OVERVIEW: The Troy Foundation supports arts and culture, education and youth, recreation and health and human services in Ohio.
IP TAKE: The Troy Foundation is a well-established community funder with many easily accessible grant opportunities, including one for emergency needs. This is a transparent funder that is clear about the goals for each of its programs and those of its affiliates. The foundation does not provide multiyear support, but it does regularly return to many of the same nonprofits it has previously funded.
Reach out to foundation staff with general questions or to introduce yourself.
PROFILE: Established in 1924, the Troy Foundation is a community foundation based in Troy, Ohio. The foundation began with Augustus G. Stouder, the president of the Hobart Electric Manufacturing Company, and his friend John K. DeFrees with the First National Bank & Trust Company. The foundation has grown from its original bequest of $151,640 to assets exceeding $100 million. Today, the foundation manages over 400 funds to serve thousands of people who share the goal of making this community a better place. It funds local efforts for arts and culture, education and youth, recreation and health and human services.
Grants for Community Development
The Troy Foundation supports many different types of nonprofits at the local level. It typically awards a couple dozen grants per cycle from its general fund. Its grant programs include:
Quarterly Grants go to projects and programs that serve the Troy community across several funding areas, including arts and culture, community and economic development, education, and health.
Priority Needs Grants address pressing issues facing community members, particularly related to transportation and childcare.
Project G.I.F.T. awards microgrants of up to $500 to area nonprofits with a program that addresses a community need.
Emergency Grants address immediate needs that cannot wait for the next regular grant schedule.
The foundation distributes additional grants from several other funds, most of which support local school districts. However, currently there are two that address economic and community development needs:
Tipp City Foundation which makes grants to support communities in Tipp City, Monroe Township, and Bethel Township.
Village of Anna Endowment Fund makes grants to improve the quality of life for Village of Anna residents through education, charity or benevolence.
Previous community improvement, economic development, and human services grantees include Miami County Park District Volunteers in Parks, City of Troy Ohio, Troy Main Street, Versailles Area Pride & Progress Association, Downtown Tipp City Partnership, Miami County Local Food Council, Troy Development Council, Ronald McDonald House Charities Dayton, and Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County.
Grants for Public Health and Access
The Troy Foundation supports the health and physical and mental wellbeing of the communities it serves through two of its regular grant programs, as well as one of its affiliate funds.
The foundation grant programs that support area health nonprofits are:
Quarterly Grants go to projects and programs that serve the Troy community across several funding areas, including arts and culture, community and economic development, education, and health.
Emergency Grants address immediate needs that cannot wait for the next regular grant schedule.
The foundation distributes additional grants from several other funds.
Stouder Memorial Hospital Foundation supports Upper Valley Medical Center, as well as area nonprofits that provide health care services in Miami County.
Grantees for health and healthcare include Pink Ribbon Good, Hospice of Miami County, Health Partners Free Clinic, Miami County Dental Clinic, Dayton Children’s Hospital Foundation, Kettering Health Foundation, Rehabilitation Center for Neurological Development, Troy Nursing Association, and Maple Tree Cancer Alliance.
Grants for K-12 and Higher Education
While education is not the foundation’s largest grant area with regard to the size and number of grants, it does possess the most grant opportunities for local school districts.
The foundation grant programs that support education are:
Quarterly Grants go to projects and programs that serve the Troy community across several funding areas, including arts and culture, community and economic development, education, and health.
Apple Grants supports K-12 teacher with grants up to $1,000 for projects, equipment, and other classroom needs.
Emergency Grants address immediate needs that cannot wait for the next regular grant schedule.
The foundation distributes additional grants from several other funds, many of which support the education needs of specific local school districts.
Covington Education Foundation provides education grants to Village of Covington residents.
Greater Versailles Area Foundation supports residents of the Versailles School District
Hartstein/Favorite International Vocational Fund supports students of the Upper Miami Valley.
Miami East Education Foundation funds grants, scholarships, and enrichment programs that serve Miami East School students.
Minster Community Fund makes grants to organizations that serve the Minster School District.
Tippecanoe Educational Endowment Fund supports programs that serve students in the Tipp City School District.
Village of Anna Endowment Fund makes grants to improve the quality of life for Village of Anna residents through education, charity or benevolence.
Education grants have gone to early childhood development groups, primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, and organizations that provide education services such as mentoring or experiential learning programs. Grantees include Ohio State University, Dayton Early College Academy, Overfield Early Childhood Program, Wright State University, Tipp City Exempted Village School District, Troy-Miami County Public Library, Lincoln Community Center, St. Patrick Church, and Upper Valley Joint Vocational School.
The foundation also provides scholarships for local students.
Grants for Arts and Culture, Arts Education
The Troy Foundation does not have a grant program dedicated to arts and culture, but it does support local organizations focused on arts programming that serves the Troy community. The foundation also makes grants to historical and cultural preservation and education organizations and museums.
Quarterly Grants go to projects and programs that serve the Troy community across several funding areas, including arts and culture, community and economic development, education, and health.
Emergency Grants address immediate needs that cannot wait for the next regular grant schedule.
Both arts groups and historical and cultural preservation organizations have seen significant support. Grant recipients include The Arbogast Performing Arts Center, Overfield Tavern Museum, Dayton Performing Arts Alliance, Troy-Hayner Cultural Center, The Dayton Art Institute, Troy Historical Society, Troy-Hayner Cultural Center, and Troy Civic Theatre.
Important Grant Details
Grants typically range between about $500 and $50,000 but have gone as high as $2.5 million. The average amount is $1,000. The foundation gave over $7 million in grants in a recent year and held more than $123.4 million in assets.
Learn more about this funder’s local giving by looking over recent financial statements on its website. Grantmaking focuses on the city of Troy, Ohio.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits.
It has a distribution committee that reviews new requests in March, June, September and December.
Application deadlines are the 15th of the months of February, May, August and November.
Each grant program has its own Grant Guidelines document.
Apply through the online application system.
There is an expedited process available for requests under $2,000.
Direct general questions to the staff at info@thetroyfoundation.org or 937-339-8935.
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