Grants in 2023
2023 – Ronald McDonald House Charities of Dayton The need for more rooms at the Ronald McDonald House in Dayton was so tremendous that a new state-of-the-art addition is being built onto the existing building. Our donation will provide necessary funding for a room that will house a family while their child is at Dayton Children’s hospital or Shriner’s. We are happy to provide the peace of mind for these families during a most difficult time.
2023 – Kids In New Directions KIND purchased a program that will support their current focus on Faith, Academics, Nutrition, and Social Impact (FANS). This will enhance their learning environment, curriculum, and technology. Thus the children will be able to thrive in their schools both mentally and physically.
2023 – Learning Tree Farm Learning Tree Farm is a traditional, working farm that engages people in hands-on, nature-based education. The farm hosts and educates school children, homeschool groups, parent groups, gardening clubs, families and community members all ages throughout the year with a variety of events. This grant provided free access to the farm’s summer camps for children at no cost!
2023 – Crayons to Classrooms C2C’s mission is to provide and distribute school supplies at no cost to teachers of students in need within the Greater Dayton area. Our grant provided the means to purchase school supplies for the Teacher Resource Center.
2023 – Therapeutic Riding Institute The Therapeutic Riding Institute (TRI) is expanding their herd of horses and wanted to purchase a horse for heavier unbalanced riders. The MAK Fund provided half the funds to purchase the horse!
2023 – Sunshine Book Club The Sunshine Book Club partners with schools and other local nonprofits to serve underprivileged/underserved children. They ensure all children/students have books available to them at no cost. The MAK Fund helped achieve their goal of improving communication skills, empathy, focus, and memory for these children!
2023 – Children’s Historical Publishing A mission to empower the lives of grade school children, predominantly minority, low-income, and at-risk youth, this grant provided the funding for the Lincoln, Servant Leader program for 300 students which is designed to demonstrate the importance of servant leadership in addressing challenges that students and their communities face. They study Abraham Lincoln’s work to preserve the union and free enslaved persons.
2023 – Victory Project Once again, the MAK Fund was able to provided funding for the monthly outings that are scheduled for the young men at Victory Project. Each month, the program directors are encouraged to take their team out for a Team Building Activity to encourage comradery and bonding among students and staff. Team Building outings typically incorporate dinner together, followed by a fun activity. We currently have 3 PD’s who are given a monthly budget for their dinner and activity. If all the allotted monies are not spent, the remaining balance rolls over, giving the PD an opportunity to take the boys out for a larger (or more costly) activity. This grant paid for the entire year of outings for each “positive gang”!
2023 – Shriner’s Children’s Ohio Shriner’s Children’s Ohio is a hospital that thrives to deliver life-changing care to children and families with burns, cleft lip and palate, plastic surgery needs, and complex wound and skin conditions. Their services are provided at no cost to families. The grant provided cleft teddy bears, educational materials, and a special cleft lip blanket for the children and families. These provide comfort to the patients and their families while they are undergoing treatment at their facility.
2023 – Christ Child Society of Dayton This grant supported the Clothe-a-Child Program, which provides coat vouchers ($40) shoe vouchers ($40), and school uniform vouchers ($50) to the neediest children of the Miami Valley. Social Workers and school principals vet the families and distribute the vouchers to them for redemption at local JC Penny stores. Their goal is to provide as many children in fragile economic circumstances with vouchers for much needed clothing.