Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Ohio

4,087
foundations
$3.15B
grants paid, FY2022–FY2025
1,063
say they accept unsolicited
$8,046
median grant

Grantlas lists 4,087 foundations based in Ohio — 3,823 private foundations and 264 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from their 990-PF and Form 990 filings for FY2022–FY2025. Together they paid out $3.15 billion in grants in their latest filing year, and 1,063 of them (26%) say they accept unsolicited requests. The most common cities are Cincinnati (759), Brooklyn (698) and Columbus (495).

1,063 of them say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Foundations accepting applications in Ohio.

Top 25 of 4,087 foundations

All 25 foundations below say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Another 1,038 in this list say so too. Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing.

Foundations in Ohio
Jack Joseph & Morton Mandel FoundationCleveland, OH$15,000$77M$3–$35.1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Farmer Family FoundationCincinnati, OH$15,000$49.6M$500–$15MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The George Gund FoundationCleveland, OH$50,000$29.8M$1,200–$2.8MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Keybank FoundationCleveland, OH$28.4M$28.4M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Huntington FoundationColumbus, OH$24.3M$26M$22.5M–$26MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Jewish Foundation of CincinnatiCincinnati, OH$57,500$23M$3,000–$8.2MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Timken Foundation of CantonCanton, OH$70,000$19.5M$1,000–$3MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Mathile Family FoundationDayton, OH$20,000$16.5M$250–$5MFY2023Locked: fit score and contacts
TR UA Fifth Third FoundationCincinnati, OH$17.1M$11.8M$11.8M–$22.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Austin E Knowlton Foundation IncCincinnati, OH$30,000$11.6M$5,000–$6MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Wilson Sheehan FoundationSpringfield, OH$42,750$10.7M$2,000–$4MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Nord Family FoundationAmherst, OH$25,000$10.1M$100–$175,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith FoundationCleveland, OH$30,000$9.3M$100–$2MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Eaton Charitable FundBrooklyn, OH$9.2M$9.2M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The James J and Joan A GardnerCincinnati, OH$25,000$8.7M$1,000–$1.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Saint Lukes Foundation of Cleveland OhioCleveland, OH$25,000$7.9M$894–$350,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Hcs FoundationWestlake, OH$40,000$7.8M$2,500–$2MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Nisource Charitable FoundationColumbus, OH$3,000$7.5M$60–$2.1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Scripps Howard FoundationCincinnati, OH$1,250$7.3M$25–$675,706FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Leonard C & Mildred F Ferguson FoundationCanton, OH$10,000$7.2M$1,000–$4.8MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Firstenergy FoundationAkron, OH$1,375$7.2M$25–$5.3MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Kettering Family FoundationDayton, OH$20,000$7.1M$2,500–$500,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Western & Southern Financial Fund IncCincinnati, OH$7.1M$7.1M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Millstone FundCincinnati, OH$40,000$7M$7,500–$500,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Sorehcra FoundationAshland, OH$112,750$6.6M$1,000–$4.3MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.
  • A median grant larger than the grants paid is not a mistake: the grant schedule and the year’s total come from different parts of the tax filing, and a foundation can list a grant it approved in a year it paid out less.

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Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2022–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.