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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 2 of 4

26. Central Ohio Community Improvement
11 grants to 5 organizations · largest $400K · through 2024 · 46.4% of their giving
$1.3M
27. West Central Job Partnership Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $373K · through 2023 · 41.6% of their giving
$1.3M
28. The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
177 grants to 53 organizations · largest $948K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$14.0M
29. Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $8.8M · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$8.8M
30. National Giving Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $508K · through 2024 · 16.5% of their giving
$1.3M
31. Community Development Collaborative of Greater Columbus
15 grants to 3 organizations · largest $79K · through 2024 · 56.4% of their giving
$985K
32. Knox County Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $525K · through 2024 · 13.0% of their giving
$1.5M
33. Akron Community Foundation
61 grants to 18 organizations · largest $441K · through 2024 · 4.6% of their giving
$4.0M
34. Fraternal Order of Eagles - Aerie 2246
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $268K · through 2024 · 91.4% of their giving
$915K
35. United Way of Central Ohio Inc
28 grants to 11 organizations · largest $642K · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$3.9M
36. Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland
22 grants to 11 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024 · 13.2% of their giving
$1.3M
37. The San Francisco Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $12.5M · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$14.0M
38. Seattle Foundation
17 grants to 3 organizations · largest $6.3M · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$11.0M
39. Community Foundation of Shelby County
10 grants to 6 organizations · largest $829K · through 2024 · 9.5% of their giving
$1.7M
40. Baltimore Community Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $4.4M · through 2022 · 3.6% of their giving
$4.4M
41. The Lakeside Chautauqua Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $386K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$755K
42. Downtown Canton Special Improvement District Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $245K · through 2025 · 93.6% of their giving
$735K
43. Cincinnati Regional Business Committee
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024 · 23.9% of their giving
$610K
44. The Barberton Community Foundation
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $369K · through 2024 · 12.3% of their giving
$976K
45. Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $8.1M · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$9.6M
46. American Gift Fund
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $4.0M · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$5.4M
47. Junior League of Cleveland Ta
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $98K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$531K
48. United Way of Greater Cincinnati
93 grants to 24 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$4.6M
49. Upper Valley Medical Center
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 6.6% of their giving
$1.6M
50. Mt Sinai Health Care Foundation
19 grants to 9 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024 · 5.0% of their giving
$2.0M

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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