The Center for HumanKindness at The Columbus Foundation celebrated World Kindness Day by sharing daily opportunities to engage with kindness from November 13 -17, 2024.
Never before have scholarships been more important to the success of university-bound students. Your scholarship will help assure that this life-changing opportunity reaches deserving students.
Neighborhood grants support place-based initiatives that enable residents to benefit from the region’s growth and opportunity through economic empowerment and engagement in the development of their communities.
The Columbus Youth Foundation makes a difference in the lives of youth from economically disadvantaged neighborhoods of Columbus by providing healthy, positive opportunities to learn life lessons through recreation and sports.
Born out of community conversations at The Big Table®, Kindness Close to Home seeks to bring neighbors together to build a friendlier, kinder community where everyone feels seen and known.
A longtime champion of the Columbus arts scene, Anne Melvin believed in the power of music—and felt the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (CSO) was the epicenter of a vibrant, collective group of local arts organizations.
A collaborative effort is underway to transform the shores of Buckeye Lake into a year-round tourism destination that will serve as a premier getaway for those in central Ohio and throughout the region.
There’s a saying that hangs on the wall of Dwight Smith’s home office. Our children’s lives are in our hands. Our future is in their hands. Not far from that is a map of the world with pins where Dwight’s program, My Special Word, is changing children’s lives. The pins stretch from North America and Europe to Africa and Asia.
For more than 12 years, young hands have helped plant, water, and harvest crops from the Highland Youth Garden, and with a recent expansion of the garden and purchase of a home to serve as valuable indoor space, Executive Director Shelly Casto says they’re just getting started.