FILM DAYTON INC
EIN 26-3676429 · Film & Video (A31)
What they do
THE PURPOSE for WHICH THE CORPORATION is FORMED is to PROMOTE THE INCREASED PRODUCTION of FILM, TELEVISION, VIDEO and OTHER TYPES of VISUAL MEDIA IN THE DAYTON, OH AREA BY MARKETING THE DAYTON AREA AS A FILMING LOCATION AS WELL AS BY SUPPORTING LOCAL FILM MAKERS IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, RAISING THE PROFILE of THE DAYTON AREA, ADVANCING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES and FURTHERING THE CREATIVE and ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT of THE DAYTON AREA THROUGH PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE FILM SCREENINGS and THE FILM DAYTON FESTIVAL.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2026
- Location
- 25 VILLA POINTE DR, SPRINGBORO, OH 45066-8308
- County
- Montgomery
- In care of
- SHAUNN BAKER