Ohio State Bar Foundation

Your public record reads like the largest bar foundation in the country, a grantmaking and fellowship body advancing justice across Ohio by funding nonprofits that meet the unmet legal needs of the underserved.

  • osbf.org
  • Legacy
  • Columbus, OH
  • Foundation and grantmaker
  • Read from public sources, Sep 2026
101named by peers

Financial profile

Ohio State Bar Foundation · EIN 31-6054093 · 501(c)(3)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$1,988,238$186,357$30,670$2,513,987$53,284,609Dec 2023
FY2022$7,851,950$179,720$21,025$2,765,348$51,033,074Dec 2022
FY2021$3,008,399$176,690$9,301$2,323,833$58,026,094Dec 2021
FY2020$3,135,088$256,915$7,322$2,361,003$49,516,670Dec 2020
FY2019$3,146,354$179,979$40,724$2,054,482$47,271,274Dec 2019
FY2018$2,682,039$204,640$24,200$2,027,207$38,315,544Dec 2018

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Peer societies

Five societies Ohio State Bar Foundation is read alongside.

Who backs OSBF

No public supporter list found as of September 2026.

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Who backs Ohio State Bar Foundation's peers, but not Ohio State Bar Foundation

Companies named publicly by at least one of Ohio State Bar Foundation's five peer societies, and not found in Ohio State Bar Foundation's reviewed public records.

CompanyIBFSCBFMSBFPeers
Barnes & ThornburgNamedNamed2 of 3
Abacus Planning GroupSupreme Donors1 of 3
Ally Financial, Inc.Named1 of 3
Altior LawNamed1 of 3
ArentFox SchiffNamed1 of 3
Bailey & TerranovaNamed1 of 3
Bank of AmericaNamed1 of 3
Blanchard & WalkerNamed1 of 3
BodmanNamed1 of 3
Burr & Forman LLPSupreme Donors1 of 3
Bursor & FisherNamed1 of 3
Butler Snow LLPChampion Donors1 of 3
Butzel LongNamed1 of 3
Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLCChampion Donors1 of 3
Chalgian and Tripp LawNamed1 of 3
CIBCNamed1 of 3
Citizens National BankNamed1 of 3
Clark HillNamed1 of 3
Collins Einhorn FarrellNamed1 of 3
Community Unity BankNamed1 of 3
Conlin, McKenney & PhilbrickNamed1 of 3
Conybeare Law OfficeNamed1 of 3
Crippen, Urquhart & WeberNamed1 of 3
Curtis Curtis & BrelinskiNamed1 of 3
Dickinson WrightNamed1 of 3
DR BankNamed1 of 3
Driscoll Sheedy, P.A.Justice Donors1 of 3
DykemaNamed1 of 3
Encore BankNamed1 of 3
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPNamed1 of 3
Fahey Schultz Burzych RhodesNamed1 of 3
First Federal BankNamed1 of 3
First National Bank of AmericaNamed1 of 3
Foley & LardnerNamed1 of 3
Ford Motor CompanyNamed1 of 3
Foster Swift Collins & SmithNamed1 of 3
Fraser TrebilcockNamed1 of 3
Glenn A. Saltsman, PLCNamed1 of 3
Goethel EngelhardtNamed1 of 3
Gruel Mills Nims & PylmanNamed1 of 3
Hall RenderNamed1 of 3
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd Law FirmChampion Donors1 of 3
Hedin LLPNamed1 of 3
Hingham Institution for SavingsNamed1 of 3
HonigmanNamed1 of 3
Hooper HathawayNamed1 of 3
Howard & HowardNamed1 of 3
HuntingtonNamed1 of 3
Ice MillerNamed1 of 3
ImLawNamed1 of 3
Isabella BankNamed1 of 3
Jones DayNamed1 of 3
K&L GatesChampion Donors1 of 3
Kerr RussellNamed1 of 3
KeyBankNamed1 of 3
Kienbaum Hardy Viviano Pelton ForrestNamed1 of 3
Kitchen SharkeyNamed1 of 3
Kuiper KraemerNamed1 of 3
Law Office of Kenneth BergerLegacy Donors1 of 3
Mantese HonigmanNamed1 of 3
Marko LawNamed1 of 3
Maynard Nexsen PCChampion Donors1 of 3
McKeen & AssociatesNamed1 of 3
Meyers LawNamed1 of 3
Mika MeyersNamed1 of 3
Miller CanfieldNamed1 of 3
Miller JohnsonNamed1 of 3
Nelson MullinsSupreme Donors1 of 3
Nichols, Sacks, Slank, Sendelbach, Buiteweg & SolomonNamed1 of 3
Northern TrustNamed1 of 3
Olsman MacKenzie PeacockNamed1 of 3
Palmer ReyNamed1 of 3
Pear Sperling Eggan & DanielsNamed1 of 3
Pinsky SmithNamed1 of 3
Pitt McGehee Palmer Bonanni & RiversNamed1 of 3
Price HeneveldNamed1 of 3
Quarles & Brady LLPNamed1 of 3
Ramsdale Law Firm, LLCJustice Donors1 of 3
Rhoades McKeeNamed1 of 3
Salvatore Prescott Porter & PorterNamed1 of 3
Schmick Law OfficesNamed1 of 3
Sinas, Dramis, Larkin, Graves & WaldmanNamed1 of 3
Smith Haughey Rice & RoeggeNamed1 of 3
Soble Rowe KrichbaumNamed1 of 3
Stoneridge, Inc.Named1 of 3
TaftNamed1 of 3
The Googasian FirmNamed1 of 3
The Miller Law FirmNamed1 of 3
The National Bank of IndianapolisNamed1 of 3
Thrun Law FirmNamed1 of 3
Troutman Pepper LockeNamed1 of 3
UMB BankNamed1 of 3
Varnum LLPNamed1 of 3
Ven Johnson LawNamed1 of 3
Verspoor WaalkesNamed1 of 3
Walker Gressette & LintonLegacy Donors1 of 3
Warner Norcross + JuddNamed1 of 3
West Shore BankNamed1 of 3
Willingham & CotéNamed1 of 3
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLPLegacy Donors1 of 3
Yarborough Applegate LLCChampion Donors1 of 3

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The outside view

Your public record reads like the largest bar foundation in the country, a grantmaking and fellowship body advancing justice across Ohio by funding nonprofits that meet the unmet legal needs of the underserved.

  • Authority
  • Build
  • Outward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Legacy

Faithful to what was handed down.

The Legacy is devoted to continuity, carrying a tradition and an identity across generations. Its gift is stability and deep institutional memory, its challenge is making room for change.

Also reads toward The Movement and The Republic.

Strengths

→Unmatched continuity and a trusted name.
→Decisions honor a long arc, not a news cycle.
→Members feel part of something lasting.

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