Annual Awards Celebration

Join us to honor our 2026 grantees and celebrate 25 years of grantmaking! Let’s mark this incredible milestone together and fill the room with the community that makes our work possible.

We warmly welcome guests, members, and their friends, spouses, partners and significant others. Meet representatives from our grant recipients through the years, and hear from our founder, Wendy Steele. The gala will be a salute to our past, a celebration of the present, and a preview of an impactful future.

Dinner and two drink tickets included.

Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Music Hall
1241 Elm Street
Cincinnati, OH
Doors open at 5 p.m. Program begins at 6:30 p.m.

Register by 8/25/2026
$95 for members and guests
$70 for young professionals (attendees under 40)
Late registration is $115; $90 for young professionals
Registration closes at 5 p.m. on 9/09/2026

What to Expect at This Year’s Annual Awards Celebration:

• Finalists will be notified of the outcome prior to the event.
• NEW: Members will be notified of the outcome on the morning of the event. Results will be emailed with the subject “Spoiler Alert” for members who prefer to learn the results at the Annual Awards Celebration.
• All finalists will be celebrated, and they will receive up to 8 tickets at no charge.
• Finalists who don’t receive $100,000 will each receive $10,000 from the Extend Your Impact fund, to honor their work and staff.