EXHIBIT 23.3
 
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                                    CONSENT
 
Board of Directors
Foundation Savings Bank
25 Garfield Place
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
    We  hereby  consent  to the  use  of  our firm's  name  in  the Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (the "Form S-1"), including all amendments thereto,  filed
by  Foundation Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company")  to register 462,875 common shares,
without par value, of the  Company, pursuant to the  Securities Act of 1933;  to
the statements with respect to our firm appearing under the headings "Prospectus
Summary",  "Legal  Matters" and  "Principal Effects  of  the Conversion"  in the
Prospectus which is included in the Form  S-1; and to the filing of our  opinion
regarding  the legality of the common shares,  included as Exhibit 5 to the Form
S-1, and  our opinion  regarding  federal and  state  tax matters,  included  as
Exhibit 8 to the Form S-1.
 
                                          Very truly yours,
 
                                          VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE
 
Cincinnati, Ohio
June 13, 1996