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Mission and History
In 1921, visionary thinking and caring individuals took one big idea – to help individuals find a way to have their charitable wishes stand the test of time – and made it a reality. The idea blossomed into The Dayton Foundation. The individual behind the idea was D. Frank Garland. The family with the means to realize the dream was the Pattersons.  The mission of The Dayton Foundation is to strengthen our community through philanthropy and leadership. John H. Patterson was the founding president of National Cash Register Company (NCR). Julia Shaw Patterson Carnell was Dayton's leading businesswoman and, later, a major underwriter of The Dayton Art Institute. Robert Patterson was a noted civic leader. From an initial $250,000 donation by the Patterson family, to nearly $273 million in assets in 2005, The Dayton Foundation is upholding the idea and the dream that D. Frank Garland and John H. Patterson laid forth That dream was to help individuals achieve their charitable goals and make our region a better place to live, now and in the future.
What's your charitable dream? Click here to find out how we can make this dream a reality.
1979-1990
Over the last 20 years, a diverse Governing Board, knowledgeable staff and caring donors and volunteers have lead us to extraordinary growth, resulting in a substantial impact on the community we now serve.  At the forefront of this growth was former Governing Board Chair Frederick C. Smith (1979-1989) and the Foundation's first full-time director, Fred Bartenstein III, who served the organization from 1983 to 1992. Along with such Governing Board Members as Richard F. Glennon, Sr., Anne S. Greene, John E. Moore and Jesse Philips, they began a new legacy of great accomplishment for The Dayton Foundation. They brought the Foundation from relatively low-key beginnings to a full-service, modern community foundation that is highly regarded locally and nationally. The Foundation undertook leadership initiatives to provide new service options and programs that would fully engage and benefit the entire Dayton/Miami Valley region.
Click here for key accomplishments during the Bartenstein and Smith years.
1991-2001
 In 1991, Darrell L. Murphy joined the Foundation as its second president and served until his retirement in 2001. With the support of the Governing Board, Murphy helped The Dayton Foundation become one of the more progressive and innovative community foundations in the country.
Click here for key accomplishments during 1991-2001.
2002 TO THE PRESENT
• increasing donor development and financial stewardship, by continuing to grow overall assets and increasing the number of funds and legacy commitments; and • developing and strengthening the organization to be more responsive to the needs of the Foundation's donors, financial and estate planning advisors, and not-for-profit organizations. Under Mike Parks' leadership, The Dayton Foundation has: • grown from $224 million in assets under management to $346 million;• created first-in-the-nation donor and not-for-profit services, including Family Foundation PlusSM and Family Foundation PlusSM-Advised and the Legacy Partnership ProgramSM; • engaged more than 160 neighborhood and regional leaders in the planning phase of the Neighborhood School Centers Program to help improve the lives of children and families in four Dayton neighborhoods; • launched a new leadership initiative with the Mathile Family Foundation to provide free educational supplies to teachers and students in need (read more about Crayons to Classrooms;) • facilitated the formation of the Commission on Minority Inclusion to promote greater participation and inclusion by the region's minority community in the economic fortunes of our region; • formed a new partnership with the Dayton-Montgomery County Scholarship Program to better serve students seeking college scholarships; and • facilitated NCR Corporation's gift of the Wright Brothers' 1914 home in Oakwood - Hawthorn Hill - to The Wright Family Foundation of The Dayton Foundation. This gift appears to be the first National Historic Landmark donated through a community foundation.
Read more about the Foundation's history in The Vision & The Promise: 75 Years of The Dayton Foundation
The Dayton Foundation ranks 18th among community foundation nationwide and 2nd in the state for new gifts received. Read more Foundation facts and recent accomplishments.
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File date: 06-30-08
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Leading The Dayton Foundation in its current phase of service to the Greater Dayton community is