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Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Ohio

Imperigo has identified 698 funders that made 4,294 grants totaling $2.9B to 516 community improvement organizations in Ohio, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in Ohio

Total granted $2.9B
Funders 698
Grants 4,294
Organizations funded 516

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $744.3M · through 2024 · 7.1% of their giving
$992.3M
2. The Cleveland Foundation
192 grants to 70 organizations · largest $11.0M · through 2024 · 11.2% of their giving
$81.8M
3. Downtown Cleveland Improvement Corporation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $6.5M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$24.9M
4. Onecommunity
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.6M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$11.2M
5. Rise Together Innovation Center Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $7.8M · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$9.6M
6. The Reddere Foundation CO Silicon Valley Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $7.0M · through 2019 · 97.0% of their giving
$7.0M
7. Jack Joseph and Morton Mandel Supporting Foundation
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $15.0M · through 2024 · 6.7% of their giving
$20.4M
8. Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $27.2M · through 2024 · 3.0% of their giving
$38.1M
9. Boston Foundation Inc
10 grants to 1 organization · largest $21.7M · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$34.8M
10. Deshpande Foundation Inc C/O Boston Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $5.0M · through 2024 · 52.5% of their giving
$5.0M
11. Richland County Foundation
18 grants to 4 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 16.2% of their giving
$5.0M
12. Columbus Foundation
237 grants to 56 organizations · largest $8.4M · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$28.3M
13. Impactassetsinc
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $14.5M · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$30.1M
14. Aspyr
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 11.1% of their giving
$5.8M
15. The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $17.9M · through 2024 · 2.8% of their giving
$21.9M
16. Jewish Communal Fund
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $13.7M · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$49.0M
17. Greater Salina Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $8.7M · through 2022 · 5.9% of their giving
$8.7M
18. Magnet Qalicb Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.7M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.9M
19. Homebase Cincinnati
37 grants to 9 organizations · largest $216K · through 2024 · 43.5% of their giving
$1.8M
20. The if Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.8M · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.8M
21. Holden Parks Ta
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $341K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.6M
22. Finance Fund Capital Corporation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.6M · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.6M
23. Castlo Community Improvement Corpor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.6M · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.6M
24. Block 4 Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $662K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.6M
25. Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $5.0M · through 2024 · 3.0% of their giving
$9.7M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement 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. 15 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 community improvement 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 community improvement funding in Ohio, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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