Invest in Neighborhoods Inc.

Invest in Neighborhoods Inc. is a nonprofit organization created in 1982 to promote and assist the 51 community councils that represent the neighborhoods of Cincinnati, Ohio. Our mission is to assist the councils with financial resources and to promote self-sufficiency and leadership skills of the councils and their residents.

We do this through a variety of programs and activities:

Neighborhood Support Program: We administer this program, which provides grants of up to $7,000 a year for each community for a variety of community building projects, for the City.
NBD Support Program: We administer this program, which provides grants of up to $9,000 a year to neighborhood business districts for a variety of support projects, for the City.
Neighborhood Fund: This perpetual fund generates significant income that is divided among member community councils on an annual basis.
Merit Grant Program and Endowment: This privately funded program annually awards competitive grants for outstanding proposals through a peer review process.
Technical Assistance and Leadership Development: We provide assistance on a daily basis to community councils for their regular operations. We also collaborate with other agencies to assure that a plethora of leadership development opportunities are available to the councils.

Noteworthy

Training Scheduled
As part of our ongoing series of training topics for community council, neighborhood business district and other grassroots members, Invest in Neighborhoods in partnership with the Community building Institute is conducting a session on leadership principles at 7 pm Thursday, May 19, at our office. Officers and anyone interested in skills necessary to lead a grassroots organization are encouraged to attend.

Community Driven Crime Control (CDCC) Workshop
Invest is partnering with the Community Building Institute, Xavier University's Criminal Justice Dept. and the community councils of Bond Hill and North Avondale to present a workshop on councils taking control of their neighborhoods Please go to our Activities page for more information on both these events.