Summermusik’s current year of youth programming will include ...

•  One children’s concert at Christ Church Cathedral as part of “We Are One: Water.”

•  An in-school program 'Carnival of the Animals: Remix.”

•  A continued partnership with Music for Youth in Cincinnati (MYCincinnati), the Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, the Ronald McDonald House, and others.

The photos above and below are from the highly successful Walk with Amal program that took place in September 2023.

Grants made in September:

Arthritis Foundation, $25,000.  Kids Get Arthritis Too is a program that includes a JA Days, Fall Family Camp and a JA packet filled with educational materials and other information about resources and support for children with arthritis and their parents.  

Assistance League of Greater Cincinnati, $75,000.  Operation School Bell is a back-to-school program that provides school clothes including uniforms, jackets, pants, shirts, underwear, socks and shoes along with hygiene supplies to about 6,000 children in need at 50 area public and parochial schools.  Employing new efficiencies learned during Covid, items will be boxed and delivered to schools for distribution rather than the former method of distribution at the Assistance League.  

Boy Scouts of America, Dan Beard Council, $35,000.  ScoutREACH ensures that all young people have an opportunity to join Scouting by delivering the Cub Scout and Boy Scout program to low income and underserved minority youth.  More than 2,000 participate each year.

Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati, $75,000.  The MainStage season features four productions and about 40 performances that will be seen by an expected 100,000 students, children and families at the Taft Theatre.  Students from low income families attend weekday school performances free or at a nominal charge.

Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra/Summermusik, $25,000.  The Community Engagement and Education Program includes partnerships with MY Cincinnati, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Children’s, Ronald McDonald House, Joseph House, and Joseph House. 

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, $50,000 (fourth of five $50,000 grants 2021-2025).  The Hematology/Oncology Research Department’s Translational Core Laboratory is actively involved in moving cell and gene therapies into clinical trials.  The Foundation has made annual grants of $50,000 in this area since 2000.

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, $30,000.  Education outreach tours will take productions and present performances at about 50 area elementary schools, impacting over 12,000 students in grades K through 6.  The focus is on schools that provide little or no access to the arts.  

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, $50,000.    CSO’s core educational and community engagement programs provide low-cost or free comprehensive, standards-based learning to over 10,000 students at Young People’s Concerts at Music Hall, through visits by musicians to classrooms and community centers, and at educator and career workshops.  

Clifton Cultural Arts Center, $20,000.  The Youth Arts Education Program offers inclusive , accessible arts education to children from infancy to age 13, primarily serving Cincinnati’s Uptown neighborhoods and their low-income households.  The goal is to reach 1,000 children and increase tuition assistance through scholarships and a fair share pricing program.

Comprehensive Community Child Care, $20,000.  The Child Care Workforce Advancement and Stabilization project helps childhood professionals in 1,400 programs that serve 25,000 young children.  Participants advance their skillsets to meet state continuing education 

Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Cincinnati and Columbus, $20,000.  The Community Education program strives to increase the public’s knowledge about epilepsy and acceptance of persons with epilepsy.  Training and education are offered in schools, fire departments, nursing homes and other community locations.

Fernside - A Center for Grieving Children, $30,000.  School-based grief support counseling features on-site support for students experiencing the loss of a loved one, typically a parent or sibling, and the Crisis Program provides large scale intervention to an entire school, such as coping with the death another student.  About 600 young people are expected to benefit from the free programs.

Our Daily Bread, $25,000. The soup kitchen and social center provide about 150,000 nutritious meals annually to a largely homeless and hungry clientele.  Volunteers work about 15.000 hours.

ProKids, $50,000.  CASA University is a year-round recruitment, screening and training program for volunteers who serve as Court Appointed Special Advocates on behalf of abused and neglected children involved in child protection situations.

Queen City Book Bank, $30,000.  QCBB’s curated book distribution program provides an innovative solution to a critical literacy resource gap in the community.  An online portal receives, sorts and distributes books to Greater Cincinnati students in grades K-6 who lack consistent access to books.

Taft Museum of Art, $60,000. Eight Educational programs for students, youth and families include school tours, Artists Reaching Classrooms, Third Sunday Funday, and Summer Art Day Camp.  Activities typically impact nearly 5,000 children and many programs take place in the Taft’s Dater Education Room,

The Dater Foundation makes grants to non-profit organizations in the Greater Cincinnati area to carry out programs that benefit young people and focus in the areas of arts/culture, education, healthcare, social services and other community needs.  Information about the grantmaking process and guidelines and links to an online grant application website are available at www.DaterFoundation.org.

The private foundation was established by fourth-generation Cincinnatian, businessman and philanthropist Charles Dater (1912-1993) to ensure that his resources would continue to fund worthwhile community programs after his death.  The foundation has made more than 3,700 grants totaling over $77 million since its inception in 1985.

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For additional information regarding this news release, contact Roger Ruhl (513/598-1141).

The Charles H. Dater Foundation, Inc. is located at 700 Walnut Street, Suite 301, Cincinnati, OH 45202.