Ohio · Nonprofit
PHILANTHROPY OHIO
PHILANTHROPY OHIO (Ohio) receives grants from 78 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,343,749 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($1,565,520). 61 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 78
- Grants received
- $8.3M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Philanthropy Ohio does
Mission
To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Supporting policies to strengthen the charitable sector, improve local communities and lift up the ultimate beneficiaries of philanthropic resources. Philanthropy Ohio (poh) led and equipped our members by: (1) bringing philanthropy's voice to key external audiences including media, state and federal policy makers and through interaction with ohio's statewide officials and cabinet staff, including serving on the ohio attorney general's charitable advisory counci; (2) influencing state policy reform in education, health and housing through member-driven coalitions; (3) influencing state policy reform related to charitable giving through our member-driven public policy committee.
$479,525 spent$401,932 earned by the program52% of program spendingSharing the wisdom from local experts, national thought leaders and peers through programs and knowledge resources that improve philanthropic practices. In 2024 poh offered 61 programs, serving over 1,200 participants, including the philanthropy forward '24 conference. In addition to the annual conference, poh offered programs in core competency areas (communications, finance & investments, governance, grantmaking, etc.) and by job position (scholarship managers, executive directors, etc.) and interest areas (equity peer groups, education funders, etc.). Poh also enhanced knowledge by answering 41 requests for information in 2024 and producing 101 newsletters and specialized publications including a region- and ohio-specific compensation report and the ohio gives report.
$284,385 spent31% of program spendingEngaging people in meaningful conversations, providing space for learning from each other, collaborating and strengthening relationships in order to amplify impact. Poh maintains several electronic listservs that allow members to interact with peers, posing questions and seeking advice. In 2024, poh members connected through the listservs, with 136 questions and answers provided. Peer groups met virtually and in person, organized by job role (scholarship managers, executive directors, etc.) and interests (equity peer groups, education funders, etc.).
$154,186 spent17% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $918,096.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.7M to $1.3M (−24%).
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: 2020 9% · 2021 23% · 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of PHILANTHROPY OHIO’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% 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.
Board chair
Steven Moore
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 29 funders to 39 funders, grant income rose $792k → $961k.
14 of 78 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 PHILANTHROPY OHIO’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 78 funders by total. 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
PHILANTHROPY OHIO has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
40% 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 PHILANTHROPY OHIO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 36% · 2019 23% · 2020 33% · 2021 16% · 2022 15% · 2023 21% — 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
67% of PHILANTHROPY OHIO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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
69% of PHILANTHROPY OHIO's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Against its field
PHILANTHROPY OHIO is better cushioned than half of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like PHILANTHROPY OHIO
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
56% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PHILANTHROPY OHIO: 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 PHILANTHROPY OHIO?
- PHILANTHROPY OHIO (Ohio) receives grants from 78 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,343,749 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($1,565,520). 61 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PHILANTHROPY OHIO have?
- IRS filings report 78 organizations giving $8,343,749 in grants to PHILANTHROPY OHIO, 61 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PHILANTHROPY OHIO?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,565,520 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PHILANTHROPY OHIO 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.
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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 78 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing