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==Community involvement==

The Reds Community Fund, founded in 2001, is focused on the youth of the Greater Cincinnati area with the goal of improving the lives of participants by leveraging the traditions of the Reds. The fund sponsors the Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) program with a goal of 30–50 young people graduating high school and attending college annually. It also holds an annual telethon, raising in excess of $120,000. An example of the fund's community involvement is its renovation of Hoffman Fields in the Evanston neighborhood of the city, upgrading the entire recreation complex, for a total of over 400 baseball diamonds renovated at 200 locations throughout the region.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vorholt |first1=Nick |title=Cincinnati Reds Community Fund quietly goes about its mission |url=https://blogredmachine.com/2017/11/30/cincinnati-reds-community-fund-quietly/ |website=BigRedMachine.com |publisher=Fansided |location=Cincinnati OH |date=September 2018}}</ref>

During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, since no spectators were allowed at MLB games, the Reds offered fans the opportunity to purchase paper cutouts of their own photographs in the stands at Great American Ball Park. The promotion raised over $300,000 for the fund, more than the fund's traditional events such as Redsfest, the Redlegs Run, an annual golf outing and the Fox Sports Ohio Telethon.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Underwood |first1=Brad |title=No fans nets historic donations for Reds Community Fund in form of fan cutouts |url=https://local12.com/news/local/no-fans-nets-historic-donations-for-reds-community-fund-in-form-of-fan-cutouts-cincinnati |work=Local 12 News |publisher=WKRC-TV |date=August 25, 2020 |location=Cincinnati OH}}</ref>