and blood, back-to-school backpack assembly, funding local charities, providing camperships for children with disabilities and a global impact effort that raised close to $30,000 for SUN (Solarize Uganda Now) to install solar power in rural Uganda for light, refrigeration and water wells.

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THE SALVATION ARMY IN GREATER CINCINNATI AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY Who We Are: The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

As a religious and charitable organization, we are concerned with the needs of all humanity, and we work to help meet these needs for all who come to us, without discrimination. In Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, we operate five place-based locations in Over-the-Rhine, Center Hill, West Side, Batavia and Northern Kentucky (Covington), serving all of Hamilton, Clermont, Campbell and Kenton Counties.

• The Salvation Army nationally was resolved to #RescueChristmas to bring hope and love to thousands of neighbors during the holidays and into the winter months.

Our iconic Red Kettles were once again present here and in communities across the United States.

• At our children’s learning center in Westside, we expanded our school-age program to full-day operations to help families overcome barriers the pandemic created for providing children safe and supervised education during remote learning. The expanded-hours coverage also helped parents and guardians maintain or seek re-employment.

How We Serve the Community: Greater Cincinnati is full of loving and compassionate neighbors who believe in each other and work together when things get tough. The Salvation Army is committed to showing that same kind of love, serving all those around us without exception. We focus on addressing our neighbors’ immediate and physical needs and then continue to see them through the process of holistic recovery. Whether it be food, clothing, transportation, rental assistance, re-housing or our HeatShare Program, we work to provide programs that will set them on the road to achieving long-term stability and life transformation.

What We Do: Every day The Salvation Army helps hundreds of people throughout the Greater Cincinnati region. We offer unique, local services designed to meet specific local needs. Our social services range from providing food for the hungry, relief for disaster victims, assistance for the disabled, outreach to the elderly and ill, efforts to end human trafficking, clothing and shelter to the homeless, support to veterans and opportunities for underprivileged children to attend after school, academic enrichment, summer enrichment programs and summer activities at Camp SWONEKY. Spiritual and emotional care complement our services, remaining a critical component to encourage stability, healing and lasting hope.

How You Can Help: Donate a monetary gift or learn more about current volunteer opportunities by visiting SalvationArmyCincinnati.org or call 513-762-5643.

Why We’re Important: The Salvation Army’s resolve is unconditional; we are here for everyone in need no matter how tough life gets.

And 2020 only magnified that resolve. The COVID-19 pandemic called for every special and holistic service we provide under normal circumstances, but with modified delivery and on a much larger scale.

In 2020, The Salvation Army’s mission was one that met the moment…

• Our priority focus was feeding, providing 411,139 total meals, distributing 11,155 food boxes and 135,283 takeout meals from March – July.

• More than 2,000 contactless food box deliveries made—a service not provided pre-pandemic.

• 2,588 emotional/spiritual contacts made in safe, uplifting ways.

• 500 seniors kept safe and cared for at our Booth Residence and Catherine Booth Residence apartment facilities.

• As unemployment and families’ needs worsened amidst the lingering crisis, we responded to the overwhelming demand for rent and utility assistance. (Nearly 2500 households served.)

The Salvation Army in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky 114 E Central Pkwy., Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 762-5600 Facebook: @SalvationArmyCincinnati Twitter: @salarmycincy Instagram: @salarmycincy LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/salarmycincy Executive Director: Major Timothy Lyle, Divisional Commander Divisional Director of Development: Julie C. Budden, CFRE, CFRM Email: Julie.Budden@use.salvationarmy.org Board Chair: Dr. Mark E. Caner, Western & Southern Financial Services

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THE SCHOOL FOR CREATIVE & PERFORMING ARTS

How We Serve the Community: 53% of SCPA students are living below poverty level. The SCPA Fund provides the funds needed to provide the support and tools necessary for SCPA’s students to achieve their goals in academic and artistic excellence. We provide support to maintain over 254 instruments, to provide 1,000 pointe shoes and over 290 student performances annually.

Who We Are: For almost 50 years, the School For Creative & Performing Arts has been committed to providing a world-class artistic and educational experience for students. Located in one of the most historically significant and culturally rich communities in Cincinnati, SCPA is the first school in the country to combine a full range of arts studies with a complete college-preparatory academic program for elementary through high school students.

This dual mission paves the way for students to reach their fullest potential as lifelong learners and passionate artists. Today, the gleaming curve of the new Erich Kunzel Center for Arts and Education is a symbol of the energ y and movement that has always propelled the school forward. As SCPA ushers in a new era of excellence, the powerful combination of community, arts, education and state-of-the-art resources is seen and felt in every aspect of the school. SCPA has never been in a better position to nurture young artists as they prepare for the future.

How You Can Help: The SCPA Fund is a non-profit organization created to support SCPA mission of academic and artistic excellence.

Ongoing financial support is critical to maintaining the superior quality of SCPA’s artistic and academic programs in supplementing the full program provided by Cincinnati Public Schools. Together, we must raise $625 for each of our 1,400 students to close the funding gap.

These dollars make the difference by covering everything from pointe shoes to tutoring, musical instruments and critically needed theater equipment. Thank you for being our champion and for investing in our students who are the Future of the Arts!

What We Do: We serve 1,400 brilliant, gift young students. Every student admitted to SCPA has already demonstrated incredible capacity, talent, intellect and determination. SCPA is accessible to all children who exhibit the talent and determination to succeed, regardless of their financial or family circumstances. SCPA is singular in its ability to equitably empower young people to lead us to a more connected and a more compassionate community.

The School For Creative & Performing Arts 108 West Central Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45202 513.363.8155 www.scpa.cps-k12.org Facebook (Cincinnati’s School for Creative and Performing Arts) Instagram (scpacincinnati) Development Director: Teresa Summe-Haas Email: haaster@cps-k12.org

Why We’re Important: We provide ongoing financial support to maintain our superior quality of education which includes: • 100% of high school seniors have graduated for five consecutive years • 89% of students have been accepted into college or other postsecondary programs • Recipient of the Arts School Network Exemplary School Award recognizing SCPA as a model magnet arts school and a crown jewel of Cincinnati Public Schools.

Board Chair: Otto M. Budig, Jr. Board Members: Larry Bergman, Holly Brians Ragusa, Tim Cagle, Colby Chapman, Breta Cooper, Jennifer Damiano, Bill Knodel, Adam Koehler, Nolan Marx, John O’Connor, Joshua Reid, Shannon Roush, Neal Schear, Murray Sinclaire, Jr., Brett Stover, Rick Wayne

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SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME de NAMUR

How You Can Help: The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, through their Live the Good Volunteers, sponsor activities throughout the year in service to those who are poor. For more information, contact Holly Schlaack (schlaack@snden.org ).

Financial gifts can also be made for the Sisters’ work in Cincinnati and overseas and for the care of our oldest Sisters, most of whom spent upward of sixty years in the classroom. For more information, contact Kevin Manley (kmanley@ohsnd.org ). To learn more about our Clean Water for Life Project, providing clean, life-saving water to the children our Sisters serve in Africa, contact Angie Weisgerber (aweisgerber@ohsnd.org).

Who we are: The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur are an international congregation of women religious serving in the U.S. as well as Belgium, Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo, France, Great Britain, Haiti, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, South Africa, South Sudan and Zimbabwe. The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur came to Cincinnati in 1840 after they were asked by Bishop Purcell to establish schools for newly arrived immigrants in Cincinnati and surrounding towns. Following the call of Jesus, Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur live simply in the footsteps of their foundress, St. Julie Billiart.

What We Do: Today, the educational focus of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur continues, as do many of the institutions we established, including Summit Country Day School, Mount Notre Dame High School and Corryville Catholic Elementary School in Cincinnati; and Trinity Washington University in Washington, DC. Today, Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur serve in the inner-city providing job readiness and job training. They provide citizenship classes for recent immigrants. They operate a photovoltaic learning lab on their convent grounds for high school students studying STEMM. They also provide solar power and clean drinking water for villages in Africa, and microenterprises for people in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur 701 E. Columbia Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45215 513-761-7636 sndohio.org YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/SistersofNotreDamedeNamur Facebook: facebook.com/SistersOfNotreDamedeNamurOhio Twitter: twitter.com/SNDdeNOhio LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/sisters-of-notre-dame-de-namur Instagram: instagram.com/sndohio Provincial Leader: Sister Kathleen Harmon, SNDdeN Email: kathleen.harmon@sndden.org

Why We’re Important: Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur change lives by making known God’s goodness throughout the world. They are committed to education and take a stand with poor people, especially women and children living in the most abandoned places.

Development Director: Kevin Manley Email: kmanley@ohsnd.org Development Advisory Board Chair: Michael S. Caudill

How We Serve the Community: Since our beginnings in Cincinnati 180 years ago, Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur have sought to uplift people who are, or who are in danger of becoming, marginalized. In the 1840s, our work was with impoverished immigrants. Later it was with freed slaves. Still later, it was with people who were hearingimpaired. To this day, we continue to serve the community by working with those least among us, those with few skills or little education, who are battling addiction, or who are homeless — to give them what they need for life — and to show them the goodness of God.

Development Advisory Board Members: Phyllis M. Adams, Timothy E. Beischel, T. Brian Brockhoff, Thomas G. Cody, Thomas J. Compton, III, Michael J. Conaton, Board Member Emeritus, Todd L. Cooper, Rose Ann Fleming, SNDdeN, Thomas A. Joseph, Robert Kissel, Bradley D. Mcpeek, Timothy A. Michel, Maribeth S. Rahe, Gretchen J. Schmidt, Maria H. Topken, Robert F. Uhrig

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government by unceasingly demonstrating our expertise and leadership. Our organization positively affects the lives of countless homeless pets each year. Over the past five years, the SPCA has rescued over 50,000 animals. We develop key relationships with adopters, rescues, foster homes, and animal experts, which further our desire to make lives of our pets the best possible.

Who We Are: The SPCA Cincinnati is Greater Cincinnati’s Hometown Humane Society since 1873. The organization began as The Ohio State Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and Animals. The SPCA Cincinnati operates with the Mission at the forefront of everything we do. We envision a community that embodies humane treatment for all animals. Therefore, the SPCA Cincinnati strives to establish a positive animal welfare community, provide humane education to the public, eliminate pet overpopulation, and strengthen the human-animal bond. We believe that how we treat animals is a reflection of how we treat each other.

How You Can Help: Please consider making a donation of your time, talent, and treasure to help our adoptable pets at the SPCA Cincinnati. Your financial contribution, volunteer time, and personal adoption of a new furry family member will contribute to making the lives of all our pets… better.

What We Do: The SPCA Cincinnati’s main goal is to improve animal welfare in the Greater Cincinnati area. The SPCA Cincinnati offers a variety of services that make saving lives a community effort: adoptions, fostering, volunteering, obedience training, and humane education.

These services enable pets to remain safe and achieve a better quality of life, with a touchpoint of positive human interaction at every turn. Nurturing, rehabilitating, and socializing each animal every day is of high importance to our team. The SPCA Cincinnati is a member of the Pet Coalition of Greater Cincinnati, a united pet resource for our community!

SPCA Cincinnati 11900 Conrey Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45249 513-541-6100 www.spcacincinnati.org Social Media: @spcacincinnati Executive Director: Jake White, President & CEO Email: JWhite@spcacincinnati.org

Why We’re Important: The SPCA Cincinnati saves lives as an open admission animal shelter, operated by appointment only to uphold state level COVID-19 mandates. Vital services: • 100% of adoptable dogs receive a rabies vaccination and heartworm preventative medication • 100% of dogs and cats receive flea/tick prevention and microchips • Reduced fees have dramatically increased the number of adoptions • We provide dog training, a behavior hotline, and communicate with every adopter to ensure that health and behavior are sound • Regional partner in animal welfare rescue efforts

Vice President, Donor Relations: Maria Miller Email: MMiller@spcacincinnati.org Board Chair: Thomas W. Chatham, Chair Board Members: Peter A. Alpaugh, David Bauman, DVM, Julie Bissinger, Barbara Boat, PhD., Thom Brennaman, Marie Catanzaro, Michael Catanzaro, Sean Gibson, Jo Goodman, DVM, Anita Harney, Jeff Hock, Jamie Horn, Peter J. Kambelos, M. D., Karen Martin, Earl Messer, Joelle Ragland, Judy Recker, Joseph Sanfillipo III, Thomas R. Schiff, Greg Taylor, and Chris Zimmerman

How We Serve the Community: The SPCA Cincinnati continues to build a culture of trust within our community and with local

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SPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER

How We Serve the Community: Students with LD can find success at Springer. The Center's professional development programs raise awareness among local professionals and equip them to better serve the needs of their students with LD and ADHD. The Center also offers parents referrals, consulting services and classes that build parents' understanding of the learning process and offer strategies for managing their children's learning difficulties.

Who we are: Springer School and Center is the only school in the region devoted entirely to the education of children with learning disabilities (LD). Through our outreach programs, parents and professionals develop an understanding of learning disabilities and the most effective means to address them. The Day School serves 200 students in grades 1-8 with a staff-to-student ratio of 1:6. The school features research-based curriculum specially designed for children with learning disabilities. Springer's Center builds learning potential - one student, one parent, one educator at a time through community outreach programs.

How You Can Help: With the generous support of donors, Springer offered more than $1,100,000 in need-based financial aid to 48 percent of our students last year. You can help by making a donation to Springer's Annual Fund or attending our annual fundraising dinner. For more information, visit Springer-LD.org/giving. Your support will help make Day School and Center programming available to more children, parents and professionals affected by learning disabilities.

What We Do: Our Day School designs a comprehensive academic program for each student including instruction in art, music and physical education. Students use technology tools that support their success at Springer, which equips them for success beyond.

Springer's Center provides programming for students, parents and professionals that reflects current thinking in the field of learning disabilities and the education of those with LD and ADHD. Each year, the Center hosts nationally renowned experts to address parents and professionals. This year's speaker, on September 30, 2021, will be Jessica McCabe, actress, writer and YouTube personality best known for the YouTube channel How to ADHD.

Springer School and Center 2121 Madison Rd. Cincinnati OH 45208 513-871-6080 Springer-LD.org facebook.com/SpringerLD pinterest.com/SpringerLD twitter.com/SpringerLD instagram.com/SpringerLD

Why We're Important: Research indicates that as many as one in five students may struggle with learning and/or attentional issues. In a typical classroom, LD and ADHD cause students to fall behind their peers in school. With the knowledge of their own learning profile and custom-designed strategies they gain at Springer, students will be successful in traditional classrooms, and in life beyond school. The Center is an important resource for educators and other professionals.

Executive Director: Brett Marcoux Advancement Director: Kirstin Eismin

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volunteers annually. We look forward to reopening our volunteer program when it is safe to do so.

Who We Are: Stepping Stones is a place, a program and a team of people you can trust to meet the needs of Greater Cincinnati’s children, teens and adults with disabilities and their families. We are a United Way partner agency serving more than 1,100 people with disabilities in day and overnight programs that increase independence and promote individual success. Stepping Stones has a 58-year history of excellence and received the Better Business Bureau’s Torch Award in 2016, recognizing exceptional ethics in dealings with the community, participants and staff. Our mission is to increase independence, improve lives and promote inclusion for children and adults with disabilities.

How You Can Help: • Donate: One-time or annual donations make our programs possible.

• Leave a Legacy: Planned giving through a will or trust creates a legacy of support and care.

• Attend an Event: Join warm-hearted supporters at the Open Your Heart dinner in February, the Golf Classic in June, the tented Bloom party in September or the Sporting Clay Tournament in October.

• Share the News: Tell someone else about Stepping Stones. You could be the reason a family or a new supporter finds us.

• Contribute to COVID-19 Relief: Visit SteppingStonesOhio. org/Support-Stepping-Stones to make a one-time donation for COVID-19 support.

What We Do: Stepping Stones creates pathways to independence for people with disabilities. Programs include Greater Cincinnati’s oldest Summer Day Camp for children with disabilities, Respites and overnight Staycations for teens and adults, Saturday Kids/Young Adults Clubs providing extracurricular activities, Adult Day Services focusing on health, active lifestyle, social interaction, and independence and Step-Up alternative education for students with autism. Program sites are in Batavia, Indian Hill, Westwood and Norwood.

Stepping Stones, Inc. 5650 Given Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45243 513-831-4660 SteppingStonesOhio.org Facebook.com/steppingstonesohio Twitter.com/ssohioinc Instagram.com/steppingstonesohio LinkedIn.com/company/stepping-stones-ohio/

Why We’re Important: Stepping Stones programs serve children, teens and adults who have disabilities and their families. At Stepping Stones, people with disabilities learn to identify and celebrate their abilities as they build confidence and greater independence. Our programs constantly reach through the disability to find the abilities that everyone has. Families find critical resources as well as a desperately needed break from constant care. Stepping Stones’ programs are a community resource that builds stronger families and stronger futures.

Executive Director: Mr. Chris Adams Email: Chris.Adams@steppingstonesohio.org

How We Ser ve the Community: COVID-19 has affected our community in a way we have never seen before. With new modifications and safety protocols in place, we’ve adapted our programs to be as safe as possible. Our programs are a huge community resource, but the impact extends far beyond the families and individuals who use the programs. Stepping Stones is one of the largest volunteer sites in Greater Cincinnati, typically with more than 1,500

Development Director: Ms. Kelly Crow Email: Kelly.Crow@steppingstonesohio.org Board Chair: Whitney Eckert, President Board Members: Deb Caley, Vice President; Rob Etherington, Treasurer; Matt Hemberger, Secretary

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in a variety of disciplines. The artist works in the community through public programs, workshops, and visits schools across Greater Cincinnati with past artists including Nikki Giovanni, Thom Shaw, and Vanessa German.

Who We Are: The Taft Museum of Art is a living landmark tucked away in downtown Cincinnati, where art and history live on the walls—and in the walls. Built around 1820 as a private home for several of Cincinnati's most prominent citizens, the Taft is now one of the finest small art museums in America and holds National Historic Landmark status for its historic house and Duncanson murals.

How You Can Help: The Taft has been awarded the competitive Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in the maximum amount of $750,000. However, to receive the grant—the Taft must raise $3 million from new public funds to secure the 4:1 match.

Funds raised will directly support the Taft's Love This House Campaign, a fundraising initiative seeking to raise $10.7MM to support the Taft's Bicentennial Infrastructure Project, critically needed to preserve and reconstruct the museum's 200-year-old historic house—the Taft's largest work of art and prized National Historic Landmark.

Your love and financial support will help this house and all that it stands for, support the community for another 200 years.

What We Do: Our historic house holds an extensive collection of European and American masterworks, 17th-19th century watches, Chinese porcelains, and French Renaissance enamels. The collection features iconic artists including Rembrandt, Hals, Goya, Gainsborough, Reynolds, Turner, Ingres, Whistler, and Sargent as well as 19th-century American furniture and the most significant pre–Civil War domestic murals in the United States. Guests can also enjoy special exhibitions, the historic outdoor garden, our Museum Shop and Lindner Family Café, and programming for all ages. It is all under one roof, culminating in a one-of-a-kind, multi-sensory experience that puts you at the center of art and history.

Taft Museum of Art 316 Pike Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 241-0343 taftmuseum.org #TaftMuseumDiscovered @taftmuseum

Why We’re Important: The Taft is a bastion for the arts, a champion for the arts, and not just for the people of Cincinnati, but for people nearly everywhere. In 2019, more than 69,000 people came through our doors, hailing from 28 states and 53 countries. It has touched the lives of both young and old, right here in Cincinnati and across the globe. In 2020, we celebrated the 200th birthday of this historic and much-loved house, a place for everyone—a place you want to go for inspiration, fun, and to create memories with a friends and family.

Executive Director: Deborah Emont Scott, Louise Taft Semple President/CEO Vice President of Philanthropy/ Deputy Director of External Relations: Lindsey NeCamp Email: LNeCamp@taftmuseum.org

How We Serve the Community: In addition to the experiences at the museum, our community outreach efforts expand our impact to schools, community centers, childcare centers, and libraries across the region. Our award-winning educational programs reached over 3,000 individuals in 2020.

As the COVID-19 crisis emerged, the Taft’s programming evolved online and reached over 62,000 individuals virtually as well. In addition, our annual Duncanson Artist-in-Residence program recognizes the achievements of contemporary Black artists working

Board Chair: Gerald H. Greene, Chair Jill T. McGruder, Vice Chair David L. Hausrath, Treasurer Jane A. Votel, Secretary

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The Apartment Association Outreach, Inc. 7265 Kenwood Rd. Suite 100, Cincinnati, OH 45236 (513) 407-8612 www.gcnkoutreach.org Executive Director: Mark Franks Email: mark@gcnkaa.org

Boys Hope Girls Hope Cincinnati 2400 Reading Road, Suite 139 Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 721-3380 bhghcincinnati.org Executive Director: Missy Hendon Deters Email: mhendondeters@bhgh.org

Assistance League of Greater Cincinnati 1057 Meta Drive, Cincinnati OH 45237 513-221-4447 AssistanceLeagueCincinnati.org Executive Director: NA – all volunteer organization Email: lgc@fuse.net

Brandon C. Gromada Head & Neck Cancer Foundation c/o 2510 Grandin Road, Cincinnati, OH 45208 513-325-2550 www.gromadacancerfndn.org/ Executive Director: NA – all volunteer organization Email: bcg.headneckcafdn@gmail.com

Bayley 990 Bayley Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45233 513-347-5500 bayleylife.org Executive Director: Adrienne A. Walsh Email: Adrienne.Walsh@BayleyLife.org

Brighton Center Inc. PO Box 325, Newport KY 41072 859.491.8303 www.brightoncenter.com President & CEO: Wonda Winkler Email: wwinkler@brightoncenter.com

Beech Acres Parenting Center 6881 Beechmont Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45230 513-231-6630 beechacres.org President and CEO: James R. Mason Email: jmason@beechacres.org

Cancer Family Care 4790 Red Bank Expressway, Suite 128, Cincinnati, OH 45227 513-731-3346 www.cancerfamilycare.org Executive Director: Jill Settlemyre Email: jsettlemyre@cancerfamilycare.org

The Beechwood Home 2140 Pogue Ave Cincinnati, Ohio 45208 513 321-9294 www.beechwoodhome.org Executive Director: Dr. Patricia A. Clark Email: PClark@beechwoodhome.com

CancerFree KIDS 420 W. Loveland Ave., Loveland, OH 45140 (513) 575-KIDS (5437) www.cancerfreekids.org Executive Director: Jill Brinck Email: jill@cancerfreekids.org

Bethany House Services, Inc. 1841 Fairmount Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45214 513.921.1131 bethanyhouseservices.org Executive Director: Susan S. Schiller Email: sschiller@bhsinc.org

CET 1223 Central Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45214 513-381-4033 CETconnect.org President and CEO: Kitty Lensman Email: klensman@thinktv.org

BLOC Ministries 911 W 8th St, Cincinnati, OH 45203 (513) 546-4830 onebloc.org Executive Director: Dwight Young Email: dwight@onebloc.org

The Children’s Home 5050 Madison Road, Cincinnati OH, 45227 513-527-2800 www.tchcincy.org President and CEO: John Banchy Email: jbanchy@tchcincy.org

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Cincinnati Art Museum 953 Eden Park Drive Cincinnati, OH 45202 513-721-2787 www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org Executive Director: Cameron Kitchin Email: kristen.vincenty@cincyart.org

The Dragonfly Foundation 506 Oak Street, Cincinnati, OH 45219 Dragonfly.org Executive Director: Christine Neitzke Email: c.neitzke@dragonfly.org Envision Children 8 Enfield Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45218 513-772-5437 www.envisionchildren.org/ Executive Director: Matthew Hughes Email: matt.hughes@envisionchildren.org Episcopal Retirement Services 3870 Virginia Ave. Cincinnati OH 45227 (513) 271-9610 www.episcopalretirement.com President and CEO: Laura Lamb Email: llamb@ERSLIFE.ORG

Cincinnati Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired (CABVI) 2045 Gilbert Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 513-221-8558 www. cincyblind.org Interim President/CEO: Dennis Dern Email: aaron.bley@cincyblind.org The Cincinnati International Wine Festival 11159 Kenwood Rd., Suite F, Cincinnati, OH 45242 513-241-3434 winefestival.com Executive Director: Kelly Weissmann Email: kweissmann@winefestival.com Cris Collinsworth ProScan Fund 5400 Kennedy Avenue, Cincinnati Ohio 45213 866.577.7465 ccpf.org Executive Director: Brook Drummond Email: bdrummond@proscan.com The Cure Starts Now 10280 Chester Road, Cincinnati, OH 45215 (513) 772-4888 thecurestartsnow.org Executive Director: Brooke Desserich Email: brooke@thecurestartsnow.org The de Cavel Family Foundation PO Box 3243, Cincinnati, Ohio 45201 www.eatplaygive.net Executive Director: Annette Pfund-de Cavel Email: annette@eatplaygive.net DePaul Cristo Rey High School 1133 Clifton Hills Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45220 513-861-0600 www.depaulcristorey.org President/CEO: Siobhan Taylor Email: siobhan.taylor@dpcr.net

The Erica J. Holloman Foundation for the Awareness of Triple Negative Breast Cancer P.O. Box 14334, Cincinnati, Ohio 45250-0334 513-541-6110 www.ericajhollomanfoundationince.org President: Josie Holloman-Adams Email: ejhollomanfoundation@yahoo.com Freestore Foodbank 1141 Central Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45202 513-482-4500 www.freestorefoodbank.org CEO: Kurt Reiber Email: kreiber@freestorefoodbank.org Greater Cincinnati Foundation 720 E Pete Rose Way, Suite 120, Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 241-2880 www.gcfdn.org President and CEO: Ellen Katz Email: ellen.katz@gcfdn.org Impact Autism 7795 Five Mile Road, Cincinnati, OH 45230 513.699.8845 Impactautism.org Executive Director: NA – all volunteer organization Email: pkitzmiller@core-1.com

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JDRF Southern & Central Ohio 8035 Hosbrook Road Suite 210 Cincinnati OH 45236 513-793-3223 jdrf.org/socentralohio Executive Director: Melissa Newman Email: mnewman@jdrf.org

Meals on Wheels of Southwest OH & Northern KY 2091 Radcliff Drive, Cincinnati Ohio 45209 513-661-2777 www.muchmorethanameal.org Executive Director: Jennifer Steele, CEO Email: jsteele@muchmorethanameal.org

LADD 3603 Victory Parkway Cincinnati, OH 45229 513.861.5233 www.laddinc.org Executive Director: Susan Brownknight Email: SBrownknight@laddinc.org

Network of Executive Women-Cincinnati Region www.newonline.org/region/cincinnati Email: NEWCincinnati@newonline.org President & CEO: Sarah Alter Email: NEWCincinnati@newonline.org New Life Furniture Bank 11335 Reed Hartman Highway, Ste. 134, Cincinnati, OH 45241 513-313-0530 nlfurniture.org Executive Director: Dana Saxton Email: dana@nlfurniture.org

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Tri-State Chapter 4370 Glendale Milford Rd., Cincinnati Ohio 45242 (513) 698-2828 www.lls.org/soh Executive Director: Tom Carleton Email: Tom.carleton@lls.org

Ohio Valley Voices 6642 Branch Hill-Guinea Pike, Loveland, OH 45140 (513) 791-1458 www.ohiovalleyvoices.org Executive Director: Maria Sentelik Email: maria.sentelik@ohiovalleyvoices.org

Lighthouse Youth & Family Services 401 East McMillan Street, Cincinnati, OH 45206 513-221-3350 lys.org President and Chief Executive Officer: Paul Haffner Email: phaffner@lys.org Lindner Center of HOPE 4075 Old Western Row Road, Mason, Ohio 45040 Main: 513-536-HOPE (4673) Toll free: 1-888-536-HOPE (4673) lindnercenterofhope.org Chief Executive Officer: Dr. Paul Crosby Email: paul.crosby@lindnercenter.org

People Working Cooperatively 4612 Paddock Road, Cincinnati OH 45229 513-351-7921 www.pwchomerepairs.org PWC President: Jock Pitts Email: info@pwchomerepairs.org ProKids 2605 Burnet Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45219 (513) 281-2000 www.prokids.org Executive Director: Tracy Cook Email: info@prokids.org

Magnified Giving 9940 Reading Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45241 513-733-9727 www.magnifiedgiving.org Executive Director: Kelly Collison Email: kelly@magnifiedgiving.org

Ride Cincinnati PO Box 862, Mason, OH 45040 (513) 235-9452 ridecincinnati.org Development Director: Miles McDowell Email: miles@ridecincinnati.org

Matthew 25: Ministries 11060 Kenwood Road, Blue Ash, OH 45242 513.793.6256 m25m.org Executive Director: Tim Mettey, CEO Email: Email: info@m25m.org

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Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati 341 Erkenbrecher Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229 513-559-4600 www.rmhcincinnati.org Chief Executive Officer: Jennifer Loeb Email: jloeb@rmhouse.org The Rotary Foundation of Cincinnati 441 Vine Street, Suite 4192, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 513-421-1080 www.cincinnatirotary.org Executive Director: Linda Muth Email: lmuth@cincinnatirotary.org

Stepping Stones, Inc. 5650 Given Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45243 513-831-4660 SteppingStonesOhio.org Executive Director: Mr. Chris Adams Email: Chris.Adams@steppingstonesohio.org

Taft Museum of Art 316 Pike Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 241-0343 taftmuseum.org Executive Director: Deborah Emont Scott Email: LNeCamp@taftmuseum.org

The Salvation Army in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky 114 E Central Pkwy #400, Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 762-5660 SalvationArmyCincinnati.org Executive Director: Major Timothy Lyle, Divisional Commander Email: Julie.Budden@use.salvationarmy.org The School For Creative & Performing Arts 108 West Central Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45202 513.363.8155 www.scpa.cps-k12.org Development Director: Teresa Summe-Haas Email: haaster@cps-k12.org Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur 701 E. Columbia Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45215 513-761-7636 sndohio.org Provincial Leader: Sister Kathleen Harmon, SNDdeN Email: kathleen.harmon@sndden.org SPCA Cincinnati 11900 Conrey Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45249 513-541-6100 www.spcacincinnati.org Executive Director: Jake White, President & CEO Email: JWhite@spcacincinnati.org Springer School and Center 2121 Madison Rd. Cincinnati OH 45208 513-871-6080 Springer-LD.org Executive Director: Brett Marcoux Email: bmarcoux@springer-ld.org

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