On May 17, 2017, approximately 5,000 people gathered around more than 450 tables across the central Ohio region to participate in The Columbus Foundation’s second Big Table. The Big Table launched in 2016 as a way to bring people together to broaden perspectives and strengthen our community.

In 2020, a group of high school friends with a passion to help others connected to create the Cultivating Success Fund, a Donor Advised Fund that gives them the flexibility to support organizations both in central Ohio and in the communities where they live.

From the beginning, White Castle innovator and founder Billy Ingram’s mission was to help team members and provide opportunities for them to better themselves. One way the Ingram-White Castle Foundation honors that legacy today is to help students achieve their educational dreams through scholarships. As White Castle celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2021, the Ingram-White Castle Foundation has added two special scholarships to recognize the historic event.

Directions for Youth & Families has been selected as the 2022 honoree of The Columbus Foundation Award In recognition of the important role the organization plays in bringing stability and opportunity to youth, families, and neighborhoods. As part of the award, DFYF will receive a $100,000 unrestricted grant from The Columbus Foundation.

Weinland Park—a neighborhood on the move.

More than 50 years ago, Jerrie Mock flew into history, becoming the first woman to fly around the globe solo. On March 19, 1964, Jerrie, then a Bexley resident and mother of three, climbed into her single-engine Cessna, “Spirit of Columbus,” and took off from Port Columbus International Airport. Mock ended her historic flight back in Columbus, Ohio on April 17, 1964.

A collaborative effort is bringing life to a group of buildings that had long been forgotten, and creating a fresh new gateway to Weinland Park and The Ohio State University along East 11th Avenue.

Celebrate the 2023 Harrison M. Sayre Award honorees, Renée and Dwight Smith, who exemplify generosity through their leadership and their encouragement and empowerment of those around them.

Learn how the Beers and Board Games Club of Columbus gaming community, now hundreds strong, combines fun with philanthropy, raising over $100,000 for local nonprofits. Explore the story behind its Donor Advised Fund at The Columbus Foundation and its mission to continue gaming for good.

Although the Franklin County Digital Equity Coalition was born out of the COVID-19 emergency, digital equity remains a priority at The Columbus Foundation.