Impact 100 Cincinnati

UpSpring is one of our 2024 grant awardees and nonprofit partners. Read about the profound impact they're making across our community with this expansion: https://lnkd.in/gKZMjxY7 Impact 100 is proud to be a partner in support of UpSpring's expansion and playing a greater role in supporting youth education. Women together. Changing lives!

? Member Spotlight? At 28, Impact 100 Membership Co-Chair Andi Saylor is a recently named YWCA of Greater Cincinnati Rising Star, Treasurer for the Clark Montessori School Foundation and the People Working Cooperatively Emerging Leaders Board, plus a long-time volunteer at Dress for Success. “The roots I’ve built at Impact 100…started 20 years ago with my family,” Andi says. And she is just getting started on her philanthropy journey. Read more about Andi on our website: https://buff.ly/41hEIUv

?? Honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by coming together to celebrate, reflect, and take action. ??? ?? Explore events happening across the city courtesy of our partner, Cincinnati Magazine: https://buff.ly/3PFXvlA #MLKDay #MartinLutherKingJr #Community #Service #EqualityForAll #Justice

Impact 100 was honored to represent at the Fifth Third Bank Diversity Leadership Symposium. As a collective giving organization it’s critical that we have an awareness, understanding, and connection to the people and issues impacting our ability to create a more thriving community.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Impact 100 Member Celia Crutcher, retired teacher, (right) inspired Charla Hale (left) to pursue a career to help others. The two reconnected last spring during an Impact 100 event.? Read more here: https://buff.ly/40RUplu

Impact 100 invites interested non-profit organizations to submit a Letter of Intent for its 2025 grant cycle. Nonprofits providing services within the 10-county Greater Cincinnati region may apply for a $100,000 grant in the focus areas of Culture, Education, Environment, Family, or Health & Wellness. The online Letter of Intent (LOI) application is now available and is due December 12, 2024. Access the online LOI form and learn more about the process on the Impact 100 website. Two information sessions for applicants were recently completed, and recordings of those can also be found on the website at https://buff.ly/46ZsRLn

Members and guests of Impact 100 visited Queen City Book Bank to see how the Book Bank's focus on literacy, including distribution of books to local school children, has grown since Impact 100's $100,000 grant to the organization in 2014. They even got to contribute to a mural that reflects the enlightening power of books. The work-in-progress includes hundreds of thumbprints from previous visitors. Since 2002, Impact 100 has contributed more than $7 million to Tristate nonprofit organizations.

Congratulations to Impact 100 member, Brianna Ritz, Esq. on being recognized as a 2024 Forty Under 40 by the Cincinnati Business Courier!

Impact 100 Cincinnati announced four local nonprofits who each received a $100,000 grant for innovative community projects, and three finalists received awards of $10,000 each. The following organizations attained the highest rankings via member ballots and were announced at Impact 100’s 2024 Annual Awards Celebration on Sept. 19 at Cincinnati Music Hall. CityLink Center, Cornerstone Renter Equity, Last Mile Food Rescue, Inc., and UpSpring Three Grant Finalists received $10,000 awards through the Extend Your IMPACT initiative in recognition of their time and efforts in our grant review process and to show our gratitude for their partnership. TheBridge, NAMI Southwest Ohio x Transform Cincy, and Ohio Justice & Policy Center Impact 100 congratulates all of our finalists and looks forward to seeing the huge IMPACT they will have on our community. Thanks to each of the nonprofit applicants who presented transformative initiatives from which Impact 100 could learn and consider funding.

The work of Impact 100 is supported by incredible in-kind sponsors who lend their talents to leverage the work of a fully volunteer-run organization. Thank you to Barnes Dennig, Association Connection, Lisa Brown Presents, and Returning the Gift for all the time and talent you contribute to our mission!