Della B. Gardner Fund

About the Dayton Foundation

As a tax-exempt, charitable nonprofit organization, we steward more than 4,100 funds created by people who care about a variety of charitable causes and interests in our region and beyond. We offer short- and long-term fund options that meet your giving and financial needs now and in the future.

• award grants through competitive grants programs to regional nonprofits;
• award scholarships to aspiring students;
• partner with financial advisors and estate planners to help them help their clients' charitable giving needs; and
• convene and collaborate with others to move the needle on critical community needs and initiatives.

Della B. Gardner Fund

Grants support the care and aid of deserving seniors in need residing within the City of Middletown. The Dayton Foundation will issue an annual Request for Proposals to senior-serving organizations in the Middletown area.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

• To be eligible for a grant, your organization must:
  • be recognized as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization, according to the Internal Revenue Code;
  • be established for at least two years and have a track record of sustainability;
  • benefit citizens in the Greater Dayton region, (Montgomery, Miami, Greene, Darke, Preble and Warren (north) counties);
  • Della B. Gardner Fund is for City of Middletown.
  • demonstrate diversity, equity and inclusion in organizational practices;
  • demonstrate systemic collaboration;
  • address needs that are not met fully by existing organizational or community resources; and
  • have submitted the final report for any previously received Foundation Greenlight GrantSM or discretionary grant.

Ineligibility

• We generally do not award discretionary grants for:
  • general organizational operations, ongoing programs, operational deficits, or reduced or lost funding;
  • individuals, scholarships, travel;
  • religious/sectarian causes;
  • fundraising drives;
  • special or one-time events, annual fundraising drives, ceremonies, conferences and workshops;
  • political activities;
  • public or private schools;
  • endowment funds;
  • hospitals and universities for internal programs;
  • matching grants (unless local dollars are needed to fulfill a condition for a state or federal grant);
  • neighborhood or local jurisdiction projects;
  • newly organized not-for-profit organizations (less than a two-year track record as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization);
  • publications, scientific, medical or academic research projects, research papers;
  • art exhibits; or
  • cultural arts productions, with the exception of funding costs associated with creating original works.
• In addition, multi-year or large-dollar requests (unless they are initiatives approved by the Foundation's Grants Committee or Governing Board) rarely are considered.