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THANK YOU

A LOVE LETTER TO OUR ROOTS

A healthy system can't survive without roots. Roots keep us anchored. They support us and lift us up. And they break up what's around us — even when the environment is harsh and seemingly barren — to create new pathways for growth. 

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DI wouldn't be who we are today if not for the roots that have sustained and supported us. Our roots are the thousands of individuals over the years who took a chance on us, learned with us, and grew with us. We are endlessly grateful for the time, energy, and faith you've invested in us. 

THANK YOU

100 Degrees Consulting • 1N5 • 3CDC • A Few Good Men Fellowship Group • Aakanksha Sinha • Aakash Sethi • Aaron Swick • Adam and Laurel Smart • Advocates Framingham  • Agenda 360 • Aimee Shinkle • Alan McDonald • Alejandra García-Cruz • Alexandra Dellis-Harcha • Alexis Grimes Trotter  • Alexis Kent • Ali Maiorano • Alistair Hamilton • All Children Thrive Learning Network • All-In Cincinnati Coalition  • Allen Woods • Allison Reynolds-Berry • AmazonSmile • Amber Brown • Americans for the Arts • Amy and Michael Howton • Amy Becker • Amy Dyer • Amy Hall • Amy Kim • Amy Untch • Amy Weber • Ana Luisa Alatorre Ibarra • Andrea Koverman • Andrés Contreras • Andrés Márquez-Lara • Andreya Carlson • Angela Hall • Angela Pancella • Angie Burr • Anil Kumar Gupta • Anisha Shankar • Anita Blake • Anjali Dutt, PhD • Ann Hyler • Anna Cross  • Annie E. Casey Foundation • Anuradha Pati • APD Urban Planning +  Management • Applied Sunshine • Armando Romero Navarro • ARTI • ArtPlace • ArtsWave • ArtWorks • Aryan Hope • Asa Featherstone • ASAP Norwood • Ascend Innovations • Ashland Decisions at Every Turn • Ashlee Young • Assabet Valley Collaborative   • Association for Community Design  • Association for Community Development   • Association of Public and Land-grant Universities  • Audrey Robinson  • Ayush Chauhan • Babitha George • Barbara and Ric Hine • Barbara Rugen • Barbara Smith • Barkha Patel • Barry Kolanowski • Becky Slogeris • Ben and Beth Hanisian • Ben Bush • Ben Ford • Ben Ko • Ben Nunery • Ben Weber • Benjamin and Stephanie Marston • Betty Hatchett Design • Bill Taylor • Biz G. Young • Bob Roth • Bobbie Butler  • Brandon Black • Brandon Dawson • Brazilian American Center (BRACE) • Brewery District CURC • Brian Bjelovek • Brian Gough • Brighton Center • Brittney Kreimer • Bruce and Lia Hager Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation • Bruce Ault • Bush Recreation Center • Caitlin Behle • Caitlin Mongillo • Cal Cullen • Calista Hargrove • Cameron Suter • CANE Accounting & Finance, LLC • Capital Area Food Bank  • Cara Spaccarelli • Carly Hagins • Carmen Chacon • Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile, Jr./ U.S. Bank Foundation • Carolya Clark • Carrie Whitaker • Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio • Center for Addiction Treatment • Center for Creative Leadership • Center for Creative Studies • Center for Independent Living Options • Center for Nonprofit Management • Central Clinic Behavioral Health • Central Texas Food Bank • Centric • Champlin Architecture • Chandler Clifton • Cheriese Lindsey • Child Care Aware of America • Children Inc. • Children's Defense Fund   • Chris Bennett • Chris Collins • Chris Hammond • Chris Macklin • Christa McAndrew • Christian Moerlein Brewing Company • Christina Billingsley • Christina Brown • Christine Kerrigan • Churches Active In Northside • Cincinnati Art Museum • Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center • Cincinnati Health Department / Health Impact Assessment Committee • Cincinnati Human Relations Commission • Cincinnati Interfaith Commmittee • Cincinnati Made • Cincinnati Public Schools • Cincinnati Recreation Commission • Cincinnati Therapeutic Riding and Horsemanship • Cincinnati Urban Promise • Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber   • Cincinnati Works, Inc. • Cincinnati Youth Collaborative • Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency • Cincy Stories • Cindy Tripp • Cindy Tripp & Co LLC • City of Cincinnati Police Department • City of Cincinnati: Equity, Inclusion, Youth, & The Arts Committee • CityLink Center • Claire McKenna • Clarise Green • Clermont County Opiate Task Force • Cleveland Clinic • Clovernook Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired • Colerain Township • Collective Impact Forum • Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona • Community Health Council of Wyandotte County • Community Matters • Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund • Connie Redwine • Constantine Polychroniou • Corey Buchholz • Corporation for Supportive Housing   • Council Member Tamaya Dennard • Councilman Greg Landsman • Covington Partners • Cradle Cincinnati • Craig Jolly • Craig Vogel • CreativeMornings/Cincinnati • Cuyahoga County Office of Reentry • DAAP Cares • Dan Shannon • Dan Weber • Dani McClain • Daniel Stillman • Daniel Timothy Edmundson • Daniela Vollmer • Danielle Kokochak • Danny Alexander • Darrell Bell • David and Julianna Thompson • David Bellamy • David Corns • David Singleton and Verna Williams • Dawna Leggett • Dayton City Schools • Debbie Brawn • Deborah Stroud • Deep Griha Society • Definity Partners — Fearless Factory • Demetrius Romanos • Design Corps / Public Interest Design Institute • Design for America • Designed Learning • Desiré Bennett • Destinee Thomas • Dionna Rojas-Ortiz • Dolores Allen  • Dominique Brown • Dominique Love • Don Manning • Donald Simmons • Donovan Preddy • Dorothy Price • Doug Horner • Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati • Dpict LLC • Dr. and Mrs. Jagawat • Dr. Daniel Oerther • Dr. Neela Onawale • Dr. Priya Karve • Dr. Swati Samvatsar • Dr. Uday Salunkhe • Dr. Wasundhara Joshi • Drew Heidel • Eastern Indiana Area Health Education Center  • Easterseals Serving Greater Cincinnati • Economics for Compassion Initiative • Eddy Kwon and Lizzy Duquette • Edita Dolan-Mayo • Education Matters • Elaine Kaplan • Elango Jeyraj • Elizabeth and Sam Hatchett • Elli Matejka • Elliot Billingsley • Elveeda Dixon • Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy • Emily Barth • Emily Elliott • Emily Hager • Emily Kuchey • Emma Bellamy • Emma Chaney • Emma Drongowski • Enable Greatness • Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation  • Envision • Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio • ERA Design LLC • Eric Clark • Erinn Green • Eugenia Boggus • Eva Miller • Every Child Capital • Every Child Succeeds • FEAST • Feeding America National Organization • Fireflies Ashram • First Batch • First Ladies For Health • Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber • Flywheel • Folk School Coffee Parlor • Ford Motor Company Fund • Framingham Health Department • Framingham Public Schools • Frances Kroner • Freestore Foodbank • Frima Udelman • Gateway Community &Technical College • Gavin DeVore Leonard • GE Matching Fund • Geetha Balasubramanian • Geoff and Kirsten Zoeckler • Geoff Milz • Geraldine Thomas • Giueseppe Delena • Glenna Parks • Global Citizen Leaders • Global Health and Innovation • Global Language Project • Gloria Simmons • Golden Hour, LLC • Grace Swihart • Grantmakers for Effective Organizations • Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services • Greater Cincinnati Foundation  • Greater Cincinnati Homless Coalition • Greater Cincinnati Microenterprise Initiative (GCMI)  • Greater Cincinnati Redevelopment Authority   • Greater Cincinnati Service Learning Network • Greater Cincinnati STEM Collaborative • Greater Cincinnati Urban League • Greater Cleveland Reentry Leadership Coalition • Greater Dayton Area Hosptial Association • Greater Good Studio • Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank • Green Umbrella • GreenLight Fund • Gretchen Poulson • Group 4 Architecture, Research + Planning, Inc. • Habitat Learning Center • Hali Nacdimen • Hamilton County Commission on Women and Girls • Hamilton County Commissioners • HANDS — Green River District Health Department • Hari Natrajan • Harriet Englander • Harriet Matthey • Hayley Huge • Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City • Health Leads • HealthPath Foundation of Ohio • HealthSource of Ohio • Healthy Homes: Block by Block • Healthy Moms and Babes • Historic Northeast-Midtown Association • Historically Black Colleges and Universities • Hope Miller • Hopkinton Health Department • Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky   • Hudson Health Department • Hughes STEM High School • Human Services Chamber • i2i Partners, LLC • Ihsan Leggett • Ilavarasu Jeyaraj • In Solidarity We Rise • Independence Bank • Indianapolis Museum of Art • Ingrid Lange • Interact for Health • Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center   • Invest in Neighborhoods • J. Elango • Jack Ferrante • Jalisa Harris • James Zimmerman • Jan Graham • Jane Hanisian • Janet Berger • Janice Urbanik • Janis Ford • Jaskeerat Bedi • Jason Mills • Jason Snell • Jason Williams • Jaya (ODAM) • Jazmin Pleasant Carter • Jean Samuelson • Jed Farlow • Jeff Brown • Jen Lile • Jena Bradley  • Jenessa Calvo-Friedman • Jenna Effler • Jenna Hippensteel • Jennie Toner • Jennifer Chubinski • Jennifer Lamplough • Jenny Brady • Jerad Raines • Jeremy Smith  • Jeriesha Gordon • Jessica Chen • Jessica Sams • Jessie Boone • Jewish Community Relations Council of Cincinnati • Jewish Federation of Cincinnati • Jeyaraj Gna • Jince Kuruvilla • JL Zoeckler • JNB Brand Growth Consulting, LLC • Joan and Louis Lauch • Joan Dolansky • Joann Young • Joanne and Bruce Brauninger • Jodie Dickerson • Jody Wells • Joe Catino • Joe Hansbauer • Joe Styer • John Burke • John Ford • John Huber • John Kirsch • John Rogeux • John Thackara • Joiner Family Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation • Joining Forces for Children • Jon Hall • Josefina Luz Leyva • Joseph Dehner • Josephine and Andy McKenrick • Josh Hardin • Josh Treuhaft • Joshua Bray • Joyce Davis • Julia Petiprin  • Julia Weinstein • Julianna Boehm Photography • Julianna Boehm Thompson • Julianne Byrne • Julie Brook • Julius Jenkins • Junior League of Cincinnati • Justin Harrell • Justin Williams • Kaitlyn Johnson  • Kaleidoscope Innovations • Kansas Health Foundation • Karl Vanderbeek • Kate Botos • Kate Hanisian and Ramsey Ford • Kate Howton • Kate Kreimer • Katherine Creason • Kathie Maynard • Kathleen B. and Michael C. Krug Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation • Kathryn Glover • Kathy Hale • Kathy Kargl  • Katie Bachmeyer • Katie Buchmann • Katie Farnsworth • Katie Garry • Katie McCabe Buchmann • Katie McDonnell • Katrina D’Esopo • Keerthana Pareddy • Keith Martin • Keith Spiller • Kelley Dick • Kelly Bailey • Kendra Davis • Kevin Dohn • Kevin Frank • Khisha Williams • Kirsch CPA Group, LLC • KJV & Associates, PLLC • Knowledgeworks Foundation • Kory Gunnerson • Larry Barbera • LaunchWerks • Laura McNeel • Lauren Hanisian • Lauren Millhorn • Lauren Woodrick • Leadership Cincinnati • Lee Davis • Lee Peterson • LeEcole de Design • Len Lewis • Lena Gionnette • Leslie and Alex Kochanowski • Leslie Wilkens • Levi Tran • Lighthouse Youth Services • Lila Englander • Linda and Doug Ford • Linda Wells • Lindsay Nichols • Lisa Barlow • Lisa Butler • Lisa Chensvold • Lisa Soper • Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled, Inc. • Living Cities • Local Initiatives Support Corporation • Local Initiatives Support Corporation Greater Cincinnati • Loose Parts Project • Lorena García-Cruz • Loveland Creative • LPK Brands Inc • Luke and Joanie Lauch • Lyden Foust • Lydia's House • Lyndon Rego • Lynsey Gaca • Macy's Corporation • Madisonville Business Chamber • Madisonville Community Council • Madisonville Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation • Madisonville Education and Assistance Center • MadTree Brewing • Maggie Pfeifer • Manav Sadhna • Mandy Lehman • Mani Soundrapani • Marché Denson • Marcie Hunnicutt • Margaret Lawson • Marge Skolos • Margy Waller • Maria and Jon Ingram • María Cabrera • María García-Cruz • Maria Luisa Rossi • Marie Knecht • Mario Garrido • Mario Varon • Mark Lutwak • Mark Mock • Mark Schutte • Markita Hill • Marli Morris • Marquavius "Marq" Casey • Mary Ann and Mark Michaels • Mary Ann Bressler • Mary Ann Morgan  • Maryland Institute College of Arts • Maslow's Army • Matt and Marcia Kornau • Matt Anthony • Matt Strauss • Matthew Hanisian • Matthew Traxler • Matthew Wagner • May We Help • Mayhew Creative LLC • Meena Kadri • Meera Curam • Melanie Booher • Melodic Connections • Melville Charitable Trust • Mental Health & Addiction Coalition • Mercy Neighborhood Ministries • MetroLabs • MetroWest Health Foundation • Miami University • Miami University Center for Community Engagement • Micaela Roberts • Michael Celender • Michael Conger • Michael Howard • Michael Pinkston • Michael Zaretsky • Michelle Sucher • Midwest UX Inc. • Mike Augustine • Mike Baker • Mike Fleisch • Mike Roller • Mike Schmidt • Mike Weikert • Miles Begin • Milestones Inc. • Mina Lee • Missouri University of Science and Technology • Molly O’Toole • Molly Russell • Monica Melendez • Montgomery County Board of Commissioners • Montgomery County Job and Family Services • MORTAR • Mount Mary University • Mount Saint Joseph University • Mt. Healthy Jr/Sr High School • Naashom Marx • Nagalakshmi Preeti • Nate Bullock • Natick Council on Aging  • Natick Public Schools • National Endowment For The Arts • National Fund for Workforce Solutions  • National Innovation Foundation-India • National Science Foundation • NBC Community Development Corporation • Neal Mabee • Neil Kelly • Nelson Pierce • Net Impact • Network for Good • Next Lives Here participants • Ngozi Ndulue • Nick Dolansky • Nick Dyko • Nicole Armstrong • Nicole Scott • NM Sadguru Foundation • Norah Miller • Northern Illinois Food Bank • Northern Kentucky Chamber Foundation • Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission Head Start • Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission/Family Services • Northern Kentucky University • Norwood City Schools • Norwood Drug and Alcohol Coalition (NDAC) • Norwood Police Department • ODAM • Ohio Association of Foodbanks • Ohio Hunger Dialogues • Ohio Justice & Policy Center • Ohio Voice • Ollie, Libby, and Quincy Kroner • One Ohio Now • Otterbein SeniorLife • Our Daily Bread • Our Harvest Research and Education Institute/Cultivate Ohio • Over-the-Rhine Community Council • Owen Richard Chandler  • Partners for a Competitive Workforce • Paul De Marco • Peaslee Neighborhood Center • Pelham Apartments Framingham • People's Liberty   • Per Rosenbaum • Pete Abner • Peter Block • Philomena Rego • PJ Douglass • POAH Communities   • PolicyLink • Pomona White • Pothu Raja • Powerhouse Factories • Preservation of Affordable Housing • Prevention Coalition • Primax Marketing Group • Prince of Peace • Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio • Procter & Gamble • Project Connect • Public Allies • Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County • Public Life Foundation of Owensboro • Quanita Roberson • Quest Alliance • Quicksand Design Studio • Rachel Griner • Rachel Smith • Rachel Wright • Rafia Usmani • Rainbow Edwards • Raj Mehta • Random Snacks of Kindness • Rashid Owoyele • Rashida Manuel • Rebecca Kahn • Redwood School & Rehabilitation Center, Inc. • RefugeeConnect • Regina Williams • Reginald Harris  • Reno O'Neal • Retina Carter  • Rhinegeist • Rian Austin • Riversky Films LLC • Riverview East Academy • Rob Cheezum • Robert DiPaolo • Robert Dodd • Robin Wright • Ron Jackson • Ronald Hummons • Russ Speiller • Ryan Mulligan • Saaleha Bamjee • Samantha Charek • Sandra Lin (Hui-Ting) • Sandra Plaza • Sanjay Das • Santa Maria Community Services • Sara Hine • Sara Ladd • Sara Meehan • Sarah and John Lainkin • Sarah Corlett • Sarah Robertson • Sarah Traxler • Sarah Williams • Sayler Park Village Council • School of Visual Arts • Scott Boylston • Scott Frondorf • Scott Holzman • Scott Tirey • Scott Vanderbeek • Secure Jobs Connecticut • SEEK, Inc. • Seemaisamy Kathanan • Senior Hunger Solutions Lab Participants • Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses • Sharmila Sitther • Sharon Hooper • Sharon King • Shelterhouse • Shepard Englander • Sheron Evans • Shift 2017 Team Members and Volunteers • Shift 2018 Concept Ideation Participants • Shiloh Turner • Shirish Dabbi • Shiva Goel • Simion Collins • Siqi Cheng • Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland • Skyward • SNEHA • Solar Tint • Soniqua Wamley • Southern Ohio Environmental Conservation Collaborative • Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education • Spencer Center for Gifted and Exceptional Students • St. Francis Seraph - Sarah Center • St. Francis Seraph Ministries • St. Joseph Home • Staci Marie Jenkins • Starfire Council of Greater Cincinnati • Stephen Richey • Stepping Stones, Inc. • Strategies to End Homelessness • StrivePartnership   • StriveTogether • Su Casa Hispanic Center • Success by Six • Sue DiTullio • Sue Schloemer • Sunshine Benbelkacem • Super Seeds • Surya Vanka • Susan Ingmire • Susan Kreuzmann • T Wells • Taft Law • Taj Smith • Tara Burke • Tara French • Tarsadia Family Foundation • Ted Fowler • Terri Henry • Terri Huddle  • The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr./U.S. Bank Foundation • The Center for Great Neighborhoods of Covington • The Community Builders • The Corporation for Findlay Market • The Health Collaborative • The Hive • The Kresge Foundation • The Littlefield (Lads Entertainment LLC) • The Point / Arc of Northern Kentucky, Inc. • The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County • The Salvation Army of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky • The Women's Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation • Theresa McSorley • Thomas Gardner • Thomas More University • Thrivera Consulting Group, LLC • Tim Vogt • Tobin Gardner • Tom Dierking • Tom Merrill • Tom Meyer • Tom Tom Founders Festival Hometown Summit  • Tonia Dowl • Tony Siebel • Trevor Timson • Troy Bronsink • True Body Project • Tulane University • Turner Winget Family Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation • Typeface LLC • UCREW • United Way of Central Ohio • United Way of Greater Cincinnati • University of Cincinnati • University of Cincinnati Center for Community Engagement • University of Cincinnati DAAP • University of Cincinnati Foundation • University of Cincinnati School of Social Work • University of Dayton • Urban League YP Group • Usha Suresh • Valerie Jacobs • Valerie Pérez Vasquez • Vera Soper • Visionaries+Voices • W. K. Kellogg Foundation   • Walnut Hills Redevelopment Foundation • Wanda Jones • We Have Become Vikings • WE School / iFEEL • Wendy Ellis Gardner • Whitewater Crossing • William and Debra Reeves • Winton Woods City School District • Women Helping Women • Women's Business Center - ECDI • Woodward High School • WordPlay Cincy • Woven Oak Initiatives • Wyandotte County Community Action Board (CAB)  • Xavier University • Xavier University Center for Diversity and Inclusion • YWCA of Greater Cincinnati • ZooMates

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