Religion Funding in Ohio
Total granted
$464.5M
Funders
455
Grants
3,890
Organizations funded
526
Ohio · Grantmakers
Foundations That Fund Religion in Ohio
Imperigo has identified 455 funders that made 3,890 grants totaling $464.5M to 526 religion organizations in Ohio, with a median grant of $18K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.
Top Funders — page 1 of 4
$79.8M
2.
Bethesda Inc
$35.6M
$16.0M
4.
Mercy Health
$7.0M
$3.2M
$3.5M
8.
Bi3 Fund
$2.0M
$3.8M
$1.6M
11.
Jvs Blue Ash
$1.3M
12.
CISE Foundation
$1.2M
$1.8M
$2.7M
$2.1M
$718K
$1.9M
$11.9M
$508K
$503K
$692K
$466K
Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to religion 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.
Other Causes Funded in Ohio
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 religion 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 religion funding in Ohio, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.
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