Centerville-Washington Foundation

Board of Trustees

Karen W. Borgert
President

Judy A. Stang
Vice President

Margaret L. Marks
Secretary

Jeffrey A. Winwood
Treasurer

Sally D. Beals
Richard L. Carr
Robert E. Daley
Kirk W. M. Tyson
Robert A. Yeck

Ex Officio
Joyce Young
C. Mark Kingseed

Emeritus
Frederick C. Smith

Grants Process

Philosophy:
The Centerville-Washington Foundation accepts and reviews grant requests from government or non-profit organizations that benefit the citizens of the region to launch new projects that represent a unique and unduplicated opportunity for the community, to support established organizations for special purposes and to generate matching funds.

Categories of Support:
Arts and humanities
Civic affairs
Conservation and the environment
Education
Health
Social services

Criteria:

The Foundation supports projects that:

		Encourage more efficient use of community resources and promote coordination, cooperation and sharing among organizations and the elimination of duplicated services.
		Test or demonstrate new approaches and techniques in the solution of important community problems.
		Could not be accomplished with other sources of support.
		Promote volunteer participation and citizen involvement in community affairs.
		Strengthen non-profit agencies and institutions by reducing operating costs increasing public financial support and/or improving internal management.

The Foundation does not support grants from the discretionary funds to:

		Provide the principal source of support to an organization or activity
		Organizations located outside the community
		Establish or add to endowment funds
		Individuals, except for scholarship purposes
		Fund specific scientific, medical or academic research
		Sectarian activities of religious organization
		For profit organizations

>> View the list of grant programs
>> Download a Grant Request Form (PDF)

Process:

1.		Written applications using the Grant Request Form (Download Now) can be submitted to the Foundation by March 1st and September 1st. Foundation members may assist any person in determining eligibility and clarification on the application process and deadlines.
2.		The Board reviews requests at its March and September meetings and may request a presentation by the grantseeker. If a grantseeker wants to make a presentation, the Board president must approve.
3.		The Board uses the above criteria to assess the strength of the application. The Board reserves the right to approve requests based on availability of discretionary funds.
4.		An organization that is awarded a grant is asked to acknowledge the foundation’s support in any publicity or recognition, submit a picture if appropriate and provide a narrative report briefly describing the outcome of the grantee within 90 days of receipt of the grant.

The Board responds to all applications within 90 days of the request.

For additional information contact:

Grant Information,
Centerville-Washington Foundation,
P. O. Box 41125,
Centerville, Ohio 45441

Bob Daley:
bandb888@woh.rr.com

Janice McLefresh:
jmclefresh@daytonfoundation.org

Centerville-Washington Foundation is a component of The Dayton Foundation

For more information please call
Debra James at (937) 433-7151 or
Janice McLefresh at The Dayton Foundation at (937) 225-9971.

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