Our Supporters
As we look back on 2025, we are proud to share what you helped make possible.
Last year, we received nearly $500,000 in combined support from 30+ corporate or organizational partners and almost 500 individual donors. Your ongoing support is part of a broad ripple effect; hundreds of supporters making free civil legal help possible for thousands of households throughout Central and Southeast Ohio.
Our Partners in Justice
Legal Aid is proud to acknowledge the outstanding support of our Partners in Justice law firms, whose dedication helps ensure that Ohioans have access to equal justice. The following firms have made three–year pledges of support:
Special thanks to our lead supporter:
"Vorys has been a longtime supporter because Legal Aid is the champion for anyone in our community who is in need of legal assistance even if they cannot afford to hire their own lawyer.”
Michael D. Martz, Managing Partner, Vorys, Sater,
Seymour and Pease LLP
Partners in Justice Law Firms:
Corporate and Organizational Supporters
Through financial support, volunteer engagement, and event sponsorship, these organizations play a vital role in advancing our impact each year.
Abbott Laboratories-ECG
Allen Stovall Neuman & Ashton LLP
Bailey Cavalieri
Barnes and Thornburg
Bricker Graydon LLP
Byrne and Byrne Inc
Carlile Patchen & Murphy LLP
Cencora, Inc.
Citizen's Bank
Columbus Bar Association
Davis Polk
Epstein Becker Green
First Financial Bank
Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
Honda
Ice Miller LLP
JPMorganChase
Kegler, Brown, Hill + Ritter Co., LPA
M. Soto Law Office, LLC
Nationwide
Organ Law LLP
Origo Branding
Plante Moran PLLC
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
Renny J. Tyson Co., LPA
Strip, Hoppers, Leithart, McGrath & Terlecky
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
The Hershey Company
Thompson Hine LLP
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Wolinetz Horvath & Brown LLC
Worthington United Methodist Church
We sincerely appreciate the organizations that match their employees' donations, volunteer time, or Board participation in support of Legal Aid. Your generosity amplifies the impact of every contribution and helps extend our reach to those who need it most.
Cardinal Health
Cencora, Inc.
The Hershey Company
Honda
Lument
JPMorganChase
McGraw Hill
Excellence in Employee Giving: Dinsmore & Shohl
22 staff members donated in 2025 for a total of $7,484.28!
“Our firm promotes a culture of supporting Legal Aid’s work because access to competent legal representation is a fundamental right."
Stacey A. Borowicz,
Managing Partner at Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Thank you to our Institutional and Individual Supporters
We are deeply grateful to these law firms, corporations, foundations, organizations and individuals for their support of Legal Aid and our core principle that no Ohioan should be denied access to justice because of poverty.
Institutional Funders
$500,000+
City of Columbus
Legal Services Corporation
Ohio Access to Justice Foundation
The Columbus Foundation
$100,000-$499,999
ADAMH Board of Franklin County
CelebrateOne
Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging
Fairfield County Board of Commissioners
Franklin County Board of Commissioners
Franklin County Senior Options
IRS (Low Income Taxpayer Clinic)
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Ohio Association of Health Plans
Ohio Housing Finance Agency
Ohio Better Birth Outcomes
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
OneOhio Recovery Foundation
United Way of Central Ohio
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
$50,000-$99,999
Area Agency on Aging District 7, Inc.
Community Refugee & Immigration Services (United States Department of Justice)
Equal Justice Works
Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services
Franklin County Office of Justice Policy and Programs
Muskingum Valley Health Centers
Nationwide Foundation
Ohio State Bar Foundation
United States Department of Justice
Volunteers of America Ohio & Indiana
$25,000-$49,999
American Electric Power
Buckeye Hills Regional Council
Ingram-White Castle Foundation
Licking County Coalition for Housing
Licking County Foundation
National Health Law Program
Osteopathic Heritage Foundation
Sisters Health Foundation
$10,000-$24,999
American College of Bankruptcy
Area Agency on Aging Region 9, Inc.
Buckeye Health Plan
City of Newark
Crane Group
PNC Charitable Trust
The Reinberger Foundation
Siemer Family Foundation
SourcePoint
R. Alvin Stevenson Fund
United Way of North Central Ohio
$5,000-$9,999
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Community Action Program Corporation of Washington-Morgan Counties
The Ohio District 5 Area Agency on Aging, Inc.
$1,000-$4,999
Licking County Board of Commissioners
“As a former Franklin County Municipal Court Judge, I became keenly aware of the need for Legal Aid services in our community. I have been an outspoken supporter of their services since then as a Member of Congress and as a board member. The dedicated work done by this organization is a bargain. They will always be on my ‘give-to’ list."
Deborah Pryce
Elite Donors
Individuals who have given continuously for at least 5 years or more.
Ryan P. Aiello
Sandra Jo Anderson
Mary Asbury
Larry Babich
Rhodes and Lisa Baker
Shelagh Baker
Melonia Bennett
John J. Biancamano
Thomas J. Bonasera
John Boyer
Stephen Richard Buchenroth
John and Jennifer Cannizzaro
Nick Cavalieri
Brian C. Close
Candace Cooper
Crabtree Family
Shane M. Dawson
David Dokko
Melissa and Geoff Dutton
Samuel Ehret
Steven L. Faulkner
Jennie K. Ferguson
James F. Flynn
Craig Foster
Rita Sue Fuchsman
Andrew M. Gammill
Peter John Georgiton
John P. Gilligan
Lynnette and Daniel Goldberg
Pamela J. Grandon
Heather Hall
Stephanie W. Harris
Cathrine Harshman
Karen S. Hockstad
Susan Jagers
Robert Johns
Dan Jones
Daniel G. Kim
Christine Knisely
Kelvin M. Lawrence
Mark Levy and Wendie Gerus
William Logan Jr.
Jonathan W. Marshall
Annie Mathews
Susan McGarvey
Kate McGarvey and Ed Forman
Rhonda Lee Mears
Jeffrey Miller
Thomas and Ginger Mlakar
Philip R. Moots
Laura Myers
Sharon A. Orbaker
Shawn and Beth Organ
Nathan Osborn
Lisa and Scott Reisz
Stanley D. Ross
Jesse Rowe
Pari Sabety and Mark Shanahan
Thomas R. Sant
Peter Zachary Schiller
Anne Marie Sferra
Michael Smalz
The Honorable John Mark Solovan
Megan Sullivan
William J. Taylor
Hamilton and Margaret Teaford
Melanie R. Tobias
Seth James Turoff
Thomas Weeks and Elizabeth Copley
Lee and Becky Wendel
Melissa M. Will
Debra and James Willet
Scott A. Woodling
The Honorable William H. Woods
Daniel S. Zinsmaster
Support through funds at The Columbus Foundation
Robert G. and Nancy P. Gillette Charitable Fund
John and Aggie Haslup Family Fund
Marcia Katz Slotnick Fund
Michael S. and Judith P. Krasnoff Fund
Micah Fund
The Noyes-Krippendorf Fund
Deborah Pryce Family Fund
Lori Seaman Fund
Siemer Family Foundation
Herb and Judy Weisberg Fund
Recurring Donors
Individual donors who provide ongoing, recurring support through automatic contributions or payroll deductions via their employer.
Jocelyn Armstrong
Rhodes and Lisa Baker
John Boyer
David Dokko
Samuel Ehret
Matthew Forsythe
Craig Foster
Ben Gardella
Cathrine Harshman
Heather Holliday
Sachin Jindal
Keryna Johnson
Mark Levy and Wendie Gerus
Evan Lewis
Annie Mathews
Susan McGarvey
Jeffrey Miller
Carolle Moses
Laura Myers
Nathan Osborn
Janica Pierce Tucker
Denise Michelle Pleska
Kelsey Shannahan
Gregory A. Smith
Joshua D. Thomas
Melanie R. Tobias
Seth James Turoff
Debra and James Willet
Scott A. Woodling
Kelsey Zender
New Individual Supporters
We’re honored to welcome you and grateful for your decision to support Legal Aid. We look forward to partnering together to expand access to justice for years to come.
Lawrence D. Abramson
Callia Ahlbeck
Daniel Anderson
Louise Josephine Annarino
Jane Arata
Edward Bailey
Lydia Bailey
Judith Baker
Brian Balogh
Amy Baratz
Keith Bartlett
Carol Bates Gardner
Carolyn Bentley
Carol Beshara
Marjorie Brant
Brynne and Luke Bremer
Susan A. Brown
Scott Brown
Jeffrey Buskirk
Paige Cade
Paul Campagnoli
Sandra Carrillo
Frank Carsonie
Sophia Chang
Sharon Chappelear
Kenneth Christman
Philip T. Churchill
Scott Clark
Kathy Cooper
Courtney Cousino
Lindsey Cramer
Michael Crenshaw
Stephen Dailey
Thomas Dann
Alan J. Davidson
Jessie Davis
Sallie Debolt
Daniel A. DeMarco
That Nerd Chick
Dennis J. Drew
Aaron Dryer
Carla Edlefson
Hannah Estabrook
Sydney Finkel
Robert Fitrakis
John and Lorie Fitzgibbon
Kyra Fleming
Jackalynne Fletcher
Deborah Foster-Littlefield
Lance Francis
Christine Frankart
Daniel Fullin
Rhea and Nathan Gjerstad
George Gloeckner
Katie Goehring
Kathleen Graham
Timothy Green
John Groeber
Zach Gwin
Hagstad Family
Christine Hall
Jiwon Han
CeCe Harris
Sean Harris
Robert Hart
Stephen Hebenstreit
Kristin Henkaline
Eric Henricks
Emerald L. Hernandez-Parra
Jenny Higgins
Bryan Hogue
Heather Holliday
James Holt
Dale Hoover
Guy Humphrey
Richard B. Igo
Janet Jackson
Sarah Janoff-Brinn
Eric W. Johnson
Greg and Paula Johnson
Jess Johnson
Keryna Johnson
Gordon Johnston
Mona L. Joseph
W. Mark Jump
David Keenan
Amanda Kennedy
Nicole Kennedy
Joel S. Kent
Joelle Khouzam
John Kinkela
Paul and Norma Kinser
Randy Knutti
John Konfala
Christopher Kopech
Kelly Kotur
Savvas Koupadis
Jane Kretschmann
Kevin Kroos
Kelly Y. Lee
Robert Levering
Richard Lewis
Emily Lewis
Edwin Y. Lim
Paul Lorenzo
Judge Jeff Mackey
Della Macklin
Neal H. Magee II
Mathias Manner
Joyce Martin
Timothy J. and Dianna C. McGrath
James D. McNamara
Jay E. Michael
Eric Morrow
Rhoda Najar
Robert Nelson
Angela Nelson
John Charles Nemeth
Godwin Nestor
Helen M. Ninos
Todd Nothstein
Kate Oklok
Kysten A. Palmore
Gary Joseph Pandora
The Parikh Family
Lucas Prescott Parsell
Randall Porter
David W. Purdie
Michael R. Rankin
Harry Reinhart
Joseph Rezes
Susan L. Rhiel
Timothy Rice
Susan and Nathaniel Ritter
John Ryan
Daniel A. Sabol
Stanley Sagun
The Honorable Jennifer Sargus and The Honorable Edmund Sargus
Philip Schaefer
Janice Schaefer
Lisa Schechter
Kelly Scheer
Howard Schlezinger
Tony Schroth
John Shailer
David A. Shedd
Doug and Robin Shoemaker
David Sidor
Mary Slaback
Fancie Slanczka
Jacob Smith
Seth R. Smith
Nancy Snowden
Marlee Snowdon
Andrew Sonderman
Eleanor Speelman
Solveig Spjeldnes
Amy Stanton
Douglas Stauffer
Barbara Steiner
Kelli Stiles
Megan Sybor
Dina Tantra
Patsy Thomas
Susan Thornton
Tara Wright-Timberlake
Robert and Kathleen Trafford
Renny Tyson
Catherine Venturella
Darrell E. Ward
T. A. Ward II
Winnifred N. Weeks
Kristin Wehrmann
Beth Whitted
Amy J. Wildermuth
Mary Williams
Leigh Ann Wilson
Douglas Wise
Lindsey Woods
Kiko Yee
Individual Supporters
Individual Supporters who do not fall into one of the other categories above.
Lindsey Adams
David W. Alexander
Douglas Anderson
Anonymous
William J. Ard
Laura Atack and Chris Rapking
Robin Smith and William Ballam
Rayne J. Bateson
Michael and Sherry Becker
Adam Biehl
Sarah Biehl
Frances Blachman
Alice Blankenship and Alan Lieberman
David M. Blau
Sally Bloomfield
Donna Bobbitt-Zeher
Sandra E. Booth
Carmi and Tracy Boring
Stacey A. Borowicz
Garth Bowen
Lisa Bowers
The Honorable David Branstool
Katy Brewer
Trevor C. Britton
Stacy Brooks
Chanda L. Brown
Sondra Bryson
James P. Burnes
Timothy Cahill
Carolyn Lee Carter
Christal Caudill
Mel Cheplowitz
Vicky Miller Christiansen
Karen Clouse
Albert L. Clovis
Kathleen Madelaine Clyde
Donald Michael Collins
Marjorie B. Crowder
Steven L Delancey
Patti L. Denney
Jodi S. Diewald
Debera Diggs
Kevin and Mary Ann Duffy
Todd and Jennifer Dunsizer
Stephen Ellsesser
Michael G. Fabiano
Kevin and Mary Fenlon
Linda Fiely
Jacklyn Ford
Michael Frandin
Ken Frisof
The Honorable Richard A. Frye
Mary and Mike Gadd
Erin Gapinski
Nelson Genshaft
Brian Gifford
Camille Gill
Chris M. Glaros
Terrence A. Grady
R. Craig Gullion
Deborah Hackathorn
Kathryn Haller
Sharon L. Hanrahan
Raymond D. Harrington
Linda Hasseman
Gary M. Heath
Karen and David Hedden
Ann E. Henkener
Jan E. Hensel
John Herbert
Kara Herrnstein
Kari B. Hertel
Deborah Hoffman
The Honorable and Mrs. John Hoffman
Vincent Holzhall
Michael Horn
Athena Inembolidis
Holli Jarrell
Eileen M. Jewett
Antonia K. Johnson
Erica C. Johnson
Michael C. Jones
David Jump and Eileen Pruett
John Kennedy
Mary and Paul Kennedy
The Honorable Mina Nami Khorrami
Eugene and Nancy King
Karen and Thomas C. King Gwynn Kinsel
Allen S. Kinzer
Allan Kisner, Jr.
Rachel G. Kleit
Natalie Kochte
Larkin Kuplic
Michael P. Lampl
Sherri and Bruce Lazear
Jan Legg
Christine and Elliot Legow
Brandon J. Lester
Kristen Lewis
Larry Lin
David Lincove
Melissa and Ryan Linville
Tanya L. Long
Duffy Lorenz Bakke
Zach and Sara Luck
Jennifer Mackanos
Jason A. Macke
Alexander Main
Emily Patrick
Frederick Mann
William and Agnes Martin
Jane and Jeff Marx
Charlotte L. Mason
Gregory A. Mathews
Amy L. McCrory
Michael W. McElligott
Mary Jane McFadden
Thomas Ralph McGuire
Alvin J. and Carol J. McKenna
Jamie J. McKenna
Michael McPhillips
Andrew and Deborah Merritt
Corey Meyer
Janine Migden-Ostrander
Alyson Miles
Roberta Mitchell
Owynn Morrow
Patricia Arlene Moss
Laura Nichols
Alicia and Bill Nolan
Elizabeth Marie Norris
Mary Ellen Nose
Norman John Ogilvie Jr.
Vivian Opelt and Mara Lewis
J. Page
Dianna Parker
Richard and Janet Pfeiffer
Jack Pigman
Tim Pivetz
Eric and Lori Plinke
Bill Pohlman
C. Kathryn Preston
Gregory A. Price
Jeffrey and Jeanne Quayle
Callie S. Query
Anne E. Ralph
Carol Ray
Andrew Rebholz
Allan M. Reta
Paul Rice
Ken Richards
Sarah R. Riegel
Marty and Debby Rosenthal
Allan Roth
Meredith Rowley
Anne Sessums Rubin Amy Ryan Rued
Samantha J. Scherger
Ed and Reenie Schwallie
Catherine Schwallie Farmer
Aubrey A. Searcy
Noel Shepard
Kent Shimeall
Scott Montgomery Sidner
James Lee Simon
Jason B. Sims
Sipe Family Charitable Fund
Don L. Six
John and Martha Skilliter
Melissa and Patrick Skilliter
Kelly B. Smith
Jed Sonstroem
Janille S. Stearmer
Janay Stevens
Daniel James Stohs
Richard Stovall
Sara E. Strattan
John L. Strawn
Andrew and Nancy Sutter
Erin A. Sutton
Matthew A. Talicska
Myron Terlecky
Susan Thompson
Timothy Charles Thompson
Charles Edward Ticknor III
Robin Todhunter
Suzanne Tolonese
Mary E. Turocy
Charles Van Leuven
Phyllis Violet
Adam Wagenbach
The Honorable Michael Ward and Barbara C. Ward
Keesha Warmsby
Charles C. Warner
John H. Wead
Kelsey Zender
Benjamin and Julie Zox
Ohio Poverty Law Center Supporters
Mary Asbury
Brian Balogh
Paul Campagnoli
Kathy Cooper
Carla Edlefson
Fuller Deakyne Legacy Fund
The George Gund Foundation
Deborah Hackathorn
Heather Lynn Hall
Stephanie W. Harris
Gary M. Heath
Susan Jagers
Eugene and Nancy King
Jane Kretschmann
Christine and Elliot Legow
Michael McPhillips
Thomas and Ginger Mlakar
Philip R. Moots
Mary Ellen Nose
Sharon Orbaker
Lisa Reisz
Pari Sabety and Mark Shanahan
Peter Zachary Schiller
Skyline Foundation
Michael Smalz
Sara E. Strattan
Thomas Weeks and Elizabeth Copley
“We started supporting Legal Aid in 2024 with a monthly donation because equal rights are not possible without equal legal representation.”
Matt and Lisa Forsythe
