The Greater Cincinnati Foundation is a permanent charitable resource for our community and a flexible, tax-advantaged giving tool for now or after your lifetime. You can make gifts to carry out almost any charitable goal. In 2014, individuals and organizations established 89 new funds bringing the total to 1,835 funds.
Our Mission
As a trusted philanthropic partner, we inspire current and future generations to invest in a more vibrant and prosperous Greater Cincinnati where everyone can thrive.
Tools we use to invest in Greater Cincinnati
Because GCF is a permanent endowment, we can invest time and resources over years, even generations, to lead on long-standing issues and emerging concerns.
Because of the generosity of our donors, we are able to invest in the community using a variety of approaches. We have a wide range of trusted partners, including donors, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and other civic leaders with whom we collaborate.
- Grants for Thriving People
- Grants for Vibrant Places
- Partnerships, such as GCF/United Way Endowment Partnership and Cincinnati Scholarship Foundation
- Regional funds: The Northern Kentucky Fund and The Clermont Community Fund
- Collective impact support to key "backbone" organizations in Greater Cincinnati to address big, complex problems and accelerate the pace of change
- Impact investing, using charitable assets to invest in projects that can generate revenue as well as direct community benefits. To learn more, go to The GCF: Impact Investing Local Wiki page
- Our Women's Fund, with a focus on women's economic self-sufficiency
- Other Leadership Initiatives that are developed as the needs of the community change
- The GCF: DAF Local Wiki Page
