How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in Ohio?

Start with the funders already giving to human services in Ohio, currently Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral, Community Shelter Board, Jewish Federation of Cleveland. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Ohio from out of state.

Who is the largest human services funder in Ohio?

Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral gives the most to human services organizations in Ohio, $126M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to human services in Ohio?

$957M reached 1,407 human services organizations in Ohio, from 2,442 funders. 76% 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 · Human services

Who funds human services in Ohio

Human services funding in Ohio is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Young Mens Christian Association of Central Ohio leads, and the money reaches 1,407 groups.

$957M

granted

1,407

organizations

76%

from in-state

The short version

2,442 funders gave $957M to 1,407 human services organizations in Ohio across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
76% of that came from funders also based in Ohio; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of human services in Ohio is Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral, at $126M.
The human services organization drawing the most is Young Mens Christian Association of Central Ohio, at $50M.

Largest funders of human services in Ohio

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

1Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral$126M 2Community Shelter Board$86M 3Jewish Federation of Cleveland$32M 4United Way of Greater Cincinnati$25M 5Columbus Foundation$24M 6Ohio's Hospice Foundation$18M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$18M 8Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc$16M 9The Cleveland Foundation$14M 10Strategies to End Homelessness Inc$13M

Human services organizations in Ohio that draw the most

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

1,397 other human services organizations$730M

Young Mens Christian Association of Central Ohio$50M

How to find human services funders in Ohio

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Start with the funders already active in Ohio
The funders giving the most to human services in Ohio are Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral, Community Shelter Board, Jewish Federation of Cleveland. A funder already writing human services checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the human services 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
24% of human services money in Ohio comes from funders elsewhere, so national human services funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Ohio.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in Ohio?: Start with the funders already giving to human services in Ohio, currently Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral, Community Shelter Board, Jewish Federation of Cleveland. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Ohio from out of state.
Who is the largest human services funder in Ohio?: Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral gives the most to human services organizations in Ohio, $126M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to human services in Ohio?: $957M reached 1,407 human services organizations in Ohio, from 2,442 funders. 76% 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 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.