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Who funds youth development in Ohio

Youth development funding in Ohio is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though University School leads, and the money reaches 883 groups.

$635M
granted
883
organizations
66%
from in-state

The short version

Largest funders of youth development in Ohio

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

1Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return)$29M2Columbus Foundation$29M3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$25M4The Cleveland Foundation$25M5United Way of Greater Cincinnati$18M6American Endowment Foundation$17M7Oberndorf Family Foundation$15M8Lighthouse Beacon for Youth Foundation Inc$15M9Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association$15M10United Way of Central Ohio Inc$14M

Youth development organizations in Ohio that draw the most

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

873 other youth development organizations$405M
University School$37MLighthouse Youth Services$31MBoys & Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati$29MLifewise Inc$28M

How to find youth development funders in Ohio

  1. 1
    Start with the funders already active in Ohio

    The funders giving the most to youth development in Ohio are Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return), Columbus Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing youth development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.

  2. 2
    See who funds organizations like yours

    Open the youth development 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. 3
    Add the out-of-state funders reaching in

    34% of youth development money in Ohio comes from funders elsewhere, so national youth development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Ohio.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a youth development nonprofit in Ohio?
Start with the funders already giving to youth development in Ohio, currently Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return), Columbus Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the youth development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Ohio from out of state.
Who is the largest youth development funder in Ohio?
Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return) gives the most to youth development organizations in Ohio, $29M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to youth development in Ohio?
$635M reached 883 youth development organizations in Ohio, from 2,062 funders. 66% 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.