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Community foundation scholarships in Ohio

Community foundations pool local donors' funds, and many run dozens of small scholarships with one shared application for students from their area. The IRS lists 50 community foundations in Ohio with at least $1 million in assets.

Largest in Ohio (by assets)

The Cleveland Foundation

Cleveland · $3.3 billion in assets (Dec 2024 IRS filing)
Scholarships page ↗Page checked Oct 17, 2026

Applications go through College Now Greater Cleveland (linked on the page).

All 50 in Ohio

Largest first. Most smaller foundations serve one city or county. Look for the one where you live or went to high school, then check its website for "scholarships". Deadlines are often months before the school year, so check early.

FoundationCityAssetsVerify
The Cleveland FoundationCleveland$3.3 billionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Columbus FoundationColumbus$2.8 billionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Greater Cincinnati FoundationCincinnati$1.0 billionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Dayton FoundationDayton$771 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Stark Community Foundation Inc.Canton$406 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Akron Community FoundationAkron$305 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Toledo Community FoundationToledo$247 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Richland County Foundation of MansfieldMansfield$228 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
The Findlay-hancock County Community FoundationFindlay$195 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Community Foundation of Lorain CountyElyria$168 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Hamilton Community Foundation Inc.Hamilton$167 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Wayne County Community FoundationWooster$156 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Knox County FoundationMount Vernon$116 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Ashland County Community FoundationAshland$105 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Community Foundations Inc.Columbus$78 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Fairfield County FoundationLancaster$76 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Marion Community FoundationMarion$75 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
The Community Foundation of Shelby CountySidney$66 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
The Scioto County Area FoundationPortsmouth$65 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Marietta Community Foundation Inc.Marietta$62 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Middletown Community FoundationMiddletown$50 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Community Foundation of Mahoning ValleyYoungstown$50 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Salem Community Foundation Inc.Salem$48 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
The Erie County Community FoundationSandusky$45 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Dayton Foundation DepositoryDayton$42 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Muskingum County Community FoundationZanesville$41 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Clinton County FoundationWilmington$36 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Hudson Community FoundationHudson$36 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
The Tiffin Community FoundationTiffin$35 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
The Community Foundation of Delaware CountyPowell$34 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
The Community Foundation for Crawford CountyBucyrus$28 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Greene County Community FoundationXenia$27 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Community Foundation of Union County Inc.Marysville$23 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Pickaway County Community FoundationCircleville$23 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Piqua Community FoundationPiqua$22 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Yellow Springs Community FoundationYellow Spgs$22 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Holmes County FoundationMillersburg$22 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Hardin County Community FoundationKenton$15 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
The Greater Oxford Community FoundationOxford$15 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Chillicothe-ross Community Foundation Inc.Chillicothe$15 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Bowling Green Community Foundation Inc.Bowling Green$13 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Shelby Ohio Community Foundation Ofrichland County OhioShelby$12 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Wapakoneta Area Community FoundationWapakoneta$10 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Huron County Community FoundationNorwalk$9.4 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Columbiana Community Foundation Inc.Columbiana$8.6 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Fort Recovery Ohio Community Foundation Inc.Fort Recovery$5.1 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Sebring-west Branch Area Community FoundationSebring$3.6 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Medina County Community FoundationMedina$2.9 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
Edgerton Area Foundation Inc.Edgerton$2.5 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗
East Liverpool-fawcett Community FoundationE Liverpool$1.6 millionIRS filings (ProPublica) ↗

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Source & coverage. Foundation list: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File ↗ (file dated Oct 13, 2026). We include active 501(c)(3) public charities the IRS codes as community foundations (NTEE T31) with at least $1 million in assets, and drop names that are clearly faith-based funds, schools, colleges, hospitals or health funds, service clubs or national donor-advised-fund sponsors. That filter can miss a foundation or include one that works a little differently, and local affiliates that file under a larger foundation don’t appear separately, so a small count doesn’t mean your area has no community foundation. Assets are the IRS figure from each group’s latest filing. Scholarship pages were checked Oct 17, 2026 for the largest foundation in each state only. Not affiliated with the IRS or any foundation listed. For the full national directory, see the Council on Foundations locator ↗.