Charles H Dater Foundation

About Charles H Dater Foundation

Charles H Dater Foundation Inc has made children and youth in Greater Cincinnati the center of its grantmaking, with annual support reaching nonprofit organizations and public agencies that serve arts, education, healthcare, social services, and other community needs. Recent awards show a strong mix of direct program support and subsidies that help young people participate in services and activities they might otherwise miss, from school tickets at the Children's Theatre of Cincinnati to children’s programming at Cincinnati Public Radio. The foundation also backs organizations working with families facing hunger, housing instability, and other basic-needs challenges, including Santa Maria Community Services and ProKids. Its giving reaches both large civic institutions and neighborhood-based providers, which fits a local strategy aimed at projects benefiting children, teens, and young adults across the Cincinnati area. In the recent-grants record, recurring support is visible through repeated awards to the same organizations over multiple years, suggesting ongoing relationships rather than isolated gifts. The foundation’s program language centers on high-impact projects, but the grant list shows that it also funds operating-style needs, campaign support, and ongoing service delivery for young people and families.

What Charles H Dater Foundation Funds

In arts and cultural education, the foundation supported the Children's Theatre of Cincinnati with $275,000 for the 2023-24 MainStage School Ticket Subsidy, and it also backed the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden with $250,000 for More Home to Roam: Elephant Trek. In early learning and school-based media, it gave $100,000 to CET Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation for CET's PBS KIDS: Engaging Our Youngest Viewers On-Air, Online, and In The Classroom. Academic enrichment is another clear thread: The Library Foundation of Cincinnati and Hamilton County received $75,000 for the Homework Helper Program. Food-security work appears through grants to Freestore-Foodbank Inc for Power Pack -Childhood Hunger Prevention and to Last Mile Food Rescue for hunger-gap reduction efforts. The foundation also funds child and family support services, including ProKids for A Chance at a Childhood Campaign and Santa Maria Community Services for One Building, Thriving Families.

How Charles H Dater Foundation Gives