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

Start with the funders already giving to education in Ohio, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Columbus Foundation, 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?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to education organizations in Ohio, $104M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in Ohio?

$1.5B reached 1,571 education organizations in Ohio, from 3,616 funders. 51% 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

$1.5B reached 1,571 education organizations in Ohio, from 3,616 funders, with no single one dominating.

$1.5B

granted

1,571

organizations

51%

from in-state

The short version

3,616 funders gave $1.5B to 1,571 education organizations in Ohio across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
51% 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 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $104M.
The education organization drawing the most is Ohio State University Foundation, at $232M.

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.

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$104M 2Columbus Foundation$104M 3The Cleveland Foundation$53M 4Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$52M 5The Robert F Wolfe & Edgar T Wolfe$51M 6Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$38M 7The Connor Group Foundation aka The$29M 8John S and James L Knight Foundation$24M 9Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral$24M 10Case Alumni Foundation$19M

Education organizations in Ohio that draw the most

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

1,561 other education organizations$816M

Ohio State University Foundation$232M Case Western Reserve University$211M

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 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Columbus Foundation, 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
49% 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 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Columbus Foundation, 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?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to education organizations in Ohio, $104M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in Ohio?: $1.5B reached 1,571 education organizations in Ohio, from 3,616 funders. 51% 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.