Connections is a service to our donors and the not-for-profit organizations in our community. It details grantmaking opportunities for you with local charities that have recently received a discretionary grant from The Dayton Foundation. All of these organizations have been researched by our Grants Department, and a summary of their grant proposals is included.

Listed below are those organizations that received a grant from The Dayton Foundation within the last discretionary grant cycle. As you may see, for many of these requests, we were able to fund only to a certain level. The organizations may still have unmet needs associated with their specified programs.

If you would like additional information about any of these programs, please feel free to contact the charity directly. Their phone numbers are listed below, or you may visit their web site, if available.

Alzheimer’s Association, Miami Valley Chapter - Technology Upgrade
$115,000 Total Project Budget
$17,000 Granted

The Alzheimer’s Association is collaborating with the Ohio Department of Aging and The Benjamin Rose Institute to provide ongoing, education-intensive visits over a one-year period to 120 families living with Alzheimer’s. Funds will be used to purchase four notebook computers and a new server for the Reducing Disability in Alzheimer’s Disease project, which will help delay or prevent nursing home placement of persons with Alzheimer’s disease. The computers and server will enable more efficient home-care visits by staff as they access and update client information.

American Red Cross, Dayton Area Chapter - Family Living Center Transition
$15,000 Total Project Budget
$10,000 Granted

Due to a shortage of permanent supportive housing for local families in need, and in response to a request by the Homeless Solutions Policy Board, the Red Cross Family Living Center is converting 15 emergency housing units into permanent housing. Because new funding for the permanent homes does not begin until the units are vacated and the permanent supportive clients have been qualified, funds will help make up for revenue lost during the transition.

Community Blood Center - Community Tissue Services’ Center for Tissue, Innovation and Research
$ 39.7 Million Total Project Budget
$ 20,000 Granted

Funds will help build a new 90,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art Center for Tissue, Innovation and Research for the Community Blood Center/Community Tissue Services (CBC/CTS). The Center, which will be located in the Miami Valley Research Park, will put CBC/CTS at the forefront of new graft development and biotechnology. The Center will house facilities for tissue manufacturing, processing, marketing and distribution, as well as a research and development laboratory. This leading-edge research and development will increase CBC/CTS’s capacity to provide for the growing demand for tissue grafts.

The Dayton Art Institute - Reaching Out to Our Neighborhood Diversity Project
$45,700 Total Project Budget
$10,000 Granted

The Dayton Art Institute (DAI) created the Reaching Out to Our Neighborhood diversity project in response to its strategic planning initiative that identified diversity as one of four key priorities. Funds will help DAI reach broader and more diverse audiences by conducting focus groups, holding diversity training for staff and volunteers, and offering educator workshops and a symposium in conjunction with the Arthur Primas Collection: 100 Years of African-American Art exhibit.

Fisher Nightingale Houses, Inc. - Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Fisher House Capital Campaign
$3.15 Million Total Project Budget
$25,000 Granted

Funds will assist in building a new Fisher House, a compassionate care facility for military members and families whose loved ones are undergoing medical treatment at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Medical Center. The national Fisher House Foundation has provided a $2.15 million matching award toward the project, which will replace the existing Nightingale House that is not handicapped accessible and has fewer accommodations.

KDI Workshop, Inc. - KDI Workshop
$100,000 Total Project Budget
$15,000 Granted

KDI Workshop, Inc., offers high school students with disabilities career development activities that provide a realistic connection between school and work. Activities include automated mail processing, binding/collating production, cosmetic assembly, data entry and duplicating. Additional funds will be used to purchase a book debinder that will assist students in debinding books and sorting paper in order to sell it to a recycling company. This will enable the organization to increase the number of students served by the program and generate additional revenue.

K12 Gallery for Youth - The HAALO Project
$36,200 Total Project Budget
$10,000 Granted

K12 Gallery for Youth is partnering with the Montgomery County Juvenile Court Probation Services Department on the Helping Adolescents Attain Long-term Objectives (HAALO) project, an in-depth, 11-month-long art program to be used as an alternative to incarceration. Additional financial support will fund a staff position and purchase supplies needed for teens to create individual art using various media, as well as a group-created mural.

Memorial United Church of Christ/Kids In New Directions - 2010-11 Education Enrichment Program
$131,800 Total Project Budget
$15,000 Granted

Funds will support Kids in New Direction’s (KIND) 2010-11 after-school and summer programs for underserved East Dayton children. Activities include tutoring programs in math and reading; the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery’s “Exhibits To Go” program; the SMART program that teaches the math and science of healthy cooking; the Asian Arts Center’s Taekwondo programs that promote exercise as a way to create focus in academics; and arts and culture learning experiences sponsored by K12 Gallery for Youth.

Parity, Inc. - Mentoring Program
$60,000 Total Project Budget
$10,000 Granted

Through Parity’s Mentoring Program, students benefit from structured relationships with volunteer adult role models, who provide academic and emotional support, as well as recreational, social and other enrichment opportunities. Funds will support Parity’s collaborative efforts with community partners to expand its mentoring services to at-risk youth by adding another school to this program. The expansion will serve 40 additional students during the 2010-2011 school year at Bellhaven Elementary in Dayton.

Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region - Electronic Health Records System
$73,600 Total Project Budget
$10,000 Granted

Funds will assist the organization in converting to electronic health records, as mandated by federal regulations due to take effect in 2012, by purchasing hardware and wiring, as well as subsidize a portion of the IT manager position. The project will enable the organization to better serve patients by providing more accessible records, improving responsiveness in reviewing lab results, and decreasing coding and billing errors.