At a packed reception of almost 400 members and guests at the Schiff Conference & Banquet Center, Impact 100 announced the FOUR 2016 Grant Recipients. Each organization received a $101,500 grant to fund a significant, transformative project. 2016 marks the second year Impact 100 has had membership sufficient to fund four grants. This brings the Impact 100 investment in the tri-state regional community to $3.6 Million since its inception.
The four Grant Recipients and their projects are:
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CINCINNATI THERAPEUTIC RIDING & HORSEMANSHIP
: Project Mustang
This project will expand the program to save wild mustangs, but more importantly, to serve 300 veterans annually suffering from PTSD as part of a proven alternative treatment where the veterans train mustangs for traditional equine therapy roles.
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GREATER CINCINNATI CONSTRUCTION FOUNDATION:
Constructing a Pathway Out of Poverty Program
Expand the Woodward Career Technical High School program by developing & implementing a practical, application-based math program in the middle schools to increase eligible placement of students into the high school program which prepares them to enter the construction trade.
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ST. FRANCIS SERAPH MINISTRIES & CENTER FOR RESPITE CARE:
The Dinner Club & Kitchenette Project
Purchase the required commercial stove hood as part of the new St. Anthony Center Dinner Club to provide the homeless breakfast and dinner 5 days per week. Additionally, fund a new kitchenette for the in-house respite care unit which provides post-hospitalization care & services for the homeless.
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WOMEN'S CRISIS CENTER
: Expand Green Dot Violence Prevention Program
Expand the Green Dot program to 3 additional high schools in Northern Kentucky based on the success locally in changing behaviors, attitudes & responses to witnessed acts of violence and the successes documented by the University of Kentucky program originators.
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The three other finalists were:
CENTER FOR GREAT NEIGHBORHOODS: The Creative Commons Project
CHATFIELD COLLEGE: Central & Liberty Green Space Project
NORTHERN KENTUCKY COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION
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Lincoln Grant Scholar House.
Through the generosity of our donors: sponsors, members and community partners alike, each of the other nonprofit finalists received a check for $1000
to support the purchase of items on their Wish List.
Impact 100 congratulates the new Grant Recipients - and looks forward to seeing the huge IMPACT they will have on our community. The organization thanks all the applicants who proposed and presented creative, transformative projects for our community.
If you haven't already......
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