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Regional funding review committee to weigh support as panel warns philanthropy can’t plug looming gaps
Summary
At a Columbus Metropolitan Club forum, panelists urged cross‑sector partnerships and warned that philanthropy alone cannot replace public funding cuts. A volunteer Funding Review Advisory Committee, chaired by Sandy Doyle Ahern, will hold an open forum on Oct. 7 to gather public input.
A volunteer Funding Review Advisory Committee convened at the request of the mayor’s office, Columbus City Council and county commissioners to study how the region can address gaps in funding for arts, human services and tourism, panelists said at a Columbus Metropolitan Club forum held at the National Veterans Memorial and Museum.
Panelists warned that private philanthropy, while significant, cannot substitute for shrinking public dollars. “Together, [our members] hold about $50,000,000,000 in assets right now,” Megan Cummings, president and CEO of Philanthropy Ohio, said of philanthropy organizations she represents. “But philanthropy cannot plug the hole. We don't have enough zeros in those assets to plug the hole.”
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