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← COLUMBUS CITIZENS FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COLUMBUS CITIZENS FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,463,386
Total expenses
$5,226,299
Contributions and grants received
$4,626,422
Grants paid
$1,534,538
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,652,391
Other revenue
-$815,427
Total assets, end of year
$30,384,152
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,390,563
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$26,993,589
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,050,984
Management and general expenses
$1,781,740
Fundraising expenses
$393,575
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,050,984

Program services were 58.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $2,082,293

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,295,944

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $261,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $277,185

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $710,000

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $49,999

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,377,036 · excluded $1,377,036

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $187,225

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $187,225

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $187,225 · excluded $187,225

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $7,605,381

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $7,330,026

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $275,355

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $275,355 · excluded $275,355

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $162,775

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,295,944

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,165,427

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$1,002,652 · excluded -$1,002,652

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $223,343 · program services $223,343

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,297,695 · program services $1,297,695

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $13,500 · program services $13,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $342,490 · program services $184,944 · management and general $106,172 · fundraising $51,374

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,536,199 · program services $829,546 · management and general $476,221 · fundraising $230,432

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $28,650 · program services $15,473 · management and general $8,881 · fundraising $4,296

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $194,009 · program services $104,764 · management and general $60,143 · fundraising $29,102

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $116,916 · program services $63,134 · management and general $36,244 · fundraising $17,538

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $25,975 · management and general $25,975

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $173,571 · program services $21,180 · management and general $146,229 · fundraising $6,162

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,898 · program services $7,084 · management and general $1,743 · fundraising $2,071

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $197,056 · program services $89,394 · management and general $96,835 · fundraising $10,827

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $101,728 · program services $44,759 · management and general $46,796 · fundraising $10,173

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $255,208 · management and general $255,208

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $427,254 · program services $102,543 · management and general $303,350 · fundraising $21,361

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISC. EXPENSES

    total $202,150 · management and general $191,911 · fundraising $10,239

  • 24b · Other expenses: R & M

    total $55,387 · program services $29,355 · management and general $26,032

  • 24c · Other expenses: SCHOLARSHIPS ADMIN

    total $24,270 · program services $24,270

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,000 · end of year $1,000

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,982,629 · end of year $1,272,676

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $709,189 · end of year $310,189

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,202,505 · end of year $1,109,382

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $323,464 · end of year $408,705

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $8,734,277

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $6,442,559

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,303,490 · end of year $2,291,718

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $21,372,026 · end of year $23,530,482

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,227,091 · end of year $1,460,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,037,220 · end of year $1,310,082

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,006,877 · end of year $2,080,481

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,873,839 · end of year $4,791,358

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $20,203,458 · end of year $22,202,231

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PERPETUATE & HONOR SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DISOCVERY OF AMERICA BY CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.

  • SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

    Expenses $1,297,695

  • COLUMBUS CELEBRATION

    Expenses $1,753,289

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Christopher Loiacono

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related
  • Anthony F Giordano

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related
  • Lawrence E Auriana

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related
  • Claudio A De Vellis

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related
  • Marian U Pardo

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related
  • Michael S Arena

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related
  • John M Desiderio

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related
  • Geraldine Dicostanzo

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related
  • Joseph R Gurrera

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related
  • Thomas N Iovino

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related
  • Jodi Pulice-Smith

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related
  • Salvatore M Salibello

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related
  • Dr Thomas P Sculco

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related
  • Aldo Verrelli

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related
  • Richard T Warus

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related
  • Dennis Loiacono

    GOVERNOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 3 related
  • Lisa Ackerman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $342,490
    From this org
    $307,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,990
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $270,000
    Bonus
    $37,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,790
    Filer's total
    $342,490
  • Deanna Stinziano

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $148,988
    From this org
    $126,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,488
    Hours/week
    40
  • Michelle Santoro

    DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $132,042
    From this org
    $118,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,542
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sari Uricheck

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $140,648
    From this org
    $131,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,648
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349306335

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