CommUnity! - 2024-2025 Report to the Community
We’re pleased to share with you our 2024-2025 Report to the Community, CommUnity! Throughout the report, you’ll read about the many ways the Foundation is leading and inspiring change through our fund holders, grantmaking, partnerships and collaborations, and leadership initiatives. We hope you enjoy the report and learn more about The Dayton Foundation and how we help you help others.
Report Highlights
Our Message to the Community
Governing Board Chair Jan Culver and Dayton Foundation President Mike Parks share highlights from a fiscal year that saw near record-breaking grantmaking and significant progress on leadership initiatives. They also share their perspectives on the innovative, collaborative and dynamic work that is on the horizon for the Foundation.
Impacting CommUnity! through Collaboration
Read how we collaborate with community partners to address significant local issues and effect real change in Greater Dayton through our leadership initiatives.
Building CommUnity! through Grantmaking
From July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025, discretionary and Greenlight GrantsSM awards totaled more than $1 million. Read about these grants, which are made possible thanks to donors who have provided unrestricted or lightly restricted funds that enable the Foundation to act on opportunities for the community and address pressing needs throughout the region.
Stories of CommUnity!
The 2024-25 Report to the Community shows the collective impact our more than 4,400 donors made last fiscal year on our community – and the world – through their Dayton Foundation funds. Read how a few of these donors are helping others and making a difference for causes important to them.
Your CommUnity! Foundation at Work
Check out our financial highlights for fiscal year 2025, including record-breaking numbers for assets and near record-breaking totals for grants and program distributions. From the arts to health and human services, see where Foundation fund holders are directing most of their grant dollars.
Empowering CommUnity! through Scholarships
Learn how scholarships from more than 320 Dayton Foundation scholarship funds are helping students further their education and pursue their dreams.
Leadership of The Dayton Foundation/Operating Fund Contributors
Meet the Foundation’s Governing Board and senior management team, as well as the generous individuals who contributed to our operating fund. These gifts allow us to undertake critical leadership initiatives and collaborative efforts to benefit our community, maintain and improve services for donors and nonprofit organizations, and ensure the Foundation’s dedication to improving the quality of life throughout the Dayton Region.
Ten Ways The Dayton Foundation Can Help You Help Others
Learn ten facts about The Dayton Foundation and how we help individuals, organizations and professional advisors help others.