04090 L 03-04 Annual Report - The Dayton Foundation

Patty and Glenn Schimpf
president of Danis Industries
Corp., and his wife, Patty,
are active with charitable
organizations, especially
those benefiting families
and children.
Carol Ann Schneider Memorial
Fund – 2001 ($46,373)
was founded by the family
of this devoted wife and
mother, who gave of herself
endlessly to help those in
need. The fund will support
community needs that were
important to Carol Ann
Schneider.
Schumann Family Fund –
1998 ($24,935) accommodates
the charitable giving
wishes of Althea and Thomas
Schumann, a former executive
with The Mead Corp.
Josephine Schwarz Dayton
Dancers Endowment Fund
– 1992 ($111,807) provides
annual salary bonuses to
enhance the lives of dancers
of the Dayton Ballet, Dayton
Contemporary Dance Company
(DCDC) and Rhythm
in Shoes. Josephine Schwarz
was a co-founder of the Dayton
Ballet and an influencing
factor behind DCDC.
Science Education Council
of Ohio Fund – 1999
($94,862) supports efforts
to stimulate and improve
science education, specifically
the understanding of
the nature of science and
its method, technology and
future prospects among Ohio
students, their families and
the general public.
The Seeley Fund – 1988
($32,387) furnishes underprivileged
or abused children
with clothing, food and
college-level scholarship
assistance, as advised by
Tere and Rosemary Seeley.
Setzer Family Foundation
– 2002 ($247,584) was
established with a bequest
from Fred C. Setzer, Sr.,
founder of Chapel Electric,
to honor the Setzer family
and to support their charitable
interests.
Caroline Patterson Shaw
Memorial Fund – 1986
($24,198) affords the Foundation
the opportunity to
respond to the changing
and pressing needs of the
Miami Valley through the
fund’s unrestricted designation.
Caroline Patterson
Shaw was active in Dayton
civic and charitable affairs
and was married to George
W. Shaw, chair of the City
Transit Co.
Shaw/Filler Family Fund –
1998 ($234,062) supports
charitable, educational, civic,
religious and community
activities and institutions,
with a special emphasis on
programs for families and
individuals who have children
with mental disabilities.
William P. Shaw and Emily
A. Esau established this fund
in loving memory of their
parents, Paul and Mary Shaw
of Sidney. Margaret E. and
Myron L. Filler established
this fund in honor of their
daughter, Ann E. Filler.
Charles E. Shawen, Jr., Fund
– 1994 ($149,787) confers
scholarships upon students
attending Otterbein College.
The fund is in memory of
Charles and Agnes Shawen,
Caroline Patterson Shaw
who in 1926 donated the land
upon which Shawen Acres
children’s home was built.
Shillito Scholarship Fund
for Chaminade-Julienne High
School – 1998 ($1,043,028)
supports the educational
efforts of students enrolled
in Chaminade-Julienne High
School by awarding tuition
assistance grants. Barry J.
Shillito, a graduate of Chaminade
High School, established
the fund.
John Shondel Fund – 1988
($3,385) was set up to benefit
certain educational and
health-care institutions,
whose philosophies and
mission statements are in
concert with the beliefs of its
founder, John S. Shondel, a
chairman, colonel and coach.
The Siebenthaler Fund –
1986 ($204,375) sows seeds
of philanthropy in the Miami
Valley in the name of this
landscape and nursery firm,
which was founded in 1870.
Silvio Family Memorial
Scholarship Fund – 2001
($5,221) was established by
the Junior League of Dayton
and St. Joseph Children’s
Treatment Center to honor
Sheilah Johnson Silvio, a
longtime Junior League of
Dayton member, her husband
and infant twin sons,
who tragically died in an
automobile accident in 1999.
Sheilah Silvio grew up in a
family that regularly accepted
St. Joseph children for foster
care. An annual scholarship
will be awarded to youth in
the foster-care system to further
the student’s education.
The Charles and Ann Simms
Fund – 1991 ($76,245)
designates four Miami Valley
organizations to one day
receive annual distributions
through the estates of Charles
and Ann Simms.
William Alexander Simms
Entrepreneurial Scholarship
Fund – 1999 ($75,487)
salutes excellence by awarding
scholarships to University
of Dayton School of Business
students. A lifelong Dayton
resident until his death,
“Alex” Simms was a nationally
recognized leader in the
land development and home
Jeff, Katie and Bob Siebenthaler
building industry for more
than 50 years. He was an avid
sportsman, had a strong
commitment to the Dayton
community and a love of
family. This fund was established
as a memorial to Alex
by his son and daughter-inlaw,
Charles and Ann Simms.
Sinclair Community College
Fund – 1996 provides an
opportunity beyond the
college’s own foundation to
help perpetuate Sinclair’s
tradition of excellence in
technical and higher education,
especially when donors
are establishing deferred or
planned gifts for multiple
charities, including Sinclair.
Ranee Sinnathamby Education
Fund for Queen of
Martyrs School – 2002
($29,882) was established by
Kuddythamby Sinnathamby,
M.D., and his family in
memory of his wife. Scholarships
will be awarded
to students attending this
Catholic elementary school.
Sisters of Notre Dame de
Namur Fund – 1997 ($1,711)
was established by Hubert
E. Noonan and Isabel Sachs
Noonan for the Sisters of
Notre Dame, Ohio Province.
The religious order has contributed
significant educational
leadership to the
Miami Valley region.
6320 Fund – 1987
($605,506), established by
Frederick C. and the late
Ruth Pfeiffer Smith and their
five sons, provides both
discretionary and advised
grants to benefit the Miami
Valley. Frederick C. Smith is
the retired chair of Huffy
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