Published Date: September 18, 2014
Cincinnati, Ohio, September 18, 2014 -- The Charles H. Dater
Foundation awarded six grants totaling $58,500 in August, concluding its
2013-14 fiscal year having made 125 grants totaling $1,655,955. Over
$36 million in grants have been made to nearly 400 non-profit
organizations in the Foundation’s 29 years of existence.
Grants made in August:
Community Meal Center, $8,500. Food and supplies to provide hot, homemade
meals every Friday evening to homeless and low-income individuals and families
in Butler County and Hamilton County in a safe, inviting environment.
Friends of SCPA, $10,000. Mainstage production season in which every K-12 student at Cincinnati’s School for Creative and Performing Arts puts classroom learning into practical application under the guidance of trained artistic professionals.
Literacy Network of Greater Cincinnati, $10,000. Children’s Basic Reading Program uses the Orton-Gillingham multi-sensory structured language technique provides assistance to children in grades one to five with severe reading difficulties or symptoms of dyslexia.
Living Hope Transitional Homes, $10,000. Life Skills program, providing housing for women with children and the education and support necessary to transition to independent living.
Over the Rhine Kitchen, $10,000. General operating support to provide meals five days a week to homeless and disadvantaged “guests” in two Cincinnati inner-city neighborhoods. Volunteers provide 50,000 hours support for the organization, including 42 church groups of various denominations.
St. Aloysius Orphanage, $10,000. Early childhood identification, intervention and prevention program at Cincinnati Public Schools’ Roll Hill and Winton Hills academies. The program targets pre-schoolers and also involves their parents and teachers.
The Dater
Foundation makes grants to non-profit organizations in the Greater Cincinnati
area to carry out programs that benefit children and focus in the areas of
arts/culture, education, healthcare, social services and other community
needs. Information about the grantmaking process and guidelines and links
to an online grant application website are available at www.DaterFoundation.org.
The private foundation was established by fourth-generation Cincinnatian,
businessman and philanthropist Charles Dater (1912-1993) to ensure that his
resources would continue to fund worthwhile community programs after his
death. The foundation has made more than 2,400 grants totaling over $37
million since its inception in 1985.
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For additional information regarding this news release, contact Roger Ruhl
(513/598-1141).
The Charles H. Dater Foundation, Inc. is located at 602 Main Street, Suite 302,
Cincinnati, OH 45202.
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