Private foundations · 990-PF data

Foundations in Ohio

3,199
foundations
$1.21B
grants paid, FY2022–FY2025
897
say they accept unsolicited
$7,496
median grant

Grantlas lists 3,199 private foundations based in Ohio, from their 990-PF filings for FY2022–FY2025. Together they paid out $1.21 billion in grants in their latest filing year, and 897 of them (28%) say they accept unsolicited requests. The most common cities are Brooklyn (638), Cincinnati (627) and Columbus (411).

Top 25 of 3,199 foundations

All 25 foundations below say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Another 872 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$91.6M$50–$19.7MFY2023
The Huntington FoundationColumbus, OH$26M$26MOne amountFY2025
The Jewish Foundation of CincinnatiCincinnati, OH$57,500$23M$15,000–$8.2MFY2024
Timken Foundation of CantonCanton, OH$70,000$19.5M$1,000–$3MFY2024
TR UA Fifth Third FoundationCincinnati, OH$17.1M$11.8M$11.8M–$22.5MFY2024
Hcs FoundationWestlake, OH$40,000$7.8M$2,500–$2MFY2024
The Scripps Howard FoundationCincinnati, OH$1,250$7.3M$25–$675,706FY2024
Leonard C & Mildred F Ferguson FoundationCanton, OH$10,000$7.2M$1,000–$4.8MFY2025
Kettering Family FoundationDayton, OH$20,000$7.1M$2,500–$500,000FY2024
Millstone FundCincinnati, OH$40,000$7M$7,500–$500,000FY2024
J William & Mary Straker Charitable FdnZanesville, OH$10,039$5.9M$250–$1MFY2025
Burton D Morgan Foundation IncHudson, OH$18,900$5.8M$250–$393,500FY2024
Charles H Dater Foundation IncCincinnati, OH$30,000$5.4M$20,000–$250,000FY2024
L & L Nippert Charitable Foundation IncBlue Ash, OH$50,000$5.3M$7,500–$300,000FY2025
Rea Charitable TrustCincinnati, OH$15,000$5.3M$2,000–$350,000FY2024
By the Hand FoundationRocky River, OH$9,390$5.2M$1,800–$5.1MFY2025
Samaritan FoundationHaviland, OH$5,000$5.2M$100–$1MFY2025
TR UW Jacob Schmidlapp #1Cincinnati, OH$25,000$5.1M$5,000–$250,000FY2024
The Joseph and Florence Mandel Family-Cleveland, OH$5,000$4.9M$98–$750,000FY2024
The Kroger Co FoundationCincinnati, OH$10,000$4.8M$1,000–$500,000FY2024
The Frances R Luther Charitable TrustCincinnati, OH$50,000$3.9M$5,000–$500,000FY2025
The Cleveland-Cliffs FoundationCleveland, OH$10,000$3.8M$250–$490,000FY2025
Hoover Foundation Income AccountColumbus, OH$25,000$3.5M$150–$1MFY2025
John Huntington Fund for EducationCleveland, OH$253,000$3.3M$26,500–$812,775FY2024
The Father's Table FoundationCleveland, OH$20,000$3.2M$500–$330,000FY2025
  • Median grant and grant range come from the grant schedule of the 990-PF. A dash means that foundation filed none, and “one amount” means every grant it filed was for the same figure.

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Data from 990-PF filings, FY2022–FY2025. Updated September 20, 2026.