The Dayton Foundation: About Us

What We Do

The Dayton Foundation is a community foundation that has been serving the philanthropic needs of our Greater Dayton neighbors since 1921.

Like you, we care deeply about the future of our community. That is why we use our knowledge of community issues and charitable giving expertise to develop services and giving options to help you make a difference.

IMPROVING OUR REGION'S QUALITY OF LIFE

We support donors and charitable organizations whose interest is to improve our region's quality of life by:

• helping donors and their advisors develop the best and most tax-wise, customized and effective charitable giving plans;
• maintaining the integrity of our donors' charitable intent, today and in perpetuity;
• investing and managing charitable funds (see chart below);

Current Funds and Future Gifts

• awarding grants ($41.1 million awarded in fiscal year 2006-07) to assist charitable causes and our community's not-for-profit organizations; and

• providing a variety of services to help strengthen local not-for-profit organizations.

Read more about the Foundation's facts and recent accomplishments.

Convening Others for Our Community's Benefit

The Dayton Foundation also brings together community leaders and not-for-profit organizations to strengthen our community by:

• identifying emerging problems and opportunities in our region and
• finding new ways to work together to meet these challenges.

Employing Charitable-Giving Experts to Help Charitable People

Our team of professional and support staff is committed to:

• helping donors make a difference in our community and with the charitable organizations they care about;
• providing skilled, long-term professional management of donors’ charitable dollars and charitable wishes; and
• assisting donors and their advisors identify the best and most tax-wise giving vehicles to help them achieve their charitable goals.

Let us help you realize your charitable dream — simply and efficiently. Learn more about our staff on the Who Here Can Help You page.

To read informative articles about donors and our work with not-for-profit organizations, access current and archived issues of Good News, our general newsletter. You also may read donors' stories by clicking here.

Got a question? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions page.

The Dayton Foundation is a member of the Council on Foundations and has adopted the National Standards established by and for U.S. community foundations as our standard of operation.

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File date: 05-08-08