Our Community Impact

Project: City Gospel Mission Grant Award: $104,000 Provide a high quality space for playful learning by young children (birth to 5 years) and their

Project: Wave Pool Grant Award: $104,000 Renovate a space for instruction, handmade product sales, and fresh produce in a food desert while empowering marginalized,

Project: Outdoor Adventure Clubs Grant Award: $104,000 Expand a school based model of involving foster youth in outdoor adventures and apply it to serving

Project: Venice On Vine Grant Award: $104,000 Purchase and equip a new food truck to use as a new training facility that will prepare

Project: La Soupe Grant Award: $104,000 Purchase five pieces of vital equipment to expand current capacity and substantially increase the ability to process the

Project: Homeless Street Health & Hygiene Open Door Outreach Grant Award: $104,000 Purchase and equip a customized medical outreach van that provides safe &

Since 1993, First Step Home (FSH) has provided wraparound support to women coping with addiction and co-occurring mental health issues and their children up to age 12.
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Lighthouse Youth & Family Services, Inc. was formed in 1969 and serves 5,000 children and families per year, providing a continuum of services to help them overcome obstacles that hinder self-sufficiency. 
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Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission (NKCAC) works to transform the lives of at-risk families by helping them develop knowledge and opportunities to achieve self-reliance.
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Ohio Valley Voices (OVV) was formed in 1999 by three local families who wanted their young children who were deaf or hard of hearing (D/HH) to speak.
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Greater Cincinnati Construction Foundation’s mission is to expand opportunities for ACI Members to be stronger construction companies by: Advocacy, Education, Networking and Safety.
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Women’s Crisis Center’s mission is to lead our community in the social change needed to end domestic violence, rape, and sexual abuse.
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Through equine assisted therapies and activities, Cincinnati Therapeutic Riding & Horsemanship serves children and adults with disabilities and unique challenges, helping them to achieve greater quality of life.
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St. Francis Seraph Ministries believes every member of the Over-the-Rhine community has the right to enjoy the benefits of good health, prosperity, and well-being and has the capacity to contribute positively to the neighborhood.
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SELF’s overall goals aim to help clients: move beyond crisis situations toward improved financial stability and general well-being, retain the attitudes and skills necessary for sustained employment and self-sufficiency, and build assets to break the cycle of poverty in Butler County.
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Activities Beyond the Classroom, (ABC) was founded in 2004 to increase and enhance extracurricular opportunities in Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS). By 2015, ABC managed and assisted with over 250 programs and activities throughout CPS.
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The Freestore Foodbank’s mission to provide food and services, create stability and further self-reliance for people in crisis led them to ideate the Mobile Market as a new initiative that was inspired by the success of a current program, the Mobile Food Pantry. Impact 100’s grant will promote healthy eating through the purchase of a mobile market that will sell fresh produce in the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky region, reaching families which do not have access to fresh, nutritious foods.
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May We Help’s mission is to engineer dreams: highly-skilled volunteers create customized assistive devices for special needs individuals, enabling them to achieve independence and to pursue their passions. The Impact 100 grant purchased machinery for the newly renovated workshop to facilitate the design and manufacture of assistive devices for those living with special needs, enabling the creation of over 100 unique devices per year.
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Community Matters exists to remove barriers to opportunity so that we can create a thriving community with our neighbors. The Impact 100 grant will fund the building of a community laundromat in the Community Matters complex to allow Lower Price Hill residents access to laundry facilities, which are not currently available in the area.
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Impact 100’s grant will expand the capacity of the program by doubling the hours of programming (growing to 20 hours/week), expanding the ages of children served through its classical music program, and reducing the wait-list.
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The Literacy Network of Greater Cincinnati champions the development of literacy in the individual, the family, the workplace, the school, and the community by raising awareness, improving access, and serving as a catalyst for literacy efforts. The Impact 100 grant will be used to reach new under-served audiences with literacy programs via opening of new hubs in Avondale and Price Hill.
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Building Value is a social enterprise of Easterseals. It provides job training and transitional employment in retail and construction for individuals with disabilities and barriers to employment. The Impact 100 grant will fund key heavy equipment purchases required to expand its deconstruction program and launch a new lot stabilization and maintenance service.
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Crayons to Computers is dedicated to providing kids with the supplies they need to succeed in school and life. The Impact 100 grant will enable C2C to establish a Mobile Service Delivery Program.
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Inspired by the vision of the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Neighborhood Ministries promotes the empowerment of individuals with a special focus on disadvantaged women and seniors through proven programs that educate, foster self-sufficiency and support enhanced quality of life. The Impact 100 grant will enable Mercy Neighborhood Ministries to expand the Home Care Aide Training Program.
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The mission of CancerFree KIDS is to eradicate cancer as a life-threatening disease in children by funding promising research that might otherwise go unfunded. The Impact 100 grant will enable CancerFree Kids to construct a pet visitation center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
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