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Dayton Foundation gives nonprofits $148K

26 January 2011

Dayton Foundation gives nonprofits $148K

Dayton Business Journal
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

The Dayton Foundation awarded $148,000 in grants to 10 Dayton-area nonprofits during the second half of 2010.

YMCA of Greater Dayton received the largest amount of funding — $25,000 — to assist in building a new recreation hall at Camp Kern, which will expand its indoor programming space for youth and small groups.

Other donor fund recipients announced Wednesday were:

• AIDS Resource Center Ohio, $20,000, to help explore a possible alliance with the Columbus AIDS Task Force to reduce duplication of efforts and costs, as well as enhance programming;

• Daybreak, $20,000, to assist in establishing a group home with mental health and support services for runaway and homeless youth;

• Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, $10,000, to support the Steps on the Stairs youth education program that illustrates the life, work and times of Paul Laurence Dunbar;

• Dayton Crayons to Classrooms, $15,000, to help expand their services in the region by providing basic school supplies to nine additional schools;

• Dayton Tooling & Manufacturing Association Foundation, $8,000, to help students gain practical knowledge of math, science and engineering by building remote-controlled robots in the DTMA Bots program;

• Good Neighbor House, $10,000, to assist in expanding dental services to the growing number of individuals in need in Montgomery County;

• Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley, $15,000 to help provide career counseling, assisted technology devices and training in the use of technology to youth with visual disabilities;

• Life Enrichment Center, $10,000, to support the development of the East Side Nonprofit Resource Center, in cooperation with the Life Resource Center and other nonprofits; and

• Ohio Historical Society, $15,000, to help repair windows in the historic Carnegie Library, which houses the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center.

The Dayton Foundation, founded in 1921, aids donors in finding ways to achieve their charitable objectives, invests and manages donors’ charitable funds and provides grants and leadership to grow philanthropy to help meet community needs.