How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Ohio?

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Ohio, currently Servant Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Ohio from out of state.

How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Ohio?

$85M reached 82 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Ohio, from 412 funders. 41% 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 · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Ohio

Ohio's civil rights and advocacy organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$85M

granted

organizations

41%

from in-state

The short version

412 funders gave $85M to 82 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Ohio across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
41% of that came from funders also based in Ohio; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in Ohio is Servant Foundation, at $4M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Prokids, at $12M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Ohio

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

1Servant Foundation$4M 2Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$4M 3The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation$4M 4John J & Mary R Schiff Foundation$4M 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$3M 6Christian Community Foundation Inc$3M 7The George Gund Foundation$3M 8Open Society Action Fund Inc$3M 9The Cleveland Foundation$3M 10Ohio Health Care Association$3M

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Ohio that draw the most

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

72 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$25M

Prokids$12M 1792 Exchange$11M Ohio Progressive Collaborative Education Fund$7M Center for Christian Virtue$5M The American Policy Roundtable$5M The Ohio Organizing Campaign$5M

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Ohio

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Start with the funders already active in Ohio
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Ohio are Servant Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation. A funder already writing civil rights and advocacy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the civil rights and advocacy 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
59% of civil rights and advocacy money in Ohio comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Ohio.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Ohio?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Ohio, currently Servant Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Ohio from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Ohio?: Servant Foundation gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Ohio, $4M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Ohio?: $85M reached 82 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Ohio, from 412 funders. 41% 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.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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.