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Several Donor Advised Funds contribute to The Piqua Community Foundation’s overall grant-making impact every year. The Donnelly Donor Advised Fund is one such fund, making donations to local organizations and projects in November of each year.A five-member committee recommends funding to various entities, with The Foundation’s Board of Directors ratifying the distributions. The committee is comprised of local residents who stay abreast of local activities; applications are not accepted.

A total of $23,200 was granted in November 2019 to the following organizations:

• Mainstreet Piqua for downtown flower plantings & Christmas decorations
• Little Kinger Fund for scholarships
• American Legion Post 184 for the Elite Squad
• Edison Community College for nursing scholarships
• Young Life Upper Miami Valley
• Miami County YMCA
• Y.W.C.A. of Piqua
• Piqua Civic Band
• Piqua Arts Council
• The Bethany Center
• Piqua Chamber Foundation / Garden Tribe project
• Salvation Army for Needs Bank and summer feeding
• Piqua City Schools for Piqua Jr. High trip to D.C.
• Protecting Our Water Ways
• Am. Legion Post 184 / Piqua Fire Dept. equipment
• Miami County Dental Clinic
• Forest Hill Cemetery for the endowment fund
• Greene Street Church food pantry