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Although the majority of Americans know we’re in the midst of an opiate crisis, less than 20 percent believe the risk threatens their family. This community initiative is tackling the statewide crisis through Denial, Ohio, a campaign to raise awareness.

In 2020, she established the Gay Su Pinnell Designated Fund Gay Su Pinnell's love of reading blossomed into a rewarding career as a Professor Emerita at OSU, a member of the International Reading Association’s Reading Hall of Fame, and a prolific researcher. In 2019, Pinnell established the Gay Su Pinnell Education Trust Fund to oversee her charitable giving, including extraordinary gifts to both OSU and Lesley University to support the schools’ ongoing work to develop and promote literacy efforts and programs. Pinnell is also committed to creating opportunities to experience the joy of music, especially the symphony. In 2020, she established the Gay Su Pinnell Designated Fund to provide focused, multi-year support for the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and others.

Within 15 minutes of The Big Give kickoff on September 17, 2013, 300 central Ohio nonprofits had already received donations. The 24-hour online giving effort reached $1 million and 1,000 donations in less than 40 minutes!

A bold, visionary plan to strengthen the Weinland Park neighborhood—led by the Weinland Park Collaborative, a public-private partnership formed in 2010—was the groundwork for an opportunity to apply for a national funding opportunity from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

During the late 1870s, Columbus banker and entrepreneur Joseph A. Jeffrey turned an inventor’s idea for undercutting coal into a booming manufacturer of mining machinery. More than a century later, thanks to Jeffrey’s foresight and philanthropy, the community continues to benefit from the Joseph A. Jeffrey Endowment Fund used to beautify or improve the city, supporting nonprofit organizations in Columbus and Franklin County.