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

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

Who is the largest employment funder in Ohio?

Goodwill Industries International Inc gives the most to employment organizations in Ohio, $23M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to employment in Ohio?

$289M reached 493 employment organizations in Ohio, from 950 funders. 61% 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 · Employment

Who funds employment in Ohio

Employment funding in Ohio is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley leads, and the money reaches 493 groups.

$289M

granted

493

organizations

61%

from in-state

The short version

950 funders gave $289M to 493 employment organizations in Ohio across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
61% of that came from funders also based in Ohio; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of employment in Ohio is Goodwill Industries International Inc, at $23M.
The employment organization drawing the most is Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley, at $27M.

Largest funders of employment in Ohio

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

1Goodwill Industries International Inc$23M 2The Cleveland Foundation$21M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$19M 4Fund for Our Economic Future of Northeast Ohio$11M 5National Philanthropic Trust$10M 6Easter Seals Inc$9M 7United Way of Central Ohio Inc$7M 8Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Workforce Development Board$7M 9Aspyr$6M 10United Way of Greater Cincinnati$6M

Employment organizations in Ohio that draw the most

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

483 other employment organizations$150M

Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley$27M Youth Opportunities Unlimited$21M Towards Employment Inc$17M Easter Seals Tristate$16M Cincinnati Works$14M Zanesville Welfare Organization and Goodwill Industries Inc$10M Goodwill Industries of Central Ohio Inc$9M

How to find employment funders in Ohio

1
Start with the funders already active in Ohio
The funders giving the most to employment in Ohio are Goodwill Industries International Inc, The Cleveland Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing employment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the employment 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
39% of employment money in Ohio comes from funders elsewhere, so national employment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Ohio.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a employment nonprofit in Ohio?: Start with the funders already giving to employment in Ohio, currently Goodwill Industries International Inc, The Cleveland Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Ohio from out of state.
Who is the largest employment funder in Ohio?: Goodwill Industries International Inc gives the most to employment organizations in Ohio, $23M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to employment in Ohio?: $289M reached 493 employment organizations in Ohio, from 950 funders. 61% 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 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.