How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in Ohio?

Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in Ohio, currently Article IV, Green Umbrella, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the public benefit organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Ohio from out of state.

Who is the largest public benefit funder in Ohio?

Article IV gives the most to public benefit organizations in Ohio, $12M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to public benefit in Ohio?

$226M reached 312 public benefit organizations in Ohio, from 781 funders. 41% 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 · Public benefit

Who funds public benefit in Ohio

Public benefit funding in Ohio is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Citizens Not Politicians leads, and the money reaches 312 groups.

$226M

granted

312

organizations

41%

from in-state

The short version

781 funders gave $226M to 312 public benefit organizations in Ohio across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
41% of that came from funders also based in Ohio; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of public benefit in Ohio is Article IV, at $12M.
The public benefit organization drawing the most is Citizens Not Politicians, at $26M.

Largest funders of public benefit in Ohio

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

1Article IV$12M 2Green Umbrella$9M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$8M 4Ohio Progressive Collaborative Education Fund$8M 5The George Gund Foundation$7M 6American Legion Department of Ohio Charities Inc$7M 7Ohio Progressive Collaborative$6M 8America Votes$6M 9Our American Future Action$6M 10Novo Foundation$5M

Public benefit organizations in Ohio that draw the most

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

302 other public benefit organizations$99M

Citizens Not Politicians$26M The Democracy Collaborative Foundation Inc$18M Ohio Voice$16M The Ohio Organizing Collaborative$13M The American Policy Roundtable$11M The Lebron James Family Foundation$10M Tri-State Trails dba CROWN Cincinnati$9M The Ohio Organizing Campaign$9M Red Wine & Blue Education Fund$8M Ohio Progressive Collaborative$7M

How to find public benefit funders in Ohio

1
Start with the funders already active in Ohio
The funders giving the most to public benefit in Ohio are Article IV, Green Umbrella, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing public benefit checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the public benefit 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
59% of public benefit money in Ohio comes from funders elsewhere, so national public benefit funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Ohio.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a public benefit nonprofit in Ohio?: Start with the funders already giving to public benefit in Ohio, currently Article IV, Green Umbrella, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the public benefit organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Ohio from out of state.
Who is the largest public benefit funder in Ohio?: Article IV gives the most to public benefit organizations in Ohio, $12M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to public benefit in Ohio?: $226M reached 312 public benefit organizations in Ohio, from 781 funders. 41% 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.