The AES Ohio Foundation, established in 1985, is committed to making transformational investments in the communities in the utility’s 24-county service territory and ensures that every dollar is distributed locally.

 

Since its establishment, the Foundation has allocated over $48 million in grant funding to advance critical community initiatives across the following priority areas:

 

  • Education and employment readiness
  • Health and human services
  • The arts
  • Urgent community needs

 

The following community impact grants were awarded in 2025 to the following non-profit organizations:

 

4 Paws For Ability Inc

Air Camp Inc

Big Brothers Big Sisters Of The Greater Miami Valley Inc

Capitol Square Foundation

Catholic Social Servies Of The Miami Valley

Clothes That Work

Crayons to Classrooms

Daybreak Inc

Dayton Contemporary Dance Company

Emerge Recovery & Trades Initiative

Freestore-Foodbank Inc

Girl Scouts of Western Ohio

Habitat For Humanity International Inc

Home Is The Foundation

Junior Achievement Of Oki Partners

Learn To Earn Dayton

Lifecare Alliance

Little Miami Watershed Network

M A V Youth Mentoring Inc

Miami Valley Meals Inc

Miami Valley Nonprofit Collaborative

Miami Valley Public Media Inc

Mission of Mary Cooperative

Muse Machine Inc

National Conference For Community And Justice Of Greater Dayton

New Life Furniture Bank

Oh Taste

Ohio Tri County Food Alliance, Second Harvest Foodbank

Omega Community Development Corporation

Rebuilding Together Dayton Inc

Shoes 4 The Shoeless Inc

The Bottom Line, Inc.

The Foodbank, Inc.

The United Way Of The Greater Dayton Area

Therapeutic Riding Institute Inc

United Rehabilitation Services Of Greater Dayton

University of Dayton

Victoria Theatre Association

Victory Project

Violence Free Futures Inc

Westcare Ohio Inc. dba East End Community Services

Wright State University Foundation