Just in time for warmer days, Echo Spirits Distilling is bottling up a taste…
Cleveland-based Black Box Fix is opening its first location in Columbus at Easton Town…
Chocolate and ice cream shop Kilwins has closed its doors in the Short North…
Last fall Clintonville welcomed a new fair trade store, World Peaces. Featuring fair trade…
The 2021 CCAD Fashion Show is next month, and the student designers taking the runway —…
Black Radish Creamery has recently opened two new stores, a new farm store near…
Dr. Nyama McCarthy-Brown is an Assistant Professor at OSU, as well as a writer,…
It's fair to say that the current exhibition at the Wexner Center for the…
One of our city’s oldest cultural institutions, the Columbus Museum of Art enters its…
New renderings have been released and an overall development plan is starting to come…
A plan to transform the former Kroger Bakery site into a 448-unit residential development…
A new plan for an empty lot across from the Topiary Park Downtown could…
By Susan TebbenA Hamilton County judge has blocked an Ohio law regulating disposal of surgical…
By Susan TebbenThe national and state chapters of Planned Parenthood sued the state of Ohio…
Just one week after Councilmember Priscilla Tyson announced her upcoming departure from Columbus City…
25 years?“It does seem crazy, doesn’t it?”Jennifer Lange, Curator of the Film/Video Studio Program…
Theaters are open, the sun is out, our couches are comfortable—I mean, how's a…
Prime Social Group announced plans for its Breakaway Music Festival to return to Columbus…Shine the Light of Kindness this Giving Tuesday
Originally published on The Columbus Foundation’s blog. Today, donate to the Gifts of Kindness Fund to see your dollars doubled! For many in our community, a single financial hardship can set into motion a series of events that can create negative long-term consequences. The Gifts of Kindness Fund provides an immediate financial boost to prevent […]
Record-Setting $1.5 Million Bonus Pool Committed to The Big Give
June 8, 2020 4:50 pm
Walker Evans
The Big Give is the largest day of giving for Central Ohio nonprofits and this year’s event is already setting records. Several partners have committed over $1.5 million — the largest amount to date — in advance to the Bonus Pool of funding so that every donation made during The Big Give will grow even larger. […]
Kondo-ing it Yourself: 36 Places to Donate Your Clutter in Columbus
January 19, 2019 10:00 am
Taijuan Moorman
The new Netflix TV show “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo,” in which the best-selling author reintroduces her popular tidying techniques to a brand new audience, has shed a light on the cluttered lifestyles of the everyday family. If you’re following Kondo’s method, you may be inspired to donate the stuff no longer “sparking joy.” Of […]
The Philanthropy of Nina West
October 10, 2017 12:07 am
Lauren Sega
Two years ago, when Andrew Levitt A.K.A. Nina West started a fund with The Columbus Foundation, he made a resounding change on the impact of his giving. A philanthropist for the last 16 years, Levitt has given more than $2 million back to the community, using his platform as a performer to focus on the […]
The Corporate Responsibility to Give Back Amplifies Impact
October 10, 2017 12:05 am Lauren Sega
A valued characteristic of any business is a positive company culture, an identity with which any associate can connect. Within the ranks at L Brands can be found a common recognition of the prevalence of cancer and the motivation and momentum to offer something up — time, talent, or treasure. “We know that giving takes […]
Avanza Together Connecting Families Facing Deportation to Resources
October 10, 2017 12:04 am Lauren Sega
Imagine that the only way to save your child was to leave him. For one local family, whose 8-year-old son’s heart condition requires regular surgeries, this is reality. The parents, already targeted for deportation, must choose between taking their son with them, or leaving him in foster care here to get the treatment he needs. […]
Columbus Nonprofits Must Learn to Multitask to Adapt to Needs of Community
October 10, 2017 12:03 am Walker Evans
In order for nonprofits to adapt to the changing needs of the community, they have to learn to multitask. David Brown, Creative Director and Founder of The Harmony Project, sees this in his own organization, which has mission touch points that range from education, to the arts, to neighborhood engagement. “It’s really difficult to be […]
