About this foundation

Founded in 1965 as a trust fund, the Miriam Rosenthal Foundation for the Arts supports and underwrites cultural activities in the Dayton area. Over time the trust became a foundation with an advisory committee/board that makes grants to professional arts organizations and specific projects. The foundation focuses on funding projects that elevate programming quality, take advantage of special opportunities, and encourage cooperation among arts organizations. The site notes the foundation’s corpus grew through contributions and professional management and that it is now a component fund of The Dayton Foundation. Grant recipients must publicize the Foundation and memorialize Miriam Rosenthal.

Funding focus

The grant program of the Miriam Rosenthal Foundation for the Arts stimulates exciting and enriching cultural activities that elevate the quality and scope of programming available in the community, takes advantage of special opportunities which otherwise might be missed and provides avenues for cooperation among arts and cultural organizations.

Grant programs