The Dayton Foundation recently awarded $438,991 in discretionary grants that were approved by the Foundation’s Governing Board to assist Greater Dayton charities. Additionally, grants totaling $57,984 were awarded through the Foundation’s Greenlight GrantsSM program to benefit area nonprofits.
The Foundation’s discretionary and Greenlight Grants programs are made possible by donors who have provided unrestricted or lightly restricted funds. These funds enable the Foundation to act on opportunities for the community and address pressing needs throughout the region.
Culture Works ($50,000) to help raise matching funds for a National Endowment for the Arts grant to invest in Greater Dayton’s arts
community.
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company ($64,000) to rebuild Dayton audiences and address lingering post-pandemic impacts by strengthening and developing organizational skills and resources.
Dayton Live ($75,000) to address critical facility needs for the Arts Garage, Metropolitan Arts Center, Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center and Victoria Theatre.
Dayton Metro Library
Dayton Metro Library ($75,000) to purchase a new Bookmobile to help enhance school-based and community engagement,
as well as enable more children and their families to read more books.
Fisher-Nightingale Houses, Inc.
Fisher-Nightingale Houses, Inc. ($25,000) to install a generator to power the Dayton VA Medical Center Fisher House in the event of an electrical outage.
Goodwill Easterseals Miami Valley
Goodwill Easterseals Miami Valley ($24,991) to assist individuals who are blind or have low vision by providing assistive equipment and services, such as cane training and workplace accessibility.
The Human Race Theatre Company ($50,000) to purchase new equipment and address long-term artistic needs that will allow the organization to reduce production costs, limit waste and enable artists to expand their creativity.
North Star Community Association ($50,000) to expand and renovate North Star Community Park, providing a larger, more accessible and easier-to-maintain facility for community gatherings.
ThinkTV
ThinkTV ($25,000) to support Brick by Brick, a new solutions-driven, community affairs program to address regional issues, such as affordable housing.
Greenlight Grants Awards
Caesars Ford Theatre, Inc. ($4,000) to create website photos and marketing materials for the promotion and development of the Shawnee Living History Tour.
Diabetes Dayton (Life-Care Alliance) ($2,100) to provide translation services for clients who are living with diabetes and experiencing language barriers.
Emerge Recovery and Trade Initiative ($5,000) to construct a greenhouse for horticultural therapy, a proven method to help individuals who are battling addictions.
For Love of Children ($2,000) to provide Christmas gifts for Greene County children who are fostered or have insufficient resources.
House of Bread ($4,000) to purchase a new furnace for the organization’s receiving area and kitchen.
K12 Gallery for Young People
K12 Gallery for Young People ($4,000) to purchase a pug mill for the ceramics studio.
Learning Tree Farm, Inc. ($1,500) to build storage space and closets in the Bank Barn.
Pink Ribbon Good ($7,000) to upgrade financial software to help support infrastructure growth and the increased demand for services.
Preschool Promise
Preschool Promise ($7,500) to hire a consultant who will help identify new philanthropic and government funding opportunities.
Preservation Dayton, Inc. ($5,000) to establish a revolving fund that will enable the organization to acquire and renovate vacant properties in Dayton’s historic neighborhoods.
Sleep in Heavenly Peace, Inc. ($2,884) to help supply beds for children in need in Northeast Dayton and East Dayton.
Specialized Alternative for Families and Youth of Ohio ($4,500) to help emancipated foster youth gain access to driving education and licenses for enhanced mobility in order to achieve employment and self-sufficiency.
Think Tank, Inc. ($2,000) to build the capacity of community members who have experienced poverty but lack power and resources so they may serve on leadership teams and community boards.
Valor Therapeutics, Inc.
Valor Therapeutics, Inc. ($6,500) to develop a five-year strategic plan, ensuring the long-term sustainability of its mission to support active-duty military personnel, retired veterans and first responders.
These grants were made possible thanks to the following Unrestricted or Field-of-Interest funds of The Dayton Foundation.
Ted and Irita Black Legacy Gift
Victor J. Cassano Unrestricted Fund
W. A. Chryst Fund
Francis Crosthwaite Fund
The Eckstein Community Fund
The Joan F. and William H. Eicher Fund
Patrick J. Fannon Discretionary Unrestricted Fund
Fresh Air Farm Society Trust Fund
Fund for the Homeless
Greater Dayton Jaycee Fund
James P. Hudson Legacy Fund
Mary J. & Frances P. Hussey Fund
Eleanor and John Kautz Fund
Edward L. and Esther B. Kohnle Fund
Leon Norman and Mildred Miriam Nizny Memorial Fund
Dr. and Mrs. Juan A. Paulet Fund
The Robert and Jean Penny Endowment Fund
Hyde E. Ruble & Eleanor F. Ruble Fund
Caroline Patterson Shaw Memorial Fund
Harry A. & Phoebe Shaw Charitable Fund
6320 Fund
Edith Slutzker Fund
Donald M. and Dorothea Hunt Spindler Endowment Fund
Wayne and Catherine Staley Fund
Wallace and Florence B. Stauffer Fund
John E. Weiser Fund
Betsy B. Whitney Discretionary Fund