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Dayton Foundation Announces $13.9 Million Gift, Second-Largest Legacy Gift in Its History
September 18, 2024
DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 18 -- The Dayton Foundation issued the following news release:

The Dayton Foundation announced today that it has received a $13.9 million gift from the combined estates of longtime fund holders Robert C. Appenzeller and his wife, Phyllis J. (Joann) Appenzeller, for the R. C. Appenzeller Family Foundation. The gift represents the second-largest planned gift in the Foundation's 103-year history and cements a treasured family's legacy in Greater Dayton.

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