Ohio · Nonprofit
Ohioans Against Extremism
Ohioans Against Extremism (Ohio) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,000 to it, the largest being Ohioans United for Education ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $94k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $75k
- Net assets
- $9k
What Ohioans Against Extremism does
Mission
community education and organizing, leadership development, and lawmaker accountability, to achieve higher rates of citizen activism and a more informed electorate.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Community Safety and Peacemaking: In 2025 Ohioans Against Extremism worked with dozens of community leaders across Ohio to facilitate safety planning and develop practical safety resources for navigating extremist threats. This included direct consultation with faith communities educators neighborhood organizations and local officials to assess vulnerabilities and build proactive response capacity. OAE provided tools training and ongoing support to help community leaders de-escalate extremist pressure and protect the safety and integrity of their spaces.
$17,685 spent33% of program spendingNetwork Building and Leadership Development: OAE continued building and strengthening a statewide network of organizations united around the shared goal of reducing extremism in Ohio politics and public policy. In 2025 this work included coordinating coalition partners facilitating information sharing across organizations and providing advocacy skill-building support to emerging leaders. These efforts increased the capacity of partner organizations to respond effectively to extremist activity and advance policy priorities that reflect the values of Ohio communities.
$17,685 spent33% of program spendingPublic Outreach and Education: OAE conducted public awareness programming in 2025 focused on extremist legislation and political activity affecting Ohio residents. This included distributing information about legislative threats elevating the perspectives of issue experts forwarding calls to action from allied advocacy organizations and providing direct support to individuals and communities impacted by extremism. OAEs outreach efforts helped community members stay informed engaged and equipped to pursue accountability through civic participation.
$17,685 spent33% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $53,055.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Maria Bruno
Executive Director
Board chair
Ainslee Johnson-Brown
Board President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Ohioans Against Extremism’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
Ohioans Against Extremism leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% 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
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 Ohioans Against Extremism.
“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
100% of Ohioans Against Extremism's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 Ohioans Against Extremism
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Ohioans Against Extremism: 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 Ohioans Against Extremism?
- Ohioans Against Extremism (Ohio) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,000 to it, the largest being Ohioans United for Education ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Ohioans Against Extremism have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $75,000 in grants to Ohioans Against Extremism.
- Who is the largest funder of Ohioans Against Extremism?
- Ohioans United for Education is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Ohioans Against Extremism 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 2 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