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Ohio Education Association
Oea's mission is to lead the way for the continuous improvement of public education while advocating for our members and the students we serve. We always have, and always will, work to the end. Through oea's more than 150 year history oea members have been involved in every struggle and effort to advance the finest of america's dreams: a…
- $5.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 55
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 37
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $5.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,700
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,467,560
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 37
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $236M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Ohio Education Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $153k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Civil RightsEducationPublic BenefitHuman ServicesOther
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 | 55 | $5.0M | 33% |
| FY2024 | 37 | $2.2M | 14% |
| FY2023 | 37 | $2.7M | 11% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $1.8M | 13% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $1.8M | 23% |
| FY2020 | 33 | $1.8M | 24% |
| FY2019 | 32 | $2.0M | 22% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $2.2M | 14% |
99% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Education$17MEmployment$1.2MCommunity Improvement$1.1MCivil Rights$737kRecreation & Sports$584kPublic Benefit$432kSocial Science$85kHealth$72kOther$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 Education Association | $9,660,195 | 9 | 74% |
| Ohio Education Association Political Contributing Entity | $2,467,560 | 1 | n/a |
| Canton Professional Educators Association | $1,729,074 | 9 | 86% |
| Oea Educational Foundation | $750,000 | 2 | 99% |
| Firelands Education Association | $519,830 | 2 | n/a |
| South-Western Education Association | $318,584 | 9 | 4% |
| Hilliard Education Association | $289,465 | 7 | 50% |
| Groveport Madison Local Ed Assoc | $223,383 | 9 | 10% |
| Mentor Teachers Association | $215,525 | 6 | 67% |
| Mansfield School Employees Association | $180,117 | 8 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Education Association | $9,660,195 | 9 | 74% |
| Ohio Education Association Political Contributing Entity | $2,467,560 | 1 | n/a |
| Canton Professional Educators Association | $1,729,074 | 9 | 86% |
| Oea Educational Foundation | $750,000 | 2 | 99% |
| Firelands Education Association | $519,830 | 2 | n/a |
| South-Western Education Association | $318,584 | 9 | 4% |
| Hilliard Education Association | $289,465 | 7 | 50% |
| Groveport Madison Local Ed Assoc | $223,383 | 9 | 10% |
| Mentor Teachers Association | $215,525 | 6 | 67% |
| Mansfield School Employees Association | $180,117 | 8 | n/a |
| Willoughby-Eastlake Teachers Association | $176,201 | 7 | 39% |
| Lead Ohio | $170,000 | 7 | 17% |
| Lorain Education Association | $169,802 | 7 | 5% |
| Worthington Education Association | $168,844 | 7 | 26% |
| Dayton Education Assn | $160,431 | 5 | 37% |
| Warren Local Education Association | $148,810 | 8 | n/a |
| Westerville Education Association | $146,288 | 6 | 17% |
| Huber Heights Education Association | $139,995 | 8 | n/a |
| Brunswick Education Association | $134,153 | 9 | n/a |
| Tallmadge Teachers Association | $133,082 | 9 | n/a |
| Sylvania Education Association | $130,811 | 8 | n/a |
| Ohio Voice | $130,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Fredericktown Education Association | $118,845 | 5 | n/a |
| Liberty Ase | $108,199 | 5 | n/a |
| Mentor Classified Employees | $106,705 | 7 | n/a |
| Big Walnut Education Association | $103,772 | 7 | n/a |
| Ohio Progressive Collaborative Education Fund | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hamilton Classroom Teachers Association | $93,071 | 8 | 3% |
| Support Ohio Schools | $91,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Field Local Teachers Association | $88,448 | 3 | n/a |
| Twinsburg Education Association | $85,177 | 5 | n/a |
| Policy Matters Ohio | $85,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Parma Education Association | $80,727 | 5 | 13% |
| Painesville City Teachers Association | $74,664 | 5 | n/a |
| Mount Vernon Education Association | $73,441 | 3 | n/a |
| Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice | $70,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Howland Classroom Teachers Association | $67,504 | 7 | n/a |
| Youngstown Education Association | $66,932 | 5 | 39% |
| Sheffield - Sheffield Lake Teachers Association | $63,537 | 7 | n/a |
| Progressohio org | $55,000 | 2 | 62% |
| Lakota Education Association | $53,890 | 3 | 2% |
| Innovation Ohio | $50,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Lakewood Teachers Association | $47,793 | 4 | 16% |
| Dublin Educators Association | $47,562 | 4 | 4% |
| Pickerington Education Association | $35,614 | 2 | 13% |
| Mayfield Education Association | $32,082 | 2 | n/a |
| Equality Ohio Education Fund | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Sycamore Education Assn Green School | $29,250 | 3 | n/a |
| Willoughby-Eastlake Classified Personnel | $25,701 | 3 | n/a |
| Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Niles Education Association | $24,690 | 1 | n/a |
| Southern Local Teachers Association | $24,097 | 1 | n/a |
| Real Choice Ohio | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trumbull County Joint Vacational Teachers | $20,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Boardman Education Association | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Avon Lake Education Association | $19,470 | 2 | n/a |
| Labrae Teachers Association | $17,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Amherst Teachers Association Inc | $17,784 | 2 | n/a |
| Wooster Education Association | $16,931 | 1 | n/a |
| Olentangy Teachers' Association | $15,687 | 2 | 4% |
| Kids Voting Ohio | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kids Voting USA | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Ohio Organizing Collaborative | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lakota Education Association | $14,249 | 2 | n/a |
| Riverside Local Education Association | $13,759 | 2 | n/a |
| Gahanna Jefferson Education Assoc | $13,312 | 2 | 2% |
| Hubbard Education Association | $12,718 | 1 | n/a |
| The Ohio Legislative Black Caucus Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Girard Education Association | $10,498 | 1 | n/a |
| Madison Education Association | $10,054 | 1 | n/a |
| Support Ohio Schools Research and Education Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Values-In-Action Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lakota School Support Association | $8,770 | 1 | n/a |
| Copley Teachers Association | $7,270 | 1 | n/a |
| Ashtabula County Employees Assn for the Mentally Handicapped | $6,995 | 1 | n/a |
| Clearview Education Association | $5,819 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Hunger Alliance | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Education Tax Policy Institute Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Coldwater Teachers Organization | $2,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Clark Shawnee Education Association | $2,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Bay Teachers Association | $2,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Wadsworth Education Association | $2,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Princeton Assoc of CE | $2,383 | 1 | n/a |
| Triway Education Association | $2,055 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwest Local Education Association | $1,955 | 1 | n/a |
| Forest Hills Teachers Association | $1,260 | 1 | n/a |
| The Zanesville Education Association Uniserv | $1,205 | 1 | n/a |
| Garfield Education Association | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cprs (Coalition to Preserve Retirement Security) | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($995k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ohio Education Association supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 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 32.
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.
The George Gund FoundationOH18.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: The George Gund Foundation · Ohio Federation of Teachers · The Cleveland Foundation · Communications Workers of America Afl-Cio Clc · National Education Association of the United States · Central Oeanea · The Center for Community Solutions · The Raymond John Wean Foundation · The Joyce Foundation · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · New Venture Fund · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
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.
About Ohio Education Association
- How much does Ohio Education Association give?
- Ohio Education Association reported 55 itemized grants totaling $5,015,370, out of $5,210,066 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 37 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ohio Education Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (79%), Employment (6%), Community Improvement (5%).
- Who are Ohio Education Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Columbus Education Association ($9.7M), Ohio Education Association Political Contributing Entity ($2.5M), Canton Professional Educators Association ($1.7M).
- Does Ohio Education Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ohio Education Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The George Gund Foundation, Ohio Federation of Teachers, The Cleveland Foundation.
- Where is Ohio Education Association based?
- Ohio Education Association is based in OH.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home