Ohio Access to Justice Foundation: Ohio Government Payments

as recorded by Ohio: OHIO ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION

Ohio Access to Justice Foundation is the 282nd-largest recipient of Ohio state government payments tracked by SpendLedger, and ranks 19th in OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS spending. Its payments amount to 4.4% of everything the Public Defender Commission has paid vendors in that span. Payments to it rose 3.7% year over year.

Primary spending category: OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS

$40,819,658total received

124payments

6agencies

Jan 4, 2022 – Jun 23, 2025first / last payment

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Payments by fiscal year

The payment history

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4 fiscal years on record. The incoming flows below combine all recorded years.

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Jan 4, 2022 to Jun 23, 2025 · All recorded fiscal years

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Flow widths compare the relationships shown. Percentages use the full recorded supplier total for this period: $40,819,657.70. Zero and net-negative relationships are excluded from positive flows.

The relationships at a glance

Total shown: $40,819,000.70
Payments represented: 123
Paying agencies shown: 5
Largest share of supplier total: 80.3%

Largest displayed relationship: Public Defender Commission. Select a flow to explore its details.

Jan 4, 2022 to Jun 23, 2025 · All recorded fiscal years. Amount and payment count cover the relationships shown; shares use the full supplier total.

Receiving supplier

Ohio Access to Justice Foundation

$40,819,001from the agencies shown

Ohio Access to Justice Foundation
$40,819,001 from the agencies shown

$32,783,30380.3% of supplier total
$5,764,13814.1% of supplier total
$1,487,5003.6% of supplier total
$450,0001.1% of supplier total
$334,0600.8% of supplier total

This is a selection, not a full spending breakdown. Other agencies are not included in the flow. Some recorded agencies have no public profile link. Coverage may be partial. Review the agency table.

Payments by fiscal year and agency

Fiscal year	Agency	Payments	Total
FY 2025	Public Defender Commission	12	$12,347,857
FY 2025	Department of Job and Family Services	14	$739,661
FY 2025	Department of Children and Youth	1	$450,000
FY 2025	Judiciary / Supreme Court	4	$425,000
FY 2025	Attorney General	2	$17,401
FY 2025	Department of Development	1	$657
FY 2024	Public Defender Commission	13	$12,936,427
FY 2024	Judiciary / Supreme Court	4	$425,000
FY 2024	Attorney General	6	$112,635
FY 2024	Department of Job and Family Services	12	$9,764
FY 2023	Public Defender Commission	11	$5,959,593
FY 2023	Department of Job and Family Services	12	$5,008,516
FY 2023	Judiciary / Supreme Court	4	$425,000
FY 2023	Attorney General	6	$126,837
FY 2022	Public Defender Commission	7	$1,539,427
FY 2022	Judiciary / Supreme Court	2	$212,500
FY 2022	Attorney General	5	$77,187
FY 2022	Department of Job and Family Services	8	$6,197
Total		124	$40,819,658

What the payments were for

Spending categories exactly as Ohio state government codes them in its own accounting; we do not reclassify.

Category	Payments	Total	First / last
Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	38	$9,251,126	Jan 26, 2022 – Jun 11, 2025
Grant not dependent on service	1	$657	Apr 29, 2025 – Apr 29, 2025
ADMINISTRATIVE AND MGMT SERV	43	$34,138	Jan 4, 2022 – Jun 23, 2025
OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	42	$31,533,737	Jan 26, 2022 – Jun 20, 2025

Largest payments by fiscal year

The biggest individual payments in each fiscal year, up to 20 per year. Where the source publishes a purchase order behind a payment, the PO description appears; older payments may carry a bare PO reference because the government's published PO files do not reach back that far.

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FY 2025top 20 of 34 payments$13,980,576

Date	Agency	Amount	Category	Purchase order
Sep 19, 2024	Public Defender Commission	$2,050,341.13	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Oct 11, 2024	Public Defender Commission	$1,066,456.00	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Nov 18, 2024	Public Defender Commission	$1,014,489.94	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Dec 19, 2024	Public Defender Commission	$992,044.81	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Jun 20, 2025	Public Defender Commission	$984,622.63	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Jul 18, 2024	Public Defender Commission	$971,697.94	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Jan 14, 2025	Public Defender Commission	$929,201.94	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Feb 13, 2025	Public Defender Commission	$927,704.00	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Aug 13, 2024	Public Defender Commission	$901,104.25	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Mar 19, 2025	Public Defender Commission	$872,565.75	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
May 16, 2025	Public Defender Commission	$847,721.25	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Apr 15, 2025	Public Defender Commission	$789,907.00	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Feb 18, 2025	Department of Job and Family Services	$500,000.00	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
Mar 25, 2025	Department of Children and Youth	$450,000.00	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
Jun 11, 2025	Department of Job and Family Services	$230,000.00	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
Aug 15, 2024	Judiciary / Supreme Court	$106,250.00	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
May 5, 2025	Judiciary / Supreme Court	$106,250.00	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
Feb 6, 2025	Judiciary / Supreme Court	$106,250.00	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
Nov 8, 2024	Judiciary / Supreme Court	$106,250.00	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
Jul 22, 2024	Attorney General	$15,178.73	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–

FY 2024top 20 of 35 payments$13,483,826

Date	Agency	Amount	Category	Purchase order
Aug 16, 2023	Public Defender Commission	$1,929,847.25	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Mar 12, 2024	Public Defender Commission	$1,249,565.50	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
Jun 13, 2024	Public Defender Commission	$1,008,762.19	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Dec 14, 2023	Public Defender Commission	$950,068.06	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Mar 25, 2024	Public Defender Commission	$927,131.00	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Oct 16, 2023	Public Defender Commission	$925,752.38	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Mar 12, 2024	Public Defender Commission	$899,001.75	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Sep 13, 2023	Public Defender Commission	$873,315.44	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
May 16, 2024	Public Defender Commission	$852,333.88	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Nov 15, 2023	Public Defender Commission	$848,297.19	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Apr 17, 2024	Public Defender Commission	$835,295.25	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Jul 27, 2023	Public Defender Commission	$820,145.25	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Jan 18, 2024	Public Defender Commission	$816,911.63	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Nov 3, 2023	Judiciary / Supreme Court	$106,250.00	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
Aug 4, 2023	Judiciary / Supreme Court	$106,250.00	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
Feb 5, 2024	Judiciary / Supreme Court	$106,250.00	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
May 3, 2024	Judiciary / Supreme Court	$106,250.00	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
Jun 20, 2024	Attorney General	$33,477.31	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
Apr 22, 2024	Attorney General	$21,801.10	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
Mar 11, 2024	Attorney General	$20,361.93	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–

FY 2023top 20 of 33 payments$11,519,946

Date	Agency	Amount	Category	Purchase order
Jun 14, 2023	Department of Job and Family Services	$5,000,000.00	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
Aug 22, 2022	Public Defender Commission	$821,311.13	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Jun 21, 2023	Public Defender Commission	$714,348.81	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
May 17, 2023	Public Defender Commission	$690,774.38	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Mar 14, 2023	Public Defender Commission	$575,039.25	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Apr 20, 2023	Public Defender Commission	$569,243.13	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Jan 20, 2023	Public Defender Commission	$523,455.13	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Feb 21, 2023	Public Defender Commission	$485,290.97	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Dec 16, 2022	Public Defender Commission	$482,659.69	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Oct 27, 2022	Public Defender Commission	$458,090.56	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Sep 16, 2022	Public Defender Commission	$344,091.97	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Jul 21, 2022	Public Defender Commission	$295,287.66	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Nov 7, 2022	Judiciary / Supreme Court	$106,250.00	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
Jul 11, 2022	Judiciary / Supreme Court	$106,250.00	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
May 3, 2023	Judiciary / Supreme Court	$106,250.00	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
Jan 31, 2023	Judiciary / Supreme Court	$106,250.00	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
Mar 23, 2023	Attorney General	$36,715.61	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
Jun 22, 2023	Attorney General	$28,649.62	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
Apr 11, 2023	Attorney General	$23,544.30	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
Dec 13, 2022	Attorney General	$16,231.23	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–

FY 2022top 20 of 22 payments$1,835,310

Date	Agency	Amount	Category	Purchase order
May 19, 2022	Public Defender Commission	$297,220.72	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Jun 15, 2022	Public Defender Commission	$273,743.22	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Jan 26, 2022	Public Defender Commission	$260,270.89	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Mar 22, 2022	Public Defender Commission	$249,124.30	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Feb 14, 2022	Public Defender Commission	$232,854.88	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Apr 21, 2022	Public Defender Commission	$226,212.63	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	–
Feb 9, 2022	Judiciary / Supreme Court	$106,250.00	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
May 9, 2022	Judiciary / Supreme Court	$106,250.00	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
Jan 26, 2022	Attorney General	$23,629.25	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
May 9, 2022	Attorney General	$18,424.40	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
Mar 25, 2022	Attorney General	$16,783.02	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
Feb 23, 2022	Attorney General	$16,652.61	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
May 31, 2022	Attorney General	$1,697.43	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	–
Jan 4, 2022	Department of Job and Family Services	$794.31	ADMINISTRATIVE AND MGMT SERV	–
Jan 4, 2022	Department of Job and Family Services	$780.88	ADMINISTRATIVE AND MGMT SERV	–
Mar 8, 2022	Department of Job and Family Services	$777.99	ADMINISTRATIVE AND MGMT SERV	–
Mar 23, 2022	Department of Job and Family Services	$776.18	ADMINISTRATIVE AND MGMT SERV	–
Jan 27, 2022	Department of Job and Family Services	$773.91	ADMINISTRATIVE AND MGMT SERV	–
Apr 26, 2022	Department of Job and Family Services	$771.52	ADMINISTRATIVE AND MGMT SERV	–
Jun 23, 2022	Department of Job and Family Services	$765.44	ADMINISTRATIVE AND MGMT SERV	–

Recent payments

Date	Agency	Amount	Category	Method
Jun 23, 2025	Department of Job and Family Services	$789.19	ADMINISTRATIVE AND MGMT SERV	EFT
Jun 20, 2025	Public Defender Commission	$984,622.63	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	EFT
Jun 11, 2025	Department of Job and Family Services	$230,000.00	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	EFT
May 28, 2025	Department of Job and Family Services	$793.70	ADMINISTRATIVE AND MGMT SERV	EFT
May 16, 2025	Public Defender Commission	$847,721.25	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	EFT
May 5, 2025	Judiciary / Supreme Court	$106,250.00	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	EFT
Apr 29, 2025	Department of Development	$657.00	Grant not dependent on service	EFT
Apr 21, 2025	Department of Job and Family Services	$791.93	ADMINISTRATIVE AND MGMT SERV	EFT
Apr 15, 2025	Public Defender Commission	$789,907.00	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	EFT
Mar 25, 2025	Department of Children and Youth	$450,000.00	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	EFT
Mar 19, 2025	Public Defender Commission	$872,565.75	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	EFT
Mar 19, 2025	Department of Job and Family Services	$807.52	ADMINISTRATIVE AND MGMT SERV	EFT
Feb 25, 2025	Department of Job and Family Services	$805.85	ADMINISTRATIVE AND MGMT SERV	EFT
Feb 18, 2025	Department of Job and Family Services	$500,000.00	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	EFT
Feb 13, 2025	Public Defender Commission	$927,704.00	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	EFT
Feb 6, 2025	Department of Job and Family Services	$809.92	ADMINISTRATIVE AND MGMT SERV	EFT
Feb 6, 2025	Judiciary / Supreme Court	$106,250.00	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	EFT
Jan 14, 2025	Public Defender Commission	$929,201.94	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	EFT
Jan 2, 2025	Department of Job and Family Services	$784.16	ADMINISTRATIVE AND MGMT SERV	EFT
Dec 19, 2024	Public Defender Commission	$992,044.81	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	EFT
Nov 22, 2024	Department of Job and Family Services	$826.55	ADMINISTRATIVE AND MGMT SERV	EFT
Nov 18, 2024	Public Defender Commission	$1,014,489.94	OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS	EFT
Nov 8, 2024	Judiciary / Supreme Court	$106,250.00	Grant paid to govt or NFP enti	EFT
Nov 7, 2024	Department of Job and Family Services	$793.04	ADMINISTRATIVE AND MGMT SERV	EFT
Oct 22, 2024	Department of Job and Family Services	$820.97	ADMINISTRATIVE AND MGMT SERV	EFT

Other vendors serving Public Defender Commission

Cuyahoga County $108,191,694
Franklin County $85,590,767
Hamilton County $84,079,755
Montgomery County $40,823,744
Summit County $34,157,530
Lucas County $21,066,308
Butler County $12,610,335
Stark County $12,439,362
Lorain County $9,964,446
Lake County $9,674,031

VerifiedData refreshed Sep 24, 2026 from Ohio Checkbook (checkbook.ohio.gov): 24,768,843 payments on record, Jan 3, 2022 to Jun 26, 2025. How we verify this data