Ohio · Public charity
Columbus Automobile Dealers Association
The association was organized to promote and stimulate trade and commerce for new automobile dealers in columbus metrpopolitan area, franklin county and surrounding counties.
- $225k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $225,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $225,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Columbus Automobile Dealers Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $225k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $370k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $358k | 83% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $143k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $141k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $280k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $189k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $176k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driving Ohio Forward | $667,500 | 3 | 69% |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc | $142,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Dreams on Horseback | $103,333 | 2 | 13% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio Inc | $93,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The 2nd and 7 Foundation | $73,333 | 1 | n/a |
| Pink Ribbon Good Inc | $73,333 | 1 | 2% |
| Childhood League Inc | $63,000 | 1 | 2% |
| State Solutions Inc | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Columbus Speech and Hearing Center | $55,500 | 1 | 1% |
| A Kid Again Inc | $55,500 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driving Ohio Forward | $667,500 | 3 | 69% |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc | $142,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Dreams on Horseback | $103,333 | 2 | 13% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio Inc | $93,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The 2nd and 7 Foundation | $73,333 | 1 | n/a |
| Pink Ribbon Good Inc | $73,333 | 1 | 2% |
| Childhood League Inc | $63,000 | 1 | 2% |
| State Solutions Inc | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Columbus Speech and Hearing Center | $55,500 | 1 | 1% |
| A Kid Again Inc | $55,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Neighborhood Bridges | $51,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Josephs Coat of Central Ohio Inc | $39,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Ohio State University | $39,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Disabled American Veterans | $39,000 | 1 | 65% |
| Brian Muha Memorial Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Nellies Champions for Kids Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Unverferth House Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Bishop Griffin Resource Center Society of St Vincent de Paul | $27,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Double Portion Ministries Inc | $27,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beehive Alliance | $27,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Children's Heart Foundation | $27,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($128k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Columbus Automobile Dealers Association supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Columbus Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Harry C Moores Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation · Margaret and Robert Walter Foundation · Siemer Family Foundation · Safelite Foundation · The Foundation of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus · Cardinal Health Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc
How this is measured
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About Columbus Automobile Dealers Association
- How much does Columbus Automobile Dealers Association give?
- Columbus Automobile Dealers Association reported 1 grants totaling $225,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Columbus Automobile Dealers Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (39%), Health (23%), Human Services (16%).
- Who are Columbus Automobile Dealers Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Driving Ohio Forward ($668k), Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc ($143k), Dreams on Horseback ($103k).
- Does Columbus Automobile Dealers Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Columbus Automobile Dealers Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Columbus Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Harry C Moores Foundation.
- Where is Columbus Automobile Dealers Association based?
- Columbus Automobile Dealers Association is based in OH.
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