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Donor News: Spring 2008

Foundation Support

The success of Cincinnati Museum Center is due in large part to the kindness and encouragement of many generous private and corporate foundations. We are pleased to acknowledge the following grant awards:

Cincinnati Museum Center is proud to announce the grant of $15,000 received from The Wachovia Foundation for the continuation of the "Mind Your Money presented by The Wachovia Foundation" Learning Lab.

The Woodward Trust has recently continued its support of Cincinnati Museum Center and its after school programs, program admission, and teacher workshops with a grant of $20,000.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services has given a generous gift of $238,755.00 to CMC to create a new theme-based, federated search engine of digitized primary source material that connects to other like institutions (and collections) across the country.

Grant award of $100,000 from The H.G., H.F. & L.T. Dornette Foundation, Fifth Third Bank and Stan Koller, Co-Trustees

Supports capital and programmatic operational funding for the new Eulett Center at the Edge of Appalachia Nature Preserve.

Grant award of $74,621.74 from the Robert and Adele Schiff Family Foundation

Provides general operating support and funding for the John Fleming Dialogue Series.

Grant award of $50,000 from the John Hauck Foundation

Supports the care and preservation of Museum Center’s History and Natural History Collections.

Grant award of $25,000 from the Charles H. Dater Foundation, Inc.

Provides support for Museum Center’s Distance Learning, Programs-on-Wheels, and Learning Labs programs, which reach over 37,000 students annually.

Grant award of $10,000 from Ashland Inc. Advised Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Provides support for the Programs-on-Wheels educational outreach program for, underwriting programs for eligible underserved schools in Northern Kentucky.

Grant Award of $5,000 from the Very Reverend and Mrs. James R. Leo

This award supports the 2007-08 Music in the Museum Series.

Corporate Support

Business Partners’ Employee Appreciation Weekend

On September 25 and 26, Cincinnati Museum Center hosted its first ever Business Partners’ Employee Appreciation Weekend welcoming nearly 2,000 Partner employees and their families. The event was offered to companies, for their employees, that contributed to Museum Center’s 2005-2006 Business Partners’ Campaign. Participating companies represented during the weekend included:

A.G. Edwards & Sons
American Financial and Great American Insurance

Argosy Casino & Hotel
Bartlett & Co.
Burke, Inc.
Chiquita Brands International
Cincinnati Enquirer
Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
Convergys Corp

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Fifth Third Bank

Frisch's Restaurants
General Cable Corp.
The Hauser Group
Johnson Investment Counsel
Kibler Lumber
The Kroger Co.
National City Bank
Ohio Casualty Corp.
PNC Bank
Portman Equipment Co.
Schiff, Kreidler-Shell
Turnbull Companies
United Health Care
US Bank
USI Midwest
WKRC

Estate Gifts

An anonymous donor has included the Cincinnati Historical Society at Cincinnati Museum Center in his/her will for the bulk of the estate, which is valued at approximately $1,250,000!

When asked what the motivation was, the donor responded, “I am doing this because I feel I owe a lot to this organization. The staff was very kind to me and helpful; they didn’t kick out a young person when I was a poor nobody.

“I believe that the history of the city is important for the spirit and well-being of the community. And I want to motivate others to think about making similar commitments.”

Annual Fund

Show your support by making a gift to the Annual Fund!

Cincinnati Museum Center is a place that celebrates the things most precious to us. It honors the past, gives us perspective about our place in the world, and engages us with hopeful, refreshing ideas for the future.

Right now, Museum Center’s Annual Fund campaign is in full swing and we ask that you show your support by making a generous donation today. Donations comprise about one-third of Cincinnati Museum Center’s revenue, so we rely on every gift for the continued good health of our exhibits and programs.

Some of the wonderful things that your gift will help us continue to provide are:

• Education programs that reach 140,000 children per year—programs that spark curiosity and a love of learning that lasts a lifetime.

• Free public access to the Cincinnati Historical Society’s collection of more than one million photographs and prints; over three million feet of broadcast recordings; 40,000 books; 50,000 pamphlets; 2,500 maps; and over 30,000 historical objects.

• Films at the OMNIMAX Theater ranging from space stations to beaver dams, from the top of Mt. Everest to the bottom of the ocean.

• One of the top 10 children’s museums in the country; it attracts over 400,000 visitors a year.

Cincinnati Museum Center is worthy of your support. Please make a gift to the Annual Fund today by clicking on the "Make An On-line Donation" link above. And thank you for your continued support.