Northern Kentucky’s Philanthropic Pathway

Use the NextGen Giving Guide to start and grow your philanthropic impact, whether you’re volunteering for the first time or securing a giving legacy.

Northern Kentucky’s Philanthropic Pathway

Use the NextGen Giving Guide to start and grow your philanthropic impact, whether you’re volunteering for the first time or securing a giving legacy.

Use the NextGen Giving Guide to start and grow your philanthropic impact, whether you’re volunteering for the first time or securing a giving legacy.

Ready to get started? Tell us more about you.

Family

I want philanthropy to be a family value.

Family

I want philanthropy to be a family value.

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Professional

I want to grow my network by giving back.

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Educator

I want to design student philanthropy and service learning curricula.

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Educator

I want to design student philanthropy and service learning curricula.

Professional

I want to grow my network by giving back.

About the Guide

We are connecting Northern Kentuckians with
resources that make giving back an everyday occurrence.

Explore service learning & philanthropy education pedagogy
Learn about charitable
giving vehicles
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Explore service learning & philanthropy education pedagogy
Get connected to organizations that make philanthropy simple, streamlined, and fun
Have multi-generational conversations with your family
Learn about charitable giving vehicles
Explore service learning & philanthropy education pedagogy
Get connected to organizations that make philanthropy simple, streamlined, and fun

You Are a Philanthropist

Philanthropy is about giving time, talent, or treasure to make your community better. And that means anyone with something to give can be a philanthropist.

“We are very proud to be involved with and a contributor to Horizon Community Foundation. They are making a real difference in Northern Kentucky where we both grew up and have lived for many years of our lives.”

Bob and Linda Kohlhepp

“As a group of college students, we were able to make a difference. One does not need to be rich or famous to donate time, money and energy for people in need.”

NKU Mayerson Student Philanthropy Participant

“The most significant thing I have learned is that there are ways that I can become involved in helping and changing the community I live in. Right now, it makes me want to do more to help my community.”

NKU Mayerson Student Philanthropy Participant

“I saw firsthand the student excitement during the project and then experienced it again reading my students’ reflections that communicated the impact on learning outcomes and their awakened desire to give back.”

Dr. Megan Downing,
Associate Professor of Organizational Leadership, NKU

“Through the program, I was able to exercise leadership skills while also learning more about what it means to be a philanthropist. In leading others through the process, I learned the importance of giving back to your community and those around you.”

Zoe Moore, alumna of Magnified Giving at Clermont Northeastern High School

“I am always touched/impacted by students that begin this process semi-disconnected and find themselves drawn in when they find agencies they can relate to. This year a couple of students really connected to military agencies because of bonds they have with grandparents. In the second semester a couple of students connected with Back2Back ministries because their families support orphans and families in poverty on a regular basis. Students start to engage in the process through interest and passion.”

“I am always touched/impacted by students that begin this process semi-disconnected and find themselves drawn in when they find agencies they can relate to. This year a couple of students really connected to military agencies because of bonds they have with grandparents. In the second semester a couple of students connected with Back2Back ministries because their families support orphans and families in poverty on a regular basis. Students start to engage in the process through interest and passion.”

Lynnette Viox, Loveland High School School

When you give back, you’re in great company.

Americans participate in philanthropy across their lives – and our communities are seeing the impact.

When you give back, you’re in great company.

Americans participate in philanthropy across their lives – and our communities are seeing the impact.

60%

of charitable giving in 2024 is attributed to individuals like you

60%

of charitable giving in 2024 is attributed to individuals like you

70%

of Americans give charitably or volunteer at some level in their lifetimes

70%

of Americans give charitably or volunteer at some level in their lifetimes

81%

of youth who volunteer go on to give charitably as adults

81%

of youth who volunteer go on to give charitably as adults

Our Partners

Meet the partners behind the NextGen Giving Guide

A community foundation that serves Northern Kentucky with strategic philanthropy, responsive grantmaking, and a deep connection to the people and needs of this region.

Since 1999, the Mayerson Student Philanthropy Project at Northern Kentucky University has been teaching students about nonprofits and philanthropy with hands-on learning that produces engaged, committed community stewards.

Magnified Giving empowers youth to become lifelong change-makers through in-school and extracurricular programs that teach philanthropy and service learning.

Everyday acts of philanthropy create uncommon communities.