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Are you ready to make a difference in our community while maximizing your tax savings? A donor advised fund is a simple, flexible, tax-advantageous tool for granting to your favorite nonprofit organizations and causes. By partnering with Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF), the leading community foundation in the region, as your…

Armed with experience leading Texas’ first community foundation, as well as years advancing educational equity, new CEO tackles the question: How can GCF meet this moment and beyond? For Matthew Randazzo, balance is key. Maintaining it is essential to his success and satisfaction as a business leader, philanthropist and family…

Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF), the region’s leading community foundation, connects generous people with trusted nonprofits to create a vibrant tri-state where every person has a fair opportunity to thrive. By partnering with GCF as your philanthropic advisor, you can make a difference in our community through charitable giving while maximizing…

Economic mobility—or increasing income and wealth to improve life outcomes—is a critical indicator of ­robust economic growth and thriving communities. For this reason, GCF has invested millions in economic mobility while forging new pathways that maximize mobility for all, including creating quality jobs, increasing human potential and expanding opportunities. In…

In 1990, John and Bill Grove started Grove Transportation in Northern Kentucky. The brothers learned how to run a business from their grandfather, an Italian immigrant. Today, Grove Transportation is still family-owned and operated, providing quality jobs across the region and creating positive community impact through their fund at Greater…

Robert Killins Jr., Greater Cincinnati Foundation’s Director, Special Initiatives, is a native of Oakdale, LA, and has a bachelor’s degree in French from Grambling State University. He and his wife, parents of two daughters and a son, live in the West End. Share details of your personal and professional background…

High profile giving associated with well-known businesses has maintained its place in the limelight, even amid recent market volatility and tenacious concerns about inflation and interest rates. Recent examples include last year’s gift of Patagonia by founder Yvon Chouinard; the well-reported generosity of philanthropists Melinda French Gates and MacKenzie Scott;…

Many local companies take pride in the way they give back to their communities, and their contributions – whether financial, service hours, or talent share – can become a keystone of their corporate values, internal culture, and regional presence. Especially in the wake of the considerable and enduring challenges caused…

Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF) is the region’s leading community foundation, bringing together people who care about a diverse range of causes and have a shared goal: to create a stronger, more vibrant community now and in the future in the tri-state region. If you’re a professional advisor, GCF can partner…

All-In Cincinnati Coalition Director Denisha Porter is originally from Cincinnati and graduated from Walnut Hills High School. She received her bachelor’s degree from Miami University and her master’s degree in public health from Wright State University. Share details of your personal and professional background that helped to guide your path…

Give back to the communities where we work and serve. Think big; dream big. Do the right thing. Take care of each other. These are Paycor’s cultural tenants. And these principles have made Paycor a leader in the employee engagement space. Giving has always been in Paycor’s DNA. For many…

As Greater Cincinnati Foundation celebrates 60 years of impact, our organization is reminded of the journey our community foundation has traveled and the many people who make this work possible. The legacy of the late Bill and Sue Friedlander is one of great service, marked by decades of hands-on work…

Phillip P. Lanham, Greater Cincinnati Foundation’s Vice President, Donor and Private Foundation Services, is a triple-play Cincinnatian — “born, raised and educated,” as he notes, right here in the Queen City. He received his bachelor’s and MBA degrees from the University of Cincinnati, and lives in Indian Hill with his…

President/CEO Ellen M. Katz, who came to Greater Cincinnati Foundation from The Children’s Home of Cincinnati in 2015, holds an MA in Psychology from the University of Cincinnati and an MBA from Xavier University. A native of Connecticut, she lives with her husband in Hyde Park and has two grown…

Michael A. Coffey, Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF) Program Officer and Forest Park native, lives in Mount Lookout with his wife, LaToya, and their 8-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son. Through the Queen City Foundation and A Better Chance, he gained acceptance into the Cate School in Santa Barbara, California and received…

Meghan Cummings, Executive Director of The Women’s Fund of Greater Cincinnati Foundation, is a Cincinnati native and graduate of Miami University. She lives in Maineville with her husband, Nate, and son Cameron. Share a few details of your personal and professional background that helped to guide your path to Greater…