If your organization intends to apply for funding from The Dayton Foundation, we highly recommend that you attend the Foundation's discretionary grants program orientation on Wednesday, June 6, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. This free, 90-minute session will help explain the Foundation's grant application process and funding guidelines.

Registration for this event will open on April 2, 2012.

The first step in the Foundation's discretionary grant application process is to submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) through our online LOI system. The LOI provides the Foundation with an overview of a not-for-profit organization's funding request. If, after the Grants Committee has reviewed your organization's LOI and determined that the project falls within our funding guidelines, you will be sent a full grant application.

Click here to access the Letter of Intent system. All Letters of Intent must be submitted by 5 p.m.