In America, more so than in other countries, philanthropies play a unique and important role of supporting innovative policy experiments that, when successful, often become the basis of future government actions. These successful innovations, however, tend to be under-covered by the press, and there has been no single place where citizens and public officials can go to read about them. The Successes of Philanthropy series aims to fill this gap.

Columbus Dispatch: "Pathways Project gives at-risk youth a start toward technology jobs"

Facebook has invited The Columbus Foundation to be a beta-partner in testing the launch of Facebook’s new charitable donation features.

The Columbus Foundation is pleased to announce participants in its 2016 Summer Fellowship Program. Now in its seventh year, the program provides college students and recent college graduates the opportunity to work with central Ohio nonprofit organizations for a 10-week period.

The Columbus Foundation, the seventh largest community foundation in the United States, announced an historic all-time high in grants awarded in 2015―$176.6 million, a 23 percent increase over 2014, at its 2016 annual Celebration of Philanthropy at the Foundation.

The deadline for Chillicothe and Ross County organizations to submit grant applications to the Robert E. and Genevieve B. Schaefer Fund of Community Foundations, Inc. is Friday, October 28, 2016.

COLUMBUS, OH (February 1, 2017)—The Columbus Foundation and Besa have joined forces to launch Columbus Kindness Month in February, rallying the community to generate acts of kindness while uplifting the city people are proud to call home.

Columbus, OH (May 19, 2017)—The Founding Board of the Isabelle Ridgway Foundation today announced the creation of a new endowment to honor the legacy of Isabelle Ridgway by improving the quality of life and the systems that impact aging African Americans in central Ohio.

Columbus, OH (May 31, 2017)—The John W. and Edna McManus Shepard Fund/Guernsey County Foundation has extended the grant application deadline for its 2017 program to Friday, June 16, 2017 at noon.

While the Triple-A Homerun Derby was an impressive exhibit of athletic skill and strength, it was also an inspiring display of goodwill and generosity.