Awards for 2006
$10,000 to the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati
Purpose: To educate area high school students in the operations of city government through experiential learning and youth leadership.
$1,500 to the Mercantile Library
Purpose: To support a speaker and discussion series designed to encourage participants to think about how national and international events and forces impact local government.
$900 to Public Service Recognition Cincinnati
Purpose: To host an annual event honoring government employees for outstanding service in the public sector.
$15,000 to City of Cincinnati Interns
Purpose: To provide four graduate and undergraduate students the opportunity to learn about city government while contributing to it through summer internships in various departments.
$20,000 to Public Allies Cincinnati
Purpose: To provide young adults, age 18-30 with 10-month apprenticeships at local non-profit organizations around the city, as well as providing an intensive leadership development program.
$10,000 to ACORN
Purpose: To build power among low-income people through extensive leadership training focused on increasing civic participation in local government.
$7,950 to Northern Kentucky Area Development District (NKADD)
Purpose: To provide for an internship in public administration to be filled by a graduate or undergraduate student from a local college or university
$10,000 to InkTank
Purpose: To provide a platform for on-going dialogue about the challenges associated with life in the city center through the publication of a series of low-cost zines created by local writers and artists.
$13,822 to the Urban Appalachian Council (UAC)
Purpose: To build skills and support the engagement of Lower Price Hill residents in addressing the many environmental and health issues and concerns in their neighborhood.
$10,000 to the League of Women Voters (LWV)
Purpose: To replace office equipment and support the LWV's mission of promoting citizen participation and non-partisan programs for government reform.
$25,000 to Miami University
Purpose: To bring nationally prominent thought leaders in fields related to local or regional government to Miami University to speak with students, faculty, media, and the public, in order to provide an opportunity to learn about innovative approaches to local government, and to stimulate interest in career opportunities in municipal and government service.
$6,300 to Hamilton County
Purpose: To provide a local college student with a three-month internship in the Hamilton County office of Budget and Strategic Initiatives.
$20,000 to University of Cincinnati College of Law
Purpose: To support the efforts of the Ohio Innocence Project in identifying wrongly imprisoned inmates and obtaining their release through litigation, as well as working to minimize wrongful convictions by reforming the criminal justice system.
$7,500 to University of Cincinnati College of Law, Rosenthal Institute for Justice
Purpose: To support two guest speakers to discuss contemporary issues related to local government.
$15,000 to Citizens for Civic Renewal (CCR)
Purpose: To undertake a strategic action agenda for tackling the problems identified in the 2004 Cincinnati Metropatterns report, focusing on government reform and transportation strategies to improve the Cincinnati region.
$3,500 to Applied Information Resources, Inc. (AIR)
Purpose: To support a research project undertaken by a University of Cincinnati law student to identify the influence of partisan forces on the judicial selection process.
$6,500 to Invest in Neighborhoods
Purpose: To support an annual Neighborhood Summit to foster dialogue between community councils, business leaders, political leaders, City departments, and citizens.
$3,800 to Invest in Neighborhoods
Purpose: To educate community council volunteers in the benefits of increasing voter registration and turnout in their neighborhoods; and to provide volunteers with strategies for increasing the vote, undertaking demonstrations of new voting machines, and establishing joint candidate forums.
$10,500 to League of Women Voters (LWV)
Purpose: To support LWV in their Know Your Ohio Government Education Initiative, which provides citizens with information regarding how laws are passed, how to write their representatives, the importance of open meetings and citizen participation, and how local township governments work.
$3,000 to Greater Cincinnati Chapter American Society for Public Administration (GCC-ASPA)
Purpose: To support a public administration internship in Anderson Township, filled by a local graduate or undergraduate student.
$12,000 to the Campbell County Fiscal Court
Purpose: To support a year-round, part-time internship for a student of public administration.
$25,000 to Cincinnati Public Radio- WVXU
Purpose: To support the continuation of WVXU radio news programs' in depth exploration and coverage of local government issues and events by six highly experienced news professionals.
$750 to the Women's City Club
Purpose: To bring together concerned citizens, organizational staff, and youth to talk about the causes of youth violence, build working relationships, and organize actions around shared interests and values.
$20,000 to Citizens for Civic Renewal
Purpose: To promote city-county collaboration in the short-term, and to develop a comprehensive, long-term strategy for mounting a successful campaign for some form of merger between the City of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
$3,000 to Greater Cincinnati Chapter American Society for Public Administration (GCC-ASPA)
Purpose: To plan an annual public administration awards banquet to honor achievements among public sector professionals.