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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Ohio, currently University of Pittsburgh, American Cancer Society Inc, The George Washington University. 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?

University of Pittsburgh gives the most to science organizations in Ohio, $19M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Ohio?

$118M reached 98 science organizations in Ohio, from 355 funders. 15% 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

Most of it comes from outside Ohio: only 15% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$118M

granted

organizations

15%

from in-state

The short version

355 funders gave $118M to 98 science organizations in Ohio across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
15% 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 University of Pittsburgh, at $19M.
The science organization drawing the most is Ohio State University Research Foundation, at $46M.

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.

1University of Pittsburgh$19M 2American Cancer Society Inc$19M 3The George Washington University$6M 4Vanderbilt University$4M 5The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York$3M 6National Science Teaching Association$3M 7Overdeck Family Foundation Inc$3M 8The Gilbert Family Foundation$3M 9Johns Hopkins University$3M 10Laura and John Arnold Foundation$3M

Science organizations in Ohio that draw the most

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

Ohio State University Research Foundation$46M Battelle Memorial Institute$18M National Inventors Hall of Fame Inc$16M Case Western Reserve University$12M

88 other science organizations$11M

How to find science funders in Ohio

1
Start with the funders already active in Ohio
The funders giving the most to science in Ohio are University of Pittsburgh, American Cancer Society Inc, The George Washington University. 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
85% 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 University of Pittsburgh, American Cancer Society Inc, The George Washington University. 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?: University of Pittsburgh gives the most to science organizations in Ohio, $19M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Ohio?: $118M reached 98 science organizations in Ohio, from 355 funders. 15% 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.