Ohio Justice & Policy Center's mission is to create fair, intelligent, redemptive criminal justice systems through zealous client-centered advocacy, innovative policy reform, and cross-sector community education. Their goals are to promote rehabilitation of incarcerated people, enable them to successfully reintegrate into the community, and eliminate racial disparities in the criminal justice system. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support the Second Chance Community Legal Clinic.

The Legal Aid Society was founded in 1908. Each year, Legal Aid helps thousands of individuals and families resolve legal problems that are barriers to a stable life and economic self-sufficiency. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support the Education Advocacy: Supporting School Success project.

1N5 works with administrators, counselors, and teachers to create a customized solution for each school's mental health needs. They use evidence-based program models that have proven successful in existing partner schools, coupled with experience in the field, to build each unique program. 1N5 partners directly with schools with the intent to normalize mental health and break down the barriers preventing youth from seeking help. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support the Building Resiliency in Youth Program.

The Literacy Network of Greater Cincinnati is a coordinating body for more than 60 literacy programs throughout Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support the Little Free Libraries Expansion and Virtual Tutoring Opportunities programs.

Established in 1911, Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CABVI) provides counseling, rehabilitation, information and employment services to people who are blind, visually impaired, or print impaired in the Greater Cincinnati area. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support CABVI's Music Program for Children Who are Blind or Visually Impaired.

Adventure Crew provides underserved city teens with monthly adventure—kayaking, hiking, biking, fishing, and more. Through outdoor adventure, they empower city teens with new friendships, the opportunity to overcome challenges, and a greater understanding of themselves and their place in the world. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support the program, Crew Cares: Fostering Social Emotional Wellness in City Teens with Worsening Mental Health.

The Cincinnati Opera Association's (COA) 100 year history sets it apart as one of our region's cultural gems. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support the World Premiere of “Fierce” and Education Programs

Boys & Girls Clubs of America has been serving our nation's youth since 1860, when the first Boys & Girls Club was established in Hartford, Connecticut. Since then, the organization has grown to serve more than 4 million youth annually in some 4,300 Boys & Girls Clubs around the world. In Cincinnati, the Boys & Girls Clubs have been working with young people from disadvantaged economic, social and family circumstances for over 80 years. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support the Graduate program.

Crayons to Computers provides approximately $1,250,000 worth of free school supplies and educational resources monthly to an average of 100 teacher "shoppers" each day. A teacher shopper takes an average of $700 worth of free educational supplies and resources for their classrooms during each shopping trip. As a result, greater Cincinnati school-age children are equipped with the basic tools they need to engage in their schoolwork and homework. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support the Crayons for Kids Fund.

On October 9, 1978, a small group of parents and physicians met to discuss a pressing need "“ a nearby, low-cost "home away from home" for parents and other family members of seriously ill children being treated at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. A gift from Pfau Foundation will support the Loads of Comfort and a Taste of Hope program.

Camp Koinonia is a week-long residential camp program for youth with multiple disabilities. The camp program is part of a service learning course at the University of Tennessee where the students receive 12 weeks of course instruction on working with individuals with disabilities and then become the staff of the camp for the final culminating project. Camp Koinonia offers a once 1:1 camper to counselor ratio and in some cases a 2:1 depending on a camper's needs. The camp offers therapeutic activities in sport and games, music and movement, cooking, horses, ropes course, canoes, sensory, and pre-vocational training activities. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support Camp Koinonia Scholarship Program.

La Soupe helps more than 100 local civic and social-service agencies serve their clientele with dignity, providing meals that are well-balanced, healthy, and delicious. La Soupe engages a broad network of partner agencies who distribute its meals, making meals accessible in 41 zip codes across the Greater Cincinnati Region. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support Rescue, Transform, Share program.

After 192 years of service, the team at St. Joseph Orphanage (SJO) is in the process of reinventing themselves. Their core mission will not change – partner with hospitals, schools, local county mental health boards and county children service agencies to provide critically needed mental health services to some of the most vulnerable members of our community including children, youth, and their families. The goal is a reimagined and contemporary ownership structure, business model and name – NewPath Child and Family Solutions. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support communication systems for staff and patient protection.

Ken Anderson Alliance was launched in 2014 to address the lack of quality living and social support services available to young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Since then, the organization’s growth has been solid, most recently merging with Melodic Connections, to deliver a continuum of programs and services that provide meaningful and engaging experiences to this underserved demographic. The three pillars of their programming include social engagement and life skills, employment opportunity, and supportive housing. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support the Transition Age ENGAGE program.

Per Scholas’ core job training program in Cincinnati is IT Support, an 8-week, full-time, and tuition-free opportunity leading to professional IT certification. A gift from Pfau Foundation will support Per Scholas Cincinnati IT Training.

For the past 95 years, the Hearing Speech & Deaf Center of Greater Cincinnati (HSDC) has been providing education, advocacy, audiology, sign language interpreting, and hearing and speech pathology to adults and children with disabilities regardless of their ability to pay for services. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support the CONNECTIONS for LIFE program.

For 118 years, Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired has been a champion for blind and visually impaired individuals in Cincinnati and throughout the United States. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support Clovernook Center's Pediatric Low Vision Clinic.

Groundwork Ohio River Valley is challenging the established conservation ecosystem by supporting a leadership pipeline that includes young people of color. In doing so, the organization is helping to open educational and career pathways for youth who may have had limited exposure to the great outdoors that exists right where they live. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support Madisonville their High School Green Team Workforce.

Life Learning Center, Inc. (LLC) is a United Way-funded organization that works with multiple local community partners and progressive employers to take at-risk individuals who demonstrate a commitment to stable employment and prepare them for productive, sustainable careers through education, training, and life coaching. A gift from Pfau Foundation will support the program, Foundations for a Better Life.

Formed over 180 years ago, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul has a long-standing reputation for fulfilling the needs of the poor and has the support of community businesses, local corporations, and concerned citizens. Now in 150 countries, St. Vincent is the largest social service agency of its kind. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support the Sweet Dreams Bed Program.

Wesley Chapel Mission Center (WCMC) has been a consistent and reliable provider of after-school services in Over-the-Rhine since 2003. Its programs, serving children from early childhood through high school, are housed in six storefronts along East McMicken Avenue. This neighborhood between two elementary schools and across from a playground is one of the poorest and most violent-crime-ridden areas of the city. The center is known in the neighborhood as a safe and positive place to send school-age children after school. Programs are provided year-round, including Saturdays, at no cost to families. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support KLASS: Keep Learning After School Stops.

iSpace delivers high quality STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) educational opportunities to children, educators and parents in Greater Cincinnati. Their programs affirm and ignite the critical thinking skills that are innate within all children, but not always encouraged or refined. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support iSPACE STEM Programs for Underserved Students.

The Taft Museum of Art (TMA) is considered one of the finest small art collections in the United States. For over 85 years, visitors have entered the historic home of Anna and Charles Taft to view a world-class collection of paintings by western artists such as Rembrandt, Whistler, Turner and Reynolds, as well as exquisite Chinese porcelains and other decorative arts. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support the Art for All program.

4C is the region’s primary resource for information on early care and education programs and the largest local provider of training and technical assistance for early childhood teachers. They are the only agency contracted by Jobs and Family Services (JFS) to provide child-care resource and referral services and are the designated provider of professional coaching for Ohio’s Step Up to Quality tiered quality-rating system. 4C touches the lives of over 130,000 children each year through Family & Community Services, Professional Development and their Child Nutrition Programs. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support the Advancing To High Quality initiative.

Since 1984, Boys Hope Girls Hope of Greater Cincinnati (BHGH) has been caring for and supporting children with strong academic potential from extremely challenging home environments, due to poverty, abuse and/or neglect, divorce, inadequate housing and schooling or substance abuse. BHGH serves an average of 30 7th grade through college-level scholars each year. The model’s success derives from the deep investment of intensive wraparound support provided to a relatively small number of at-risk, high-potential youth. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support Scholar's Therapeutic Mental Health Services .

MindPeace was founded in 2002 by the Junior League of Cincinnati as a result of access and coordination challenges within the system of mental health care for children in Cincinnati. MindPeace works at three levels—the individual school site, the systems or District, and the community levels – to accomplish its mission of ensuring that all children receive access to clinical mental health services. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support the program, Connecting Youth with Critical Mental Health Support in the age of COVID-19.

Found Village strives to gain the trust of youth and families who have experienced trauma and do not trust institutional systems, and for those whom the traditional service model has not worked. The key elements to Found Village’s success are a personalized coaching model, a home-like environment, created through their enrichment programs, and a long-term commitment to the success of each young person. These elements have enabled the organization to connect with even the hardest to reach youth. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support the program, Building a Strong Foundation for Success.

People Working Cooperatively is an organization that performs essential repairs and services so that low-income homeowner's can remain in their homes, living independently in a safe, sound environment. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support the Home Modifications for Youth program.

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is the country’s leading nonprofit awarding grants toward research through their fundraising efforts, public awareness and education and advocacy on behalf of the disease. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support their Camp Korelitz.

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Focus on Youth, Inc. (FOY) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to improve the lives of children by providing strengths-based foster care, adoption, and mental health services that promote the permanency, safety, and well-being of youth. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support their Behavioral Health Program.

WAVE Foundation is the nonprofit, education arm of the Newport Aquarium, an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Launched in 1999, the Aquarium is owned by a privately held company whose mission is to create family experiences. WAVE Foundation was created alongside the Aquarium with the mission to engage and educate the community with a goal to create stewards and advocates of the natural world. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support the Living Curriculum Initiative.

For 46 years, LADD has provided residential programs supporting independent living for adults with developmental disabilities. The consistent and reliable quality of LADD’s services is reflected in the organization successfully renewing its CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitative Facilities) accreditation over the past 15 years. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will fund Post-Covid Supported Employment.

Cincinnati Therapeutic Riding and Horsemanship (CTRH) has served children and adults with disabilities since 1985 by providing equine-assisted activities and therapies. These services include adaptive recreational riding for people with disabilities, hippotherapy for individuals with specific medical needs and disabilities, equine-facilitated learning for youth with mental health issues, and therapeutic visits with trained miniature horses. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support 2021 Hope through Hippotherapy.

In 2015, Capital District Community Gardens moved to new headquarters and changed their name to Capital Roots to represent the full breadth of their work assisting underserved, low-income, minority and senior populations in the Albany, Rensselaer, and Schenectady Counties (the Capital District) in upstate New York. The mission of the organization is to improve neighborhoods and the lives of the residents that live within them by improving their health and well-being through increased access to healthy, fresh vegetables as well as self-sufficiency among residents by helping them to sell the food that they grow. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support The Produce Project: Holistic Life and Job Training .

Beech Acres Parenting Center was founded in 1849 in response to the cholera epidemic that took the lives of over 4,000 citizens in Cincinnati. For 125 years, they have served as an orphanage, providing a haven for children who had been displaced by parental death, poverty, or other family disruptions. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support the program, Beyond the Classroom.

Dohn Community High School of Cincinnati (DCHS), a state-funded charter school with a focus on dropout recovery, has been serving at-risk, inner city youth since 2001. Dohn’s overarching goal is to educate students in academics, as well as in the work-ready skills needed for post-secondary success. A gift from the Pfau Foundation will support the Dohn Corps. program.