Horizon Community Funds is dedicated to helping Northern Kentuckians thrive, learn, and grow. Through our Community Impact Fund, we distribute grants to area nonprofits that are working to break the cycle of poverty, support the arts, enhance education, and build a successful future for NKY.
Become a sustaining donor with our Community Impact Fund and be part of the change right here at home.
do good for your neighbors
The Community Impact Fund enables us to support NKY’s most transformative endeavors with targeted grants. Your charitable gifts are joined with others to magnify the impact of every donation.
Our sustaining donor program is one of the best means to address the greatest challenges and fund the most promising opportunities in NKY. Sustaining donations provide greater financial certainty to bolster long-term solutions and provide rapid response as needs change.
A MONTHLY DONATION OF $10 OR MORE
Donating to our community impact fund will provide essential, dedicated support to:
- Expand educational programs
- Target poverty
- Improve community health and wellness initiatives
- Boost the arts
- Accelerate innovation
Gateway received a $7,500 grant to support the River City Promise Scholarship Program, which helps cover the cost of tuition for students with a high degree of financial need who attend River City high schools.
A $10,000 grant helped fund a pilot program to create Individual Strength Plans for 225 students, which they will use as a guide to success in school and in life.
A $10,000 grant supported the Catalytic Fund’s work to create jobs, quality housing, and new economic activity in Northern Kentucky’s River Cities.
A $6,000 grant enabled more than 500 students at Ockerman Elementary in Florence to connect with local business and civic group mentors.
The Northern Kentucky Workforce Investment Board’s $10,000 grant will fund a study that examines how GROW NKY’s backbone organization ensures the value, effectiveness, and ROI of its initiatives and programs.
A $10,000 grant will be utilized to directly support the college and career prep work-based learning needs of the students participating in the NaviGo River Cities Network.
La Soupe’s $10,000 grant will support their partnerships with agencies in Northern Kentucky, making La Soupe meals available and accessible across the region.
Grant Us Hope will use a $15,000 grant to implement Hope Squad, an innovative, evidence-based suicide prevention program that focuses on empowering youth, in Northern Kentucky schools.
A $10,000 grant for Easterseals Redwood will provide support for 125-150 veterans in Northern Kentucky.
CHNK received a $15,000 grant that will go towards expanding clinical staff, facility renovations, technology and telehealth expansions, and community education and awareness.
A $15,000 grant was used for Opportunity House, an innovative project aimed at developing post-secondary educational opportunities and stability for Opportunity Youth, or young adults ages 18-24.
With their $15,000 grant, RefugeeConnect expanded their Community Navigator program, which provides native language support to guide families in accessing resources and services in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.
A $13,500 grant enabled the Northern Kentucky Education Council to increase the number of students served by the One to One literacy program.
join us in supporting our uncommon community
Every donation makes a difference. We multiply your gift to drive transformative change in NKY.
61.4%
Of our donations are under $100. More than half of our donations come in the form of smaller contributions. Be a part of the impact!
$50.7M+
Total contributions to all our funds since inception
83.37%
Of our donations are under $1,000
$18.9M+
Total grants made across all our funds since inception
say “i’m in!” and make a difference in NKY
Multiply your good and accelerate change in the communities you love. Become a sustaining donor to our Community Impact Fund and support NKY’s most critical endeavors. Your monthly donation of $10 or more will help Northern Kentucky thrive.
INVEST IN THE FUTURE OF NKY
“Horizon is making NKY better. They are dealers of hope, and we all need hope.”
— Justin Otto, Economic & Community Development Director for Campbell County
