Funding search · EIN 311229135 · Columbus, OH

I Know I Can

Name: I Know I Can grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

113
grants reported: $5.4M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $20,400
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.

What they fund

education

Funder website ↗Full IRS filings ↗How this is built Report an error

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

The Ohio State University4 grants · $1.9M
Columbus State Community College4 grants · $762,449
Otterbein University5 grants · $391,639
University of Cincinnati4 grants · $195,322
Central State University4 grants · $192,727
Ohio University4 grants · $176,180
Denison University3 grants · $172,849
Capital University4 grants · $144,770
Wright State University4 grants · $117,847
Ohio Dominican University3 grants · $116,319

Giving over time

$1.1M

2021

$1.3M

2022

$1.0M

2023

$2.0M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 113 grants.

$662,638
The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2024
Education
$482,252
The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2022
Education
$417,024
The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2021
Education
$348,116
The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2023
Education
$271,212
Columbus State Community College · Columbus, OH · 2024
Education
$232,296
Columbus State Community College · Columbus, OH · 2023
Education
$158,141
Columbus State Community College · Columbus, OH · 2022
Education
$123,781
Otterbein University · Westerville, OH · 2024
Education
$100,800
Columbus State Community College · Columbus, OH · 2021
Education
$82,927
Otterbein University · Westerville, OH · 2021
Education
$74,148
Otterbein University · Westerville, OH · 2023
Education
$72,596
Central State University · Wilberforce, OH · 2024
Education
$69,318
University of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Education
$69,000
The Ohio State University - Newark · Columbus, OH · 2024
Education
$62,183
Otterbein University · Westerville, OH · 2022
Education
$61,704
Ohio University · Athens, OH · 2024
Education
$59,628
Denison University · Granville, OH · 2023
Education
$57,150
Denison University · Granville, OH · 2022
Education
$56,071
Denison University · Granville, OH · 2024
Education
$54,200
Ohio University · Athens, OH · 2021
Education
$51,600
Central State University · Wilberforce, OH · 2021
Education
$51,200
Capital University · Columbus, OH · 2024
Education
$51,200
Ohio Dominican University · Columbus, OH · 2023
Education
$48,600
Otterbein University · Westerville, OH · 2021
Education
$47,910
Ohio Wesleyan University · Delaware, OH · 2024
Education
$47,504
University of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Education
$42,314
Ohio Dominican University · Columbus, OH · 2024
Education
$42,300
University of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Education
$42,250
Kentucky State University · Frankfort, KY · 2024
Education
$42,000
Howard University · Washington, DC · 2024
Education
$40,270
Capital University · Columbus, OH · 2022
Education
$40,200
Dennison University · Granville, OH · 2021
Education
$40,100
Wright State University · Dayton, OH · 2022
Education
$39,781
Central State University · Wilberforce, OH · 2022
Education
$37,247
Wright State University · Dayton, OH · 2024
Education
$36,200
University of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2021
Education
$35,149
Bowling Green State University · Bowling Green, OH · 2024
Education
$34,150
Kentucky State University · Frankfort, KY · 2022
Education
$32,900
Capital University · Columbus, OH · 2023
Education
$32,500
University of Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2024
Education
$32,200
Howard University · Washington, DC · 2022
Education
$30,500
Ohio University · Athens, OH · 2023
Education
$30,000
Ohio Dominican · Columbus, OH · 2021
Education
$29,776
Ohio University · Athens, OH · 2022
Education
$28,750
Central State University · Wilberforce, OH · 2023
Education
$25,700
Howard University · Washington, DC · 2023
Education
$25,650
North Carolina a & T · Greensboro, NC · 2021
Education
$23,400
University of Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2023
Education
$23,400
Kent State University · Kent, OH · 2021
Education
$23,000
University of Toledo · Toledo, OH · 2024
Education
$22,805
Ohio Dominican University · Columbus, OH · 2022
Education
$21,800
University of Akron · Akron, OH · 2022
Education
$21,400
Kentucky State Univesity · Frankfort, KY · 2021
Education
$21,100
University of Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2022
Education
$21,000
Bowling Green State University · Bowling Green, OH · 2021
Education
$20,400
Capital University · Columbus, OH · 2021
Education
$20,400
Wright State University · Dayton, OH · 2021
Education
$20,100
Wright State University · Dayton, OH · 2023
Education
$20,000
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology · Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Education
$19,200
University of Akron · Akron, OH · 2021
Education
$18,500
Tiffin University · Tiffin, OH · 2024
Education
$18,300
Ohio Wesleyan University · Delaware, OH · 2022
Education
$18,211
University of Akron · Akron, OH · 2024
Education
$17,700
Kentucky State University · Frankfort, KY · 2023
Education
$17,600
University of Toledo · Toledo, OH · 2023
Education
$17,200
Clark Atlanta University · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Education
$17,000
North Carolina a&T State University · Greensboro, NC · 2024
Education
$16,000
Columbus College of Art & Design · Columbus, OH · 2022
Education
$15,500
University of Cincinnati - Blue Ash · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Education
$15,000
Morgan State University · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Education
$14,700
Tiffin University · Tiffin, OH · 2022
Education
$14,500
Columbus College of Art & Design · Columbus, OH · 2024
Education
$14,400
University of Toledo · Toledo, OH · 2021
Education
$13,650
Kent State University · Kent, OH · 2024
Education
$13,600
Bowling Green State University · Bowling Green, OH · 2022
Education
$12,950
Kent State University · Kent, OH · 2022
Education
$12,500
Berklee College of Music · Boston, MA · 2024
Education
$11,700
Columbus College of Art & Design · Columbus, OH · 2023
Education
$11,200
Columbia College-Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Education
$11,200
Miami University · Oxford, OH · 2022
Education
$11,200
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
Education
$11,200
Kenyon · Gambier, OH · 2021
Education
$10,500
North Carolina a&T State University · Greensboro, NC · 2023
Education
$10,500
North Carolina a&T State University · Greensboro, NC · 2022
Education
$10,050
Bowling Green State University · Bowling Green, OH · 2023
Education
$10,000
Bennett College for Women · Greensboro, NC · 2024
Education
$10,000
Columbia College - Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Education
$10,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Education
$10,000
Oberlin College · Oberlin, OH · 2024
Education
$10,000
Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN · 2024
Education
$10,000
Xavier University of Louisiana · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Education
$10,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Education
$10,000
Kenyon College · Gambier, OH · 2022
Education
$10,000
Morgan State University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Education
$10,000
Oberlin College · Oberlin, OH · 2022
Education
$10,000
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology · Terre Haute, IN · 2022
Education
$10,000
Stony Brook University · Stony Brook, NY · 2022
Education
$10,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Education
$10,000
Ohio Wesleyan · Delaware, OH · 2021
Education
$10,000
Rice University · Houston, TX · 2021
Education

View all 113 grants →

Who else funds this kind of work

Same state

Columbus Foundation5,344 grants · $841.8M
Jobsohio1,291 grants · $800.4M

Similar purposes

Silicon Valley Community Foundation10,471 grants · $10.10B
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund19,135 grants · $6.79B
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation13,441 grants · $18.24B

Similar grant size

Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral16,278 grants · $1.08B
Paypal Charitable Giving Fund32,081 grants · $1.40B

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.