Our Impact Stories

How Impact 100 Transforms Greater Cincinnati

Since 2001, Impact 100 Cincinnati has served as a powerful catalyst for community change. Through our unique women’s collective giving model, 100% of core membership dollars go directly to funding transformational grant awards. Every member is a philanthropist with an equal voice in selecting the game-changing projects that shape our region’s future.

To date, our members have awarded over $7.7 million through 71 transformational grants to local nonprofits—magnifying individual giving to deliver lasting, community-wide solutions across Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, and Southeast Indiana.

25
Years
$7.7M
awarded
71
grants
451
philanthropists
2012 / $107,500
Dedicated Pet Center Brings Joy to Pediatric Patients
  • Built the nation’s first hospital pet visiting center
  • Reconnected over 2,000 long-term patients with family pets
  • Restored comfort and normalcy to boost emotional recovery
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2016 / $101,500
Kitchen Integration Delivers Coordinated Respite Support
  • Built kitchen facilities and a dedicated respite kitchenette for post-hospitalization care
  • Served thousands of food-insecure individuals through a structured dining model
  • Established a coordinated system addressing nutrition, healthcare, hygiene, and housing stabilization
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2017 / $101,000
Residential Facility Supports Expectant Mothers Overcoming Addiction
  • Expanded a residential pilot program providing housing, addiction treatment, and wrap-around services to expectant and new mothers
  • Offered 30-day residential care to 16–22 mothers at a time, serving 136 lives annually in partnership with regional health providers
  • Extended post-delivery stays for mothers and newborns to mitigate Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and improve long-term recovery outcomes
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2015 / $101,000
Mobile Market Brings Fresh Produce to Food Deserts
  • Launched a permanent mobile market trailer making weekly stops in 10 food-desert neighborhoods
  • Provided affordable fresh fruits, vegetables, and food preparation education to local families
  • Served 250 residents weekly, accumulating over 9,000 customer visits annually
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2002 / $123,000
Updated Dental Clinic Expands Free Healthcare Access
  • Upgraded equipment to modernize treatment facilities for unhoused individuals
  • Provided 18,000 visits totaling $6 million in free dental care
  • Attracted volunteer professionals to expand ongoing clinic capacity
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2009 / $103,000
Expanded Support Drives Youth Toward Stability
  • Extended facility hours and healthcare services
  • Hired a full-time outreach worker
  • Guided 70% of participants toward housing goals
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2015 / $101,000
Dedicated Workshop Accelerates Adaptive Device Production
  • Outfitted a permanent facility with dedicated equipment for custom assistive device manufacturing
  • Handled over 1,200 assistance requests following space consolidation
  • Mobilized volunteers to contribute more than 10,300 hours of service design and production
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2012 / $107,500
Healthcare Training Propels Women Toward Independence
  • Trained over 340 Home Health Care Aides
  • Over 90% of program participants complete training and find employment
  • Hundreds of elderly poor can remain at their homes to receive care
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2006 / $129,000
MedVan Delivers Mobile Healthcare to Thousands Annually
  • First equipped MedVan led to a fleet
  • Provided medical/dental services to 44,000 annually
  • This model continues to serve 20+ years later
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2025 / $100,000
Accessible Playground Enhances Therapeutic Play
  • Built an innovative therapeutic playground featuring adaptive flooring to replace uneven woodchip barriers for children using wheelchairs or managing vestibular disorders
  • Installed specialized equipment engineered to support the sensory therapeutic needs and vestibular functioning of deaf and hard-of-hearing youth
  • Removed physical play barriers to foster inclusive recreation and comprehensive developmental support for children with disabilities
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2017 / $101,000
Audiology Clinic Expansion Boosts Early Hearing Intervention
  • Upgraded and relocated the audiology clinic into a specialized facility for time-critical infant hearing diagnostics
  • Increased essential audiology services for deaf and hard-of-hearing children by 50%
  • Accelerated early-intervention access, enabling infants and toddlers to receive diagnosis and treatment sooner for improved long-term learning outcomes
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2025 / $100,000
Renovated Housing Supports Women In Recovery
  • Renovated a multi-family property to provide extended supportive housing for women in recovery from substance use disorders
  • Deepened continuity of care and ongoing service access to help residents maintain newly attained sobriety within a supportive community
  • Evolved residential capacity to offer family-specific housing units designed to reunite parents with their children
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2019 / $109,000
Charitable Pharmacy Expands Access to Life-Saving Medication
  • Constructed a dedicated dispensary space to provide free prescription medications to uninsured and underinsured individuals
  • Expanded pharmacy operations to 6 days per week by transitioning key clinical roles to full-time staffing
  • Dispensed over 70,000 prescriptions to 1,400+ unique patients, avoiding an estimated $3.9M+ in broader healthcare costs
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2018 / $104,000
Mobile Health Clinic Serves Unhoused Individuals
  • Launched the region’s first mobile medical RV to deliver private, sanitary healthcare directly to unhoused individuals
  • Integrated primary care, respite care, and minor urgent care with street-level homeless service coordination
  • Delivered street medicine practices via volunteer medical practitioners to serve approximately 700 individuals
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2018 / $104,000
Mobile Health Clinic Serves Unhoused Individuals
  • Launched the region’s first mobile medical RV to deliver private, sanitary healthcare directly to unhoused individuals
  • Integrated primary care, respite care, and minor urgent care with street-level homeless service coordination
  • Delivered street medicine practices via volunteer medical practitioners to serve approximately 700 individuals
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2020 / $100,000
Rapid Response Advocates Support Abuse Survivors
  • Partnered with law enforcement and hospitals to deliver immediate crisis assistance and short-term stabilization to abuse survivors
  • Expanded rapid response coverage into Green Township and Cheviot to eliminate gaps in regional intervention services
  • Increased hotline capacity by over 12%, ultimately reaching 8,400 survivors and sparking broader regional growth