Feeding our Cincinnati neighbors since 2008

We want to eliminate poverty in Downtown Cincinnati.

Project Downtown is a non-profit community service organization serving Cincinnati, Ohio. Our mission is to provide essential services for the homeless and disadvantaged segments of Cincinnati.

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Project Downtown volunteers talking with a neighbor on a downtown Cincinnati street

What we’ve achieved

18 years
serving Cincinnati neighbors in need
6,000+
lunches distributed each year
6,000+ lbs
of bread distributed each year
Thousands
of smiles served and bellies filled

Thanks so much for this lunch. I haven’t eaten in three days. I know it doesn’t mean that much to you guys, but it means so much to me.

— Recipient, April 2014

Sundays at Clifton Mosque

Every Sunday in Clifton, Cincinnati volunteers of every age make sandwiches, pack lunches and head downtown together.

A line of volunteers in gloves assembling turkey and cheese sandwiches An older volunteer filling brown lunch bags with chips

Our story

Dissatisfaction, turned into action

Project Downtown began with a few students in Miami who refused to look away from their homeless neighbors. They gathered what little they had and showed up every week — not just with food, but to listen and to remember people society had forgotten.

In 2008, that same spirit came to Cincinnati.

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Every dollar counts

Our services rely entirely on donations from individuals like you, and 100% of funds go directly to supporting our goal of eliminating poverty in Downtown Cincinnati.

Give today
$1.20
provides a lunch
$2.50
distributes a hygiene kit
$8
provides a warm blanket

Come out with us

No experience needed. Bring yourself, a friend, your family or your whole group.

When
Every Sunday at 11:00 AM
Where
Clifton Mosque
3668 Clifton Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45220
lower level (basement)
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Pick a Saturday Sam’s Club pickup, Sunday lunch assembly or lunch distribution — up to six weeks ahead, no account needed.

Volunteers packing brown-bag lunches and making sandwiches across long tables in the Clifton Mosque basement

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See what our volunteers are up to, what we need this week, and the neighbors we serve.

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