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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 3 of 4

51. John B and Dareth Gerlach Foundation
26 grants to 2 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 44.7% of their giving
$1.4M
52. Jewish Federation of Columbus
13 grants to 3 organizations · largest $342K · through 2024 · 10.7% of their giving
$2.5M
53. The Scioto County Area Foundation
26 grants to 12 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024 · 5.3% of their giving
$5.1M
54. Jewish Federation of Cincinnati
31 grants to 14 organizations · largest $658K · through 2024 · 6.2% of their giving
$4.1M
55. Cleveland Marshall Education Fdn
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.2M
56. Jewish Community Board of Akron
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $380K · through 2024 · 31.3% of their giving
$1.2M
57. Columbus Medical Association Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $302K · through 2024 · 16.4% of their giving
$1.4M
58. Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Foundation Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $203K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.2M
59. Wright-Patt Credit Union Inc
10 grants to 6 organizations · largest $336K · through 2024 · 36.5% of their giving
$1.1M
60. The Shackelford Family Foundation
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $500K · through 2020 · 30.9% of their giving
$1.1M
61. Peggy & John Garson Family Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 27.1% of their giving
$1.0M
62. Underwriters Laboratories Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $760K · through 2024 · 9.2% of their giving
$2.2M
63. Iron Phi Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $411K · through 2024 · 58.1% of their giving
$954K
64. The Semi J & Ruth W Begun Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $715K · through 2024 · 13.8% of their giving
$1.3M
65. Cwru Sch of Med End Psych
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$897K
66. Siemer Family Foundation
38 grants to 18 organizations · largest $2.5M · through 2024 · 5.0% of their giving
$3.4M
67. United Way of Central Ohio Inc
97 grants to 26 organizations · largest $301K · through 2024 · 4.4% of their giving
$3.8M
68. Meisel & Pesses Family Foundation
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $310K · through 2024 · 25.8% of their giving
$822K
69. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
139 grants to 51 organizations · largest $17.1M · through 2024
$42.6M
76. St Louis Community Foundation Inc
15 grants to 5 organizations · largest $5.0M · through 2024 · 1.9% of their giving
$7.2M
81. Ernst & Young Foundation
163 grants to 31 organizations · largest $136K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$3.5M
89. United Way of Greater Cincinnati
68 grants to 21 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$4.3M
130. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return
47 grants to 20 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$2.9M
137. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
107 grants to 78 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024
$8.2M
148. Charities Aid Foundation America
238 grants to 99 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024
$8.5M

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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