Public Charity

DAYTON HISTORY

DAYTON HISTORY is a Public Charity headquartered in DAYTON, OH. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $9.9M revenue, $6.5M expenses, $72.7M total assets. 36 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $13.9M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 316037490 DAYTON, OH History Museums NTEE: A54 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$9.9M
Total Expenses$6.5M
Total Assets$72.7M
Grant Records36
Funding Total$13.9M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

DAYTON HISTORY'S PURPOSE IS TO PROMOTE AND DISSEMINATE HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE OF DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO AND THE SURROUNDING MIAMI VALLEY REGION, TO COLLECT AND PRESERVE HISTORICAL MATERIALS, TO RESTORE AND MAINTAIN LOCAL HISTORICAL BUILDINGS AND SITES AND TO PROVIDE QUALITY EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

Where $100 goes at Dayton History

How Dayton History divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$89 Programs the work itself
$10 Management running the organization
$1 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $89 for programs

$52
Museum services
58% of program spending
$26
Educational services
29% of program spending
$11
Development and marketing
13% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

BOARD MEMBER Bill Tolliver
PRESIDENT/CEO Brady Kress
BOARD MEMBER Colleen Ryan
BOARD MEMBER George Forest
VICE CHAIR Jeff Siebenthaler
BOARD MEMBER Julie Sullivan

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$10,538,403 20 grants
Training & Professional Development
$91,807 1 grant
Arts & Culture
$46,900 3 grants
Unspecified
$3,225,080 12 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $9.9M $6.5M $72.7M
2024 $6.7M $6.2M $68.1M
2023 $9.2M $6.4M $68.0M
2022 $7.8M $5.3M $68.4M
2021 $10.7M $5.1M $64.2M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $10.7M to $9.9M (-8%), with total assets most recently reported at $72.7M.

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