Amazon's air cargo hub in Hebron announced $100,000 in donations to local nonprofits on Aug. 5, as the facility celebrated five years of operations at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

The $100,000 is split evenly: $50,000 goes to the Life Learning Center, and the remaining $50,000 is shared among at least four other organizations including Crayons to Computers, Kentucky Homeland Heroes, the Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky and Adopt A Class. Director of operations Mike Berg said 10 or 11 nonprofits received funding at the event. The donations bring Amazon's total community giving in the region to more than $1.5 million since the hub opened.

"Amazon Air not only stepped forward with their dollars, which we are so appreciative of, but with their people. It means the world to Adopt A Class," Sonya Fultz, CEO of Adopt A Class, said at the celebration. "They set a stage where we can go to other companies and say, 'If Amazon Air can invest in Adopt A Class, so can you.'"

The 600-acre facility opened Aug. 5, 2021, and has grown into Amazon Air's largest operation worldwide, processing more than 1.5 billion packages and creating more than 4,000 local jobs. It now runs more than three dozen flights daily.

Since 2010, Amazon has invested more than $30 billion in Boone County through infrastructure and employee compensation, according to The Lane Report, contributing more than $20 billion to the local economy and supporting roughly 17,000 indirect jobs beyond its own payroll.

The anniversary celebration included live music, catered food, games and a dunk tank where managers volunteered to get dunked, according to Spectrum News 1. Amazon executives joined local elected officials, nonprofit partners and community leaders. The company recognized 234 employees who have worked at the hub since opening day.

That's five years without turnover.

More than 1,340 employees are enrolled in Amazon's Career Choice program, which provides fully funded college tuition and certifications through partners including Northern Kentucky University, Thomas More University and Cincinnati State. Enrollment has more than doubled over the past year, and nearly 110 hub employees earned degrees or credentials through the program earlier in 2026.

The hub's ground support equipment runs entirely on electricity, making it one of the largest all-electric air cargo ground operations in the world.

The Boone County Fiscal Court approved a $40 million incentive package for Amazon in early 2022. Judge-Executive Gary Moore noted at the time that the project had "exceeded their numbers" since opening in August 2021. Neither source confirmed a timeline for Phase 2 construction at the hub, which Amazon previously indicated would not begin until 2027.