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 $8.1 million through 78 transformational grants to local nonprofits—magnifying individual giving to deliver lasting, community-wide solutions across Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, and Southeast Indiana.

25
Years
$8.1M
awarded
78
grants
451
philanthropists
2015 / $101,000
Construction Academy Drives Young Adult Financial Stability
  • Doubled training capacity for young adults seeking careers in construction trades
  • Provided education, life skills, and hands-on experience to overcome employment barriers
  • Shifted low-income families from emergency assistance toward long-term asset building and poverty reduction
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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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2021 / $103,750
Expanded Trauma Recovery Center Provides Shelter
  • Renovated and expanded a dedicated recovery facility to provide a secure, family-like environment for trauma survivors
  • Delivered immediate crisis intervention and emergency shelter services to 352 victims in its first year of operation
  • Connected 61 victims to comprehensive ongoing support programs while hosting 27 trauma outreach community events
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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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2026 / $10,000
Empowering Adaptive Athletes and Expanding Access to Recreation
  • 2026 Award Recipient — Community transformation in progress!
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2020 / $100,000
Campus Food Pantry Expansion Addresses Student Insecurity
  • Expanded the main food pantry location and opened two new satellite campus sites with increased operating hours
  • Alleviated hunger and food insecurity to help low-income college students remain enrolled and focused on learning
  • Provided essential food support to an estimated 5,000 students annually across multiple college campuses
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2016 / $101,500
Peer Violence Prevention Empowers High School Students
  • Expanded a violence prevention program across three additional regional high schools
  • Equipped youth with peer leadership skills using intensive training, social media, and staff support
  • Shifted school programming toward a broader, community-wide violence prevention model
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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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2026 / $100,000
Expanding Crisis Support, Safety Planning, and Stability for Domestic Violence Survivors
  • 2026 Grantee — Community transformation in progress!
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