$10,000 – Action Tank – City Council School
Purpose: To support the second year of a program for engaged residents who are interested in running for Cincinnati City Council and/or want a deeper understanding of the City’s government systems and practices in order to successfully champion equitable, impactful policy changes
$6,000 – Action Tank – Vote Smarter: Civic Health First Aid Kit
Purpose: To produce a policy expert-designed and artist illustrated voter guide containing information about candidates running for office and key issues (such as transportation, housing, and small business) on each ballot in advance of primary and general elections in 2022
$10,000 – CET/Channel 48 – Let Ohio Women Vote
Purpose: To produce a documentary highlighting the important work of suffragists in Ohio and the ripple effects that the actions of Ohioans had throughout the country in the seventy-plus years before the 19th Amendment was finally ratified
$25,000 – Cincinnati Public Radio – Supporting a Public Radio Service: A Greater Cincinnati News Bureau
Purpose: To produce a daily news program focusing on local government and civic issues
$25,000 – Cincinnati Public Radio – Restoring Trust in City Hall
Purpose: To produce a series of broadcasts exploring local government corruption in Cincinnati, the history of City Hall politics and the people who shaped it, the current allegations, and possible consequences, along with current proposals for change, feedback from local community councils and how they impact City Hall decisions, and the path forward to restoring trust in City Hal
$34,560 – City of Cincinnati – 2021 Summer Internship Program
Purpose: To provide five college students with the opportunity to intern full-time in Cincinnati municipal government, including in the Human Resources Department, the Department of Planning and Engagement, the Department of Community and Economic Development, and the Cincinnati Water Works Lead Line Replacement team
$10,000 – Civic Influencers – Cincinnati Area Campus Election Engagement Project
Purpose: To increase civic engagement, voter registration, and voter participation in the 2020 election at 10 local colleges and universities
$10,000 – Colerain Township – Management Analyst Internship
Purpose: To hire an intern to assist with recommendations to improve roads and parks, develop a forecast and solutions for Police funding, develop an employee recognition program, and analyze performance management efforts and analytics
$10,000 – Communities United for Action – Fair Sewer Rates Coalition
Purpose: To engage Cincinnati residents to work with government officials to ensure that equitable solutions to sewer overflows and costs are developed
$11,000 – Cornerstone Renter Equity – Community Equity
Purpose: To provide affordable housing and innovative opportunities for low-income households to build assets, to invest in themselves, and to make positive contributions to their community
$4,000 – Girl Scouts of Western Ohio – Girls for Change: The Community Impact Club & Girl Scout Leadership Conference
Purpose: To inspire, prepare, and mobilize middle and high school aged Girl Scouts to lead positive change in their neighborhoods, schools, and communities by engaging them in character education, civic engagement activities, leadership development activities, mentoring, and service-learning projects
$20,000 – Green Umbrella – Climate Planning for Healthy, Prepared Communities
Purpose: To facilitate collaboration among regional government leaders to adopt proven solutions that will improve the quality of life in their communities, resilience of their infrastructure, and predictability of their budgets
$11,520 – Hamilton County – Office of the County Administrator – 2021 Office of Administration Intern
Purpose: To provide a local college student the opportunity to learn the day-to-day operation of local government, contribute to local government processes, develop or refine skills, and explore a career path
$13,248 – Hamilton County – Office of the County Administrator – 2022 Office of Administration Intern
Purpose: To provide a local college student the opportunity to learn the day-to-day operation of local government, contribute to local government processes, develop or refine skills, and explore a career path
$10,000 – Hispanics Avanzando Hispanics – Increasing Voter Registration and Information Among Young People in Hamilton County
Purpose: To increase awareness about the opportunity and importance of voting among young people in Hamilton County who are becoming eligible to vote or who are eligible to vote but may not be registered to vote or know how to vote
$15,000 – Immigrant and Refugee Law Center- Increasing Services to Youth and Families
Purpose: To increase organizational capacity and enhance IRLC’s ability to leverage its corps of volunteer lawyers to deliver innovative, free legal representation to our community, and to amplify IRLC’s response for children seeking humanitarian relief
$10,000 – Invest in Neighborhoods – 2021 Neighborhood Summit
Purpose: To convene active citizens, public officials, and community organizations for a day-long series of seminars, workshops, and presentations where Cincinnatians can learn, network, and collaborate to solve problems and improve their neighborhoods
$7,500 – ish Festival – Launchpoint: A Walk Through History Tour
Purpose: To highlight significant stories in Cincinnati’s Jewish history during the 2021 ish Festival, including leading participants to City Hall, and the original home of Seasongood Investments
$12,000 – League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area – Nonpartisan Voter Guides for November 2020 Election
Purpose: To support publishing the League of Women Voters’ Hamilton County Voter Guide and Vote411.org, as well as adapting this information to be shared on social media
$5,000 – League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area – Expanding the Electorate: Naturalization Ceremony Voter Registration
Purpose: To expand the electorate by providing voter registration opportunities at naturalization ceremonies
$20,000 – League of Women Voters of Ohio Education Fund – Fair Districts Ohio: Educating & Engaging the Public in Redistricting
Purpose: To spread basic, non-partisan knowledge about redistricting and inviting diverse Ohioans to get engaged in the redistricting process through a mapmaking contest
$27,831 – The Library Foundation – Cincinnati Stories: Increasing Civic Awareness through the Public Library
Purpose: To create an engaging and informative virtual experience that the public can use to become better informed of the local civic landscape
$15,000 – National Civic League – Enhancing Governmental Effectiveness and Ethics in Cincinnati
Purpose: To assess governance structures and practices in the City of Cincinnati and conduct research to document comparative features of similar-size cities, resulting in recommendations to enhance local governance
$3,500 – Norwood Together – Parks Clean-up Meet-up Events
Purpose: To engage Norwood citizens in improving and activating public spaces, so they feel greater ownership in their community and government
$15,000 – Ohio Justice & Policy Center – Second Chance Project
Purpose: To provide free legal assistance to those who are facing challenges due to a criminal record
$25,000 – Peaslee Neighborhood Center – The People’s Path to Equitable Policy
Purpose: To strengthen democracy within Cincinnati’s development practices at the most local level, increase transparency in the city’s development deals, and educate the public with lessons learned nation-wide
$5,760 – Planning and Development Services of Kenton County – Internship
Purpose: To provide an internship in the Planning and Zoning Administration Department to learn about comprehensive planning, zoning, building, engineering, and other aspects of development
$15,000 – School Board School – School Board School, Class 4
Purpose: To develop equity-focused elected leaders working inside the system as school board members who represent the diversity of their community, understand their role, and are prepared to do it well
$24,000 – Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement – Future Leaders Internship Program
Purpose: To provide the opportunity for NKU students to work in various governmental capacities, including in the offices of State Representatives in the Kentucky General Assembly
$5,000 – Soapbox Cincinnati – First Suburbs: A Closer Look Community-Informed Series
Purpose: To produce, in partnership with Hamilton County Community Planning Division, a community-informed local journalism series that supports the communication/storytelling capacity of the local governments and member communities in the First Suburbs Consortium Of Southwestern Ohio
$15,000 Urban League of Greater Cincinnati Youth Council
Purpose: To build the capacity of participating youth to take leadership roles in their neighborhood and work across neighborhood boundaries to identify ways to more actively involve youth in their communities through civic engagement activities
$2,250 – Village of Silverton, OH – Seasongood Management Internship, Fall 2021
Purpose: To employ the talents of a graduate-level intern to conduct policy research, draft legislation, assist with public information and citizen engagement, research best practices in municipal management, assist with grant writing, assist with code enforcement activities, and other similar tasks
$5,760 – Village of Silverton, OH – Seasongood Management Fellowship, 2022
Purpose: To employ the talents of a graduate-level intern to conduct policy research, draft legislation, assist with public information and citizen engagement, research best practices in municipal management, assist with grant writing, assist with code enforcement activities, and other similar tasks
