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Foundations That Fund Education in Ohio

Imperigo has identified 1,399 funders that made 15,961 grants totaling $2.0B to 1,339 education organizations in Ohio, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Ohio

Total granted $2.0B
Funders 1,399
Grants 15,961
Organizations funded 1,339

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Mrlilly P & Mary Dickey Memorial FD
14 grants to 2 organizations · largest $344K · through 2025 · 50.0% of their giving
$4.3M
27. L Brands Foundation
49 grants to 20 organizations · largest $1.9M · through 2022 · 16.6% of their giving
$4.8M
28. Ohio Council of Community Schools
70 grants to 40 organizations · largest $283K · through 2024 · 95.0% of their giving
$3.7M
29. Ohio Christian Education Network Scholarship Granting Organization
56 grants to 28 organizations · largest $320K · through 2024 · 66.6% of their giving
$3.6M
30. StriveTogether Inc
18 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.6M · through 2025 · 8.5% of their giving
$7.9M
31. Cwru Distinguished Profs
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $890K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.2M
32. The Ccds Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.1M · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.2M
33. Endowment Growth Fund of Maumee Valley Country Day School
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.6M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.1M
34. Mt Sinai Health Care Foundation
40 grants to 18 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 11.8% of their giving
$4.7M
35. United Way of Summit and Medina
33 grants to 9 organizations · largest $268K · through 2024 · 17.4% of their giving
$3.2M
36. Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association
332 grants to 94 organizations · largest $472K · through 2023 · 2.0% of their giving
$24.7M
37. Old Trail School Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $446K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.5M
38. Institute for Political Philosophy and Theology
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.1M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.2M
39. Dayton Foundation Depository
112 grants to 47 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024 · 6.0% of their giving
$7.2M
40. Glenna R Joyce Trust
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $900K · through 2024 · 33.8% of their giving
$2.0M
41. Licking County Foundation Inc
33 grants to 10 organizations · largest $508K · through 2024 · 15.0% of their giving
$2.6M
42. Greater Columbus Arts Council
25 grants to 4 organizations · largest $744K · through 2025 · 6.7% of their giving
$5.7M
43. Hudson Community Foundation
63 grants to 19 organizations · largest $225K · through 2024 · 15.5% of their giving
$2.3M
44. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
31 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.0M · through 2023 · 2.0% of their giving
$17.3M
45. David & Inez Myers Foundation
24 grants to 11 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 9.1% of their giving
$3.7M
46. Upward Bound Youth
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $3.1M · through 2024 · 10.2% of their giving
$3.3M
47. Cwru-Severance & M Millikin Ta
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $239K · through 2025 · 36.3% of their giving
$1.5M
48. Sugar Bush Foundation-Sro Co Ohio Univ
32 grants to 1 organization · largest $79K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.5M
49. Ohio State Bar Foundation
21 grants to 9 organizations · largest $160K · through 2024 · 25.4% of their giving
$1.4M
50. Margaret R Griffiths Trust
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $254K · through 2024 · 25.0% of their giving
$1.4M

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

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