Funds from Community Blend will help build bathroom infrastructure for Iyenga Primary School in Tanzania, as well as help fund the Women’s & Youth Entrepreneurship program!

Black Power Initiative (BPI) is partnering with us to expand their Nurture Our Own program. This programming will reduce barriers to accessing nutritional foods and increase food literacy in many of Cincinnati’s Black neighborhoods through food rescue, redistribution, and the development of culturally-conscious recipes and cooking classes.

FAF (Fazenda Ambiental Fortaleza) is partnering with us to fund a new biofactory on their main farm. Learnings from this lab will help propagate beneficial fungus and bacteria tailored for each farm around the region.

La Armonia Hermosa is more to us than just the name of a coffee we offer every year; it represents a beautiful harmony of people - producers, roasters, and coffee lovers, intertwined with one another in a journey toward deeper partnership and sustainability.

The funding for this modern cowshed program at Heza farm is intended to educate farmers, help grow the existing organic fertilizer program, create a more ecological model of animal care and boost the amount of production that each farmer gets per unit of land.

The West End Community Garden is an urban oasis of abundant fruits and vegetables grown by the community for the community. Operating under the collective umbrella of the Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati, the community garden helps fulfill its vision of ‘a sustainable future for all where environmental and social responsibility drive individual and institutional actions.

This round of Giveback Project funding will go towards replacing the roof of the wet mill/office/collection station and some painting to keep the building protected from the elements. However, it is important that the entire community surrounding the Mwika North project feel supported so we’re also looking forward to this round of funding to do similar building infrastructure improvement to the neighboring Mwika North-East office.

A bike sharing system consisting of 59 stations and over 500 bikes, Red Bike is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to improving community by providing a low-cost, healthy, and green transportation option that makes Greater Cincinnati a more vibrant and connected community.