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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Ohio, currently The Gilbert Family Foundation, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, University of Chicago. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Ohio from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in Ohio?

The Gilbert Family Foundation gives the most to science organizations in Ohio, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Ohio?

$9M reached 25 science organizations in Ohio, from 69 funders. 11% 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 · Science

Who funds science in Ohio

Funding is concentrated: Battelle Memorial Institute alone draws 74% of every science grant dollar in Ohio. Most of it comes from outside Ohio: only 11% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$9M

granted

organizations

11%

from in-state

The short version

69 funders gave $9M to 25 science organizations in Ohio across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
11% of that came from funders also based in Ohio; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Ohio is The Gilbert Family Foundation, at $2M.
The science organization drawing the most is Battelle Memorial Institute, at $7M.

Largest funders of science in Ohio

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

1The Gilbert Family Foundation$2M 2The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York$1M 3University of Chicago$941k 4Vanderbilt University Medical Center$688k 5Seattle Children's Hospital$354k 6West Virginia University$331k 7Johns Hopkins University$285k 8The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund$264k 9Washington University$250k 10The Cleveland Foundation$243k

Science organizations in Ohio that draw the most

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

Battelle Memorial Institute$7M Great Lakes Museum of Science$2M

How to find science funders in Ohio

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Start with the funders already active in Ohio
The funders giving the most to science in Ohio are The Gilbert Family Foundation, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, University of Chicago. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
89% of science money in Ohio comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Ohio.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Ohio?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Ohio, currently The Gilbert Family Foundation, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, University of Chicago. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Ohio from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Ohio?: The Gilbert Family Foundation gives the most to science organizations in Ohio, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Ohio?: $9M reached 25 science organizations in Ohio, from 69 funders. 11% 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.