Learn how the Gifts of Kindness Fund provides essential grants to individuals facing unexpected setbacks. Discover how this fund supports central Ohio nonprofits in helping clients with housing, transportation, medical bills, and utilities.

Learn how the Gifts of Kindness Fund provides essential grants to individuals facing unexpected setbacks. Discover how this fund supports central Ohio nonprofits in helping clients with housing, transportation, medical bills, and utilities.

The Columbus Foundation’s Governing Committee approved a $500,000 grant to LifeCare Alliance to provide critical operating support, with a focus on its Meals-on-Wheels program, which serves more than 7,000 meals a day across five central Ohio counties.

Director of Capacity Building & Community Knowledge Danielle Tong shares how support for the comprehensive well-being of nonprofits through capacity building helps them go further faster—and why investing in things you can't always see is critical to ensuring the ongoing health of our community's social sector.

Learn how the Beers and Board Games Club of Columbus gaming community, now hundreds strong, combines fun with philanthropy, raising over $100,000 for local nonprofits. Explore the story behind its Donor Advised Fund at The Columbus Foundation and its mission to continue gaming for good.

The Columbus Foundation is committed to strengthening the nonprofit sector in central Ohio. Through its Summer Fellowship Program, the Foundation also engages the next generation of young leaders in the sector through career-related work.

Better Together projects are featured on a crowdfunding platform in The Columbus Foundation’s Giving Store. Designed to fulfill critical needs of local nonprofits, Better Together is where you can learn about current opportunities, quickly and easily make donations, and track each project goal in real-time.

On October 24, DFYF celebrated the grand opening of the new Crittenton Community Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. In partnership with more than 20 nonprofits, the new center will offer services that address food insecurity, housing stability, workforce development, education, legal aid, mental health, support for seniors, youth programming, and more.

For 70 years, the Columbus Youth Foundation has empowered thousands of local youth through grants supporting recreation, education, and leadership. As the first Supporting Foundation at The Columbus Foundation, it has awarded over $5.5 million to more than 100 nonprofits, creating lasting community impact.