February 20, 2013
Our 49th year set the standard: 2012 highlights
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Our grant receptions are now held in the new Mashburn Impact Center.
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Throughout 2013 we will be celebrating our 50th anniversary; we're pleased to share that 2012 set a great precedent! See below for some of the highlights.
Milestones
More than $64.3 million in grants were made from GCF in 2012; this is up 6.5% from last year.
Since 1963, we have made $724 million in grants.
Individuals and organizations established 66 new funds and overall made $61.9 million in gifts to funds at GCF. Find out how you can use GCF in your own giving.
Endow Kentucky, a program offering a 20% tax credit for gifts to qualified community foundations for endowed funds benefiting Kentucky organizations, resulted in approximately $410,000 in gifts to GCF. Our donors captured more than $82,000 of the Commonwealth's $500,000 tax credit budget.
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation and FSG authored a four-part series about the role of backbone organizations in collective impact efforts in the Stanford Social Innovation Review.
The Foundation Review published a special preprint of GCF's article, "Impact Investing: A 21st Century Tool to Attract and Retain Donors," at the Council on Foundations conference. Learn more about GCF and Impact Investing.
Our People
Our 2012 Annual Luncheon was highlighted by the presentation of the Jacob E. Davis Volunteer Leadership Award to Francie and John Pepper. The Bridge Builder Award was given to John Lame of Lenox Wealth Management.
The Northern Kentucky Fund of GCF awarded the 2012 Devou Cup to Clyde Middleton and his late wife, Mary.
Our President/CEO Kathryn Merchant was honored with the Kentucky Philanthropy Initiative Commonwealth Award. She also received the Woman of the Year in Nonprofits at the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber WE Celebrate Awards.
GCF bid farewell to Governing Board members Janie Domaschko and Tom Cody.
The Foundation thanks David Ellis for serving two years as our Governing Board Chair.
We also want to extend our thanks to our financial institution partners for helping us restructure investments to generate more charitable dollars.
We're celebrating 50 years of Greater Generosity. Find out more at www.gcf.org/at50.
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