The Columbus Foundation’s Governing Committee recently approved two grants totaling $75,000 from the Fund for Financial Innovation (FFI) to support efforts to increase small business development in central Ohio. The Foundation’s Fund for Financial Innovation was established in 2010 to support nonprofit organizations and projects that promote social enterprise collaborations, affiliations, and mergers.

Two vibrant, growing nonprofits that provide opportunities for youth and adults in our community received grants from The Columbus Foundation as Continuous Improvement grantees.

The Columbus Foundation announced The Big Table, a new community initiative focused on a day of conversation to strengthen understanding across our region. The event will bring the voices of residents together around many tables on August 30, 2016—with gatherings held in homes, offices, libraries, places of worship, and in recreation and community centers.

Nonprofit organizations supporting education, health, social services, community events, and youth received an economic boost from The Paul G. Duke Foundation. The Foundation recently announced grants totaling more than $126,000 to benefit residents of the Miami County area.

The Columbus Foundation awarded a record $176.6 million in grants last year, aiding more than 3,200 nonprofit organizations across a broad range of fields. Plenty of money came by way of central Ohio's most affluent and influential residents. But philanthropists, the foundation is careful to note, aren't all prominent names.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (January 11, 2017)—Grants recently approved by The Columbus Foundation will help 25 local nonprofits address a plethora of needs, from providing meals to seniors and fostering independence for those with disabilities, to helping high school seniors apply to college. The grants, totaling $762,990, were approved by the Foundation’s Governing Committee at its December meeting.

COLUMBUS, OH (January 24, 2017)—The Columbus Foundation’s Fund for Financial Innovation (FFI) provided support to a number of local nonprofit organizations working innovatively in 2016, from workshops and trainings to expanding social enterprise efforts.

COLUMBUS, OH (February 22, 2017)—The Columbus Foundation celebrated the outstanding work of our business and nonprofit leaders and innovators who were named the best in the United States for their accomplishments over the past year. The individuals and organizations were honored at the annual National Number Ones event held at the Foundation.

More than 5,000 central Ohioans gathered Wednesday in homes and offices, in schools and shops and libraries, for an hour of organized community discourse known as the Big Table.