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

Start with the funders already giving to housing in Ohio, currently Community Shelter Board, Strategies to End Homelessness Inc, Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Ohio from out of state.

Who is the largest housing funder in Ohio?

Community Shelter Board gives the most to housing organizations in Ohio, $101M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to housing in Ohio?

$860M reached 752 housing organizations in Ohio, from 1,569 funders. 74% 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 · Housing

Who funds housing in Ohio

Housing funding in Ohio is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Homefull leads, and the money reaches 752 groups.

$860M

granted

752

organizations

74%

from in-state

The short version

1,569 funders gave $860M to 752 housing organizations in Ohio across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
74% of that came from funders also based in Ohio; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of housing in Ohio is Community Shelter Board, at $101M.
The housing organization drawing the most is Homefull, at $49M.

Largest funders of housing in Ohio

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

1Community Shelter Board$101M 2Strategies to End Homelessness Inc$57M 3Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing$34M 4Columbus Foundation$26M 5Corporation for Supportive Housing$25M 6Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation$25M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$23M 8The Cleveland Foundation$21M 9The Chicago Community Trust$21M 10The Greater Cincinnati Foundation$19M

Housing organizations in Ohio that draw the most

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

742 other housing organizations$567M

Homefull$49M Community Housing Network Inc$45M Habitat for Humanity - Midohio$37M

How to find housing funders in Ohio

1
Start with the funders already active in Ohio
The funders giving the most to housing in Ohio are Community Shelter Board, Strategies to End Homelessness Inc, Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing. A funder already writing housing checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the housing 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
26% of housing money in Ohio comes from funders elsewhere, so national housing funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Ohio.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in Ohio?: Start with the funders already giving to housing in Ohio, currently Community Shelter Board, Strategies to End Homelessness Inc, Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Ohio from out of state.
Who is the largest housing funder in Ohio?: Community Shelter Board gives the most to housing organizations in Ohio, $101M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in Ohio?: $860M reached 752 housing organizations in Ohio, from 1,569 funders. 74% 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.