2015 AACF Annual Report

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The African-American Community
Fund (AACF), a component fund
of The Dayton Foundation, was
established in 1992 with a mission to
increase African-American involvement
in organized philanthropy, thereby
strengthening nonprofits serving the
African-American community.
Established in 1992 under the
leadership of The Dayton Foundation’s
Emeritus Governing Board member,
John E. Moore, Sr. and former member,
Lloyd E. Lewis, Jr., these trailblazers
in the Dayton community recognized
the importance of giving back in
perpetuity. Thanks to their forward
thinking and commitment to bringing
this idea to fruition, AACF is now
recognized as a national model for
the promotion of philanthropy in the
African-American community.
Although AACF began in 1992, the
first endowment gift by an African-
American to The Dayton Foundation
was created by Moses Jones, Dayton’s
first black attorney in 1926. Since that
time, African-Americans in the Dayton
community have helped AACF to grow
from this one fund to over 190 funds
with an asset value over $5.4M as of
June 30, 2015, and over $3.3M being
issued in grants to various nonprofit
organizations.
The African-American Community
Fund represents the generous nature
of African-Americans in various
communities throughout the greater
Dayton/Miami Valley region. What
Lloyd E. Lewis, Jr. stated many
years ago still rings true: “We are
a people from all over the map,
churches, nonprofit organizations and
individuals. AACF is an idea whose
time has come. I’m a believer that
we African-Americans can do this
ourselves.”
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There is power in doing things
together…collectively…as a family,
and the African-American Community
Fund (AACF) has continued to
prove this fact during its 23 year
history. Since 1992 when AACF was
established by John E. Moore, Sr.,
and the late Lloyd E. Lewis, Jr., the
power of organized philanthropy
in the Greater Miami Valley African-
American community continues to
show its strength in numbers with the
Matching Program.
The Matching Program began in 1992
with a $50,000 gift from The Dayton
Foundation to cultivate an interest
in organized philanthropy within
African-Americans of the Greater
Miami Valley region. The program
was re-introduced in 2012 and due
to the overwhelming success, was
implemented for four (4) successive
years. As of June 30, 2015, a total of
68 new funds have been established
with the matching
program. As well,
the Matching
Program has
enabled AACF to issue over $35,000
in discretionary grants to local non-
profits during this four-year period.
The Matching Program will end
December 31, 2015, so I encourage
you to become a part of the AACF
family today. Establish a fund to
make a difference in your community
and leave a legacy. By creating a
designated fund, scholarship fund
or Charitable Checking Account,
donors can create an impact locally,
nationally or internationally.
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African-American Community Fund:
Impacting Philanthropy
What Is The African-American
Community Fund?
New Charitable
Checking
Accounts (CCA)
Dr. Julius and Rhonda Beckham
Legacy Fund
– Dr. and Mrs. Julius Beckham
HBCU Bound Scholarship Fund
– Brenda J. Barrow
Helping Hands
– Ruby L. Ivory
The Rev. Xavier L. Johnson Fund
– Pastor Xavier L. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. John
and Anissa Lumpkin Fund
– Mr. and Mrs. John A. Lumpkin, Jr.
The Slade Family Fund
– Sabrina Slade
Believers Christian Fellowship
Church Fund
– Rev. Dr. William E. Harris, Jr.
Dayton Alumni Kappa Alpha Psi
Foundation Fund
– Calvin D. Heard
The Nelson McCants &
National African American
Insurance Association
Scholarship Fund
– Keita Marville
The African-American Community Fund
and its funds are components of The
Dayton Foundation. This partnership
allows the African-American community
to benefit from local leadership and to
profit from resources pooled with
others for investment growth.