YOUR GIFT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE

You invest. Families flourish.

Families Flourish is a three-year program that empowers low wage working families and their children to gain economic security. Our pilot families raised their incomes by 58%, or $17,000 on average, and improved their mental and physical health.

We equip families with tools they need to flourish, including career and financial coaching. Our partial rental support enables them to move to neighborhoods with quality housing, better schools and a safe environment for their children. Working together, Families Flourish families set and achieve their personal goals.

When you invest in our growth, families move to prosper and flourish.

 
 

We don’t invite new families into the program until we have all three years for their entire group funded. That’s why your 3-year pledge* can mean so much.


 
 

Did you know it takes just under $6,400 to provide support for one individual for one year in our program? Here are some other ways you can directly invest in a family’s life.

Community Champion $38,400: Your gift underwrites the housing support, coaching, programs and new horizons for two families for a full year. Pledge for three years and help two families complete the program and graduate to economic stability.

Family Champion $19,200: You can help provide a home, a coach and lift up a family for 12 months.

Children’s Champ $12,600: Support the kids in one family for one year at this level.

Family Hero $8,250: The support of a dedicated coach is the heart of the Families Flourish program to end the cycle of poverty for good. Support a family’s coaching and programming for one year.

Family Friend $6,500: Families Flourish provides temporary rental support for families with children. Underwrite one year’s worth of a safe and healthy home at this level.

Family Supporter $2,500: Children who live in stable households in higher resourced neighborhoods experience positive lifetime outcomes. Pay a child’s rent for one year at this level of giving.

Family Neighbor $1,300: Families Flourish families participate in monthly programming to support their journey to economic stability. Help pay for a month’s programming for our families.

Family Advocate $500: One family, one month in a stable, safe and secure home - you make it happen with your gift.

Coaching Champ $250: Coaching builds confidence, creates compassionate accountability, and helps make a family’s dreams real. 

Hopscotch Days $50: FF kids in their new, safe communities can play outdoors-a new experience for some of our kids. 

Family Ambassador: Every dollar helps a family access our program. You choose the level to give once or give more by giving monthly.

*Our families are making a 3-year commitment for their kids by moving to a new neighborhood and participating in FF. We encourage you to choose a level above to which you can commit to give three years in a row.

 

Our mailing address (this is not a staffed office for FF): 633 S. Parsons Ave., Columbus, OH 43206

Need to make a pledge payment or pay with a stock donation? Please contact us for instructions.

Click here to see our 990.

Other Ways To Give:

Give directly from your donor-advised fund at The Columbus Foundation and Columbus Jewish Foundation. Our EIN is 84-2293788. We are registered as Families Flourish, Inc. dba Move to PROSPER.

  • Shop for a cause on Kroger Rewards (search for Families Flourish, Inc.).

  • Give from your retirement account.

  • Many employers will match an employee’s gift. Inquire with your HR department.

  • Include us in your legacy planning.

 

Our Donors

 

Foundations to PROSPER

Don and Nancy Kelley Family • Life Leap Foundation • Montei Foundation • Patti and Steve Steinour • Alan and Bobbie Weiler  •  Bob and Missy Weiler Family

 
 
hum_lrg_rgb_pos.png
 
 
OHFA_logo%282%29.jpg
 
 
 

Opportunity Champion

The Easton Family In Memory of Flo Ann Easton • Mary Finnegan and Carl Faller • Lori Ann and Jonathan Feibel • DeeDee and Herb Glimcher • Karen and Steve Heiser • Mary Lazarus and Family • Ron and Ann Pizzuti • Cathy and David Presper • Shiloh and Dimiter Todorov • Bridgette Mariea and Joseph Wisne

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Community Champion

Barbara and Gary Giller • Kate and Pat Giller • Lurie, Jones, Ross and Families • Riat Family • Dr. Joy Walker and Kumi D. Walker • Sue and Paul Wright

 
 
PNC_RGB.JPG
 
 
 

Family Champion

Nada and Alli Aried • Jeff and Emily Corzine • Diamond HIll • Deb and Brendan Foley • Louisa and Ron Green • Cynthia and Timothy Kelley • The Lynne W. Ayres Fund at First Community Foundation • Macbea Foundation • Mary Beth and Luke McCormick • Jenni and Bill McMaster • Moritz Family Foundation • Steiner Family Giving Trust of Fidelity Charitable • The Thut Family Foundation

 
 
 
53_2c_Stacked.jpg
 

Family Hero

Chester Family Foundation • Lisa Stein and Craig Colvin • Ingram White Castle Foundation • Melissa and Frank Ingwersen • Linda and Mike Kaufmann • Hal Keller and Laurie Kaps-Keller • Clemy and Bob Keidan • Mike Schiff • Lee Shackelford • Mark Stewart • Ernest Sullivan • Walter and Marian English Community Needs Fund • Scott and Carolynn Ziance

 
 
chase_logo.png
 
 

Family Friend

Lori Abshire and Aimee Bonner • Columbus Apartment Association • Christie and Daniel Crane • Wendy Weiler and Michael Dwyer • English Family Foundation • Kimberly and Bradley Frey • Amy and James Huddleston • Stephanie and Keith Jones • Peggy Kelley • Julie Watson and Rebecca Kok • Jeff Goliver and Nikki Lombardo • Debbie Manos-McHenry • Don E. Mill • Jackie and Paul Milsom • Jennifer Pick • Dale Shipley • Marilyn Smith • St. Mark's Episcopal Church • Andrew and Carolyn Weeks

 
 
 
Happy_Chicken_Farms-Lackey_Family_Foundation-high_resolution.jpg
 
 
 
 
 

Family Supporter

Marcie Golden and Howard Apothaker • Daniel and Nicki Bloch • Chris Bouzonis • Katharine Bowman • Kathleen Campbell • Choose Kind Foundation • Tracie Cleveland-Thomas • Michelle Kozak and Terry Eisele • Muriel and Maurice Finegold • Linda Magoto and Lou Haskell • Tiffiney and Matt Hatem • Trip and Lexie Lazarus • The Micah Fund of The Columbus Foundation • Bonnie and David Milenthal • Denise Parker • Carole Watkins • Susan and Nathan Yost

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Family Neighbors

American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation Inc • Baker Hostetler • Jacquie Bickel • Alison Blazer • Judith Brachman • Blythe and Kenny Brown • Stephen H. Cartwright • Central Ohio Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ) Tzedakah Collective • Rita and David Cohen • Columbus Landmarks • Confluence Fund of Columbus Foundation • Sally Crane Crane Cox • Dublin Cleaners Inc • Amy Klaben and Jordan Finegold • Amery Fitch and Kathleen Fox • Lisa Gearhart • Cathy Jean Levine and Jon Groner • Linda and Bill Habig • Jill and Jerry Hultin • Barri Lynn Jones • Ms. Pamela S. Kallner • Larry and Marilyn Klaben • Robert Klaben • Steve Keyes • Suzanne and Michael Kull • Kris Elliott and Shirley Lange • Sherri and Bruce Lazear • Stacy & Howard Levin • Thomas D. McAuliffe • Jane and Robert McMaster • Tiffany Nobles • Therese Nolan • Peggy and Robert O'Connor • Marsha Pond • Harriette and Darryl Robbins • Susan and Michael Rothstein • Nancy Russell • Schottenstein Property Group, Inc. • Marlee Snowden • Erin Noviski and Zack Space • Ryan Szymanski • Brent Sobczak • United Midwest Savings Bank • Ms. Jacqueline Vance • Vutech Ruff • Mr. Steven M. Weiler • DeGee and David Wilhelm • Mark Yale • Se-Se Yennes • YWCA Columbus • Heather and Dominic Zerbi • Jan Zupnik


Family Advocates

Ken Ackerman • Larry Anderson • Kenneth Bowen • Carolyn Casper • Columbus Communities Coalition for DEI • Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority • Christina Corl • Kim Croffoot-Suede • Bev and Bob Darwin • Dr. Tina Renee Diggs • Heidi Drake • Catherine and David Erickson • Equal UA • Jeanne Likins and Joseph Flood • Andrew Grandjean • Cary and Joe Hanosek • Angie Harkness • Lee Hess • Robin Hutchinson-Bell • Kelly Kelleher • Key Foundation Fund of the Greater Toledo Community Foundation • Rachel G. Kleit • Kathleen Lach • John Lane • Robert Long • Carrie and Andrew Madison • Barbara McAdam Muller • Scott Milburn • Jaimie Mollison • Jonathan Moody • Dr. Hazel Morrow-Jones • Michelle Moskowitz Brown • Paul Pardi • Victoria Powers • Blake Rafeld • Ms. Elizabeth P. Sebastian • Ed and Tima Simon • Gina R. Smith • Steiner + Associates • Megan Sullivan • Zoe Klopf Switzer and Tayo Switzer • T. Nobles Grant Consulting LLC • Maura Sullivan and Dr. Andrew Thompson • Grace and Doug Ulman • United Way of Central Ohio • Michael Pires and Catalina Valencia • Seanna Walter • Carole Williams • Andrea Wiltrout • Dr. Brett Worly • Jeffery Zelli