Dayton Foundation Correspondence, 1984-1989

Series I, Administrative, 1983-1997, contains the articles of incorporation, code of regulations, fact sheets about the company (1987), membership rosters, letters of resignation, community outreach, correspondence with associated organizations, and meeting agendas and minutes.

Series II, Financial, 1984-1998, consists of relevant financial documents associated with the company as a whole. These include documents from various sources of funding, such as the First National Bank Community Development, City-Wide Development Corporation, and various community grants. Descriptions of projects, other than a specific historic property, are contained within the financial folder of the grant which provided funding. This series also includes the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Inner-City Venture Fund quarterly reports (1985-1988). Note that any financial documents specific to one particular property are filed with that property in Series III: Historic Properties.

Series III, Historic Properties, 1982-1999, contains files on all of the historic properties that SPPW owned and renovated. Information includes work performed on each property, construction invoices, architectural drawings, financial documents specific to that particular property, as well as lease agreements. This series also contains information referring to potential projects SPPW considered. Bulk dates associated with the historic properties highlight when most of the work was completed on the property. The files in this series are arranged alphabetically by street name.