Fairborn Parks Foundation
Mission Statement - To make the Fairborn Parks an exemplary park system in Greene County by being a pro-active Foundation seeking multiple avenues of revenue generation to improve, enhance and expand the park system while working in harmony with the Parks and Recreation Division and the adopted master plan for the parks and recreation system in Fairborn. The purposes of this corporation shall be limited to charitable, educational and other exempt purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code exclusively for the benefit of parks and recreation within the City of Fairborn and park facilities associated with the City of Fairborn. Always within the scope of the foregoing corporate purposes, this corporation may:
- Develop, maintain, improve, expand, erect, enhance, support, preserve, fund, encourage and sustain public parks operated and owned by the City of Fairborn for the benefit of its users and the general public;
- Acquire, hold, improve, preserve, develop and restore park and recreation facilities and real estate for recreational purpose use by the general public;
- Solicit and receive gifts, grants, subscriptions, devises or bequests of real or personal property, from public or private sources, in order to carry out the purposes of this corporation; and hold, sell, dispose of, invest or reinvest such funds or properties in any manner as the corporation may deem appropriate for achieving the purposes of the corporation; and maintain revolving funds for purposes of carrying out the activities set forth herein;
- Subject to the limitations set out in the Articles, those contained in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, to engage in any other lawful activities and to do all other acts necessary or expedient for the successful prosecution of the purposes of the corporation in furtherance of its charitable, educational and other exempt purposes.
- A copy of the bylaws of the Fairborn Parks Foundation can be found by clicking here.
The Fairborn Parks Foundation recieved a grant from the Dayton Foundation in order to build a wetland at Wright Park.
For more information about the Fairborn Parks Foundation, please contact the Fairborn Parks and Recreation Division at 937-754-3090 or parks@ci.fairborn.oh.us or by mail at P.O. Box 3255, Fairborn, OH 45324.
