Flywheel Cincinnati's mission is to be the community's thought leader in social enterprise and contribute to the launch and sustainability of social enterprise ventures in Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana. Developing a social enterprise requires experience and expertise. Flywheel helps nonprofits build more meaningful and sustainable social enterprises. In addition, Flywheel will work alongside existing social enterprises to make them even stronger and more impactful in their community.
Today, Flywheel is a dynamic organization with two fundamental missions:
- Supporting our nonprofit clients at every stage of their development of a social enterprise.
- Developing an ecosystem of resources that can help social enterprises throughout the Tri-State Area to flourish and sustain for years to come.
The Founding Partners of Flywheel:
- Executive Service Corps of Cincinnati (ESCC)
- Centric Cincinnati
- Leadership Council of Human Services Executives
- Miami University
Flywheel is Funded in part by the generous support of:
- The Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF)
- The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile Jr. / U.S. Bank Foundation
- Duke Energy Foundation
- Jacob G. Schmidlapp, Trusts, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee
- Taft Stettinus & Hollister LLP
- United Way of Greater Cincinnati
- Andy McCreanor, Access Business Development and Finance
- Andy Park, Centric Consulting
- Brett Smith, Miami University, Center for Social Entrepreneurship
- Suzanne Smith, Social Impact Architects
- Chip Nielsen, Al Neyer
- Neil Tilow, Talbert House
- Jenny Neyer Berg, Leadership Council of Human Services Executives
- Daniel Geeding, Guidance Partners, LLC
- Julie Smith-Morrow, Dress for Success
- Johnmark Oudersluys, CityLink Center
- Peggy Zink, Cincinnati Works
- Bill Tucker, Executive Director and Senior Advisor and Bill Tucker's Local Wiki Page
- Gayle Hilleke, Senior Advisor and Gayle Hilleke's Local Wiki Page
- Nicole Ware, Senior Advisor and Nicole Ware's Local Wiki Page
- Lisa Striker, Senior Advisor and Lisa Striker's Local Wiki Page
- Mick Fusco, Senior Advisor and Mick Fusco's Local Wiki Page
