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Foundations That Fund Human Services in Ohio

Imperigo has identified 1,150 funders that made 17,465 grants totaling $1.5B to 1,518 human services organizations in Ohio, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Human Services Funding in Ohio

Total granted $1.5B
Funders 1,150
Grants 17,465
Organizations funded 1,518

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. Jewish Federation of Columbus
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $683K · through 2024 · 13.1% of their giving
$3.1M
52. United Way of Greater Cincinnati Foundation
18 grants to 4 organizations · largest $330K · through 2024 · 23.1% of their giving
$2.0M
53. Tr Uw Jessie P Domhoff
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $359K · through 2024 · 50.0% of their giving
$2.0M
54. All Life Foundation
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $385K · through 2025 · 18.5% of their giving
$2.1M
55. United Way of Wayne and Holmes Co
32 grants to 9 organizations · largest $198K · through 2024 · 42.0% of their giving
$1.9M
56. Mary D Andrus-Tr
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $668K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.9M
57. Greene County Council on Aging
15 grants to 3 organizations · largest $357K · through 2023 · 33.2% of their giving
$1.9M
58. Bi3 Fund
9 grants to 9 organizations · largest $625K · through 2024 · 25.2% of their giving
$1.9M
59. United Way of Ashland County
33 grants to 8 organizations · largest $157K · through 2024 · 51.7% of their giving
$1.8M
60. Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation
76 grants to 35 organizations · largest $265K · through 2024 · 21.9% of their giving
$1.8M
61. Newark Lodge No 499 Loyal Order of Moose
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.6M · through 2024 · 38.3% of their giving
$1.7M
62. Interact for Health
37 grants to 24 organizations · largest $350K · through 2024 · 10.8% of their giving
$3.0M
63. The United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley
37 grants to 12 organizations · largest $84K · through 2024 · 30.2% of their giving
$1.5M
64. Marion Community Foundation
37 grants to 10 organizations · largest $324K · through 2024 · 17.2% of their giving
$1.7M
65. Direction Home Akron Canton Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $799K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.4M
66. Village at St Edward Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $505K · through 2024 · 58.9% of their giving
$1.4M
67. Stark Community Foundation
66 grants to 24 organizations · largest $509K · through 2024 · 6.6% of their giving
$4.1M
74. Dayton Foundation Depository
149 grants to 60 organizations · largest $507K · through 2024 · 4.3% of their giving
$5.1M
80. Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $3.4M · through 2024
$20.1M
84. CareSource Ohio Inc
14 grants to 14 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2023 · 6.8% of their giving
$2.8M
94. Columbus Jewish Foundation
54 grants to 19 organizations · largest $355K · through 2024 · 4.8% of their giving
$3.5M
95. Mt Sinai Health Care Foundation
40 grants to 16 organizations · largest $437K · through 2024 · 6.5% of their giving
$2.6M
124. US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $3.3M · through 2023 · 1.0% of their giving
$8.2M
163. The Chicago Community Trust
34 grants to 12 organizations · largest $5.0M · through 2023
$19.0M
205. Mightycause Charitable Foundation
68 grants to 34 organizations · largest $293K · through 2024
$2.5M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to human services 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. 17 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 human services 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 human services funding in Ohio, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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