[2] The Dayton Performing Arts Alliance is believed to be one of the first nonprofit organizations in the United States to simultaneously manage a symphony orchestra, an opera company, and a ballet company.
[3] In early 2012, the three organizations received commitments of support contingent upon the merger taking place.
These contingent grants totaled $1.25 million over the next three years and were offered by the Harry A. Toumlin, Jr. and Virginia B. Toumlin Fund of the Dayton Foundation and an anonymous donor.
[5] A plan was created to consolidate the management structures[2] and business operations[6] of the three original organizations under one executive director[2] and 39-member board of trustees,[7] and each organization maintains its own artistic director.
[7] All three artistic organizations have maintained their distinct identities and have continued appealing to their donors under their own names rather than simply as an arts alliance.