Black Achievers has landed its largest grant ever — $150,000 from the Greater Cincinnati Foundation.
Black Achievers gets big infusion
Category: Social Justice
UC, Caracole make drug impact
New research from the University of Cincinnati, in partnership with local nonprofit Caracole, shows a self-service vending machine filled with harm reduction supplies such as naloxone helped prevent overdoses and contributed to Hamilton County’s overdose deaths decreasing in 2021.
GCF growth strategy: Black women
Greater Cincinnati Foundation has staked out support for Black women as its most meaningful way to contribute to robust economic growth and a thriving community.
P&G makes $25K social-justice grant
Procter & Gamble Co. has renewed and increased its support for a Cincinnati-based social-justice incubator.
Region’s biggest fundraiser returning
Despite reaching large numbers of television viewers, the Greater Cincinnati YWCA will return to holding its annual Career Women of Achievement event — historically the largest-attended fundraiser in the region — in person.
School board network at 100 members
A unique Cincinnati-based training program for potential school board members named 22 members to its fifth class, bringing its network of aspiring school board members to more than 100 members in Greater Cincinnati.
Perez resigns from YWCA
The CEO of Greater Cincinnati’s YWCA, Barbara Perez, has resigned after seven years at the helm of the organization.
Third year of civic engagement program seeks applicants
City Council Bootcamp, the signature program of 3-year-old Cincinnati nonprofit Action Tank, returns for its third year.
Familiar face takes over at Flywheel
The board of the Flywheel Social Enterprise Hub, a social impact accelerator located in Over-The-Rhine, named Laura Randall-Tepe its new executive director.
Mayor names Baker, four others to city’s housing advisory board
LISC Executive Director Kristen Baker has brought housing affordability into sharp focus as a regional policy priority by amplifying what is possible to achieve together.