Funding search · EIN 316027287 · Grantmaking charity · Dayton, OH

The Dayton Foundation

$145.4M
in grants paid: 2,010
grants: 908
recipients: 2021–2024
filing years

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$2.0M
Area Agency On Aging Psa 2 · Dayton, OH · 2024
Comcare census deficit, caredirector licenses & development, and addnaide software application
$1.1M
University of Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$1.0M
Dayton Performing Arts Alliance · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$958,774
Dayton History · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$875,000
County Corp · Dayton, OH · 2024
To support the construction of the first 5 homes
$742,186
Oakwood City School District · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$739,704
Dayton Children'S Hospital Foundation · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$584,052
Learn To Earn Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$570,000
Montgomery County Law Enforcement Memorial Association · Dayton, OH · 2024
Memorial project
$551,343
Friends of Aullwood · Dayton, OH · 2024
Unrestricted , education program
$500,000
Northern Michigan University Foundation · Marquette, MI · 2024
Berry chair business school
$462,277
Ohio'S Hospice of Dayton Foundation · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$437,681
Dayton Early College Academy · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$434,267
The Miami Valley School · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$418,363
Daybreak · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$412,543
Dayton Live · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$410,750
Wright State University · Dayton, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$402,480
Dayton Crayons To Classrooms · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$385,634
United Way of the Greater Dayton Area · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$343,571
The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$338,843
Miami University · Oxford, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$312,707
Sicsa · Washington Township, OH · 2024
Various projects
$304,242
Humane Society of Greater Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$296,451
The Muse Machine · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$292,666
The Foodbank · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$269,633
Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$253,847
Ohio Governors Imagination Library · Dayton, OH · 2024
Montgomery county imagination library, dolly parton imagination library of preble county
$247,643
Dayton Metro Library Foundation · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$245,105
Ywca of Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$240,942
Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$238,785
American Veterinary Medical Foundation · Schaumburg, IL · 2024
Disaster relief
$223,196
University of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$218,500
Omega Community Development Corporation · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$217,844
Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$207,150
Fisher Nightingale Houses · Wright Patterson Afb, OH · 2024
Various projects
$197,083
Miami Valley Public Media Inc (Wyso) · Yellow Springs, OH · 2024
Various projects
$191,921
The Dayton Art Institute · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$186,700
Kettering Seventh Day Adventist Church · Kettering, OH · 2024
Various projects
$168,700
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
Unrestricted
$166,179
Five Rivers Metroparks · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$163,200
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality · Dayton, OH · 2024
Education advocacy project for low-inc. Dayton children, unrestricted
$160,000
New Life Church of the Nazarene · Mt Vernon, OH · 2024
Building
$151,455
Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2024
Various projects
$150,000
East End Community Services Corporation · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$147,211
Dayton Society of Natural History · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$145,988
Ymca of Greater Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$145,511
Culture Works · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$142,947
Boys and Girls Club of Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$141,831
St Vincent De Paul Social Services · Dayton, OH · 2024
Unrestricted, early childhood education program (the imagination station)
$139,906
Ohio University · Athens, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$139,274
Glen Helen Association · Yellow Springs, OH · 2024
Various projects
$139,230
The Human Race Theatre Company · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$131,000
Baptist International Outreach · Jefferson City, TN · 2024
Unrestricted, christmas needs for home
$130,233
The Salvation Army East Territory · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$125,836
Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$125,000
Meals On Wheels of Sw Oh and N Ky · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Acquisition and support of facility on highland ave, cincinnati, ohio
$121,000
Equality Ohio Education Fund · Columbus, OH · 2024
Equality ohio legal clinic; continue to fund attorney providing specialized legal services for dayton lgbtq+ clients
$120,000
Charities Aid Foundation America (Caf) · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Lapedes filipov family fund
$117,610
Archbishop Alter High School · Kettering, OH · 2024
Various projects
$117,000
Vineyard Church · Beavercreek, OH · 2024
Various projects
$110,945
Miami Valley Hospital Foundation · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$110,849
Wright State University Foundation · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$105,550
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2024
Scholarships, president's discretionary fund
$103,344
Kettering Health Foundation · Kettering, OH · 2024
Various projects
$101,890
Miami Valley Meals · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$101,866
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$100,728
American Red Cross Greater Cincinnati Tri-State Chapter · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
California wildfires, greater cincinnati tri-state red cross chapter, portsmouth area
$100,250
Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
To expand legal services to nonprofits working in the miami valley, unrestricted
$100,018
American Red Cross Miami Valley Chapter · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$100,000
Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Renovating the new space and expanding depth of studio programming
$99,966
Seedling Foundation · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$99,375
Parity · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$92,796
A Special Wish Foundation of Sw Ohio · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$89,737
St Vincent De Paul Society · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$88,000
Samaritan'S Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
Various projects
$80,319
Sinclair Community College Foundation · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$78,500
St John the Baptist Catholic Church · Tipp City, OH · 2024
Sanctuary renewal project
$78,030
Historical Society of Vandalia Butler · Vandalia, OH · 2024
Unrestricted, purchase a tractor with mower and box grader
$77,559
Bowling Green State University · Bowling Green, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$77,500
Dayton Metro Library Finance Department · Dayton, OH · 2024
New bookmobile, self-care grant for well-being and happiness of staff/volunteers
$77,203
Kettering City Schools · Kettering, OH · 2024
Various projects
$75,000
Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission · Dayton, OH · 2024
Supplemental funding for institute for livable & equitable communities
$73,961
Yellow Springs Community Foundation · Yellow Springs, OH · 2024
Various projects
$73,683
Good Neighbor House · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$73,000
Boy Scouts of America - Black Swamp Area Council · Findlay, OH · 2024
Cooper lodge at camp lakota, general operations
$71,200
Kids in New Directions (Kind) · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$69,239
Wilberforce University · Wilberforce, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$68,740
Sinclair Community College · Dayton, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$67,950
Fairhaven Church · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$66,600
Dakota Center · Dayton, OH · 2024
Unrestricted
$66,591
United Rehabilitation Services · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$66,079
Clark County Dd · Springfield, OH · 2024
Designated for the f.f. Mueller residential center to purchase: furniture for the center to benefit the residents
$65,500
Young Life · Boone, IA · 2024
Various projects
$65,100
The Noble Circle Project · Dayton, OH · 2024
General operating expenses
$62,100
Five Rivers Metroparks Foundation · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$60,875
Miamisburg Community Foundation · Miamisburg, OH · 2024
Various projects
$60,230
Wittenberg University · Springfield, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$60,000
Storyhill Church · Mukwonago, WI · 2024
Unrestricted
$59,101
Greater Dayton Public Television Dba Thinktv · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$59,036
Ohio Northern University · Ada, OH · 2024
Scholarships

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Unlike private foundations, grantmaking charities and associations often run formal grant programs with real application cycles — check their website for current opportunities. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.