Funding search · EIN 314389673 · Columbus, OH
Ohio Historical Society
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 153
- grants reported
- $3.4M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $14,850
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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7 grants matching “govt” · $120,443
- $22,433
City of Shaker Heights · Shaker Heights, OH · 2024
Ffy2023 certified local govt grant city of sh
- $21,700
City of Athens · Athens, OH · 2024
Ffy2022 certified local govt grant
- $18,000
City of Ravenna · Ravenna, OH · 2024
Ffy 2023 certified local govt grant
- $18,000
City of Bowling Green · Bowling Green, OH · 2024
Ffy 2023 certified local govt grant
- $17,760
Columbus Landmarks Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2024
Ffy2023 certified local govt grant
- $12,950
Heritage Ohio · Columbus, OH · 2024
Ffy2025 certified local govt grant- van wert
- $9,600
City of Cleveland Heights · Cleveland Heights, OH · 2024
Ffy2023 certified local govt grant - cleveland hts
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Capitol Square Foundation2 grants · $213,000
- Ohio Historical Society Foundation4 grants · $191,300
- Cleveland Restoration Society7 grants · $175,962
- Van Wert County Port Authority1 grant · $157,557
- Riddle Block 9 Llc1 grant · $109,440
- Third Street Studio Llc1 grant · $95,000
- Painesville Tower Llc1 grant · $94,330
- Mark Miller1 grant · $80,864
- Confluence Corporation1 grant · $74,320
- Cambridge Performing Arts Centre1 grant · $71,152
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 153 grants.
- $190,000
Capitol Square Foundation · Worthington, OH · 2024
Women's suffrage monument
- $157,557
Van Wert County Port Authority · Van Wert, OH · 2024
Paul bruhn grant payment; kauke mccurdy block bldg
- $109,440
Riddle Block 9 Llc · Hinkley, OH · 2024
Paul bruhn 1 p20ap00425 grant payment
- $95,000
Third Street Studio Llc · Middletown, OH · 2024
Paul bruhn 1 grant payment p20ap00425
- $94,330
Painesville Tower Llc · Montville, OH · 2024
Paul bruhn 1 grant payment lake county nat'l bank
- $80,864
Mark Miller · Holmesville, OH · 2024
Paul brun 2 grant payment - new towne gallery
- $74,320
Confluence Corporation · Westerville, OH · 2024
Paul bruhn 2 grant payment confluence
- $71,152
Cambridge Performing Arts Centre · Cambridge, OH · 2023
Paul bruhn grant
- $59,990
Honey House Coshocton Llc · Newark, OH · 2024
Paul bruhn 2 grant payment
- $52,000
Ohio Historical Society Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2022
Conestoga's gift to poindexter village
- $50,050
Ohio Historical Society Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2023
Conestoga's gift to world heritage
- $49,250
Ohio Historical Society Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2024
Memorial gifts
- $42,500
University of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Am250 grant thinking about ohio development
- $40,000
Americas River Roots Experience · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Grant support for freedom journey web based app
- $40,000
Artworks · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $40,000
City of Sandusky · Sandusky, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $40,000
Midstory · Toledo, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $40,000
Ohio Historical Society Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2021
General support
- $39,014
Oberlin Heritage Center · Oberlin, OH · 2024
Ohf -monroe house, brick & mortar project
- $39,000
Jewish Education Center of Cleveland · Cleveland Heights, OH · 2023
Holocaust commission grant
- $37,500
National First Ladies Library · Canton, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $37,500
Norwood Together · Norwood, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $35,000
Leadership Ohio · Columbus, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $35,000
Marion Voices Folklife and Oral History · Caldonia, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $35,000
Taft Museum of Art · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $33,012
Cleveland Restoration Society · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Ffy 2024 certified local gov't grant
- $30,160
Cleveland Restoration Society · Cleveland, OH · 2021
General support
- $30,000
The Ohio State University Foundation · Chicago, OH · 2024
Am250 ohio grant disbursement osu foundation
- $30,000
Ohio Biological Survey · Hilliard, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $28,409
Green Umbrella · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $28,200
Cleveland Restoration Society · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Underrepsented communities grant
- $27,500
Cleveland Restoration Society · Cleveland, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $27,480
City of Toledo · Toledo, OH · 2024
Ohrab regrant funding
- $27,000
Caesar'S Ford Theatre · Xenia, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $26,600
Green Lawn Abbey Preservation Association · Columbus, OH · 2023
Certified local government grant
- $26,435
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage · Beechwood, OH · 2023
Holocaust commission grant
- $25,160
City of Shaker Heights · Shaker Heights, OH · 2021
General support
- $25,060
City of Cleveland Heights · Cleveland Heights, OH · 2021
General support
- $25,000
East Liverpool Community Partnership for Revitalization · East Liverpool, OH · 2024
Commission funding support beginning project
- $25,000
Burten Bell Carr Development · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Certified local government grant
- $25,000
Cincinnati Art Museum · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $25,000
Fort Recovery Historical Society · Fort Recovery, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $25,000
Ideastream · Cleveland, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $23,000
Waterville Historical Society · Waterville, OH · 2024
Ohf grant sargent house museum foundation
- $23,000
Capitol Square Foundation · Worthington, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $23,000
Cleveland Restoration Society · Cleveland, OH · 2021
General support
- $22,500
Summit County Fiscal Office · Akron, OH · 2024
Am250 community grant award
- $22,433
City of Shaker Heights · Shaker Heights, OH · 2024
Ffy2023 certified local govt grant city of sh
- $21,700
City of Athens · Athens, OH · 2024
Ffy2022 certified local govt grant
- $21,100
City of Athens · Athens, OH · 2021
General support
- $20,374
City of Green · Green, OH · 2022
Certified local governments grant
- $20,000
Great Circle Alliance · Columbus, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $20,000
Jazz Arts Group of Columbus · Columbus, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $20,000
Mac-a-Cheek Foundation for the Humanities · West Liberty, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $20,000
Middletown Arts Center · Middletown, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $20,000
Delaware County Cultural Arts Center · Delaware, OH · 2022
Certified local governments grant
- $20,000
City of Hudson · Hudson, OH · 2021
General support
- $19,000
Dairy Barn Arts Center · Athens, OH · 2024
Ohf - historic cupola restoration project
- $19,000
Mahoning Valley Historical Society · Youngstown, OH · 2024
Ohf grant for programs & collections project
- $18,800
Cleveland Restoration Society · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Underrepresented communities grant
- $18,389
City of Shaker Heights · Shaker Heights, OH · 2021
General support
- $18,000
City of Bowling Green · Bowling Green, OH · 2024
Ffy 2023 certified local govt grant
- $18,000
City of Ravenna · Ravenna, OH · 2024
Ffy 2023 certified local govt grant
- $18,000
City of Sandusky · Sandusky, OH · 2023
Certified local government grant
- $18,000
City of Lorain · Lorain, OH · 2021
General support
- $17,760
Columbus Landmarks Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2024
Ffy2023 certified local govt grant
- $17,500
International Women'S Air & Space Museum · Cleveland, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $17,500
Summit County Fiscal Office · Akron, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $17,419
Southern Lorain County Historical Society · Wellington, OH · 2024
Ohf - williard initiative phase 2
- $17,250
Teaching Cleveland Foundation · South Euclid, OH · 2024
Am250 oh grant disbursement
- $17,000
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Ohf grant for irreplaceable collection
- $15,650
Sauder Village · Archbold, OH · 2024
Ohf grant for textile storage
- $15,500
City of Barberton · Barberton, OH · 2021
General support
- $15,290
Cleveland Restoration Society · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Certified local government grant
- $15,000
Corporation for Findlay Market · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $15,000
Ohiodance · Columbus, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $14,850
Over the Rhine Museum · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Ohf grant for window restoration
- $12,950
Heritage Ohio · Columbus, OH · 2024
Ffy2025 certified local govt grant- van wert
- $12,875
Zoar Community Association · Zoar, OH · 2024
History grant fund town hall redevelopment
- $12,500
The Westcott House Foundation · Springfield, OH · 2024
Am250 ohio grant
- $12,500
Miami University · Oxford, OH · 2023
America 250-ohio commission grant
- $12,053
Hathaway Brown School · Shaker Heights, OH · 2023
Holocaust commission grant
- $12,000
Forever Franklin · Franklin, OH · 2023
Historic preservation pipeline grant
- $12,000
Friends of the Paulding Chamber of Commerce · Paulding, OH · 2023
Historic preservation pipeline grant
- $12,000
Main Street Wadsworth · Wadsworth, OH · 2023
Historic preservation pipeline grant
- $12,000
Village of Caledonia · Caledonia, OH · 2023
Historical preservation pipeline grant
- $12,000
Fairfield Homes · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Pipeline grant
- $12,000
Lorain Historical Society · Lorain, OH · 2022
Clg, history fund, and pipine grants
- $12,000
Playhouse Square Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Ohio history fund grant
- $12,000
City of Barberton · Barberton, OH · 2021
General support
- $12,000
Downtown Marion · Marion, OH · 2021
General support
- $12,000
Downtown Toledo Development Corporation · Toledo, OH · 2021
General support
- $12,000
Turner Foundation · Springfield, OH · 2021
General support
- $11,891
Darke County Park District · Greenville, OH · 2022
Ohio history fund grant
- $11,696
City of Shelby · Shelby, OH · 2024
Fy2022 certified local government grant
- $10,450
Cuyahoga County Soldiers and Sailors Monument · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Monument site improvements
- $10,200
Dunham Tavern Museum · Cleveland, OH · 2023
History fund grant
- $10,098
Ohio Local History Alliance · Columbus, OH · 2023
Digitization grants
- $10,000
Brossard Memorial Library · Gallipolis, OH · 2024
Am250 community grant award
- $10,000
Friends of Hartman Rock Garden · Springfield, OH · 2024
Am250 oh grant disbursement
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