Our Impact
2025 marked an important milestone for the Women’s Fund of the Great Cincinnati Foundation, our 30th year of operation. At our anniversary celebration luncheon, we gathered with longtime supporters, community partners, and new advocates to honor three decades of advancing opportunities for women and girls across our region. The celebration was a reminder of what is possible when a community commits itself to progress.
Throughout 2025, we saw meaningful momentum across every area of our work.
Our award-winning Appointed initiative continued to expand civic participation and leadership opportunities across the region. We celebrated a 112% increase in individuals appointed to civic boards and commissions compared to 2024, helping ensure that more voices and lived experiences are represented where important community decisions are made. We were also proud to launch AppointedNKY, extending this work into Northern Kentucky and broadening pathways to leadership across the region.
We also continued supporting economic mobility and workplaces where women can thrive. In March, we launched the Self-Sufficiency Simulator—a free wage education tool that helps users across all 88 Ohio counties understand what hourly wage is actually needed to cover basic expenses. For the first time, families, caseworkers, and employers can see what it actually costs to live in their county and what hourly wage is truly needed to cover basic expenses. No more guessing. No more invisible gaps. More than 4,000 users engaged with the Simulator in the first year of its launch. Our Employer Toolkit also continued reaching organizations across the region, providing businesses with practical, evidence-based strategies to support frontline workers and strengthen workplace culture. The strong response to both tools reinforces what we know to be true: creating environments where women succeed benefits entire organizations and communities.
This year brought exciting growth to our own team as well. We welcomed two new staff members while building on the leadership and experience of longtime team members who continue to guide our mission forward. Together, this talented and passionate team is helping position the Women’s Fund for even greater impact in the years ahead.
And we're building for the future.
At our 30th anniversary celebration, we announced Pulse 2.0—an interactive, real-time dashboard that will track the status of women and girls across Greater Cincinnati continuously. For 20 years, the Pulse Report has been a snapshot in time. Now, we're building permanent accountability infrastructure. Because what gets measured gets changed.
The Women’s Fund remains focused on what has always mattered most: listening to community, investing in research and solutions, opening doors to leadership, and bringing people together around shared progress. We believe lasting change happens through collaboration, persistence, and the courage to imagine something better.
Thank you for being part of this work and part of our story. Your support, partnership, and belief in this mission make all of it possible.
Looking back on 2025 makes me feel gratitude, pride and hope about what is being built here in the region.
Welcome to what comes next.
Camilla Worrell
Executive Director
Women’s Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Women’s Fund: 30 Years
Three decades. Countless lives changed. One mission: economic mobility for women and girls across Greater Cincinnati. Watch our journey—and see what's next.
Faces of Our Work
