Continuous Improvement
Partnerships with Continuous Improvement grantees focus on increasing capacity to meet community need, improving program quality, inspiring innovative service delivery, and strengthening institutional infrastructure. In addition to funding, the Foundation offers these grantees technical assistance and hands-on support.
The Ohio Benefit Bank is the current Continuous Improvement grantee. The Columbus Foundation is not seeking applications for Continuous Improvement grantees at this time.
Ohio Association of Second Harvest Foodbanks: The Ohio Benefit Bank
The Ohio Benefit Bank is a web-enabled computer program that simplifies the application process for work support programs such as food stamps, Medicaid, and childcare, and breaks down barriers to accessing tax credits and other benefits.
- Commits to addressing basic human needs and economic development, particularly in light of the current economic condition of our region.
- Embraces technology as a vehicle to address issues of poverty and hunger.
- Demonstrates a commitment and capacity to expand both services and scope of services.
- Leverages resources for families in need: tens of thousands of Ohio families, thousands in central Ohio, have benefited by an average of $2,000.
View Study on the Impact of the Ohio Benefit Bank (Executive Summary), Study on the Impact of the Ohio Benefit Bank (Full Report), The Ohio Benefit Bank Executive Summary (PDF), The Ohio Benefit Bank Evaluation (PDF), and Economic Impact of Ohio’s Benefit Bank on the State Economy: Technical Report (PDF).
