Funding search · EIN 316027287 · Dayton, OH

The Dayton Foundation

Name: The Dayton Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

2,010
grants reported: $145.4M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarships dayton center care food purchase school education

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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.

Where the money goes

Dayton and Montgomery County arts, history, and cultural institutions
Local human services: food, housing, aging, homeless youth, hospice
Scholarships channeled to Ohio public universities and Dayton private schools
K-12 and early childhood education in the Dayton region
Animal welfare, parks, and nature education in the Miami Valley
Faith congregations and faith-based social services, mostly local

Typical grant

The median grant is $15,000 and half of everything falls between $8,500 and $40,000, so most of the 2,010 payments are modest and donor-directed. The seven-figure checks go to entrenched Dayton institutions that receive dozens of separate fund distributions bundled into one line, such as Area Agency on Aging PSA 2 at $2.0M, University of Dayton at $1.1M, and Dayton Performing Arts Alliance at $1.0M. Giving repeats heavily year over year to the same 908 recipients, since much of it flows from standing donor-advised and scholarship funds rather than one-time decisions.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“VARIOUS PROJECTS”
“UNRESTRICTED”
“SCHOLARSHIPS”
“GENERAL OPERATIONS”

Positioning adjacent work

Anchor the ask to Montgomery County or the Miami Valley by name; out-of-region work is rare and donor-specific.
Ask in the $10,000 to $40,000 range for a first grant unless you have a named fund behind you.
Connect to funded themes: early childhood literacy, aging services, workforce and college access, arts education.
Accept unrestricted or general operations framing; they fund it routinely and it lowers the review bar.

Worth knowing: This is a community foundation, so most dollars move through donor-advised funds and scholarship funds rather than a central program staff, which means the real decision maker is often a fundholder with an existing relationship to the grantee. Ohio takes 1,489 of 2,010 grants and Dayton proper dominates that; the New York and Florida grants are almost certainly individual donors giving outside the region, not a strategy you can pitch into.

4 grants matching “kennels” · $46,305

$11,993
American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2024
For the borzoi donor advised fund to improve the conditions for the russian wolfhound
$11,618
American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2023
To improve conditions for the russian wolfhound
$11,674
American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2022
Improve the conditions for the russian wolfhound
$11,020
American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2021
Improve the conditions for the russian wolfhound

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Ronald McDonald House Charities Dayton4 grants · $19.0M
Oakwood City School District4 grants · $8.3M
Learn To Earn Dayton4 grants · $7.9M
University of Dayton4 grants · $6.2M
Dayton History4 grants · $4.9M
Dayton Performing Arts Alliance4 grants · $4.5M
Dayton Early College Academy4 grants · $3.4M
The Foodbank4 grants · $2.9M
Friends of Aullwood4 grants · $2.5M
Area Agency On Aging Psa 22 grants · $2.5M

Giving over time

$30.5M

2021

$48.3M

2022

$34.0M

2023

$32.6M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 2,010 grants.

$15.1M
Ronald McDonald House Charities Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2022
General support and various projects
$7.2M
Oakwood City School District · Dayton, OH · 2022
Various projects
$3.8M
Learn To Earn Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2021
General support and various projects
$3.3M
Ronald McDonald House Charities Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2023
Various projects
$3.2M
University of Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2021
General support and various projects
$3.2M
Learn To Earn Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2023
Various projects
$2.6M
Dayton History · Dayton, OH · 2022
General support and various projects
$2.1M
The Foodbank · Dayton, OH · 2023
Various projects
$2.0M
Area Agency On Aging Psa 2 · Dayton, OH · 2024
Comcare census deficit, caredirector licenses & development, and addnaide software application
$1.6M
Dayton Early College Academy · Dayton, OH · 2021
General support and various projects
$1.5M
Dayton Performing Arts Alliance · Dayton, OH · 2023
Various projects
$1.3M
Dayton Early College Academy · Dayton, OH · 2022
General support and various projects
$1.1M
Dayton Performing Arts Alliance · Dayton, OH · 2022
General support and various projects
$1.1M
Dayton Children'S Hospital Foundation · Dayton, OH · 2023
Various projects
$1.1M
University of Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$1.1M
University of Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2023
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
$870,756
Friends of Aullwood · Dayton, OH · 2021
General support and various projects
$862,849
Dayton Performing Arts Alliance · Dayton, OH · 2021
General support and various projects
$828,681
University of Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2022
General support and various projects
$752,707
The Calvary Cemetery Association · Dayton, OH · 2022
Various projects
$750,000
Vanguard Charitable · Warwick, RI · 2023
M. Christina manchester family fund
$746,503
Dayton History · Dayton, OH · 2023
Various projects
$742,186
Oakwood City School District · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$739,704
Dayton Children'S Hospital Foundation · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$734,370
The Calvary Cemetery Association · Dayton, OH · 2021
Various projects
$670,000
Aim for Seva · Saylorsburg, PA · 2023
To build a school
$648,816
Dayton History · Dayton, OH · 2021
General support and various projects
$584,052
Learn To Earn Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$573,948
Ymca of Greater Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2022
General support and various projects
$572,558
Friends of Aullwood · Dayton, OH · 2023
Various projects
$570,000
Montgomery County Law Enforcement Memorial Association · Dayton, OH · 2024
Memorial project
$563,160
Ronald McDonald House Charities Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2021
General support and various projects
$552,549
Friends of Aullwood · Dayton, OH · 2022
General support
$551,343
Friends of Aullwood · Dayton, OH · 2024
Unrestricted , education program
$537,601
Ohio'S Hospice of Dayton Foundation · Dayton, OH · 2021
General support and various projects
$501,500
St Xavier High School · Cincinnati, OH · 2021
General support and st. Xavier pool
$500,000
Northern Michigan University Foundation · Marquette, MI · 2024
Berry chair business school
$498,159
Area Agency On Aging Psa 2 · Dayton, OH · 2021
To cover the estimated deficit through 2/1/2024
$484,990
Archbishop Alter High School · Kettering, OH · 2022
General support and scholarships
$480,976
Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School · Dayton, OH · 2022
General support and various projects
$462,277
Ohio'S Hospice of Dayton Foundation · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$440,454
Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School · Dayton, OH · 2023
Various projects
$437,681
Dayton Early College Academy · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$434,267
The Miami Valley School · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$422,737
Ohio'S Hospice of Dayton Foundation · Dayton, OH · 2023
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
$401,123
Dayton Live · Dayton, OH · 2023
Various projects
$385,634
United Way of the Greater Dayton Area · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$377,534
United Way of the Greater Dayton Area · Dayton, OH · 2023
Unrestricted
$367,125
Wright State University · Dayton, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$366,826
Learn To Earn Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2022
General support and various projects
$355,891
Ohio'S Hospice of Dayton Foundation · Dayton, OH · 2022
General support and various projects
$350,730
Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley · Dayton, OH · 2023
Various projects
$349,264
Oakwood City School District · Dayton, OH · 2021
Various projects
$343,571
The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$339,994
United Way of the Greater Dayton Area · Dayton, OH · 2022
General support and various projects
$338,843
Miami University · Oxford, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$322,077
United Way of the Greater Dayton Area · Dayton, OH · 2021
General support and various projects
$320,921
Ymca of Greater Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2021
General support and various projects
$320,139
Dayton Children'S Hospital Foundation · Dayton, OH · 2022
General support and various projects
$317,750
Fisher Nightingale Houses · Wright Patterson Afb, OH · 2021
General support and various projects
$312,707
Sicsa · Washington Township, OH · 2024
Various projects
$309,253
Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley · Dayton, OH · 2022
General support and various projects
$304,242
Humane Society of Greater Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$298,459
Wright State University · Dayton, OH · 2021
General support and various projects
$296,800
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality · Dayton, OH · 2023
Various projects
$296,451
The Muse Machine · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$292,666
The Foodbank · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$289,475
The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$284,975
Humane Society of Greater Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2023
Various projects
$282,695
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company · Dayton, OH · 2021
General support and various projects
$282,389
Dayton Children'S Hospital Foundation · Dayton, OH · 2021
General support and various projects
$279,400
Daybreak · Dayton, OH · 2021
General support and various projects
$271,000
Antioch College Corporation Dba Antioch College · Yellow Springs, OH · 2022
General support and various projects
$270,523
Sicsa · Washington Township, OH · 2021
General support and various projects
$269,633
Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley · Dayton, OH · 2024
Various projects
$268,488
Wright State University · Dayton, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$267,248
The Muse Machine · Dayton, OH · 2023
Various projects
$260,788
Sicsa · Washington Township, OH · 2023
Various projects
$257,211
Miami University · Oxford, OH · 2023
Various projects
$256,668
The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$254,262
Humane Society of Greater Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2021
General support and various projects
$254,142
Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley · Dayton, OH · 2023
Various projects
$253,847
Ohio Governors Imagination Library · Dayton, OH · 2024
Montgomery county imagination library, dolly parton imagination library of preble county
$253,000
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality · Dayton, OH · 2021
General support and various projects
$250,917
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company · Dayton, OH · 2022
General support and various projects
$250,000
Christ Hospital Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Integrative medicine fund & aim for wellbeing
$250,000
Cincinnati Blue Line Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Capital campaign
$250,000
Christ Hospital Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Integrative medicine fund & aim for wellbeing
$250,000
Jesuit Conference · Washington, DC · 2022
Professional services expenses
$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
$239,050
St Mary Development Corporation · Dayton, OH · 2021
General support and assist in the funding of shawnee lofts

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.