More than 3,000 at-risk young people at seven Greater Cincinnati inner-city schools will participate in a hands-on enrichment program that teaches them about food and nutrition and promotes healthy eating habits they can share with family members.

Grants made in February:

Bethany House Services, $60,000.  The BHS Family Services Program provides comprehensive, trauma-informed, wraparound support to families experiencing homelessness in Greater Cincinnati, with a primary focus on stabilizing children and strengthening the parent-child unit. 

Breakthrough Cincinnati, $30,000.  A five-week summer academic program in which 250 select inner-city middle school students are taught by high school and college students interested in pursuing careers in education.  The year-round program features intensive one-on-one mentoring attention.  There is no charge to students accepted into the program.

Cincinnati Art Museum, $50,000.  Family Learning at the Museum includes the Rosenthal Education Center, Baby Tours, REC Reads, CAM Kids Day, Summer Camp, the 10x10 Teen Art Expo as well as Art Together, Family Studio, and Create Plus for artmaking at all ages.

Cincinnati Therapeutic Riding & Horsemanship, $25,000.  A menu of Equine Assisted Services uses horses to promote mental wellness, emotional growth and physical improvement for young persons with a wide variety of disabilities.

Community Meal Center, $20,000.  Hot, homemade evening meals are served on Fridays and the last Monday of each month at two Hamilton churches to homeless and low-income individuals and families.  Food is served to guests at their table and seconds are encouraged. 

Forever Kings, $20,000. The Boyz II Kings program is a community-based afterschool program that takes young men of color in grades 4th-12th on a nine-month journey of self-reflection and self-visualization while creating a culture of brotherhood.

 

Friends of Harriet Beecher Stowe House, $15,000.  Youth programming helps young people learn about the Cincinnati years of antislavery author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe and the impact and legacy of her most famous anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.  Students are inspired to use the power of their own voice for positive change.

Hope’s Closet, $20,000.  New and gently used clothing, baby care essentials, and other necessities provide key resources for foster parents and comfort, confidence, and dignity for children in foster care. 

New Leaf Kitchen, $35,000.  See above.

Samaritan Car Care Clinic, $20,000.  A non-profit vehicle repair shop helps predominantly underserved single mothers maintain access to reliable auto transportation so they can care for and support their children.

Scouting America Dan Beard Council, $15,000.  This additional grant and a prior $35,000 award last November support Scouting’s comprehensive youth development programs that foster leadership, character, mental wellness and workforce readiness among youth ages 5-18 in Greater Cincinnati.

Stepping Stones, $30,000.  Saturday Kids Club provides extracurricular activities for children ages five to 16 whose disabilities prevent them from participating fully in typical after-school activities, and Saturday Young Adults offers late-afternoon and early evening social opportunities for similarly disabled young people.

WAVE Foundation, $25,000.  A Community Outreach Scholarship Fund enables youth at under-resourced schools to benefit from free-of-charge wildlife educational experiences presented by WAVE’s professional educators. 

Xavier University, $30,000.  The summer service internship program fosters young people’s commitment to community service by placing 12 college students in full-time, nine-week internships at non-profit organizations.  Hundreds of community members benefit from the work they do.

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 3,900 grants totaling over $85 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.