Ohio · Nonprofit
THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP
THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $55,000 to it, the largest being DENISON UNIVERSITY ($55,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 658 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 658 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- The John J and Pauline Gerlach Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- Lancaster Lens Incshared fundersportfolio match
- Nationwide Childrens Hospital Group Returnlocalportfolio match
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.
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.
2% of THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
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
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 THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP’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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP'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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- The John J and Pauline Gerlach Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchOH · backs 5 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Lancaster Lens Incshared fundersportfolio matchOH · backs 3 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Nationwide Childrens Hospital Group Returnlocalportfolio matchOH · funds 110 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Hinson Family Trust Foundationlocalportfolio matchOH · funds 34 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Aspyrlocalportfolio matchOH · funds 67 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Lefevre Foundationshared fundersOH · backs 6 organizations that share your funders
- Jumpstart Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Cincinnati Regional Business Committeeportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Chester Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Fund for Our Economic Future of Northeast Ohioportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Jobsohioportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- OhioHealth Corporationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Columbus Partnership · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP?
- THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $55,000 to it, the largest being DENISON UNIVERSITY ($55,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $55,000 in grants to THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP.
- Who is the largest funder of THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP?
- DENISON UNIVERSITY is the largest funder on record, with $55,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP 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 1funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing