Ohio Children's Alliance
Ohio Children’s Alliance is a public charity based in Columbus, Ohio. It works to improve systems of care for children and families through advocacy, education, innovation, collaboration, and support for community agencies.
Ohio Children's Alliance at a glance
In short: Ohio Children's Alliance gave $1.8M across 30 grants in 2025 (avg $61K), mostly in Ohio. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $1,844,697
- -35.7% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 30
- -23.1% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $61,490
- -16.5% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $38,540
- Total assets
- $9,266,026
- +21.2% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Ohio (75% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
How to apply to Ohio Children's Alliance
- How to Apply
For subgrants described in the filing, the process uses a request for proposal or request for application; approved subgrantees sign an agreement and submit invoices, supporting documentation, and activity reports for…
For subgrants described in the filing, the process uses a request for proposal or request for application; approved subgrantees sign an agreement and submit invoices, supporting documentation, and activity reports for reimbursement.
- Review Cycle
- The listed QRTP opportunity deadline was January 16, 2022; this was a past cycle.
- Deadline
- The listed QRTP opportunity deadline was January 16, 2022; this was a past cycle.
- Contact
Mailing address: 2800 Corporate Exchange Drive 350, Columbus, OH 43231
Phone: (614) 461-0014
Website: https://ohiochildrensalliance.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from Ohio Children's Alliance
Who Ohio Children's Alliance funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Nyap ($462K). Together the top 10 received $1.3M.
Grant Size Distribution
130 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 86 grants of 130 (66%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The Alliance describes its work as focused on Ohio’s children, families, and service systems. Its 2025 filing reports that 75% of grant dollars went to recipients in Ohio and 25% to recipients in Kentucky.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 30 itemized grants.
Cities
How Ohio Children's Alliance gives
- 47% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $45K (2020) to $3.6M (2023). In 2025 it made 30 grants totaling $1.8M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Nyap Winchester, KY | Mission Related | $461,686 |
| Cadence Care Network (v) Niles, OH | Mission Related | $201,874 |
| Sojourners Care Network McArthur, OH | Mission Related | $104,689 |
| Beech Brook Cleveland, OH | Mission Related | $101,139 |
| Buckeye Ranch Whitehall, OH | Mission Related | $79,712 |
| Bellefaire Jewish Childrens Bureau Shaker Heights, OH | Mission Related | $75,000 |
| Adriel School Inc West Liberty, OH | Mission Related | $71,215 |
| New Path Cincinnati, OH | Mission Related | $69,475 |
| Focus on Youth Inc West Chester, OH | Mission Related | $57,697 |
| Agape for Youth Dayton, OH | Mission Related | $56,058 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
The 2025 grant total covers 30 grants; the 2024 and 2023 totals cover 39 and 61 grants, respectively.
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $9,266,026 | $15,316,880 | $15,477,297 | $1,844,697 | 30 | $34,905 |
| 2024 | $7,645,665 | $27,119,298 | $27,078,658 | $2,871,113 | 39 | $121,865 |
| 2023 | $10,126,565 | $27,028,361 | $26,956,583 | $3,630,406 | 61 | $118,825 |
| 2022 | $7,580,301 | $26,119,977 | $25,395,419 | — | — | $40,957 |
| 2021 | $7,109,576 | $31,155,772 | $30,548,139 | — | — | $17,463 |
| 2020 | $4,129,149 | $20,210,982 | $19,862,992 | $45,498 | 5 | $10,319 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The organization’s stated mission is “Fostering a brighter tomorrow for Ohio's children and families through advocacy, innovation, and collaboration with health and human service organizations.” Its stated activities include advocacy on public policy, conferences and trainings, and coordination and support for groups serving children.
The Alliance reports administering a state-funded Menu of Supports initiative for agencies and caregivers, and partnering with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services on foster-home recruitment. Its Bridges program provides guidance and support to eligible former foster youth ages 18, 19, or 20 as they transition to adulthood.
2025 grantees include organizations whose own missions describe work in foster care, behavioral health, and services for children and families. Cadence Care Network, for example, says it places dependent, abused, neglected, and delinquent children in private foster homes and provides community-based mental health services. Beech Brook describes its work as helping children and families thrive by promoting healthy child development and strengthening family health and stability. Focus on Youth describes providing trauma-responsive foster care, adoption, and behavioral health services.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, the Alliance reported 30 grants totaling $1,844,697. Grant amounts ranged from $6,250 to $461,686, with a median of $38,540. The largest reported grants included $461,686 to NYAP in Winchester, Kentucky; $201,874 to Cadence Care Network in Niles, Ohio; $104,689 to Sojourners Care Network in McArthur, Ohio; and $101,139 to Beech Brook in Cleveland, Ohio. The filing lists each of these grants as “Mission Related.”
The Alliance’s filing describes a request-for-proposal or request-for-application process for subgrantees. After approval and execution of an agreement, awardees receive funds through reimbursement and must submit an invoice, supporting documentation, and an activity report on the schedule set out in the agreement.
A QRTP opportunity listed by the Alliance was a one-time $10,000 grant for agencies certified by ODJFS and OhioMHAS, to support compliance with Qualified Residential Treatment Program requirements and related best practices. Its January 16, 2022 deadline has passed.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Jane Anderson as President; Kelli Ott as Secretary; Richard Graziano as Treasurer; Sarah Steuer as Immediate Past-President; and Vickie Thompson-Sandy as President-Elect. It also lists Charity Wheeler, Cheryl Tarantino, Dorothea Stanley, and LaVisa Bell as directors. Paul Haffner is listed as Secretary with an exit date of March 31, 2025.
Ohio Children's Alliance is led by Mark Mecum, CEO on every filing since 2020; none of the 19 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Mark Mecum
CEO
On filings since 2020
45 hrs/week
$168K (2020) → $0 (2025)
Jane Anderson
President
President-Elect → Director, 2024
Director → President, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nancy Harvey
Director
Immediate Past President → Trustee, 2021
Trustee → Director, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Charity Wheeler
Director
Trustee → Director, 2023
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Matt Kresic
Director
Trustee → Director, 2023
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Matt Mitchell
Director
Trustee → Director, 2023
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leigh Hall
Director
Trustee → Director, 2023
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
LaVisa Bell
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Terry Jones
Director
Director - Started → Director, 2024
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cheryl Tarantino
Director
Director - Start → Director, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rebecca Ranford
Director
Director - Start → Director, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Dorothea Stanley
Director - Start
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Karen Hill
COO
On filings since 2020
45 hrs/week
$133K (2020) → $0 (2025)
Sarah Latourette
CAO
On filings since 2022
45 hrs/week
$131K (2022) → $0 (2025)
Paul Haffner
Secretary
Trustee → Treasurer, 2021
Treasurer → Secretary, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Richard Graziano
Treasurer
Director - Started → Director, 2024
Director → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sarah Steuer
Immediate Past-President
President-Elect → President, 2023
President → Immediate Past-President, 2025
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Vickie Thompson-Sandy
President - Elect
Trustee → Treasurer, 2023
Treasurer → President - Elect, 2025
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kelli Ott
Secretary -
Director - Started → Director, 2024
Director → Secretary -, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (17)
- Former: Marti Eagleton (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Carol Taylor (2024) — Director of Learning & Development
- Former: John Banchy - Exit (2024) — Immediate Past President
- Former: Susan Ballard (2024) — Director of Programs
- Former: Geoff Hollenbach (2020–2023) — Program Adminstirator
- Former: John Banchy (2020–2023) — Immediate Past President
- Former: Sean Reilly (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Sheree Lynch (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Lorie Stadtmiller (2023) — Director & Healthcare Network
- Former: Eric Cummins (2020–2022) — Immediate Past President
- Former: Vicki Clark (2020–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Anita Koerner (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Bruce Tessena (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Bryan Forney (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Jeffrey Greene (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Kristina Hudson (2020) — Trustee
- Former: Sarah Cochey (2020) — Secretary
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2024 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $327K, to Mark Mecum (CEO). 5 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Ohio Children's Alliance
How much does Ohio Children's Alliance give each year?
Ohio Children's Alliance gave $1.8M across 30 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $2.9M across 39 grants.
What is Ohio Children's Alliance's typical grant size?
Ohio Children's Alliance's median grant in 2025 was $38,540, and its average grant was $61,490, across 30 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Ohio Children's Alliance give grants?
Ohio Children's Alliance gives mostly in Ohio: 75% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest state was Kentucky (25%). The most frequent recipient cities were Cleveland, OH (5 grants), Cincinnati, OH (4 grants), Dayton, OH (3 grants) and Shaker Heights, OH (2 grants).
Does Ohio Children's Alliance give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 30 grants with a stated purpose on Ohio Children's Alliance's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Mission Related" (30 grants).
Who are Ohio Children's Alliance's largest grantees?
Ohio Children's Alliance's largest 2025 grantees include Nyap ($461,686), Cadence Care Network (v) ($201,874) and Sojourners Care Network ($104,689), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 42% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Ohio Children's Alliance?
Ohio Children's Alliance reported $9.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $15.3M.
What does Ohio Children's Alliance fund?
The organization’s stated mission is “Fostering a brighter tomorrow for Ohio's children and families through advocacy, innovation, and collaboration with health and human service organizations.” See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Ohio Children's Alliance?
For subgrants described in the filing, the process uses a request for proposal or request for application; approved subgrantees sign an agreement and submit invoices, supporting documentation, and activity reports for… Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is Ohio Children's Alliance's EIN?
Ohio Children's Alliance's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 34-1168205. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(5)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 12, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS July 30, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS October 27, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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