Ohio · Nonprofit
THE OHIO CENTER FOR LAW RELATED EDUCATION
THE OHIO CENTER FOR LAW RELATED EDUCATION (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,325,170 to it, the largest being OHIO STATE BAR FOUNDATION ($925,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $592k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What The Ohio Center for Law Related Education does
Mission
The Ohio Center for Law Related Education is a non-profit, nonpartisan organization that encourages participation in our democracy through active learning programs about law and citizenship for educators and students involving volunteers from government and the legal profession.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Mock trial: the ohio mock trial program, established by the ohio center for law-related education in 1983, is a statewide educational program designed to allow students to become aware of their constitutional rights and responsibilities. It provides students the opportunity to learn firsthand about law, court procedures and the judicial system while also building interpretation, critical thinking, and public speaking skills. Students who compete in the mock trial program come away with a greater understanding of not only the principles our legal system is founded on but also of themselves and the skills they possess.
$163,016 spent$86,985 earned by the program43% of program spendingWe the people: the citizen and the constitution is an instructional program for high school and middle school students which teaches the history and principles of the american constitutional democracy while enhancing students' understanding of government. Students discover the contemporary relevance of the constitution and the bill of rights at the same time. The program is based on curricular materials developed by the center for civic education and is nationally acclaimed by educators. We the people is aligned to the ohio learning standards for social studies and english language arts.
$92,428 spent$1,140 earned by the program25% of program spendingMoot court: moot court is an academic program that teaches high school students about the us constituion, specifically focusing on the appellate court process. Each moot court case focuses on a unique constituional issue that students must examine from both sides. Through participation in the program, students take on the roles of attorneys presenting oral arguments before appellate court judges. Students also gain experience in legal writing by working as a team to write a brief for their chosen side of the case.
$21,235 spent$1,620 earned by the program6% of program spendingWe offer additional programs for students to learn and experience the us judicial and legislative system including the civics summit, ohio government in action, and civics that empowers all students.
$100,518 spent$7,770 earned by the program27% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $377,197.
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 2019 to 2020, from $996k to $1.4M (+38%).
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 47% · 2018 50% · 2019 45% · 2020 49% · 2021 70% · 2022 21% · 2023 35% · 2024 49% · 2025 50%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $155k → $174k.
1 of 4 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.
From the IRS filings of THE OHIO CENTER FOR LAW RELATED EDUCATION’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
THE OHIO CENTER FOR LAW RELATED EDUCATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% 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
97% 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 THE OHIO CENTER FOR LAW RELATED EDUCATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 65% · 2019 68% · 2020 68% · 2021 72% · 2022 100% · 2023 74% — 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
100% of THE OHIO CENTER FOR LAW RELATED EDUCATION's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $170 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.
Organizations like THE OHIO CENTER FOR LAW RELATED EDUCATION
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
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE OHIO CENTER FOR LAW RELATED EDUCATION: 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 THE OHIO CENTER FOR LAW RELATED EDUCATION?
- THE OHIO CENTER FOR LAW RELATED EDUCATION (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,325,170 to it, the largest being OHIO STATE BAR FOUNDATION ($925,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE OHIO CENTER FOR LAW RELATED EDUCATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $1,325,170 in grants to THE OHIO CENTER FOR LAW RELATED EDUCATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE OHIO CENTER FOR LAW RELATED EDUCATION?
- OHIO STATE BAR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $925,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE OHIO CENTER FOR LAW RELATED EDUCATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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