How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Ohio?

Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Ohio, currently Legal Services Corporation, Ohio Access to Justice Foundation, Advocates for Basic Legal Equality Inc. Then look at who funds the crime and legal 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 crime and legal in Ohio?

$79M reached 109 crime and legal organizations in Ohio, from 359 funders. 36% 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 · Crime and legal

Who funds crime and legal in Ohio

One funder dominates the giving, Legal Services Corporation, at 46% of the total.

$79M

granted

109

organizations

36%

from in-state

The short version

359 funders gave $79M to 109 crime and legal organizations in Ohio across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
36% of that came from funders also based in Ohio; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of crime and legal in Ohio is Legal Services Corporation, at $36M.
The crime and legal organization drawing the most is Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio, at $20M.

Largest funders of crime and legal in Ohio

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

1Legal Services Corporation$36M 2Ohio Access to Justice Foundation$9M 3Advocates for Basic Legal Equality Inc$4M 4Lakeshore Foundation$2M 5The Village Network Foundation Inc$1M 6The Ford Foundation$1M 7The District of Columbia Bar Foundation$1M 8Oneohio Recovery Foundation Inc$1M 9The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation$930k 10Hispanics in Philanthropy$926k

Crime and legal organizations in Ohio that draw the most

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

Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio$20M Legal Aid of Western Ohio Inc$17M Community Legal Aid Services$12M

99 other crime and legal organizations$10M

Justice for Migrant Women$9M

How to find crime and legal funders in Ohio

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Start with the funders already active in Ohio
The funders giving the most to crime and legal in Ohio are Legal Services Corporation, Ohio Access to Justice Foundation, Advocates for Basic Legal Equality Inc. A funder already writing crime and legal checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the crime and legal 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
64% of crime and legal money in Ohio comes from funders elsewhere, so national crime and legal funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Ohio.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Ohio?: Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Ohio, currently Legal Services Corporation, Ohio Access to Justice Foundation, Advocates for Basic Legal Equality Inc. Then look at who funds the crime and legal organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Ohio from out of state.
Who is the largest crime and legal funder in Ohio?: Legal Services Corporation gives the most to crime and legal organizations in Ohio, $36M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to crime and legal in Ohio?: $79M reached 109 crime and legal organizations in Ohio, from 359 funders. 36% 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.