Movers & Makers reached out this month to regional nonprofit organizations, asking leaders to share recent or current innovative programs they are employing to better serve their missions. This is part of M&M’s continuing effort to recognize those making a difference in Greater Cincinnati’s nonprofit ecosystem.
Greater Cincinnati Foundation recently completed it Healthy People: Community & Cultural Vibrancy grant cycle, investing in 28 programs that are meant to strenghten physical and mental well-being, expand access to services and build healthier, more stable futures for individuals. This is part of a strategic plan to invest $1 billion into the region over the next decade.
STEH will receive $60,000 over the next three years to help expand its data-driven approach to preventing homelessness.
At the end of the eight-week LIFT phase, SVP will select one nonprofit for a multiyear investment of up to $20,000 annually, plus ongoing skills-based coaching.
Kevin Finn, president and CEO of Strategies to End Homelessness, doesn’t like to talk about himself. He’d much rather explain how the organization he founded in 2007 has dramatically changed the way Cincinnati deals with homelessness. Still, once you hear Finn’s story, it’s impossible to separate the man from the mission.
The Housing Stabilization Hackathon is led by Flywheel Social Enterprise Hub, in collaboration with Strategies to End Homelessness and a variety of community partners serving families at risk for housing loss.
The grant was one of 38 awarded this year by the Jeff Bezos-created foundation. Awards total $117.55 million. YWCA Greater Cincinnati is the only organization in the region to receive funding in this grant round.
Strategies to End Homelessness, which leads a coordinated community effort to end homelessness in Greater Cincinnati, said it has received a $5 million grant from the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund.
“COVID should have made us all housing advocates, because so many things that we were called upon to do, it was with the assumption that housing was in place … And we quickly learned that that was not the case for everyone.”
The region’s coordinated effort to end homelessness has a new leader, and two high-profile nonprofits have named new board members.
