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Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in Ohio

Imperigo has identified 655 funders that made 9,630 grants totaling $1.0B to 988 arts & culture organizations in Ohio, with a median grant of $17K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in Ohio

Total granted $1.0B
Funders 655
Grants 9,630
Organizations funded 988

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. E S Prentiss Fb Clev Mus of Art
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.4M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.4M
27. Rutherford B & Lucy Webb Hayes Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $509K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.4M
28. Cma-Severance Millikin Ta
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $411K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.2M
29. Greater Akron Musical Association Founda
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.1M
30. Horace Kelley Art Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.1M
31. Stark County Convention & Visitors' Bureau
41 grants to 11 organizations · largest $289K · through 2024 · 72.6% of their giving
$1.9M
32. Jack Joseph and Morton Mandel Supporting Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $9.0M · through 2024 · 3.5% of their giving
$10.7M
33. Licking County Foundation Inc
28 grants to 10 organizations · largest $456K · through 2024 · 14.7% of their giving
$2.5M
34. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
97 grants to 7 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2025 · 1.0% of their giving
$36.3M
35. Chapparells Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $501K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.8M
36. Fairfield County Foundation
32 grants to 8 organizations · largest $516K · through 2024 · 18.8% of their giving
$1.8M
37. Lillie Gill Derby Tr 1958 Char
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $340K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.7M
38. Public Media Connect
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $366K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.6M
39. Resident Association of Laurel Lake Retirement Community of Hudson Oh
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $281K · through 2025 · 93.7% of their giving
$1.6M
40. Musical Arts Assn Mus Hall Ta
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $263K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.5M
41. Cma-Clev Mus of Art 2 Gen End Ta
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $244K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.5M
42. Ohio Humanities Council
109 grants to 77 organizations · largest $36K · through 2024 · 48.7% of their giving
$1.5M
43. Wayne County Community Foundation
36 grants to 14 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 9.6% of their giving
$3.0M
44. Hamilton Community Foundation
32 grants to 11 organizations · largest $573K · through 2024 · 10.1% of their giving
$2.7M
45. Dorothy R Perin and Harold F Poe Trust
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $260K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.3M
46. Campus Partners for Community Urban Redevelopment
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $462K · through 2024 · 71.9% of their giving
$1.2M
47. American Motorcycle Association
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $419K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
48. Musical Arts Assn Orch End Ta
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.6M · through 2019 · 14.0% of their giving
$1.6M
49. L Brands Foundation
62 grants to 23 organizations · largest $750K · through 2022 · 8.7% of their giving
$2.5M
50. The Shackelford Family Foundation
21 grants to 6 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024 · 31.5% of their giving
$1.1M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in Ohio, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 16 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in Ohio. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in Ohio, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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