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, United States Energy Foundation, The George Gund 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, $15M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to environment in Ohio?

$109M reached 184 environment organizations in Ohio, from 711 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 · Environment

Who funds environment in Ohio

$109M reached 184 environment organizations in Ohio, from 711 funders, with no single one dominating.

$109M

granted

184

organizations

61%

from in-state

The short version

711 funders gave $109M to 184 environment 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 environment in Ohio is Holden Arboretum Trust, at $15M.
The environment organization drawing the most is The Holden Arboretum, at $17M.

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$15M 2United States Energy Foundation$4M 3The George Gund Foundation$4M 4Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$3M 5The Cleveland Foundation$3M 6Turner Farm Foundation Inc$3M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$3M 8The Susanne Geier Peters Foundation$3M 9Greater Columbus Arts Council$2M 10Akron Community Foundation$2M

Environment organizations in Ohio that draw the most

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

174 other environment organizations$43M

The Holden Arboretum$17M Institute for Energy Economics And$13M Western Reserve Land Conservancy$10M The Ohio Environmental Council$7M Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley$4M Turner Farm Preservation Foundation Inc$3M Green Umbrella$3M

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, United States Energy Foundation, The George Gund 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
39% 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, United States Energy Foundation, The George Gund 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, $15M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Ohio?: $109M reached 184 environment organizations in Ohio, from 711 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 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.