How much does Ohio Childrens Foundation give?

Ohio Childrens Foundation reported 33 itemized grants totaling $466,300, out of $490,400 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Ohio Childrens Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (30%), Human Services (17%), Arts & Culture (15%).

Who are Ohio Childrens Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Columbus Early Learning Centers ($165k), Literacy Connects ($165k), Southwest Center for Economic Integrity ($152k).

Does Ohio Childrens Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Ohio Childrens Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Elyria Charities Inc, Ingram-White Castle Foundation, Columbus Foundation.

Where is Ohio Childrens Foundation based?

Ohio Childrens Foundation is based in OH.

Foundation Dossiers

Ohio · Public charity

Ohio Childrens Foundation

To enhance the lives of children by providing grants and technical assistance to child serving organizations

$490k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 33
Itemized grants FY2025: 30
Organizations funded FY2024: 30%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $466k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $15,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $25,000
Organizations funded a year: 18 to 30; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 3
Total assets, FY2025: $5.8M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Ohio Childrens Foundation 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; $117k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	32	$466k	28%
FY2024	30	$483k	30%
FY2023	23	$337k	26%
FY2022	26	$337k	31%
FY2021	18	$239k	22%
FY2020	19	$222k	37%
FY2019	24	$310k	25%
FY2018	21	$264k	48%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$960kHuman Services$523kArts & Culture$481kHealth$280kFood & Nutrition$231kPhilanthropy$159kHousing & Shelter$120kCommunity Improvement$96kOther$0

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
Columbus Early Learning Centers	$165,000	6	1%
Literacy Connects	$165,000	7	2%
Southwest Center for Economic Integrity	$151,700	8	28%
Columbus Speech and Hearing Center	$132,500	8	1%
Stuarts Opera House	$120,000	6	1%
University of Arizona Foundation	$114,000	5	0%
Ely Chapman Education Foundation	$113,000	8	3%
Beech Acres	$99,000	8	0%
Strong Start Tucson	$70,000	1	n/a
Highland Youth Garden Inc	$70,000	5	9%

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All grantees of Ohio Childrens Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Columbus Early Learning Centers	$165,000	6	1%
Literacy Connects	$165,000	7	2%
Southwest Center for Economic Integrity	$151,700	8	28%
Columbus Speech and Hearing Center	$132,500	8	1%
Stuarts Opera House	$120,000	6	1%
University of Arizona Foundation	$114,000	5	0%
Ely Chapman Education Foundation	$113,000	8	3%
Beech Acres	$99,000	8	0%
Strong Start Tucson	$70,000	1	n/a
Highland Youth Garden Inc	$70,000	5	9%
Children's Hunger Alliance	$70,000	5	0%
Cleveland Kids' Book Bank	$67,500	5	3%
Council for a Strong America	$65,000	4	0%
The Literacy Lab	$60,000	3	0%
The United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley	$57,500	6	0%
Friends of the Conservatory	$55,000	4	1%
Ballet Metropolitan Inc	$54,000	7	0%
Make Way For Books	$54,000	4	1%
City Gospel Mission and Affiliates	$52,500	6	0%
The Homeless Families Foundation	$52,000	3	0%
Furniture Bank of Central Ohio	$50,000	2	0%
Children's Hospital Medical Center	$50,000	5	0%
Ecumenical Shelter Network of Lake County Inc	$48,240	5	1%
The Learning Tree Farm Inc	$47,500	4	2%
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron	$45,175	4	0%
Chillicothe City Schools	$45,000	2	n/a
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Inc	$45,000	4	0%
Franklinton Farms	$43,000	3	3%
Cise	$40,000	2	0%
Voices for Ohios Children	$40,000	2	4%
Cincinnati Union Bethel	$40,000	4	0%
Central Community House	$35,000	2	2%
Santa Maria Community Services Inc	$34,000	2	0%
Crayons to Classrooms	$32,000	4	0%
Summer Bridge	$30,000	2	n/a
Books for Classrooms	$26,000	3	8%
Clintonville-Beechwold Community Resources Center	$25,000	2	0%
Kidsmiles Pediatric Dental Clinic	$21,500	3	3%
Miami County Dental Clinic	$21,000	3	1%
Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona Inc	$20,000	1	0%
Child & Family Resources Inc	$20,000	1	0%
Young Women's Christian Association	$20,000	1	n/a
Child Care Choicesinc	$20,000	1	6%
Cincinnati Urban Promise Inc	$20,000	2	1%
Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Cincinnati	$20,000	1	0%
Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio	$20,000	2	0%
Oberlin Early Childhood Center	$20,000	1	2%
Ohio Valley Museum of Discoveryinc	$15,000	1	n/a
Young Mens Christian Association Findlay Ohio	$15,000	1	n/a
A Kid at Art for the Heart Inc	$15,000	1	n/a
Merrick House	$15,000	2	0%
Seneca East Local Schools	$15,000	1	n/a
Shawnee State University Foundation	$15,000	1	1%
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company	$15,000	2	1%
Miami University	$15,000	1	n/a
Heartfelt Tidbits Inc	$15,000	1	n/a
Sonlight Community Services	$14,500	2	n/a
Community Happens Here Inc	$14,500	1	7%
Toledo Day Nursery	$14,000	2	1%
Children's Network of Stark County	$11,000	1	n/a
Alger Public Library	$10,200	1	n/a
Gladden Community House	$10,000	1	0%
Kendal Northern Ohio	$10,000	1	9%
Hocking Hills Childrens Museum Inc	$10,000	1	16%
Niles City Schools	$10,000	1	n/a
Casa de Los Ninos	$10,000	1	0%
Tops Inc and Associate Training	$10,000	1	1%
Toledo Science Center	$10,000	1	0%
Arizona Daily Star	$10,000	1	n/a
Childhood League Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Cleveland Society for the Blind	$10,000	1	0%
Delaware Childrens Fund	$10,000	1	n/a
The Lakeland Foundation	$9,153	1	0%
Akron Public Schools	$8,255	1	n/a
United Way of Greater Lima Inc	$8,000	1	0%
The Family YMCA of Lancaster & Fairfield County	$7,700	1	0%
The Centers for Families and Children	$7,500	1	0%
Little Baby Blessings Foundation	$7,500	1	n/a
Little Lighthouse Learning Center	$7,500	1	n/a
Hubbard Public Library	$6,900	1	n/a
Western local Schools	$6,500	1	n/a
North Central Ohio Esc	$6,300	1	n/a
Read for Literacy Inc	$6,000	1	1%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.

Ohio Childrens Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 61 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 61.

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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.

Elyria Charities IncOH34.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 4 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Elyria Charities Inc · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · Columbus Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · Harry C Moores Foundation · The CareSource Foundation · Siemer Family Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · L Brands Foundation · Cardinal Health Foundation · United Way of Greater Cincinnati

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Ohio Childrens Foundation

How much does Ohio Childrens Foundation give?: Ohio Childrens Foundation reported 33 itemized grants totaling $466,300, out of $490,400 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Ohio Childrens Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (30%), Human Services (17%), Arts & Culture (15%).
Who are Ohio Childrens Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Columbus Early Learning Centers ($165k), Literacy Connects ($165k), Southwest Center for Economic Integrity ($152k).
Does Ohio Childrens Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ohio Childrens Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Elyria Charities Inc, Ingram-White Castle Foundation, Columbus Foundation.
Where is Ohio Childrens Foundation based?: Ohio Childrens Foundation is based in OH.