Our Message to the Community
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n life, there’s always potential for discovery and growth. Take for example The Dayton Foundation. For over a century, the Foundation has been helping thousands of individuals and families, locally and around the globe, create charitable funds and award grants to charity for the good of others. However, we know there remain many individuals and organizations in our region who know little about us or the variety of services we provide to help you help others.
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The Dayton Foundation | 2022-23 Report to the Community
Throughout this Report to the Community, 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 that you’ll learn something new about the Foundation and, perhaps, share your new knowledge with family, friends and colleagues. Together, we truly are a Greater Dayton.
Report on Fiscal Year 2023
The charitable impact our donors have had on the region this past fiscal year reaffirms that we are a deeply caring and generous community. From July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, individuals and families like you established 260 new funds through the Foundation, bringing the total number of active and deferred funds to 4,145. Thanks to our fund holders, nearly $1.3 billion in grants has been awarded through these funds to nonprofits and scholars near and far since our inception in 1921. Of this amount, more than $124 million flowed out of Foundation donors’ funds this past fiscal year – an alltime high in the Foundation’s history. The generosity of spirit exhibited by our donors lifted up a wide range of charitable causes, including arts and culture; education; conservation and sustainability; diversity and equity; religion; and more. Additionally, gifts made to new and existing funds remained strong at $76.9 million. These new contributions, combined with sound investment oversight, helped set a new record of nearly $1.1 billion in total assets for all funds under management. This