04090 L 03-04 Annual Report - The Dayton Foundation

growth of Aullwood Audubon
Center and Farm for the
benefit of Greater Miami
Valley Area residents.
Aullwood Friends’ Fund –
1993 ($1,469,417) provides
operating support for Aullwood
Audubon Center and
Farm, dedicated to educating
children and adults about
the natural environment.
Environmental Improvement
Program for Aullwood
Audubon Center and Farm
Fund – 1996 ($125,778)
was established by a trust by
Sylvia L. Koons and primarily
supports the land management
and orchard maintenance
programs of Aullwood
Audubon Center and Farm.
Friends of Aullwood
Endowment Fund – 1979
($791,946) receives contributions
from community
members to support the ongoing
educational programming
offered at Aullwood
Audubon Center and Farm.
Friends of Aullwood
Operation Fund II – 2001
($185,331) receives gifts
from community members
to provide annual, unrestricted
operating revenue
for Aullwood Audubon
Center and Farm.
Ralph and Bessie Aull
Reahard Memorial Fund –
1987 ($355,489) provides
ongoing financial support to
Aullwood Audubon Center
and Farm, in memory of the
parents of Sally Reahard of
Indianapolis, Indiana.
Carillon Historical Park
Funds
Carillon Historical Park
Carillon Historical Park
Fund – 1995 ($19,333)
pools resources from the
community to endow the
park. Among the endowments
established as part of
this fund are the Robert R.
Ryan Fund to maintain and
enhance the park’s bicycle
collection.
The Carillon Trust – 1986
($6,488,911) subsidizes
operating costs of Carillon
Historical Park and the Deeds
Carillon. The fund was
initiated by Col. Edward A.
Deeds, co-founder of Delco
and later chairman of NCR
Corporation, and subsequently
transferred to The
Dayton Foundation.
Centennial Park Fund –
1984 ($32,298) supports
the metropolitan park near
the Great Miami River that
was established to honor
NCR Corporation on its
centennial.
Kiwanis Club of Oakwood
Fund – 1995 ($9,318) is a
sub-fund of the Carillon
Historical Park Fund and
helps to preserve Carillon
Park by providing unrestricted
operating revenue to
enhance special educational
programs, especially for
children.
Robert J. Smith Fund of the
Carillon Historical Park –
1999 ($6,375) aids the Carillon
Historical Park Print
Shop through unrestricted
operating revenue. Print
Shop volunteers established
the fund in honor of its
founder, Robert J. Smith.
Centerville-Washington
Foundation Funds
Centerville-Washington
Foundation Fund – 1998
($48,729) will provide for
cultural enhancement and
improvement of life in the
community. The foundation’s
leadership ensures
fulfillment of donor wishes.
The fund provides support
when public funding is not
readily available for these
purposes.
Centerville-Washington
Township Historical Society
Fund – 1999 ($17,973)
will collect, preserve and
Centerville-Washington Township
Historical Society
promote the history of
Centerville and Washington
Township. The initial gift
came from C.L. Stingley, a
Centerville-Washington
Township educator and
community leader.
John P. Dewey Fund – 2000
will endow the Washington-
Centerville Public Library
with funds to expand its
business and travel collections.
Former board member
of the library Winifred
Dewey and her daughters
established this fund in
memory of her husband
and their father.
Hithergreen Senior Center
of Washington Township
Fund – 1999 ($88,242)
furthers the mission of
Hithergreen Senior Center,
formerly known as Seniors,
Inc., a senior-citizen center
in Centerville/Washington
Township that promotes the
well-being of senior citizens.
Programs and services assist
seniors in achieving independent
living and their
individual potentials.
Edna McCullough Lucas
Scholarship Fund – 1999
($1,052) was established
by the family of Edna
McCullough Lucas in honor
of her 100th birthday. The
fund provides annual scholarships
to graduating seniors
of Centerville High School
to further their education
in agriculture, education or
environmental studies at an
accredited two- or four-year
college or university.
RETS Tech Center Scholarship
Fund – 2000 will provide
scholarships to area
individuals who plan to
further their education by
pursuing a technical degree
from Rets Tech Center.
Eric Tallman Memorial
Scholarship Fund – 1999
($2,653) memorialize this
Centerville High School
senior, who died tragically
in 1999, by awarding scholarships
to college-bound
Centerville High School
graduates.
Dorothy R. Yeck Endowment
Fund for the Arts at
Woodbourne Library – 2000
($207,800) will ensure
continued enrichment of art
programs for library patrons.
The late Dorothy “Dottie”
Yeck, a former board member
and president for the library,
and her husband, William,
were longtime supporters
of the Woodbourne Library
in Centerville.
Five Rivers MetroParks
Funds
Five Rivers MetroParks
Five Rivers MetroParks
Aullwood Fund – 1993
($2,183,452) yields income
for the maintenance of the
Marie S. Aull residence and
garden area, which she
donated in 1977.
Sylvia L. Koons Endowment
Fund for Five Rivers Metro-
Parks – 1996 ($167,073)
sustains the beauty of Five
Rivers MetroParks lands by
generating revenue to purchase
trees and other woody
plants and shrubs. The fund
also supports other environmental
improvement projects.
The Riverscape Replacement
Reserve Fund – 2002
($168,252) will direct income
to Five Rivers Metro-
Parks for the repair and
replacement of the major
elements of downtown
Dayton’s RiverScape Park.
Endowment Funds: The Dayton Foundation Report to the Community 2003-2004
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