Each year, The Columbus Foundation welcomes donors, nonprofit leaders, and community members to celebrate the honorees of the Philanthropy Awards. Through their generosity, each of the 2023 honorees is making a lasting difference in the lives of individuals in our region and around the world.

Meet Linda Logan, CEO & President of the Greater Columbus Sports Commission and the 2024 Spirit of Columbus Award honoree! Learn how her visionary leadership has helped Columbus become a top sports destination and her thoughts on the role of sports in community building and inspiring future champions. Read our latest At the Table blog here.

Tax season has arrived! It’s time to dig through that shoebox of donation receipts, review bank statements to make sure you remembered everything, and email nonprofits to track down missing documents. Well, that sounds like fun.

Philanthropic planning is an important element of overall legal and financial planning. By discussing charitable goals with your clients, you can help them increase their impact, decrease tax liability, and leave a lasting legacy. Along the way, you deepen your relationship with them as you give them a space to talk about their values and priorities.

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The Big Give is a dynamic, 25-hour online giving event that provides a collective boost to the 1,100+ nonprofits in The Giving Store. In these unprecedented times, the needs of our community are greater than ever and these organizations are at the heart of meeting those needs. The Big Give is an opportunity to unite and lift up those who serve others in the community!

Register with The Columbus Foundation's Giving Store, your one-stop shop for easy and effective philanthropy.

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Vice President for Community Research and Grants Management Dan A. Sharpe shares details about the most recent evolution of The Columbus Foundation's grantmaking strategy—our most agile, responsive, and inclusive grantmaking, to date, and one that better reflects the intersecting qualities of race equity with class, gender, and climate change.