Cincinnati

Covington

Morehead

Louisville

Dayton

SCALING UP FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES

2015 Annual Report

Working to ensure a bright future for

our children!

Funded in part by the City of Cincinnati and the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services.

Where? In 10 counties in the Miami Valley, five in Southwest Ohio and 25 in Kentucky

How? By…• supporting parents to ensure every

child’s optimal development• helping parents find and choose

quality child care• expanding the community’s supply

of child care options• educating those who care for

young children

• improving the quality of child care • providing leadership to the early

childhood field• raising public awareness about

the importance of early childhood education and care

• advocating for quality early learning and care for all children

Kentucky Regional Office525 W. Fifth Street, #215

Covington, KY 41011 859-781-3511 800-256-1296

Buffalo Trace–Gateway Field Office

100 Overlook Drive Morehead, KY 40351

606-784-5500 800-256-1296

Louisville Field OfficeChild Care Aware of KIPDA

200 W. Broadway, Suite 502A Louisville, KY 40202

502-584-0023 800-256-1296

Central Office and Southwest Ohio

Regional Office2100 Sherman Ave., #300

Cincinnati. OH 45212 513-221-0033 800-256-1296

Miami Valley

Regional Office1000 N. Keowee St.Dayton, OH 45404

937-220-9660 800-256-1296

Doing Even More Together!

W hat a year! A new Cincinnati location. New faces in each of our regional offices. So many new opportunities to

serve children and families.

But the important things remain the same at 4C: Our mission to support the adults who care for young children. A culture that values innovation and thinking outside-the-box. A commitment

to steward wisely the resources provided by the individuals, foundations and corporations listed in this report.

We look back on 2015 as a year of shoring up 4C’s foundations to make sure they can support the growth we have recently experienced and the growth that is still to come. 4C has grown from 62 employees at the end of 2010 to 133 employees on

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State Funding ................ $3,605,998 53.9%

County and City Funding ............................ $425,384 6.3%

Fees for Services ............... $819,416 12.2%

United Ways ...................... $941.321 14.1%

Fundraising and Non-governmental Grants .. $901,685

13.5%

$3,855,492 ....Professional Development59.0%

$1,358,760 .................. Parent Services20.8%

Sponsorship of Child & $449,389 ........ Adult Care Food Program6.9%

$638,905 .......................Administration9.8%

$231,345 ............ Fundraising Expenses3.5%

2015 REVENUE $6,693,804

2015 EXPENSES$6,533,892

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Dec. 31, 2015. That’s more than 100 percent in just five years! And our impact has grown as well—from making a difference for 176,000 children in 2010 to more than 200,000 children in 2015!

And 4C is on track to keep growing. As of this writing, we already have added eight new employees, posted four new jobs on our website and are looking forward to adding at least four new positions in Dayton to implement the Montgomery County Preschool Promise. Plus, more positions will be added in Cincinnati to implement the Cincinnati Preschool Promise once a ballot issue is passed. (While we have space in our new Cincinnati office to respond to a growing staff, we will be adding a satellite office in Dayton because we are bursting at the seams in our Kroc Corp Community Center location.)

This has been the message to our staff and board in past months: 4C has a strong foundation, but we need to make sure we are scaling up our basic systems to support all the new things we are doing and want to do. For example:• Expand our Play & Learn Program now operating in nine communities to reach

even more children and their family, friend and neighbor caregivers with quality early learning experiences.

• Add to our menu of supports to keep early childhood programs financially viable by instilling best business practices.

• Become an even stronger advocate on early childhood issues in both Ohio and Kentucky.

• Discover new ways to deliver needed child care resource and referral services in our Kentucky region.

• Beef up our IT and HR departments, which are still staffed at 2010 levels.

That is why we need your continued support—so, together, we can keep doing more. We hope to look back on 2016 as a watershed year when we maintained all that has been good about 4C for more than 40 years—and when we also scaled up to have an even greater impact on our community’s children and families.

Vanessa Freytag Diane Jordan-GrizzardPresident/CEO Chair, Board of Trustees

Financial Information

2015 Annual Report

Agency Advancement: New Names, New Faces

As part of the transition plan when Sallie Westheimer retired as president/CEO last June

and in anticipation of Karen Hurley retiring as vice president for development/communications this spring, a new name was adopted for that department: Agency Advancement. Besides the traditional development and communications functions, this newly named department will take on responsibility for securing all public funding for 4C in addition to private foundation, corporate and individual donor support. It will also work to grow a 4C volunteer program.

Here are the new faces on this new team:

Tracy Carter, the new vice president for agency advancement, came on board in January.

Jean Bach joined 4C in May 2015 as communications manager and will continue to grow the agency’s communications, marketing and public relations efforts.

Erin Crosby joined 4C in March 2016 as grants administrator, a new position at 4C to consolidate all grant-seeking and to free program directors to concentrate on delivering services.

Bethany Doverspike, who had been serving as development specialist, has been promoted to the new position of development officer with responsibility for the annual fund and events.

Tracy Carter

Jean Bach

Erin Crosby

Bethany

Doverspike

Total Net Assets: $6,077,791Pass-through funds for the 4C Child Nutrition Program not included above: $2,969,144 www.4cforchildren.org

Support From Corporations, Foundations and Organizations

$100,000 and upThe Carol Ann and Ralph

V. Haile, Jr. / U.S. Bank Foundation †*

Stranahan Foundation †*

$50,000 to $99,999The Greater Cincinnati

Foundation †Josephine Schell Russell

Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, Trustee †

Robert & Adele Schiff Family Foundation †

$10,000 to $49,999The Dayton Foundation †Duke Energy Foundation †Thomas J. Emery Memorial †Daniel and Susan Pfau

Foundation†Louise Taft Semple

Foundation †Jack J. Smith Charitable

Trust †Frank M. Tait Foundation †The Women’s Fund of

The Greater Cincinnati Foundation †

$5,000 to $9,999Bartlett & Co.Crosset Family Fund of

The Greater Cincinnati Foundation †

Farmer Family FoundationThe Heart Institute at CCHMCKnowledge Works

Foundation +Macy’s +PNC Bank †The Schueler GroupFrank K. Webb Charitable

Trust

$2,000 to $4,999AK Steel Foundation +Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Medical CenterDinsmore & Shohl, LLPGeneral CableHoranKroger CompanyOsborn Rohs Williams &

Donohoe, LLCRiverpoint Capital

Management, Inc.Thompson Hine LLPUC HealthUnited Way of Greater

CincinnatiWestern & Southern Financial

Group

$1,000 to $1,999Barnes DennigCincy-Cinco †Corporex Companies, Inc.Deaconess Associations, Inc.John R. Green Co.†Goodwin Lighting LLCLakeshore Learning

Materials †Macy’s Foundation +Scripps Howard Foundation The E.W. Scripps Company +Success By 6® †United Way of Greater

Dayton ‡

$100 to $999Adventurous Child Inc. †BKD, LLPThe Children’s Home of

Cincinnati †Cincinnati Association for

the Education of Young Children †

Discount School Supply †

Federal Supply †Frog Street Press †GE Foundation +Keating, Muething & Klekamp

P.L.L.Murphy Advertising †Mutual of AmericaOxford Title Agency, Inc.Teaching Strategies †

Under $100Amazon SmileCongregation Beth AdamTendaji Group, Ltd.

Other SupportIn-kind, memorial and tribute gifts as well as volunteer supporters are listed in the complete online annual report found at www.4cforchildren.org/annualreport.

† Some or all this gift is restricted to support a specific 4C program.

+ Indicates a matching gift company

‡ Unrestricted designations* Part of a multi-year

commitment

Alicia & Ty TownsendJoelle & Sean TunningSherry & Greg VarnerCharlene VenturaNelson C. Vincent §Mark & Sandy WalkerMari & Brad WhiteVanessa WhiteMegan & Joe Wilson §Michele & Michael Zinser

Silver Champions($100−$249)Terresa AdamsDoug BaglierStephanie O. BoydCarol & Bill BrennanKathleen & George

Brinkman §Carolyn Brinkmann §Susan & Christopher BurnsDavid CallahanMary Pat CarlettiShannon & Lee Carter *Kim CassadyWendy Castillo-Borne Heather CiesielskiEarnie & Carl ClarkKathy & Louis Claybon §Nancy Crace §Cynthia Crown &

David C. FlaspohlerMeghan CummingsApril & Harry DavidowJulie DopplerLinda DoyleShirley & Roy DuffCarolyn & Michael EagenKay & Rich EbyRebecca & Steve Erickson §Karen EtlingAngela C. FischerBarbara Fitch §Vallie & Rodney GeierMimi Gingold &

Al Gerhardstein §Barbara & Charles GlueckSusan & Jonas GruenbergVictor M. HaddadBarbara & Chan Headley §Barbara & Thomas HeilDiana & Joe HeydRobbin HollidayCecelia & Duane HolmBarbara & Richard HomlarReina & Rod HubichMargaret Hulbert §Susan Ingmire &

Lynn Hailey §Tina & John JacksonChristal JohnsonJessica & Robert KahnJoshua KatzmanJane & Philip Khoury §Michelle & David KolbDale KozmaKelly & Andrew KwiatkowskiAngie LanceSarah & Greg Landsman §Diana Lara Robyn Lightcap §Lee Ann LiskaBeverly LymanHelene & Millard MackSue & John MaggardRoger MagnusMia MalloryCarole & John MancusoRandi & David McAleese

Phyllis McCallum & Steven Jemison

Glenn McClainCarolyn & Lowell McCoy §Virg & Ralph McDonaldLaura & Robert McMahonLaura MengeMeredith & Steve MeyerVictoria & John ParlinLori & Andy PooleNancylee & Robert PrestonSusan & Jay PriceCharlotte PughSue W. Ransohoff *Sharon RedmondGretchen & Rob ReifsnyderSuzanne & Mike RohlfsJeanne Rolfes *Lee RoseElaine & Marvin RosenbergNancy & Edward Rosenthal §Julie & Brian RossIan SarembockIda & Tom SchickSusan & Richard SchmidtVivian & Jim Schwab §Patricia & Alan Schwemlein §Robin & Murray Sinclaire §Mary Lee & Louis Sirkin §Stephanie & Mark SkryzowskiMerri Gaither SmithRobin & Goeff SmithNancy & Howard Starnbach §Kitty StraussCharlotte & John Tafaro §Marcella G. Trice §Beth TschiederElaine Ward & Craig Dietsch §Aaron WeeksCarolyn & Bob WehlingMindy & Everett WelchRobert D. WelkerTheresa & Anthony WellmanMarie & Moss White §Whitney Whitis &

Aftab PurevalCarol R. Williams §Felicia WilliamsJulie Witten §William J. WittenJessica WoodwardSteve Yards

More Champions(Under $100)A complete list of these champions can be found at www.4cforchildren.org/annualreport.

Azaria Pittman Carter accepted the 2015 4C Youth Award on behalf of a student team from Aiken New Tech High School.

2015 Champions for Children Leslie Maloney (left) and Pamela Page-Boykins.

Teachers learn how to bring STEM projects to after-school programs thanks to a grant from Duke Energy Foundation.

A parent helps her child learn through play at one of 4C’s nine Play & Learn groups.

4C coach Marlo Parlin (center left) leads one of six learning circles sponsored by the Stranahan Foundation to encourage intentional teaching. Two learning circles are located in each of 4C’s three regions.

Our vision: That all children have a quality early learning experience, enter school ready to succeed, and reach their full potential.

Our mission: To educate and support the adults who care for young children and advocate for public support for quality early education and care for all children.

Our conviction: That the best way to impact young children is to educate and support the adults who care for them.

4C Vision, Mission, Conviction

2015 Results 2015 Highlights

www.4cforchildren.org

Making a Difference for 207,000 Children!Getting them ready for success in school and life

9,810 Families served through child care referrals and parent education

93% Percentage of parents who learned something new that supports children’s development and readiness to learn after attending a parent education event

2,377 Families reached through the Strengthening Families Initiative in six counties (Hamilton, Butler, Warren and Montgomery in Ohio and Boone and Kenton in Northern Kentucky)

1,512 Workshops/courses delivered to early childhood professionals

20,653 Attendees in 4C workshops/courses

828 Students enrolled in 4C online learning courses

3,827 Coaching/technical assistance visits to 421 child care programs

108 Child care providers who completed 4C Child Development Associate (CDA) Preparation Program, the first critical step in improving program quality

2,930 Child care providers in 4C database and available for referrals

443 Child care programs enrolled in 4C Child Nutrition Program

2 million Nutritious meals served through the 4C Child Nutrition Program

$2,389,884 Community support (includes non-governmental and non-United Way gifts and multi-year pledges committed in 2015)

Preschool Promises Coming to Dayton and CincinnatiQuality preschool is on the way to 600 four-year-olds in Montgomery County this fall. And Cincinnati voters will be asked to ensure quality early learning for preschool-age children with a vote on Nov. 8. 4C for Children will be the engine behind both of these Preschool Promise initiatives. 4C’s Miami Valley office will add four staff to make sure the Montgomery County Preschool Promise is up and running this fall. Additional staff will also be added in the Cincinnati office once a ballot initiative is passed and details of the Cincinnati Preschool Promise are finalized.

The Business Side of Child Care—a New 4C FocusToo many child care programs—even quality-rated ones—close because they can’t make financial ends meet. Building on a 2014 grant, 4C developed a systematic plan to instill best business practices into child care programs. The first step was to train 4C coaches to raise financial issues with the programs they visit and identify financial prob-lems before they result in closures. Units on best business practices were integrated into 4C’s year-long Developing Early Childhood Leaders Seminar in 2015 and into a special coaching to quality project in Northern Kentucky funded by United Way of Greater Cincinnati. Building on these efforts, 4C developed a five-session 12-hour training in best business practices with follow-up coaching. This training and coaching will be offered in the Miami Valley thanks to funding from Dayton-area foundations.

Getting Kids—and Parents—Ready for SchoolMore than 300 kindergartners and their parents in 10 Cincinnati Public Schools were better equipped to start school last August thanks to 4C school readiness events. Over the summer 4C’s Ready. Set. School! programs allowed incoming kindergartners to spend time with their teachers and become familiar with school-day routines—including the school bus ride. Parents had the chance to meet with school staff or a 4C parent specialist to learn more about school expectations. 4C distributed 300 My First Home-work Boxes and 300 backpacks—each filled with supplies to help parents help their kindergartners at home.

Board of Trustees

Diane Jordan-Grizzard Emerson Moser Chair Vice ChairRobin Davis James Creeden Secretary Treasurer

Victoria AmesTom CooneyKristen CopelandMyrita Craig Tiffiny Grale DawsonZamaris Geleszinski Tammy Solomon GrayLynnette M. Heard Cynthia E. HendersonBrian JudkinsTommie Lewis

Mindy McLaughlinLynne P. Newsome Candace NovakPenny Pensak Steve Richey Michelle Robenalt Tony RobertsDigi F. SchuelerStuart StocktonKathy Vuturo

For Board committees, the NKY Advisory Board and the Ambassador Board, see the full annual report at www.4cforchildren.org/annualreport

Jewel Circle4C launched this annual giving society as part of its 40th anniversary in 2012. The following supporters stepped into the Jewel Circle in 2015.

Every 4C Supporter Is a ‘Champion’ for the Children of Our Region. Thank You!

The following list includes individual supporters who made gifts to 4C in 2015, including gifts to 4C’s Champions for Children Gala. Corporate,

foundation and organizational gifts are listed separately.

Diamonds($5,000 and above)Anonymous (2) § Bettye Beaumont &

Richard A. Bachhuber § Elaine & Henry FischerHelen & John Habbert §James A. Miller § Pamela L. Page-Boykins &

Billy Boykins §Penny & Myles Pensak §Francie & John Pepper §*Dianne & J. David Rosenberg *Richard Rosenthal §Tom SchiffGlenda & Roger Schorr §*Digi & Michael Schueler §Cy SpurlinoDebbie & Dick Westheimer §Ann & Pete Williams §Nancy & David Wolf

Emeralds($2,000−$4,999)Susie & Bob CastelliniMary Ellen & Tom Cody §Myrita Craig &

Peter A. Margolis § Susanne E. Geier §Vickie & Jack GluckmanAlbert HarrisKatie HaydenCynthia E. Henderson §Beth & Peter LevinCarole & Edwin RigaudPaula Troup *Sallie Westheimer &

Greg Rhodes *Nan & Dan Witten

Sapphires($1,000−$1,999)Jennie & Allan Berliant §Kristen Copeland &

Steve Johns §Cameron CordRobin & Scott Davis §Tiffiny & David Dawson §Bethany & Dennis

Doverspike §Vanessa Freytag §Kate Furlong & James Walker Zamaris & Stasiu Geleszinski §Susan L. Haas &

Craig Decker §*Lynnette & Greg Heard §Karen & Dan Hurley §Kathleen & Brian Judkins §Christine & Alan LenahanMadelynn & Ray MatlockMindy McLaughlin &

Dave Hinaman Mitzie & Emerson Moser §Candace Novak §Sharon Nuckols &

Stephen Richey §Dorothy O’Brien &

Dick Antoine *Marnette & Paul PerryMichelle & John Robenalt §Stephanie & Tony Roberts Christy & Stuart StocktonMarcia TogneriPatti & Jeffery TowbinKathleen & Chris Vuturo §Susan R. WilkeMary Beth & Craig YoungAlison & Jim Zimmerman

Platinum Champions($500−$999)Mary Asbury &

Robert Newman §Randy & Peter Bloch § Kathy & Jonathan BrodhagMary Alice Callahan §Kim & Jim Creeden §Marjorie & Gary DaviesNoel Julnes-Dehner &

Joseph DehnerJ. Stanley Elliott &

Jay ShatzCrystal Faulkner &

Tom Cooney §Barbara & John Fillion §Elaine Fink & Robert ShapiroKay GeigerBeth & Louis GuttmanCarrie & John Hayden §Diane Jordan-Grizzard §T.W. KelleherAlicia Bond-Lewis &

Christopher LewisMary & Michael McGraw §Penny Monday &

Tommie LewisMatthew NealonTara & Zachary C. Noland §Kyle PohlmanAndrew RedingtonAndy ReedBarb Rinto & Jerry Lawson §David SchmittDorothy J. SciarraBarbara & Dennis SmithMary Beth & Tom

Sundermann §Dick WeilandMelissa & Luke Wiley

Gold Champions($250−$499)Terri L. Alekzander §Victoria Ames §

Marjorie & Jim AndersonBrian AntenucciKathleen BeechemBarbara & Leonard BerenfieldSadie & Craig Bonifas §Richard BoydstonDeborah & Edward CaldwellDiane & Gregory ChandlerKaren & Bill ChesterMary Corley §Kelly M. DehanDianne DunkelmanLester DuplechanLaurie & Steve EichmannSherri & David FreytagDavida Gable & Brad FranzLisa Garofalo &

Robert Hanneken §Sue & Ted GilbertMarcheta Gillam &

Joseph FeldhausKim & Scott Ginn §Lynne M. Gordon §Drew Gores &

George WarringtonJenn Greber

Bobbie HartTammy ImhoffMary Kay & Jason IrwinMurray Jaffe §Shari & John Jefferies Linda & Andrew Jergens Suzanne & Bill Joiner Carol & Ken Kabel §Ellen Katz & David GilesAdrienne KesslingGinny & Rick KuertzLavetta & Willie LewisDeborah LivingstonThomas LutzMindy McLaughlin &

Dave HinamanMary Carol & John Melton §Lynne & Clarence NewsomeLori & James RhewBuffie & Eppa RixeyAmy & Eric Robbins §Stephanie & Tony Roberts §Mary Ann & Bob Roncker §Annetta Rutland §Veronica & Damien SebaldCalista & Anthony Smith

Giant paper table flowers and balloons galore marked 4C for Children’s 2015 Champions for Children Celebration. Each balloon signaled a donation to the 4C scholarship fund to support child care providers in obtaining a Child Development Associate Credential. Over $29,000 was raised in 15 minutes over dessert!

§ Some or all of this gift was contributed to the Bright Futures Fund to honor Sallie Westheimer on her June 2015 retirement.

* Some or all of this gift is from a fund at The Greater Cincinnati Foundation.

Sallie Westheimer (left) joins hands with Vanessa Freytag, her successor as 4C president/CEO. They stand in the lobby of 4C’s new Norwood office in front of the plaque honoring Sallie’s 35 years of vision and dedicated leadership.

State Funding ................ $3,605,998 53.9%

County and City Funding ............................ $425,384 6.3%

Fees for Services ............... $819,416 12.2%

United Ways ...................... $941.321 14.1%

Fundraising and Non-governmental Grants .. $901,685

13.5%

$3,855,492 ....Professional Development59.0%

$1,358,760 .................. Parent Services20.8%

Sponsorship of Child & $449,389 ........ Adult Care Food Program6.9%

$638,905 .......................Administration9.8%

$231,345 ............ Fundraising Expenses3.5%

2015 REVENUE $6,693,804

2015 EXPENSES$6,533,892

Scaling Up (continued from front page)

Dec. 31, 2015. That’s more than 100 percent in just five years! And our impact has grown as well—from making a difference for 176,000 children in 2010 to more than 200,000 children in 2015!

And 4C is on track to keep growing. As of this writing, we already have added eight new employees, posted four new jobs on our website and are looking forward to adding at least four new positions in Dayton to implement the Montgomery County Preschool Promise. Plus, more positions will be added in Cincinnati to implement the Cincinnati Preschool Promise once a ballot issue is passed. (While we have space in our new Cincinnati office to respond to a growing staff, we will be adding a satellite office in Dayton because we are bursting at the seams in our Kroc Corp Community Center location.)

This has been the message to our staff and board in past months: 4C has a strong foundation, but we need to make sure we are scaling up our basic systems to support all the new things we are doing and want to do. For example:• Expand our Play & Learn Program now operating in nine communities to reach

even more children and their family, friend and neighbor caregivers with quality early learning experiences.

• Add to our menu of supports to keep early childhood programs financially viable by instilling best business practices.

• Become an even stronger advocate on early childhood issues in both Ohio and Kentucky.

• Discover new ways to deliver needed child care resource and referral services in our Kentucky region.

• Beef up our IT and HR departments, which are still staffed at 2010 levels.

That is why we need your continued support—so, together, we can keep doing more. We hope to look back on 2016 as a watershed year when we maintained all that has been good about 4C for more than 40 years—and when we also scaled up to have an even greater impact on our community’s children and families.

Vanessa Freytag Diane Jordan-GrizzardPresident/CEO Chair, Board of Trustees

Financial Information

2015 Annual Report

Agency Advancement: New Names, New Faces

As part of the transition plan when Sallie Westheimer retired as president/CEO last June

and in anticipation of Karen Hurley retiring as vice president for development/communications this spring, a new name was adopted for that department: Agency Advancement. Besides the traditional development and communications functions, this newly named department will take on responsibility for securing all public funding for 4C in addition to private foundation, corporate and individual donor support. It will also work to grow a 4C volunteer program.

Here are the new faces on this new team:

Tracy Carter, the new vice president for agency advancement, came on board in January.

Jean Bach joined 4C in May 2015 as communications manager and will continue to grow the agency’s communications, marketing and public relations efforts.

Erin Crosby joined 4C in March 2016 as grants administrator, a new position at 4C to consolidate all grant-seeking and to free program directors to concentrate on delivering services.

Bethany Doverspike, who had been serving as development specialist, has been promoted to the new position of development officer with responsibility for the annual fund and events.

Tracy Carter

Jean Bach

Erin Crosby

Bethany

Doverspike

Total Net Assets: $6,077,791Pass-through funds for the 4C Child Nutrition Program not included above: $2,969,144 www.4cforchildren.org

Support From Corporations, Foundations and Organizations

$100,000 and upThe Carol Ann and Ralph

V. Haile, Jr. / U.S. Bank Foundation †*

Stranahan Foundation †*

$50,000 to $99,999The Greater Cincinnati

Foundation †Josephine Schell Russell

Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, Trustee †

Robert & Adele Schiff Family Foundation †

$10,000 to $49,999The Dayton Foundation †Duke Energy Foundation †Thomas J. Emery Memorial †Daniel and Susan Pfau

Foundation†Louise Taft Semple

Foundation †Jack J. Smith Charitable

Trust †Frank M. Tait Foundation †The Women’s Fund of

The Greater Cincinnati Foundation †

$5,000 to $9,999Bartlett & Co.Crosset Family Fund of

The Greater Cincinnati Foundation †

Farmer Family FoundationThe Heart Institute at CCHMCKnowledge Works

Foundation +Macy’s +PNC Bank †The Schueler GroupFrank K. Webb Charitable

Trust

$2,000 to $4,999AK Steel Foundation +Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Medical CenterDinsmore & Shohl, LLPGeneral CableHoranKroger CompanyOsborn Rohs Williams &

Donohoe, LLCRiverpoint Capital

Management, Inc.Thompson Hine LLPUC HealthUnited Way of Greater

CincinnatiWestern & Southern Financial

Group

$1,000 to $1,999Barnes DennigCincy-Cinco †Corporex Companies, Inc.Deaconess Associations, Inc.John R. Green Co.†Goodwin Lighting LLCLakeshore Learning

Materials †Macy’s Foundation +Scripps Howard Foundation The E.W. Scripps Company +Success By 6® †United Way of Greater

Dayton ‡

$100 to $999Adventurous Child Inc. †BKD, LLPThe Children’s Home of

Cincinnati †Cincinnati Association for

the Education of Young Children †

Discount School Supply †

Federal Supply †Frog Street Press †GE Foundation +Keating, Muething & Klekamp

P.L.L.Murphy Advertising †Mutual of AmericaOxford Title Agency, Inc.Teaching Strategies †

Under $100Amazon SmileCongregation Beth AdamTendaji Group, Ltd.

Other SupportIn-kind, memorial and tribute gifts as well as volunteer supporters are listed in the complete online annual report found at www.4cforchildren.org/annualreport.

† Some or all this gift is restricted to support a specific 4C program.

+ Indicates a matching gift company

‡ Unrestricted designations* Part of a multi-year

commitment

Alicia & Ty TownsendJoelle & Sean TunningSherry & Greg VarnerCharlene VenturaNelson C. Vincent §Mark & Sandy WalkerMari & Brad WhiteVanessa WhiteMegan & Joe Wilson §Michele & Michael Zinser

Silver Champions($100−$249)Terresa AdamsDoug BaglierStephanie O. BoydCarol & Bill BrennanKathleen & George

Brinkman §Carolyn Brinkmann §Susan & Christopher BurnsDavid CallahanMary Pat CarlettiShannon & Lee Carter *Kim CassadyWendy Castillo-Borne Heather CiesielskiEarnie & Carl ClarkKathy & Louis Claybon §Nancy Crace §Cynthia Crown &

David C. FlaspohlerMeghan CummingsApril & Harry DavidowJulie DopplerLinda DoyleShirley & Roy DuffCarolyn & Michael EagenKay & Rich EbyRebecca & Steve Erickson §Karen EtlingAngela C. FischerBarbara Fitch §Vallie & Rodney GeierMimi Gingold &

Al Gerhardstein §Barbara & Charles GlueckSusan & Jonas GruenbergVictor M. HaddadBarbara & Chan Headley §Barbara & Thomas HeilDiana & Joe HeydRobbin HollidayCecelia & Duane HolmBarbara & Richard HomlarReina & Rod HubichMargaret Hulbert §Susan Ingmire &

Lynn Hailey §Tina & John JacksonChristal JohnsonJessica & Robert KahnJoshua KatzmanJane & Philip Khoury §Michelle & David KolbDale KozmaKelly & Andrew KwiatkowskiAngie LanceSarah & Greg Landsman §Diana Lara Robyn Lightcap §Lee Ann LiskaBeverly LymanHelene & Millard MackSue & John MaggardRoger MagnusMia MalloryCarole & John MancusoRandi & David McAleese

Phyllis McCallum & Steven Jemison

Glenn McClainCarolyn & Lowell McCoy §Virg & Ralph McDonaldLaura & Robert McMahonLaura MengeMeredith & Steve MeyerVictoria & John ParlinLori & Andy PooleNancylee & Robert PrestonSusan & Jay PriceCharlotte PughSue W. Ransohoff *Sharon RedmondGretchen & Rob ReifsnyderSuzanne & Mike RohlfsJeanne Rolfes *Lee RoseElaine & Marvin RosenbergNancy & Edward Rosenthal §Julie & Brian RossIan SarembockIda & Tom SchickSusan & Richard SchmidtVivian & Jim Schwab §Patricia & Alan Schwemlein §Robin & Murray Sinclaire §Mary Lee & Louis Sirkin §Stephanie & Mark SkryzowskiMerri Gaither SmithRobin & Goeff SmithNancy & Howard Starnbach §Kitty StraussCharlotte & John Tafaro §Marcella G. Trice §Beth TschiederElaine Ward & Craig Dietsch §Aaron WeeksCarolyn & Bob WehlingMindy & Everett WelchRobert D. WelkerTheresa & Anthony WellmanMarie & Moss White §Whitney Whitis &

Aftab PurevalCarol R. Williams §Felicia WilliamsJulie Witten §William J. WittenJessica WoodwardSteve Yards

More Champions(Under $100)A complete list of these champions can be found at www.4cforchildren.org/annualreport.

Azaria Pittman Carter accepted the 2015 4C Youth Award on behalf of a student team from Aiken New Tech High School.

2015 Champions for Children Leslie Maloney (left) and Pamela Page-Boykins.

Teachers learn how to bring STEM projects to after-school programs thanks to a grant from Duke Energy Foundation.

A parent helps her child learn through play at one of 4C’s nine Play & Learn groups.

4C coach Marlo Parlin (center left) leads one of six learning circles sponsored by the Stranahan Foundation to encourage intentional teaching. Two learning circles are located in each of 4C’s three regions.

Cincinnati

Covington

Morehead

Louisville

Dayton

SCALING UP FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES

2015 Annual Report

Working to ensure a bright future for

our children!

Funded in part by the City of Cincinnati and the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services.

Where? In 10 counties in the Miami Valley, five in Southwest Ohio and 25 in Kentucky

How? By…• supporting parents to ensure every

child’s optimal development• helping parents find and choose

quality child care• expanding the community’s supply

of child care options• educating those who care for

young children

• improving the quality of child care • providing leadership to the early

childhood field• raising public awareness about

the importance of early childhood education and care

• advocating for quality early learning and care for all children

Kentucky Regional Office525 W. Fifth Street, #215

Covington, KY 41011 859-781-3511 800-256-1296

Buffalo Trace–Gateway Field Office

100 Overlook Drive Morehead, KY 40351

606-784-5500 800-256-1296

Louisville Field OfficeChild Care Aware of KIPDA

200 W. Broadway, Suite 502A Louisville, KY 40202

502-584-0023 800-256-1296

Central Office and Southwest Ohio

Regional Office2100 Sherman Ave., #300

Cincinnati. OH 45212 513-221-0033 800-256-1296

Miami Valley

Regional Office1000 N. Keowee St.Dayton, OH 45404

937-220-9660 800-256-1296

Doing Even More Together!

W hat a year! A new Cincinnati location. New faces in each of our regional offices. So many new opportunities to

serve children and families.

But the important things remain the same at 4C: Our mission to support the adults who care for young children. A culture that values innovation and thinking outside-the-box. A commitment

to steward wisely the resources provided by the individuals, foundations and corporations listed in this report.

We look back on 2015 as a year of shoring up 4C’s foundations to make sure they can support the growth we have recently experienced and the growth that is still to come. 4C has grown from 62 employees at the end of 2010 to 133 employees on

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