Playhouse Square Foundation: Ohio Government Payments
as recorded by Ohio: PLAYHOUSE SQUARE FOUNDATION
Playhouse Square Foundation is the 1,503rd-largest recipient of Ohio state government payments tracked by SpendLedger, and ranks 24th in Grant dependent on service spending. Its payments amount to 3.1% of everything the Ohio Arts Council has paid vendors in that span. Payments to it fell 57.1% year over year.
Primary spending category: Grant dependent on service
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Payments by fiscal year
The payment history
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3 fiscal years on record. The incoming flows below combine all recorded years.
Fiscal years may be partial; missing years are not zero spending. Negative columns reflect net refunds or corrections. Amounts share a linear scale.
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Sep 14, 2022 to Apr 30, 2025 · All recorded fiscal years
Showing 3 of 3 positive agencies in these records.
Flow widths compare the relationships shown. Percentages use the full recorded supplier total for this period: $3,316,192.10. Zero and net-negative relationships are excluded from positive flows.
The relationships at a glance
- Total shown
- $3,316,192.10
- Payments represented
- 17
- Paying agencies shown
- 3
- Largest share of supplier total
- 69.8%
Largest displayed relationship: Ohio Arts Council. Select a flow to explore its details.
Sep 14, 2022 to Apr 30, 2025 · All recorded fiscal years. Amount and payment count cover the relationships shown; shares use the full supplier total.
Playhouse Square Foundation
$3,316,192from the agencies shownPlayhouse Square Foundation
$3,316,192 from the agencies shown
- $2,315,55969.8% of supplier total
- $1,000,00030.2% of supplier total
- $633<0.1% 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 | Ohio Arts Council | 3 | $749,273 |
| FY 2025 | Department of Public Safety | 4 | $393 |
| FY 2024 | School Facilities Commission | 1 | $1,000,000 |
| FY 2024 | Ohio Arts Council | 3 | $748,410 |
| FY 2024 | Department of Public Safety | 2 | $240 |
| FY 2023 | Ohio Arts Council | 4 | $817,876 |
| Total | 17 | $3,316,192 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS | 6 | $633 | Jan 25, 2024 – Apr 30, 2025 |
| Grant dependent on service | 10 | $2,315,559 | Sep 14, 2022 – Aug 29, 2024 |
| CAPITAL GRANTS-BUILDING/OTHER | 1 | $1,000,000 | Jan 17, 2024 – Jan 17, 2024 |
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 7 of 7 payments$749,666
| Date | Agency | Amount | Category | Purchase order |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2024 | Ohio Arts Council | $609,360.00 | Grant dependent on service | – |
| Aug 7, 2024 | Ohio Arts Council | $112,391.00 | Grant dependent on service | – |
| Aug 29, 2024 | Ohio Arts Council | $27,522.00 | Grant dependent on service | – |
| Apr 30, 2025 | Department of Public Safety | $152.94 | OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS | – |
| Oct 18, 2024 | Department of Public Safety | $120.00 | OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS | – |
| Jan 21, 2025 | Department of Public Safety | $75.00 | OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS | – |
| Jul 18, 2024 | Department of Public Safety | $45.00 | OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS | – |
FY 2024top 6 of 6 payments$1,748,650
| Date | Agency | Amount | Category | Purchase order |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 2024 | School Facilities Commission | $1,000,000.00 | CAPITAL GRANTS-BUILDING/OTHER | – |
| Aug 11, 2023 | Ohio Arts Council | $608,654.00 | Grant dependent on service | – |
| Aug 10, 2023 | Ohio Arts Council | $111,528.00 | Grant dependent on service | – |
| Aug 11, 2023 | Ohio Arts Council | $28,228.00 | Grant dependent on service | – |
| Apr 23, 2024 | Department of Public Safety | $210.16 | OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS | – |
| Jan 25, 2024 | Department of Public Safety | $30.00 | OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS | – |
FY 2023top 4 of 4 payments$817,876
| Date | Agency | Amount | Category | Purchase order |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2022 | Ohio Arts Council | $608,270.00 | Grant dependent on service | – |
| Sep 16, 2022 | Ohio Arts Council | $162,901.00 | Grant dependent on service | – |
| Sep 15, 2022 | Ohio Arts Council | $23,725.00 | Grant dependent on service | – |
| Sep 16, 2022 | Ohio Arts Council | $22,980.00 | Grant dependent on service | – |
Recent payments
| Date | Agency | Amount | Category | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2025 | Department of Public Safety | $152.94 | OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS | EFT |
| Jan 21, 2025 | Department of Public Safety | $75.00 | OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS | EFT |
| Oct 18, 2024 | Department of Public Safety | $120.00 | OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS | EFT |
| Aug 29, 2024 | Ohio Arts Council | $609,360.00 | Grant dependent on service | EFT |
| Aug 29, 2024 | Ohio Arts Council | $27,522.00 | Grant dependent on service | EFT |
| Aug 7, 2024 | Ohio Arts Council | $112,391.00 | Grant dependent on service | EFT |
| Jul 18, 2024 | Department of Public Safety | $45.00 | OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS | EFT |
| Apr 23, 2024 | Department of Public Safety | $210.16 | OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS | EFT |
| Jan 25, 2024 | Department of Public Safety | $30.00 | OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS | EFT |
| Jan 17, 2024 | School Facilities Commission | $1,000,000.00 | CAPITAL GRANTS-BUILDING/OTHER | EFT |
| Aug 11, 2023 | Ohio Arts Council | $28,228.00 | Grant dependent on service | EFT |
| Aug 11, 2023 | Ohio Arts Council | $608,654.00 | Grant dependent on service | EFT |
| Aug 10, 2023 | Ohio Arts Council | $111,528.00 | Grant dependent on service | EFT |
| Sep 16, 2022 | Ohio Arts Council | $22,980.00 | Grant dependent on service | EFT |
| Sep 16, 2022 | Ohio Arts Council | $162,901.00 | Grant dependent on service | EFT |
| Sep 15, 2022 | Ohio Arts Council | $23,725.00 | Grant dependent on service | EFT |
| Sep 14, 2022 | Ohio Arts Council | $608,270.00 | Grant dependent on service | EFT |
Other vendors serving Ohio Arts Council
- Columbus Association for the $1,115,638
- Department of Administrative Services $785,299
- Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park $768,870
- Victoria Theatre Association $710,850
- Columbus Symphony Orchestra Inc $636,716
- The Ohio State University $588,060
- Ballet Metropolitan Inc $532,422
- Cincinnati Arts Association $504,680
- Kent State University $493,217
- Cleveland Music School Settlement $425,187
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