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DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EDUCATION & PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FDTN
DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EDUCATION & PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FDTN (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,000 to it, the largest being FIRST FINANCIAL FOUNDATION ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $65k
- Net assets
- $316k
What Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce Education & Public Improvement Fdtn does
Mission
The foundation is dedicated to improving the quality of life in the dayton region by supporting initiatives and projects enhancing economic development and community awareness.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Transportation - promoted air travel through the dayton international airport, worked with partners to enhance routes through the addition of service to new markets, and provided direct business passenger service via the business travelers center.
$753,061 spentof which $112,550 as grants75% of program spendingWorkforce development enhanced community development by providing additional volunteer opportunities through generation dayton and increased awareness of in-demand careers through outreach and electronic portal.
$18,205 spent2% of program spendingDiverse business development - accelerated the growth of mbes, wbes, vbes and disadvantaged businesses by advocating for increased participation and facilitating strategic business partnerships.
$123,849 spent12% of program spendingLeadership dayton members - awarded $8900 in scholarships for participants in community leadership programs and provided networking and programming activites for over 232 paid members.
$37,277 spentof which $8,900 as grants4% of program spendingInnovation fund - provides an grant award to a company who demonstrates and entrepreneurial spirit through a unique recently or soon-to-be introduced product or service that will have the ability to sustain long-term growth for the company, increase local employment and assist the creation of economic prosperity within the region.
$27,335 spentof which $25,000 as grants3% of program spendingCommunity grants - provided support for the feasability and study plan for the re-use of montgomery county's courthouse square
$50,134 spentof which $47,500 as grants5% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,009,861.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.2M to $1.5M (+26%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 73% · 2018 75% · 2019 59% · 2020 26% · 2021 54% · 2022 56% · 2023 66% · 2024 74%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EDUCATION & PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FDTN’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Linda Ashworth
Executive director
Board chair
Douglas Cleaves
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $30k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.6M from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The CareSource Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EDUCATION & PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FDTN raised.
From the IRS filings of DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EDUCATION & PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FDTN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EDUCATION & PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FDTN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EDUCATION & PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FDTN's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EDUCATION & PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FDTN holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EDUCATION & PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FDTN
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EDUCATION & PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FDTN?
- DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EDUCATION & PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FDTN (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $65,000 to it, the largest being FIRST FINANCIAL FOUNDATION ($30,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EDUCATION & PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FDTN have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $65,000 in grants to DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EDUCATION & PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FDTN.
- Who is the largest funder of DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EDUCATION & PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FDTN?
- FIRST FINANCIAL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EDUCATION & PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT FDTN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing