Ohio · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Employment & Job Training in Ohio

Imperigo has identified 216 funders that made 1,029 grants totaling $2.0B to 102 employment & job training organizations in Ohio, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Employment & Job Training Funding in Ohio

Total granted $2.0B
Funders 216
Grants 1,029
Organizations funded 102

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Jobsohio Beverage System
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $625.0M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.9B
2. Arc Industries Inc of Franklin County Ohio
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.4M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.8M
3. One Way Farm of Fairfield Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.7M · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.7M
4. Goodwill Industries of Southern OH
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.5M
5. Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Workforce Development Board
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 9.1% of their giving
$1.3M
6. United Way of Central Ohio Inc
36 grants to 4 organizations · largest $429K · through 2024 · 3.4% of their giving
$3.0M
7. Aspyr
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $816K · through 2024 · 4.1% of their giving
$2.2M
8. Goodwill Industries Foundation of Northwest Ohio Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $158K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$386K
9. West Central Job Partnership Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $130K · through 2022 · 14.3% of their giving
$455K
10. The Cleveland Foundation
44 grants to 17 organizations · largest $842K · through 2024
$6.5M
11. United Way of Summit and Medina
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $125K · through 2024 · 5.4% of their giving
$978K
12. United Way of Greater Cincinnati
27 grants to 6 organizations · largest $400K · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$3.1M
13. United Way of Greater Cleveland
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $210K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$914K
14. United Way of Trumbull County
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $42K · through 2024 · 17.6% of their giving
$157K
15. 4th Street Basement Boutique DBA Portaluca
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $48K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$93K
16. The John J and Pauline Gerlach Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $160K · through 2024 · 3.3% of their giving
$445K
17. United Way of Wayne and Holmes Co
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $53K · through 2024 · 5.3% of their giving
$240K
18. Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $80K · through 2024 · 3.6% of their giving
$340K
19. Dayton Foundation Depository
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$1.1M
20. Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 3.5% of their giving
$280K
21. Rhodes Robert R Tr
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $66K · through 2024 · 3.2% of their giving
$293K
22. The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
32 grants to 8 organizations · largest $257K · through 2024
$2.7M
23. The Dayton Foundation
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $483K · through 2024
$1.3M
24. Hamilton Community Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $130K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$385K
25. Columbus Foundation
52 grants to 13 organizations · largest $447K · through 2024
$2.5M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to employment & job training 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. 12 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 employment & job training 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 employment & job training funding in Ohio, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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