About Ohio Children'S Alliance
Fostering a brighter tomorrow for Ohio's children and families through advocacy, innovation, and collaboration with health and human service organizations.
Focus Areas
Child welfareFoster care & adoptionBehavioral healthEarly childhood mental healthTransition services for youth (Bridges, Ohio Reach)Professional trainings & conferencesAdvocacy
Funding Style
mission-related investingmission-aligned grantsgeneral mission support
Topics
unspecified mission-related programsflexible mission support
About Ohio Children'S Alliance
Ohio Children's Alliance centers its grantmaking on Ohio children and families, with a strong emphasis on child welfare, foster care, behavioral health, and early childhood mental health. The largest recent awards in the data show that the alliance backs provider organizations delivering direct services and system support across the state, including Nyap in Winchester, KY at $593,717 in 2024 and Integrated Services for Behavioral Health in Nelsonville, OH at $344,640 in 2025. Its mission-related grants also reach agencies serving foster care, adoption, residential treatment, and youth transition needs, matching the alliance’s broader work in advocacy, innovation, and collaboration with health and human service organizations. The foundation’s recent activity includes both large-scale program funding and recurring support for mission-related work. Grantees such as St Vincent Family Center in Columbus and The Village Network in Wooster appear in multiple years, suggesting ongoing relationships rather than isolated awards. Other awards support behavioral health access, therapeutic child care, and transition services for foster care-connected young people. Across the recent grant list, the alliance appears to favor organizations with clear service delivery roles and statewide relevance to Ohio’s child and family systems.
What Ohio Children'S Alliance Funds
Child welfare and foster care are central to the alliance’s grantmaking. It awarded $295,592 in 2024 to St Vincent Family Center in Columbus and $281,210 in 2024 to The Village Network in Wooster, both mission-related grants tied to its child and family priorities. Behavioral health is another clear theme. In 2025, Eastway Behavioral Healthcare in Dayton received $271,815, while Psycare Inc in Youngstown received $73,138, showing support for providers that serve mental health needs across different parts of Ohio. The alliance also funds early childhood mental health and therapeutic care. Its Early Childhood Mental Health RFP provided $3,500,000 for establishing and expanding therapeutic child care programs, and a 2022 Therapeutic Child Care Awards round supported collaboration between child care and mental health centers. Transition supports for foster care-connected students also appear through Ohio Reach programs.
How Ohio Children'S Alliance Gives
Typical grant size sits at $5,500 at the 25th percentile, $19,949 at the median, and $56,806 at the 75th percentile. That spread shows a mix of smaller support awards and larger program grants. The recent grant list also includes repeated recipients across years, such as Nyap and The Village Network, indicating ongoing grant relationships rather than only one-time awards. Ohio Children's Alliance operates as a grantmaking nonprofit with mission-related and mission-aligned grants, and it also administers targeted opportunities such as telehealth and Ohio Reach funding. Several programs accept unsolicited applications, including Telehealth Grant Program, Ohio Reach Emergency Fund, Ohio Reach Postsecondary Scholarships, and QRTP Funding Opportunity.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$6.5M
Total Assets
$7.6M
Total Revenue
$27.1M
Total Expenses
$27.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $6K and $57K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$6K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$57K
Geographic Reach
Local5 states funded
About 92% of grants go to recipients in OH.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Mark Mecum
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