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Dayton Foundation Scholarships
The Dayton Foundation uses ScholarshipCONNECT for students in Montgomery, Miami, Greene, Darke, Preble and northern Warren counties, Ohio. Its public pages explain the application process and provide a donor-fund directory with individual scholarship descriptions. General applications can lead to additional scholarship questions, and submitting the general form alone does not complete those applications.
Best for: Graduating seniors and current college students in the Greater Dayton counties seeking foundation scholarships for college, trade or technical education.
Limitation: Submitting the general application does not complete every scholarship application; some opportunities require additional questions, essays or other award-specific materials.
Our rating
2.7out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (2.0 / 5)
- A fund directory offers keyword search, categories and A-Z sort.
- Fund summaries focus on donor stories.
- Matching to awards happens after the general application.
Scholarship Quality (3.0 / 5)
- The page says the last cycle closed and names the next opening.
- The foundation runs the scholarships it describes.
- Fund summaries show no amounts or deadlines.
Ease of Use (3.5 / 5)
- Outside links open in new tabs.
- Menus and links are readable on a phone screen.
- Pages fit phone screens without sideways scrolling.
- Back returns to the list.
Privacy & Marketing (3.0 / 5)
- Facebook and LinkedIn ad trackers load on scholarship pages.
- The policy mentions traffic statistics but not ad tools.
- The policy says donor information is not sold.
How we rate
Matching Power
How well it helps you find the scholarships it lists, by filtering on location, need, merit, major, college and high school.
A 5 means you can narrow the list by where you live, need, merit, major, college or high school, and a big site brings the best fits to the top. A 1 means little or no way to narrow, and in the middle some filters work but many results still do not fit.
Scholarship Quality
How complete, current and traceable its scholarship listings are.
A 5 means nearly every listing is current, links to the real sponsor and gives enough detail to act on. A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.
Ease of Use
How easily you can understand the controls and reach actionable scholarship information.
A 5 means clear controls and a quick path from the list to a scholarship and its sponsor, including on a phone. A 1 means walls, confusing steps or a broken phone view keep getting in the way, and the middle is workable with some tradeoffs.
Privacy & Marketing
What data it asks for, how much advertising or sign-up pressure gets in the way, and how much control you have.
A 5 means the site asks only for what it needs, says why, keeps ads and partner offers out of the way and leaves you in control. A 1 means heavy data requests, sign-up pressure, loan offers or sweepstakes get in the way, and the middle has some of that pressure but it stays manageable.
Our ratings are our opinion of each site, not an endorsement or a prediction that you'll win.