Top Giving Foundations: OH

Foundations have far-ranging interests. With some research, you’ll find one that's a “fit” for your work.

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They’re prescreened: they have a staff, issue RFPs, or otherwise indicate interest in receiving grant proposals. Some foundations are omitted, even though they award large grants, because they don’t accept unsolicited grant proposals. We list up to forty foundations for each state.

Foundation Name Total Annual Giving
The Columbus Foundation $163,220,435
The Cleveland Foundation $99,851,214
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF) $74,289,764
The Nationwide Foundation $36,291,017
Jack, Joseph, & Morton Mandel Foundation $30,946,292
Mathile Family Foundation $29,129,611
The L Brands Foundation $21,120,528
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption $20,873,606
The George Gund Foundation $20,588,993
The Dayton Foundation $20,585,773
KeyBank Foundation $15,633,440
Catholic Community Foundation $14,587,949
The Kroger Co. Foundation $12,459,383
Timken Foundation of Canton $12,148,579
The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile Jr. US Bank Foundation $11,891,470
Toledo Community Foundation, Inc. $11,729,842
Akron Community Foundation $11,121,856
Saint Luke's Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio $10,724,318
The Morton and Barbara Mandel Family Foundation $10,312,759
Stark Community Foundation $9,771,276
Eaton Charitable Fund $8,864,913
Fifth Third Foundation $7,889,709
American Electric Power Foundation $7,445,412
Agnes Gund Foundation $7,381,148
The Burton D. Morgan Foundation $7,180,857
The Nordson Corporation Foundation $7,021,290
The Interact for Health $6,934,550
The Greene County Community Foundation $6,921,043
Cardinal Health Foundation $6,881,894
The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation $6,665,550
The Nord Family Foundation $6,458,255
The FirstEnergy Foundation $6,361,732
The Youngstown Foundation $6,228,310
The Community Foundation of Greater Lorain County $6,219,845
The GAR Foundation $6,206,981
The Hamilton Community Foundation, Inc. $5,723,133
Western & Southern Financial Fund Inc. $5,337,797
The Troy Foundation $4,922,078
H.C.S. Foundation $4,893,667
The Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation $4,596,106