04090 L 03-04 Annual Report - The Dayton Foundation

established by will in 1934,
this fund was later transferred
to the Foundation. Anna
James was born in 1861.
She moved to Centerville
from Urbana and resided at
the Widows Home from
1913 to 1933.
Frank E. James
Dr. Frank E. James Fund –
2000 ($43,445) will support
charitable organizations, as
designated by the donor,
founder and president of
James Investment
Research, Inc.
James Investment Research
Fund – 2001 ($34,903) will
support charitable activities,
as designated by the donor.
James Investment Research,
Inc., Fund – 2000 ($46,598)
was created by this investment
management company
in Alpha and will guarantee
income for the company’s
designated charities.
Russell F. and Edith Oyer
Jerd Fund – 2003 directs
income to The Engineers
Club of Dayton and Sinclair
Community College for
the Division of Engineering
and Industrial Technologies,
as designated by the fund’s
founders, the late Dr. Russell
F. Jerd, retired dean of
Sinclair Community College
Engineering Technology
Department, and his wife,
Edith Oyer Jerd.
Oliver and Marie Johnson
Fund – 1987 ($111,616)
supports a number of
charitable organizations.
This fund was established by
Marie Johnson in memory
of her husband, an American
history teacher for many
years in the Oakwood
Public Schools.
Hazel Cole Jones
Scholarship Fund – 2001
($4,269) will honor the
memory of this longtime
Hazel Cole Jones
educator and founder of
the U-Learn Academy, an
after- school learning center
in Dayton, by awarding
unrestricted grants to the
Academy and scholarships
to its students.
Junior Achievement
Fund – 1979 ($7,200)
was established to ensure
financial support for this
youth-based organization.
The fund was created by
Charles W. Danis.
Junior League of Dayton
Endowment Fund – 1987
($109,478) sustains the
general charitable activities
of the League, including the
promotion of volunteerism.
John P. Kalaman Memorial
Scholarship Fund – 1998
($131,648) was instituted
by the family and friends of
John P. Kalaman, a devoted
Centerville police officer,
who died tragically in the
line of duty in 1998. The
fund awards scholarships to
Centerville or Washington
Township graduates considering
a career in criminal
justice, or to Centerville
police employees/retirees
or their immediate family
members, to further their
academic studies.
William and Sonnie Kasch
Fund – 2000 ($163,073) will
provide charitable support
to nonprofit organizations,
as designated by the donors.
William Kasch, president
of Everybody’s Workplace
Solutions, and his wife,
Sonnie, are longtime
volunteers in the Dayton
community.
Howard C. and Marie S.
Kelly Fund – 1994 ($39,220)
yields annual operating
dollars for Antioch University,
Otterbein Home and The
Dayton Foundation. The fund
was established following
Howard Kelly’s death and
uses remainders from
several life income gifts.
John P. Kalaman
Myron S. and Bernice L.
Kem Family Fund – 1999
($192,163) honors the
memory of the donors,
Myron and Bernice Kem, by
providing financial assistance
to Ashland University and
other deserving nonprofit
organizations.
Carl B. Kern Fund – 1987
($95,654) promotes the
benefits of summer camp
by paying tribute to the life
and work of former Dayton
YMCA Boys’ Work Secretary
“C.B.” Kern, a Germantown
native who established Camp
Kern (originally Camp
Ozone) at Fort Ancient in
1910. Scholarships from
this fund provide summer
camp opportunities for
Miami Valley youth each
year. The fund was created
by Stuart T. Weinberg, M.D.
Virginia W. Kettering
Dayton Holiday Festival
Fund – 1989 ($466,129)
promotes cultural activities
carried out in connection
with holiday celebrations in
downtown Dayton. Virginia
Kettering, a prominent
businesswoman and philanthropist,
founded the
Dayton Holiday Festival in
1971. Representatives of The
Junior League of Dayton help
to advise The Dayton Foundation
on specific uses of
the fund’s income.
Virginia W. Kettering Fund
– 2000 ($4,680,009) was
established by Virginia W.
Kettering, one of the Miami
Valley’s foremost philanthropists,
to further the
public good. Along with
her late husband, Eugene,
Mrs. Kettering founded The
Kettering Medical Center
and was instrumental in the
Virginia W. Kettering
construction of the U.S. Air
Force Museum, as well as the
renovation and expansion
of several prominent Dayton
performing and fine arts
facilities.
Kettering Education
Foundation Endowment
Fund – 1999 ($30,674) is to
ensure continued excellence
in education by providing
annual unrestricted operating
income for the Kettering
Education Foundation.
Alice Kimmel General
Endowment Fund for
Fairview United Methodist
Church – 2001 ($31,647)
will provide unrestricted
revenue for the operations
of this Dayton church.
Budagail “Budsy” Simms
Kirchman Fund for St.
Gabriel’s Episcopal Church
– 1999 ($6,047) memorializes
Budagail Simms
Kirchman and her devotion to
religion, family and children
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