About Ohio Corn Marketing Program
Promote and expand markets for Ohio corn through research, education, export development, water quality initiatives and ethanol advocacy.
Focus Areas
AgricultureResearchEducationEnvironmental stewardshipTrade/ExportsEnergy (Ethanol)
Who They Fund
organizational members / association memberseducators and education professionalslearners / students (education project recipients)research community / evaluation stakeholders
Funding Style
programmatic/project supportcapacity building (membership development)
About Ohio Corn Marketing Program
The Ohio Corn Marketing Program uses corn checkoff dollars to fund research, education, export development, water quality work, and ethanol advocacy tied to Ohio corn markets. Its largest recent grants show that this is not a small, local scholarship fund but a programmatic grantmaker that moves money to both industry organizations and research partners. In 2024, National Corn Growers Association received multiple large awards, including $863,643 and $844,000, while the US Grains Council received $803,070 and $351,177 the same year. Those awards sit alongside support for Ohio-based organizations such as the Ohio Corn and Wheat Growers Association and Ohio State University, indicating a mix of market promotion, producer education, and applied research. The foundation’s focus areas align closely with agriculture, trade, environmental stewardship, and energy, with recurring investments in outreach and membership-related work as well as research projects. The pattern is anchored in Ohio, but it also supports regional market-development and export activity beyond the state.
What Ohio Corn Marketing Program Funds
Research is one core lane of giving. Ohio State University received $194,146 in 2024 for research, and The Ohio State University Foundation received $64,814 in 2023 for research projects. The program also funded Geosyntec with $14,230 and $13,083 in 2024 for research, showing support for technical and applied work. Education is another recurring theme: Ohio FFA received $49,800 in 2023, then $48,000 and $45,600 in 2024 for education projects. The Ohio Corn and Wheat Growers Association also received education-linked support, including $376,418 in 2024 and $125,532 in 2023. On the market-development side, the US Meat Export Federation received $75,000 in 2023, $70,000 in 2024, and $50,000 in 2024 for marketing and promotion. Ohio Farm Bureau received $22,500 in 2024 for public relations.
How Ohio Corn Marketing Program Gives
Typical grants cluster around a median of $49,900, with a lower quartile of $12,625 and an upper quartile of $111,564. The recent-grants list shows repeated support to the same organizations across 2023 and 2024, including National Corn Growers Association, US Grains Council, Ohio Corn and Wheat Growers Association, Ohio State University, Ohio FFA, and others. That pattern points to ongoing program support rather than one-time awards. The organization operates as a marketing program, not an individual-giving funder, and the active programs list shows scholarship, research, education, promotion, and export-related funding streams. Some programs accept unsolicited requests, but the general research and education funding lines are marked as not accepting unsolicited applications.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.2M
Total Assets
$6.7M
Total Revenue
$4.1M
Total Expenses
$3.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $13K and $112K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$13K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$112K
Geographic Reach
Regional9 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
TADD D NICHOLSON
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