Ohio · Nonprofit
COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Ohio) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,789,500 to it, the largest being THE WEXNER FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND ($16,866,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $41M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $23M
- Net assets
- $127M
What Columbus Downtown Development Corporation does
Mission
Planning, development, and management of projects for the revitalization of downtown columbus. Please see part I, line 1 and schedule o for continuation of the significant activities statement.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Cddc continues with the implementation of the 2010 strategic business plan developed with community input and promulgated by the mayor and city council. These efforts include the renovation of a former downtown department store into premier office and retail space, development of downtown parks through the oversight of the scioto mile park and the scioto greenways project, the construction of a new national veterans memorial and museum and the development of the downtown scioto peninsula. In november 2018, cddc's subsidiary sp holdings entered into separate purchase, sale and development agreements with three developers for development sites on scioto peninsula property the corporation and sp holdings are leasing from the city. See schedule o.the sales of these sites were completed in september 2020. The developers of the phase 1 office, hotel and residential sites started construction in 2021. The phase 1 office site opened in 2022, while the residential and hotel sites opened in 2023. Planning and development of the remaining components of the scioto peninsula master plan continued into 2024, with announcements for phase 2 expected in 2025. In response to a priority identified…
$23,533,554 spentof which $632,353 as grants$9,732,533 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $23,533,554.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $182M to $116M (−36%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 46% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2022 46% · 2023 49% · 2024 73%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
74% of COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Greg Davies
CEO
Board chair
Alex Fischer
Board member/chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $16M → $20k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $17M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Columbus Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION raised.
From the IRS filings of COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 99% · 2019 93% · 2020 87% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
97% of COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 659 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 659 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 12 related entities
- Cddc Holdings 17 Ltd · disregarded
- Cddc Holdings 21 Ltd · disregarded
- Cddc Holdings 37 Ltd · disregarded
- Center City Dora Ltd · disregarded
- Forty West Long Ltd · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION?
- COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Ohio) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,789,500 to it, the largest being THE WEXNER FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND ($16,866,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $22,789,500 in grants to COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION?
- THE WEXNER FAMILY CHARITABLE FUND is the largest funder on record, with $16,866,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing