Ohio · Public charity
The Columbus Partnership
Economic development: investigation and study of various areas of need for the development of plans and programs to be undertaken and the creation of strategies and programming to begin executing the same.
- $93k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $65k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations The Columbus Partnership funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $65k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $8k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $38k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $180k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $48k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $1.4M | 50% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $130k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Columbus Partnership | $1,299,553 | 1 | 28% |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Group Return | $187,500 | 6 | 0% |
| United Way of Central Ohio Inc | $162,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Columbus Public Health | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pelotonia | $39,285 | 1 | n/a |
| Columbus Urban League | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Women for Economic and Leadership Development | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Franklin County Historical Society Dba Cosi Columbus | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Columbus Partnership | $1,299,553 | 1 | 28% |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Group Return | $187,500 | 6 | 0% |
| United Way of Central Ohio Inc | $162,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Columbus Public Health | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pelotonia | $39,285 | 1 | n/a |
| Columbus Urban League | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Women for Economic and Leadership Development | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Franklin County Historical Society Dba Cosi Columbus | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ohio Business Roundtable | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
The Columbus Partnership supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 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: L Brands Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · Columbus Foundation
How this is measured
About The Columbus Partnership
- How much does The Columbus Partnership give?
- The Columbus Partnership reported 4 itemized grants totaling $65,000, out of $93,473 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Columbus Partnership fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (70%), Health (13%), Philanthropy (9%).
- Who are The Columbus Partnership's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Columbus Partnership ($1.3M), Nationwide Childrens Hospital Group Return ($188k), United Way of Central Ohio Inc ($163k).
- Does The Columbus Partnership fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Columbus Partnership?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include L Brands Foundation, American Electric Power Foundation, Columbus Foundation.
- Where is The Columbus Partnership based?
- The Columbus Partnership is based in OH.
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