Good News

Good News is The Dayton Foundation’s national award-winning newsletter. It features the people, the work and the vision of this regional community foundation. Good News strives to capture the spirit of The Dayton Foundation and to report back to people on the results of this collective community effort.

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Summer 2023

Highlights: Foundation Leadership Initiative: $450K Grant to Help Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors; Yokley-Gamblin Family Scholarship and Foundation Funds: Donor’s Passion for Helping Others Inspires Her Purpose; Nonprofit Capacity-Building Partnership Aims to Empower Local Organizations; In Remembrance of Burnell Roberts and Dick Glennon: The Dayton Foundation Says Goodbye to Former Governing Board Members; Chief Development Officer with “Greatest Job in the World” Retires; From the President: Education and Understanding is Key to Creating a Bright Future for All; Grant Helps Bring New Life to Northwest Dayton: Inclusive Housing Campus Underway for LGBTQ+ Older Adults and Allies

Fall/Winter 2022

Highlights: Del Mar Encore Fellows Initiative: Fellows Look to Expand Program’s Reach; David Miller Is the Foundation’s New Board Chair; Renewable and Completion Scholarship Funds: Continuing Support Helps Students Make It to the Finish Line; End-of-Year Giving and Grantmaking; From the President: DEI as a Community-wide Strategy Makes Greater Dayton Better for All; Thanks to Marva Cosby; Recent Discretionary Grants; The Dayton Foundation News; New Endowment Funds; Grants in Action

Spring 2022

Highlights: Montgomery County Ohio College Promise Program Looks to “Extend the Promise,” Help 500 Additional Students Chase Their Dreams; Professor E. Champ and Alma Warrick Scholarship Fund: Fund Honors Grandparents, Helps Students Pursue Their Dreams; Longtime Donor, Community Volunteer Believes that “Happiness Is Rooted in Helping Others;” From the President: Collective Action Is Key to Making Significant Impact; The Dayton Foundation News: Foundation Announces Five Awards for Excellence in Community Leadership; Tips on Charitable Giving: Investing with Purpose

Fall 2021

Highlights: Trailblazing Through Time: Innovative Women of The Dayton Foundation; Centennial Culmination Event Was a Night to Remember! Foundation Announced Gifts to the Community Campaign Total $2.1 Million; 100 Years of Helping You Help Others: Donor Photos, Stories Remind Us of Why We Are Here; From the President: Collective Action Is Key to Making Significant Impact; Northwest Dayton Partnership: New Initiative Aims to Build Economic and Racial Equity; CARE House: Grant Helps Children Feel “Safe, Supported and Believed”; Thank You to Our Centennial Celebration Sponsors

Summer 2021

Highlights: 100 Years of Helping You Help Others: Everyday Donors Who Care Are the Fabric of The Dayton Foundation; A Lifetime of Community Service: The Dayton Foundation Says Goodbye to Two Former Governing Board Chairs; Trailblazing Through Time: Innovators of the African-American Community Fund, Then and Now; From the President: Equity and Inclusion Work Carries On, Thanks to Innovative Leadership; Ronald McDonald House Charities Dayton: Grant Helps Families and First Responders Through Pandemic; Outdoor Theatre Brings the History of Ohio to Virtual Audiences, Thanks to Grant; Save the Date! The Dayton Foundation’s Centennial Celebration - 100 Years of Helping You Help Others

Fall 2020

Highlights: Foundation’s Largest Gift Is “Building a Better Dayton”, Meet Marva Cosby: New Board Chair to Lead Foundation into Second Century of Service; Murl E. Huffman Scholarship Fund: Longtime Educator Celebrates 100th Birthday with the Gift of Education; COVID-19 Response Fund for Greater Dayton: Fund Helps Community Respond to Unprecedented Crisis; From the President: Collaborating to Create an Equitable, Age Friendly and Livable Community for All; Local Sewing Studio Gets Creative During Pandemic; Thanks to James R. Pancoast; Grant Helps Instill an Appreciation for Nature Through the Arts; The Making Memories Fund: Loved Ones’ Battles with Alzheimer’s Inspire Donor to Give Back; Dayton Foundation Staff Recognized for their Work; Centennial Celebration Kicks Off November 12!

Spring 2020

Highlights: Everyday Experiences Inspire Funds, Motivate Donors to Make a Difference; The Hundred Club of Dayton Fund: Supports First Responders Who “Put Their Lives on the Line for Us Every Day”; Surendra and Sushila Singhvi Family Foundation: Man’s Charitable Journey Is Rooted in Faith and Family; Tips on Charitable Giving; From the President: Your Community Foundation’s Response to 2019 Tragedies; Grant Revitalizes Neighborhoods, Helps Residents Enjoy Home Sweet Home; Remembering Irv Bieser

Fall 2019

Highlights: Greater Dayton Disaster Relief and Dayton Oregon District Tragedy Funds: Giving in Times of Need; From the President: New Look. New Location. Renewed Commitment to Our Community; Marianna F. Slanker Family Fund: $3.4 Million Legacy Gift Pays Homage to Hometown; Tips on Charitable Giving; The Dr. Stanley A. Earley, Jr., and Charity Edna Earley Family Fund: Couple’s Service to Their Country and Community Is ‘Just What You Did;’ Society of St. Vincent de Paul: Grants from Greater Dayton Disaster Relief Fund Help Tornado Victims Make a ‘Fresh Start’

Spring 2019

Highlights: Dayton Art Institute Celebrates Centennial Anniversary; Learn to Earn Dayton: The Dayton Foundation News; The Hoffman Family of Funds; From the President: A Call for Greater Equality; Grants in Action; On Turning 100: Foundation Donor Reflects on Giving and Shares Tips for Living a Long and Happy Life

Summer/Fall 2018

Highlights: Moving Forward - New Building to Focus on Community Partnerships; Meet James Pancoast, New Board Chair; Tips on Charitable Giving; Camp Founder Continues to Inspire a Love for the Outdoors More than a Century Later; From the President: Partnering for Progress; Thank You, Craig J. Brown; Honoring Veterans by Celebrating Dayton’s Rich Softball Heritage; The Storybook Project Brings Separated Families a Little Closer

Spring 2018

Highlights: Gem City Market Offers Residents “More than a Grocery Store”; Fuyao Glass America Hardship Fund: Bridging the Gap in Times of Need; Couple Carries Out Mission of Faith Through Fund; The Dayton Foundation News; From the President: Foundation Poised for Best Fiscal Year Yet; Grant Helps Teachers Nurture Students’ Love for STEM; How the New Tax Legislation Could Affect Your Charitable Deductions

Summer 2017

Highlights: Collaborative Effort REACHes New Heights; Community Conversations: Where Rivers Run, People Follow; New Space Gives Families a Place to Call Their Own; Fellows Selected to Help Lead Community Efforts; From the President: The Value of Volunteerism; Childhood Memories Inspire Lasting Family Legacy; Joining Together to Make a Collective Impact

Spring 2017

Highlights: Strengthening Community Through Music; Craig J. Brown is New Board Chair; Thanks to J. Norman Eckstein; Tips on Charitable Giving; From the President: Growing Together for a Stronger Community; Unlikely Couple Helps Students Fulfill Their Dreams; Grant Helps Individuals Live More Independently

Summer 2016

Highlights: Creating a Foundation for Success; Grant Helps Women “Build Strength in Mind and Body”; Wright Factory Site Poised to Revitalize West Dayton, Preserve Aviators' Legacy; The Dayton Foundation News; Believing in the Next Generation of Donors; Program Builds Stories, One LEGO at a Time; Grant Moves STEM to the Great Outdoors, Tips on Charitable Giving

Spring 2016

Highlights: Comforting Military Families in Times of Need; Fund Honors Hero’s Spirit by Encouraging Others to Be Kind; A Dayton Institution Creates the Foundation’s Second Largest Fund; Tips on Charitable Giving; Grant Helps Elevate Pediatric Care to New Heights; Program Empowers Youth to Take Charge of Their Health; Aspiring Cooks Help Feed Hungry Families, Thanks to Grant

Summer 2015

Highlights: Early Dayton Family’s Legacy Rooted in Love of Community; J. Norman Eckstein Is New Board Chair; Special Thanks to Ellen Ireland; Popular New Program “Links” Residents with Downtown Attractions; What Do You Want Your Legacy to Be?; Grant Helps Nonprofit Organization #SpreadtheGood; Milestone Puts College Promise Scholars Closer to Their Dreams; Former Astronaut and U.S. Senator Backs New Ohio Civics Website

Spring 2015

Highlights: Miami Valley Works, a New Dayton Foundation Initiative: Rebuilding Lives, One Job at a Time; Blake LaForce #41 Memorial Fund: Son’s Calling Inspires Family to Carry on His Legacy; A New Look and New Leadership Initiative; Born a Century Ago, Donors Continue Impacting Lives through Endowed Funds; 100+ Men Who Care Fund: Giving Group’s Modest Approach Makes a Big Difference; Concert Offers Youth Unique Collaboration; Grant Aids Hospice Patients, Loved Ones

Summer 2014

Highlights: Nearly $500,000 Del Mar Social Innovation Award Bridges the Gap in Senior Programming; Barry R. and Joy A. James Fund: Transforming Lives at Home and Abroad; Initiative Gets Boost with Grants to prevent “summer slide;” Dayton Contemporary Dance Company: Foundation grant helps inspire audiences locally and around the world; Feast of Giving Fund: Ensuring a Dayton Tradition Lasts; Livin’ the Dream Fund: Longtime friends turn blessings into brotherhood of giving

Spring 2014

Highlights: Foundation Grant Helps Victoria Theatre Association Elevate Local Arts to “The Next Stage;” The Kuntz Foundation: One Family’s Charitable Legacy Spans Three Centuries; Initiative Receives $200,000, Resources to Lead Higher Education Efforts; The Disability Foundation Announces New Trust Option for Individuals and Families; House of Bread Feeds More Hungry, Touches More Lives, Thanks to Grant; The Waverly Glover Scholarship Fund: Life’s Blessings Inspire Donor to Pay it Forward

Summer 2013

Highlights: The Wright Brothers’ Home Has a New Owner: The Dayton Foundation Transfers Hawthorn Hill to Dayton History; New Foundation Chair Ellen Ireland: Embracing the Fabric of Our Community; Special Thanks to Jerry Tatar; Homefull’s Gettysburg Gateway Shelter Mircro-Farm: Homeless Residents Get Back – and Stay on – Their Feet; Operation 1,000 Cherry Tree Fund: Fund Helps Donor Say ‘Thank You’ to Our Community; New Fund Option for Donors with IRA Distributions; Grant Makes Plan for Community Conference Center

Spring 2013

Highlights: Learn to Earn Dayton: Blazing a Trail to Opportunity; The Pearl A. Dale and Audrey Parker Scholarship Fund: Education Aids Sisters in Overcoming Odds; ScholarshipCONNECT℠: A New Online Resource for Students; Failure Was Not an Option for Foundation Scholarship Recipient; Mathile College Completion Scholarship; The Maureen Demers Memorial Fund for the Needy: Donor’s Last Wish Benefits Those in Need; Center for Tissue, Innovation and Research: Foundation Grant Provides Second Chances at Life; Montgomery County Ohio College Promise Helps “Diamonds in the Rough” Excel; Grants in Action: Grant Makes Plan for Outdoor Amphitheater Come to Life and Foundation Donors’ Grants Make Children in Developing Countries Smile

Summer 2012

Highlights: The Dayton Foundation Provides Support for Regional Transformation: Goodwill Easter Seals Grows Capacity to Empower People with Disabilities; Air Camp Inspires Kids to Pursue Aviation, Aeronautics and STEM Education; The Disability Foundation Provides Life’s Little Extras; Mary and Richard Pryor Fund Carries on Couple’s Legacy of Helping Others; Endowment Funds Help Perpetuate Wife’s Legacy, Share Family History; Access to Recreation Initiative Grant: Enhancing Recreation Services for Those with Disabilities; The Donor Next Door: Sara Kimmel Lytle; Oakwood Schools Foundation Welcomes Julie Halpern; The Dayton Foundation Has Gone Mobile; Foundation Wins Regional Awards for Outstanding Public Relations Activities; Donors and Organizations Establish Funds to Help Others; Recent Discretionary Grants Help Build a Better Community; Program helps More Adults Learn to Read, Thanks to Grant; Lunchtime Arts Series Offers “A Bit of Magic”

Spring 2012

Highlights: Dayton’s Performing Arts Merger: A Creative and Courageous Action Holds Great Promise; New Foundation Chair Jerry Tatar: A Thoughtful View of Our Community and the Foundation’s Growing Role; Ray Wright Memorial Scholarship Fund: Love of Work Creates Legacy of Giving; Thanks to Former Chair, Dr. Gary L. LeRoy; From the President: Exciting Developments for a Brighter Future; African-American Community Fund: Celebrating 20 Years of Helping the African-American Community; Tips on Charitable Giving: Charitable Gift Programs Simplified Through Foundation Service; Recent Discretionary Grants Help Build a Better Community; Two New Members Welcomed to The Dayton Foundation Governing Board; Whitney Briggs Joins Development Department; Brighter Tomorrow Foundation Surpasses $542,000 in Grants

Summer 2011

Highlights: Foundation Grants Seed Effort, Carillon Park Brings Dayton’s Stories to Life; From the President: A Walk Through the Foundation, A Walk Through History; Harry A. Toulmin, Jr., and Virginia B. Toulmin Fund: When the Cupboard Is Bare, The Foodbank Can Help; From Our History File: Stories of Dayton Foundation Donors; Recent Discretionary Grants Help Build a Better Community; Converting a Private Foundation for Easier Charitable Giving; DP&L Stock – The Charitable Option to a Likely Taxable Event; Grant Helps Offer Comforts of Home to Ailing Servicemen and Servicewomen; Individuals with Disabilities Experience New Sights, Sounds, Thanks to Grant; New Endowment Funds

Spring 2011

Highlights: College Promise Program: “With Education, All Things Are Possible;” Throughout the Foundation’s 90 Years – Giving for Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow; Caring for Alzheimer’s Patients Made Easier, Thanks to Dayton Foundation Grant; Mark Andrew Kreusch Memorial Fund: Parents Keep Son’s Memory Alive by Helping Other Children Smile; Founders: The Beginning of The Dayton Foundation in 1921; Create a Charitable Legacy by Donating Closely Held Stock; Recent Discretionary Grants Help Enhance Our Community’s Future; New Endowment Funds

Summer/Fall 2010

Highlights: A Tribute to Frederick C. Smith; Virginia Bernthal Toulmin Leaves a Legacy of Good for Greater Dayton; Strengthening the Region’s Economy: The Business Perspective on Minorities on Corporate Boards; Grant to Health Ministries Program Helps Save a Life; Peter Osborn Knapp YMCA Camp Kern Scholarship Fund: All Kids Should Experience the Magic of Camp; Tips on Charitable Giving: Converting to a Roth IRA? Consider Making a Meaningful Charitable Gift to Offset Taxes

Spring 2010

Highlights: A Passion for Helping People: Dr. Gary LeRoy Is New Board Chair; Special Thanks to Charles A. Jones; The Edward L. and Esther B. Kohnle Fund: Legacy Gift Perpetuates Family Devotion to Community; Becker Family Endowment Funds: Longtime Dayton Company and Family’s Legacy of Giving Back; How to Make a Greater Community Impact and Meet Unknown Future Needs; Baseball Is More Than a Game at The Miracle Field: Program Fills Backpacks, Gives Students Boost; Foundation Grant Helps Restore Power, Routine to Residents

Summer/Fall 2009

Highlights: Foundation Grant to Cityfolk Helps Create Stronger, More Peaceful Dayton Neighborhoods; Dorothea and Donald Spindler Fund: Love of Dayton Spurred Generosity to the Community; The Physicians’ Charitable Foundation of the Miami Valley Partners with The Dayton Foundation to Benefit Region with Improved Access to Health Care, Educational Programs; Fund Dedicated to Furthering Thyrsa Frazier Svager’s Passion for Education; Grant to Assist Reentry Students: New Program Fills Need for Renewable and Clean Energy Engineers; David A. Saidel Merit Scholarship Fund Celebrates Young Life Cut Short

Spring 2009

Highlights: Virginia B. Toulmin: Donor Makes Largest Legacy Gift in Dayton Foundation History; Life Enrichment Center Feeds the Hungry with Help from Foundation Grants; Partnership at Work for The Disability and Brighter Tomorrow Foundations; Performing Artists Bloom in Dayton, Thanks to Josephine Schwarz Funds; New Service for Handling IRA Distributions to Charity; Dayton Foundation Names Vice Chair and Welcomes Two New Board Members

Summer/Fall 2008

Highlights: Dayton Foundation Grant Helps Daybreak Create a Safe Haven for Homeless Youth; Eichelberger Foundation: Donors with “Common Touch” Leave Uncommon Gift; Wright State University Founder’s Passion to Expand College Opportunities Lives On; Uninsured Get Vital Medicines, Thanks to Foundation Grants; Give the Gift of Charitable Giving; Jerry Trimbach Scholarship Fund: Successful Entrepreneur’s Education Inspires Fund

Spring 2008

Highlights: New Foundation Initiative Brings Crayons to Classrooms; Minority Economic Development Council: Glosing the Gap in Minority Business and Economic Development; Charles A. Jones is New Board Chair; Special Thanks to Fred C. Setzer, Jr.; Dayton-Montgomery County Scholarship Program: Puts College in Reach of Local Students; and the Lura I. McEvoy Fund: “Woman’s” Best Friend Inspires Donor’s Legacy

Spring 2007

Highlights: The Greater Dayton Conservation Fund: Preserving Our Natural Treasures for Future Generations; Trey Melvin: A Young Person’s Personal Crusade to Reach Out to People in Need; The Dayton Foundation’s Diversity Task Force Enters a New Phase; Cindy Edgar Leaves Legacy of Hope for Children; Neighborhood School Centers Initiative: Pilot Project will Benefit Students, Families, Neighborhood Redevelopment; Greater Dayton Youth Advisory Council Endowment Fund: Letting Youth Decide How to Improve the Lives of Other Young People; Rhythm in Shoes: Foundation Grant Fosters Collaboration, Celebrates 20 Years of Toe-Tapping Good Fun

Fall 2006

Highlights: The Wright Brothers’ Hawthorn Hill: Donation of a National Treasure; Dayton-Montgomery County Scholarship Program: New Partnership Benefits College-Bound Students and the Community; Vicki D. Pegg Named to Foundation Governing Board; James M. Hewitt Funds Help Youth and Visually Impaired People; Using IRA Assets Tax Free for Charity

Spring/Summer 2006

Highlights: The Big Picture on the Foundation’s Grantmaking; Harmony Campership Fund Helps Kids to Be Kids; Rex Warner Leadership Award: Saluting the Leaders of Tomorrow; Pooled Flexible-Spending Trust: A New Option for Loved Ones with Disabilities; New, Streamlined Grant Application Process for Nonprofits Unveiled

Winter 2006

Highlights: New Governing Board Chair Fred C. Setzer, Jr.,: A Focus on Community Service, Collaboration; Zorniger Family Fund: Giving to Others in a Manner that “Just Made Sense;” A Special Thank You to Judy D. McCormick; Foundation Grants Give the Gift of Life Through Art; Special Recognition, Performances Take Center Stage at Biennial Celebration

Fall 2005

Highlights: Foundation Partners with Others in the Development of Dayton History; Building for the Future: Anonymous Donors Dedicate Time, Money to Expand Young Minds; Local Architect Encourages Students to Change People’s Lives; Foundation’s Charitable Checking Account℠ Service Makes Budgeting for Charity Easy; Recent Discretionary Grants Help Build a Better Community

Summer 2005

Highlights: Diversity Task Force Update: Local Businesses Test Model to Create More Diverse Workforce; Foundation Grant Nourishes Foodbank; Disability Foundation Helps Individuals Lead Better Lives; Gift That Last; Christine and Marvin Olinsky: Donors Believe in Building Community, Every Day; Deferred Funds Perpetuate Philanthropy; Chief Paul J. Price Scholarship Fund: Public Servant"s Legacy of Giving Lives On

Winter/Spring 2005

Highlights: A New Dayton Foundation Initiative: Neighborhood School Centers; Former NCR Chairman William S. Anderson – Longtime Donor is Catalyst for Innovation; Donald and Virginia Collett – A Life of Labor, a Life of Love, Family Funds Are Donors’ Legacy for Giving; Ellen S. Ireland Named to the Governing Board; Charitable Checking Account℠ Service Simplifies Company Charitable Giving Programs; Teachers Bring Cuba into the Classroom, Thanks to Foundation Grant

Fall 2004

Highlights: Dayton Foundation Leadership Initiative: Academy Has Profound Impact on Public Education; Sharon and Doug Scholz Prove Giving Is a Work of Heart; Kalaman Scholarship Fund – Community Rallies for Fallen Police Officer; Aviation Trail, Inc., The Sky’s the Limit; Using Your Charitable Checking Account Creatively

Summer 2004

Highlights: New Governing Board Chair; WWII Flying Ace, Jack Purdy, and his Wife Leave Legacy of Love for Dayton; New Governing Board Members Named; Foundation Grant to Holt Street Miracle Center Gives Help, Hope to Poor Men with Addictions; Huston Clemens Scholarship Fund Turns Tragedy into Hope

Winter/Spring 2004

Highlights: Newly Retired Board Chair Robert S. Neff; Challenger Legacy Launches Students; Funds Perpetuate Donors’ Lifelong Love of Music; Foundation’s Legacy Partnership Program Fills Gap for Area Not-for-Profits; Foundation Grant Gives Hopeful Future to Children

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