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

Start with the funders already giving to health in Ohio, currently The Childrens Hospital, The Elizabeth Gamble Deaconess Home Association, Flower Hospital. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Ohio from out of state.

Who is the largest health funder in Ohio?

The Childrens Hospital gives the most to health organizations in Ohio, $1.0B across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to health in Ohio?

$6.7B reached 2,440 health organizations in Ohio, from 5,568 funders. 82% 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 · Health

Who funds health in Ohio

It is overwhelmingly local money: 82% comes from funders based in Ohio.

$6.7B

granted

2,440

organizations

82%

from in-state

The short version

5,568 funders gave $6.7B to 2,440 health organizations in Ohio across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
82% of that came from funders also based in Ohio; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of health in Ohio is The Childrens Hospital, at $1.0B.
The health organization drawing the most is Children's Hospital Medical Center, at $1.4B.

Largest funders of health in Ohio

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

1The Childrens Hospital$1.0B 2The Elizabeth Gamble Deaconess Home Association$405M 3Flower Hospital$322M 4Nationwide Childrens Hospital Group Return$188M 5The Toledo Hospital$185M 6Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation$146M 7Marietta Memorial Hospital$134M 8Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$129M 9The Cleveland Foundation$114M 10Akron Children's Hospital Foundation$89M

Health organizations in Ohio that draw the most

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

2,430 other health organizations$3.5B

Children's Hospital Medical Center$1.4B The Christ Hospital$414M Promedica Health System Inc$276M The Cleveland Clinic Foundation$249M

How to find health funders in Ohio

1
Start with the funders already active in Ohio
The funders giving the most to health in Ohio are The Childrens Hospital, The Elizabeth Gamble Deaconess Home Association, Flower Hospital. A funder already writing health checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the health 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
18% of health money in Ohio comes from funders elsewhere, so national health funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Ohio.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a health nonprofit in Ohio?: Start with the funders already giving to health in Ohio, currently The Childrens Hospital, The Elizabeth Gamble Deaconess Home Association, Flower Hospital. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Ohio from out of state.
Who is the largest health funder in Ohio?: The Childrens Hospital gives the most to health organizations in Ohio, $1.0B across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to health in Ohio?: $6.7B reached 2,440 health organizations in Ohio, from 5,568 funders. 82% 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.