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

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

Educator

I want to design student philanthropy and service learning curricula.

Professional

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.

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

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.

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“Horizon Community Funds has been a trusted partner for us in establishing a scholarship fund in memory of our beloved daughter Emma. Having never created a charitable fund, Nancy and her team were incredibly helpful to us navigating the entire process.”

Bob and Mary Beth Heil

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“Amy and I were pleased to establish The Jackman Family Fund as a way to instill philanthropy in our kids and support causes closer to our home in Northern Kentucky. The leadership of Horizon Community Funds does a great job educating us on opportunities that align with our charitable intent and speak to our interests and passions. Horizon Community Funds is a tremendous asset to the region and to all the people and non-profits that call Northern Kentucky home.”

Jason and Amy Jackman

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“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

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“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

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“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

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“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

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

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

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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.

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

Everyday acts of philanthropy create uncommon communities.