How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Ohio?

Start with the funders already giving to education in Ohio, currently Columbus Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Cleveland Foundation. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Ohio from out of state.

Who is the largest education funder in Ohio?

Columbus Foundation gives the most to education organizations in Ohio, $313M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in Ohio?

$4.3B reached 2,598 education organizations in Ohio, from 6,094 funders. 60% 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 · Education

Who funds education in Ohio

$4.3B reached 2,598 education organizations in Ohio, from 6,094 funders, with no single one dominating.

$4.3B

granted

2,598

organizations

60%

from in-state

The short version

6,094 funders gave $4.3B to 2,598 education organizations in Ohio across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
60% of that came from funders also based in Ohio; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in Ohio is Columbus Foundation, at $313M.
The education organization drawing the most is Case Western Reserve University, at $526M.

Largest funders of education in Ohio

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

1Columbus Foundation$313M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$272M 3The Cleveland Foundation$217M 4Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$124M 5Jewish Federation of Cleveland$84M 6The Wexner Family Charitable Fund$82M 7National Philanthropic Trust$59M 8The Austin E Knowlton Foundation Inc$59M 9Farmer Family Foundation$56M 10Case Alumni Foundation$52M

Education organizations in Ohio that draw the most

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

2,588 other education organizations$2.6B

Case Western Reserve University$526M Ohio State University Foundation$496M

How to find education funders in Ohio

1
Start with the funders already active in Ohio
The funders giving the most to education in Ohio are Columbus Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Cleveland Foundation. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education 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
40% of education money in Ohio comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Ohio.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Ohio?: Start with the funders already giving to education in Ohio, currently Columbus Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Cleveland Foundation. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Ohio from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in Ohio?: Columbus Foundation gives the most to education organizations in Ohio, $313M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in Ohio?: $4.3B reached 2,598 education organizations in Ohio, from 6,094 funders. 60% 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 unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.