Goals & Intentions
Our overarching goal is to cultivate a more equitable, vibrant, and healthy community in Greater Cincinnati where all people thrive.
We are committed to:
- Being an educated, strategic, and responsive partner
- Making thoughtful investments in organizations that lead to improvement, innovation, expanded capabilities, and the availability of impactful services and resources for the community
Our key strategies include:
- Conducting in-depth and ongoing community needs assessments
- Leveraging our knowledge of the community and partnerships to make strategic and responsive investments
- Partnering with grantees to guide them through the grantmaking process and to understand the impact of our investments
- Using data to evaluate impact and help determine future investments
- Communicating our work and promoting that of our partner organizations
- Working with other funders to leverage resources and maximize impact
- Analyzing and examining our grantmaking practices