How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Ohio?

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Ohio, currently Columbus Foundation, Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts, The Scioto County Area Foundation. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Ohio from out of state.

Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Ohio?

Columbus Foundation gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Ohio, $41M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Ohio?

$734M reached 1,012 arts and culture organizations in Ohio, from 1,714 funders. 76% came from funders also based in Ohio.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Ohio · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in Ohio

Arts and culture funding in Ohio is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra leads, and the money reaches 1,012 groups.

$734M

granted

1,012

organizations

76%

from in-state

The short version

1,714 funders gave $734M to 1,012 arts and culture organizations in Ohio across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
76% of that came from funders also based in Ohio; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in Ohio is Columbus Foundation, at $41M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, at $67M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in Ohio

The funders giving the most to arts and culture organizations in Ohio, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Columbus Foundation$41M 2Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts$33M 3The Scioto County Area Foundation$33M 4Music and Event Management Inc$26M 5Jack Joseph & Morton Mandel Foundation$24M 6The Cleveland Foundation$24M 7John J & Mary R Schiff Foundation$24M 8The Greater Cincinnati Foundation$21M 9The John Huntington Art and Polytechnic$20M 10Greater Columbus Arts Council$19M

Arts and culture organizations in Ohio that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

1,002 other arts and culture organizations$430M

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra$67M Cleveland Museum of Art$59M The Musical Arts Association$49M Southern Ohio Museum Corporation$29M

How to find arts and culture funders in Ohio

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Start with the funders already active in Ohio
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in Ohio are Columbus Foundation, Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts, The Scioto County Area Foundation. A funder already writing arts and culture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
24% of arts and culture money in Ohio comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Ohio.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Ohio?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Ohio, currently Columbus Foundation, Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts, The Scioto County Area Foundation. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Ohio from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Ohio?: Columbus Foundation gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Ohio, $41M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Ohio?: $734M reached 1,012 arts and culture organizations in Ohio, from 1,714 funders. 76% came from funders also based in Ohio.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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The regranting layer

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The DAF merry-go-round

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Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.