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Who does The Dayton Foundation fund?

The Dayton Foundation has awarded $201 million across 2,913 grants to 1,187 grantees between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $15,000, with most between $8,400 and $37,396. Repeat grantees receive a median $17,543 versus $10,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$200.8M
Typical grant
$15K
Grantees
1,187
Grants
2,913
Years
2019–2024

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Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 1,187 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Support
Ronald McDonald House Charities Dayton $19.1M62019–20242024OH
University of Dayton $12.0M62019–20242024OH
Learn to Earn Dayton $8.6M62019–20242024OH
O Oakwood City School District $8.5M62019–20242024— —
Dayton History $6.6M62019–20242024OH
Dayton Performing Arts Alliance $6.3M62019–20242024OH
Dayton Early College Academy INC $6.1M62019–20242024OH
Friends of Aullwood INC $4.4M62019–20242024OH
Area Agency on Aging Planning and Service Area 2 $3.7M32019–20242024OH
Antioch College Corporation $3.5M32019–20212021OH
Foodbank INC $3.2M62019–20242024OH
V Victoria Theatre Association $2.8M62019–20242024OH
Dayton Children's Hospital Foundation $2.7M62019–20242024OH
Calvary Cemetery Association of Dayton Ohio $2.2M32019–20222022OH
Ohio's Hospice Foundation $2.1M52019–20242024OH
The United Way of the Greater Dayton Area $2.1M62019–20242024OH
Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley $1.7M62019–20242024OH
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company $1.6M62019–20242024OH
W Wright State University $1.6M52019–20242024— —
C Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School $1.5M62019–20242024OH
Humane Society of Greater Dayton $1.5M62019–20242024OH
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Dayton $1.4M52019–20242024OH
The Muse Machine INC $1.4M62019–20242024OH
Daybreak INC $1.4M62019–20242024OH
Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley $1.4M62019–20242024OH
Dayton Metro Library Foundation $1.3M62019–20242024OH
S Sicsa $1.3M52019–20242024OH —
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality INC $1.3M52019–20242024OH
T The Ohio State University $1.3M52019–20242024OH
Deca Prep INC $1.2M52019–20242024OH
M Miami University $1.2M62019–20242024OH
American Veterinary Medical Foundation $1.1M62019–20242024IL
S St Xavier High School INC $1.1M42019–20232023OH
St Vincent De Paul Social Services INC $998K62019–20242024OH
A Archbishop Alter High School $986K62019–20242024OH
Crayons to Classrooms $956K62019–20242024OH
Planned Parenthood of Southwest Ohio Region $936K52019–20242024OH
The Dayton Art Institute $927K62019–20242024OH
Culture Works $924K62019–20242024OH
County Corp $889K22022–20242024OH
U University of Cincinnati $822K52019–20242024— —
F Five Rivers Metroparks $765K52019–20242024— —
Dayton Society of Natural History Dayton Museum of Natural History $760K62019–20242024OH
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program $750K120232023PA
St Jude Children's Research Hospital INC $688K62019–20242024TN
Miami Valley Hospital Foundation $687K62019–20242024OH
B Baptist International Outreach INC $681K62019–20242024TN
All India Movement Aim for Seva INC $670K120232023PA
Fishernightingale Houses INC $661K42021–20242024OH
Glen Helen Association $656K52020–20242024OH
Shriners Hospitals for Children $646K62019–20242024FL
St Mary Development Corporation $634K62019–20242024OH
Dolly Partons Imagination Library of Ohio $613K52019–20242024OH
Cec Artslink INC $600K32019–20212021NY
Educational Resources Incorporated DBA the Miami Valley School $598K52019–20242024OH
Montgomery County Law Enforcement Memorial INC $570K120242024—
Miami Valley Public Media INC $565K52019–20242024OH
YWCA Dayton $554K62019–20242024OH
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches $553K62021–20242024DC
T The Salvation Army $551K62019–20242024NY
O Ohio University $529K62019–20242024OH
V Vineyard Christian Fellowship- Dayton $528K42019–20242024OH
The Northern Michigan University Foundation $500K120242024—
The Christ Hospital Foundation $500K22022–20232023OH
Omega Community Development Corporation $496K52019–20242024OH
Five Rivers Metroparks Foundation $496K62019–20242024OH
S Sinclair Community College $489K42019–20232023— —
Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio $485K62019–20242024OH
Wright State University Foundation INC $483K52019–20242024OH
The Human Race INC $482K52019–20242024OH
Miami Valley Meals INC $475K42021–20242024OH
Dakota Street Center INC $452K62019–20242024OH
University of Notre Dame Du Lac $434K52019–20242024IN
A Antioch College Corporation DBA Antioch College $421K22022–20232023— —
Boys & Girls Club of Dayton INC $418K62019–20242024OH
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Dayton INC $417K62019–20242024OH
Nehemiah Project International Ministry $415K52019–20242024WA
E East End Community Services Corporation $405K62019–20242024NV —
S Stivers School for the Arts $403K72019–20242024OH —
The Cedarville University $400K52020–20242024OH
O Ohio's Hospice of Dayton Foundation $373K120202020— —
House of Bread $366K52019–20242024OH
St Vincent Depaul Society District Council of Dayton Ohio INC $366K92019–20242024OH
United Rehabilitation Services of Greater Dayton $364K52019–20242024OH
Dayton Ohio Chapter a Special Wish $354K52019–20242024OH
B Bowling Green State University $349K62019–20242024— —
Noble Circle Project $345K62019–20242024OH
C Carroll High School $345K62019–20242024— —
Denison University $344K62019–20242024OH
The Board of Directors of Wittenberg College $339K52019–20242024OH
Good Neighbor House $334K62019–20242024OH
Brigid's Path INC $329K62019–20242024OH
Kettering Medical Center Foundation $328K62019–20242024OH
Contemporary Dayton INC $325K62019–20242024OH
W Wright State University $319K120202020— —
4 Paws for Ability INC $310K62019–20242024OH
Bike Miami Valley Ohio $305K22019–20232023OH
The Learning Tree Farm INC $305K62019–20242024OH
S Southbrook Christian Church $304K42021–20242024OH
Ohio Northern University $302K62019–20242024OH

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