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

Start with the funders already giving to environment in Ohio, currently Holden Arboretum Trust, The Cleveland Foundation, United States Energy Foundation. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Ohio from out of state.

Who is the largest environment funder in Ohio?

Holden Arboretum Trust gives the most to environment organizations in Ohio, $34M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to environment in Ohio?

$328M reached 438 environment organizations in Ohio, from 1,187 funders. 54% 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 · Environment

Who funds environment in Ohio

Environment funding in Ohio is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though The Holden Arboretum leads, and the money reaches 438 groups.

$328M

granted

438

organizations

54%

from in-state

The short version

1,187 funders gave $328M to 438 environment organizations in Ohio across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
54% of that came from funders also based in Ohio; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in Ohio is Holden Arboretum Trust, at $34M.
The environment organization drawing the most is The Holden Arboretum, at $39M.

Largest funders of environment in Ohio

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

1Holden Arboretum Trust$34M 2The Cleveland Foundation$15M 3United States Energy Foundation$13M 4Turner Farm Foundation Inc$12M 5The George Gund Foundation$12M 6The Dayton Foundation$8M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$7M 8Columbus Foundation$6M 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$6M 10John S and James L Knight Foundation$6M

Environment organizations in Ohio that draw the most

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

428 other environment organizations$153M

The Holden Arboretum$39M Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis Inc$30M Western Reserve Land Conservancy$28M The Ohio Environmental Council$23M Turner Farm Preservation Foundation Inc$11M Cincinnati Nature Center$9M

How to find environment funders in Ohio

1
Start with the funders already active in Ohio
The funders giving the most to environment in Ohio are Holden Arboretum Trust, The Cleveland Foundation, United States Energy Foundation. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment 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
46% of environment money in Ohio comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Ohio.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Ohio?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in Ohio, currently Holden Arboretum Trust, The Cleveland Foundation, United States Energy Foundation. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Ohio from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in Ohio?: Holden Arboretum Trust gives the most to environment organizations in Ohio, $34M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Ohio?: $328M reached 438 environment organizations in Ohio, from 1,187 funders. 54% 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.