Ohio · Public charity
Ohio History Connection
Identify, authenticate, collect, preserve, and interpret ohio's history.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 43
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 56
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.5M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $19,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $190,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 56
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 80% of the organizations Ohio History Connection funded were first-time grantees, receiving 81% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $956k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Arts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesReligionOther
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 | 43 | $1.5M | 72% |
| FY2024 | 56 | $1.2M | 80% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $309k | 81% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $327k | 65% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $364k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $264k | 95% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $185k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Arts & Culture$2.1MCommunity Improvement$630kPublic Benefit$604kHousing & Shelter$205kRecreation & Sports$148kEducation$147kEnvironment$105kReligion$96kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio History Connection Foundation | $220,599 | 5 | 2% |
| Cleveland Restoration Society Inc | $220,217 | 6 | 4% |
| Capitol Square Foundation | $213,000 | 2 | 14% |
| Van Wert County Port Authority | $157,557 | 1 | n/a |
| Riddle Block 9 LLC | $109,440 | 1 | n/a |
| Third Street Studio LLC | $95,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Painesville Tower LLC | $94,330 | 1 | n/a |
| Mark Miller | $80,864 | 1 | n/a |
| Confluence Corporation | $74,320 | 1 | n/a |
| Cambridge Performing Arts Center | $71,152 | 1 | 50% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio History Connection Foundation | $220,599 | 5 | 2% |
| Cleveland Restoration Society Inc | $220,217 | 6 | 4% |
| Capitol Square Foundation | $213,000 | 2 | 14% |
| Van Wert County Port Authority | $157,557 | 1 | n/a |
| Riddle Block 9 LLC | $109,440 | 1 | n/a |
| Third Street Studio LLC | $95,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Painesville Tower LLC | $94,330 | 1 | n/a |
| Mark Miller | $80,864 | 1 | n/a |
| Confluence Corporation | $74,320 | 1 | n/a |
| Cambridge Performing Arts Center | $71,152 | 1 | 50% |
| Greenlawn Abbey Preservation Association | $70,760 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Shaker Heights | $65,982 | 2 | n/a |
| Honey House Coshocton LLC | $59,990 | 1 | n/a |
| Sandusky City | $58,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Church in Oberlin | $50,622 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Cleveland Heights Oh | $46,660 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Athens | $42,800 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Cincinnati | $42,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Midstory | $40,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Art Opportunities Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| America's River Roots Experience | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Summit County Children Services | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Oberlin Historical and Improvement Organization | $39,014 | 1 | n/a |
| Jewish Education Center of Cleveland | $39,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National First Ladies Library | $37,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Norwood Together | $37,500 | 1 | 30% |
| Southern Lorain County Historical Society | $35,419 | 3 | 20% |
| Marion Voices Folklife & Oral History | $35,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Taft Museum of Art | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Leadership Ohio | $35,000 | 1 | 11% |
| The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage | $33,635 | 2 | 1% |
| Over-The-Rhine Museum | $31,136 | 3 | 7% |
| City of Shelby | $30,751 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Cleveland | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ohio Biological Survey Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Ohio State University Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Green Umbrella | $28,409 | 1 | 2% |
| City of Barberton | $27,500 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Toledo | $27,480 | 1 | n/a |
| Heritage Ohio Inc | $27,450 | 3 | 1% |
| Caesars Ford Theatre Inc | $27,000 | 1 | 43% |
| Fort Recovery Historical Society | $25,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Burten Bell Carr Development Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cincinnati Museum Association | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| East Liverpool Community Partnership | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ideastream | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Ohio State University | $24,592 | 2 | n/a |
| Safety Forces Support Center - Counseling Grant | $23,462 | 2 | n/a |
| Waterville Historical Society | $23,000 | 1 | 33% |
| Ohio Local History Alliance | $22,834 | 3 | 9% |
| Shaker Historical Society | $22,289 | 1 | 17% |
| Lakewood Aliveinc | $22,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Ohio History Connection | $21,391 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Loveland | $21,375 | 1 | n/a |
| German Village Society | $20,510 | 1 | 4% |
| Cincinnati Development Fund | $20,510 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Green Division of Fire | $20,374 | 1 | n/a |
| The City of Hudson | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jazz Arts Group | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mac-A-Cheek Foundations for the Humanities | $20,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Great Circle Alliance | $20,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Middletown Fine Arts Center | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Delaware County Cultural Arts Center | $20,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Dairy Barn Se Ohio Cultural Arts | $19,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mahoning Valley Historical Society | $19,000 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Bowling Green | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Lorain | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Ravenna | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Columbus Landmarks Foundation | $17,760 | 1 | n/a |
| International Women's Air & Space Museum Inc | $17,500 | 1 | 8% |
| Marion County Historical Society | $17,500 | 2 | 4% |
| The Teaching Cleveland Foundation | $17,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History | $17,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aviation Hall of Fame | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bowling Green State University | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Libbey House Foundation | $15,727 | 1 | 20% |
| Sauder Village | $15,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Diverse Media Zone Incorporated | $15,398 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of Crowell Hilaka | $15,250 | 2 | 13% |
| Corporation for Findlay Market | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ohiodance Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Jewish Community Center of Greater Columbus | $14,700 | 2 | 0% |
| Youngstown Area Jewish Foundation | $14,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Kent State University | $13,646 | 1 | n/a |
| Zoar Community Association | $12,875 | 1 | n/a |
| Kol Israel Foundation Inc | $12,655 | 2 | 4% |
| Miami University | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Westcott House Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hathaway Brown School | $12,053 | 1 | 0% |
| Trumbull County Historical Soc | $12,046 | 2 | 2% |
| Downtown Marion Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Fairfield County | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Playhouse Square Foundation | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Village of Lockland | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Defiance Development and Visitors Bureau Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Downtown Painesville Organization | $12,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Noble County Historical Society Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Richfield Joint Recreation District | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Uptown Westerville Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Village of Caledonia | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lorain Historical Society | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Forever Franklin Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fairfield Homes Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Paulding Chamberinc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Plymouth Area Historical Society | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kenmore Neighborhood Alliance | $12,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Downtown Wadsworth Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Grow Greater Greenfield | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Carlisle-Allen LLC | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ludowici Roof Tile | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Town Coshocton | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Mansfield | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 477 Columbus LLC | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Price Hill Will | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Action Program Commission of the Lancaster-Fairfield County Area Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Downtown Toledo Development Corporation | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Harry and Violet Turner 95 Charitable Trust | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sellman Enterprises LLC | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alliance Historical Society | $10,592 | 1 | n/a |
| Cuyahoga County Soldiers and Sailors Monument | $10,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Loren Leatherman | $10,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Dunham Tavern Museum & Gardens | $10,200 | 1 | 2% |
| City of Salem Ohio | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brossard Memorial Library | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Hartman Rock Garden | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rickenbacker-Woods Technology Museum and Historical Park Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Preble County Historical Society Inc | $9,700 | 1 | 1% |
| Canal Fulton Heritage Society | $9,625 | 1 | n/a |
| Lake Local School District | $9,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Glendale | $9,322 | 1 | n/a |
| Columbus Public Health | $8,971 | 1 | n/a |
| Gorman Heritage Farm Foundation | $8,856 | 1 | n/a |
| Ed Jaeger | $8,700 | 1 | n/a |
| The Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc | $8,645 | 1 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park | $8,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Capital University | $8,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Main Street Van Wert Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 7% |
| American Sign Museum | $7,804 | 1 | n/a |
| Cincinnati Preservation Association | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Ohio National Road Association Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Museum of Ceramics Foundation | $7,470 | 1 | 6% |
| The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education | $7,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Muskingum University | $7,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Augusta Chiwy Foundation | $7,200 | 1 | 5% |
| Magnificat High School | $7,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Ravenna School District | $7,199 | 1 | n/a |
| Good Shepherd Wesleyan Church | $7,090 | 1 | n/a |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fun Flicks Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Miami Valley Public Media Inc | $6,120 | 1 | 0% |
| Antioch College Corporation | $6,120 | 1 | 0% |
| Evac Project Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Beth Tikvah | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dayton Society of Natural History | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lakeside Heritage Society Inc | $5,879 | 1 | 4% |
| City of Galion | $5,815 | 1 | n/a |
| Loveland Middle School | $5,665 | 1 | n/a |
| Federation of Womens Clubs Inc of Marion County | $5,625 | 1 | 2% |
| 122 West Auglaize Associates LLC | $5,614 | 1 | n/a |
| Cincinnati Museum Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Short North Civic Association | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ohio History Connection supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 80 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 80.
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.
Ohio Humanities CouncilOH69.3× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Ohio Humanities Council · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · The Frances R Luther Charitable Trust · Earthward Bound Foundation · Louise Taft Semple Foundation · Columbus Foundation · Ladislas & Vilma Segoe Family Found · The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation Co Fifth Third Bank Na Agent · Millstone Fund · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · Ohio Capital Impact Corporation · Thomas R Schiff Foundation
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 History Connection
- How much does Ohio History Connection give?
- Ohio History Connection reported 43 itemized grants totaling $1,537,978, out of $1,777,261 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 56 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Ohio History Connection fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (50%), Community Improvement (15%), Public Benefit (14%).
- Who are Ohio History Connection's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Ohio History Connection Foundation ($221k), Cleveland Restoration Society Inc ($220k), Capitol Square Foundation ($213k).
- Does Ohio History Connection fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ohio History Connection?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ohio Humanities Council, Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation, The Frances R Luther Charitable Trust.
- Where is Ohio History Connection based?
- Ohio History Connection is based in OH.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
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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