Ohio · Nonprofit
Ohio Children's Alliance
Ohio Children's Alliance (Ohio) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $553,622 to it, the largest being INTERACT FOR HEALTH ($100,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $554k
- Net assets
- $3.0M
What Ohio Children's Alliance does
Mission
Fostering a brighter tomorrow for Ohio's children and families through advocacy, innovation, and collaboration with health and human service organizations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Coordination and provide support services to other advocacy and collaborative groups that support services to children.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Bridges, extended foster care program - The program is funded by federal and state grants. Bridges is a voluntary program available to young adults, ages 18, 19 or 20 who left foster care in Ohio and who are in school, working, participating in an employment program or have a medical condition that prevents them from going to school or work. The program provides guidance and support as they transition to adulthood. We support former foster youth as they build a bridge toward a brighter future.
$10,497,777 spentof which $1,183,127 as grants70% of program spendingFoster Home Recruitment - Partnering with ODJFS's It Takes Heart Ohio Campaign to increase awareness and the number of qualified kinship, foster care and adoptive families across the state.
$1,488,529 spentof which $200,602 as grants10% of program spendingMenu of Supports - A state-funded initiative administered by Ohio Children's Alliance to help agencies and caregivers in Ohio. It offers flexible funding and technical assistance to support placements, open beds, aid caregivers, and manage transitions.
$870,168 spentof which $746,250 as grants6% of program spendingConferences and trainings to present best practices in trauma informed care, behavior management strategies, child and family services, Medicaid back office readiness, middle management and public policy issues. Advocacy services to ensure that Ohio's evolving public policies result in a system that is integrated, efficient, cost effective, and beneficial to those that matter most children and families. We work closely with state government officials, including leaders at ODJFS, Ohio MHAS, Medicaid, the governor's office, general assembly, and officials at the county and federal levels. Coordination and provide support services to other advocacy and collaborative groups that support services to children.
$2,120,110 spentof which $560,348 as grants$622,697 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,976,584.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $4.1M to $7.1M (+72%).
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 11% · 2019 94% · 2020 93% · 2021 93% · 2022 86% · 2023 92% · 2024 91% · 2025 85%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Mark Mecum
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $8k → $203k.
3 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of Ohio Children's Alliance’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
Ohio Children's Alliance has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Ohio Children's Alliance.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 66% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 44% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
20% of Ohio Children's Alliance's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 31% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
63% of Ohio Children's Alliance's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $23k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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.
Organizations like Ohio Children's Alliance
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
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 1 related entity
- Child and Family Health Collaborative of Ohio LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Ohio Children's Alliance: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Ohio Children's Alliance?
- Ohio Children's Alliance (Ohio) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $553,622 to it, the largest being INTERACT FOR HEALTH ($100,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Ohio Children's Alliance have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $553,622 in grants to Ohio Children's Alliance, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Ohio Children's Alliance?
- INTERACT FOR HEALTH is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Ohio Children's Alliance 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 13 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