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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by EQUALITY OHIO EDUCATION FUND.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 4 November 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$1,801,949 changed to $1,836,336
Total expenses
$2,388,972 changed to $2,390,970
Contributions and grants received
$1,488,069 changed to $1,498,567
Program service revenue
$245,209 changed to $268,888
Other revenue
$64,889 changed to $65,099
Total assets, end of year
$779,604 changed to $846,302
Total liabilities, end of year
$72,517 changed to $107,264
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$707,087 changed to $739,038
Program services expenses
$2,106,035 changed to $2,214,757
Management and general expenses
$135,268 changed to $141,065
Fundraising expenses
$147,669 changed to $35,148

Totals

Total revenue
$1,836,336
Total expenses
$2,390,970
Contributions and grants received
$1,498,567
Grants paid
$38,150
Program service revenue
$268,888
Investment income
$3,782
Other revenue
$65,099
Total assets, end of year
$846,302
Total liabilities, end of year
$107,264
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$739,038
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,214,757
Management and general expenses
$141,065
Fundraising expenses
$35,148
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,106,035

Program services were 92.6% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $155,603

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,342,964

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Chroma

    total $3,728 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Restricted VOCA/Supreme Court Income

    total $265,160 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,782 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

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

    $155,603

  • 11a · Other revenue: MANAGEMENT FEE

    total $64,286 · related or exempt $64,286 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11b · Other revenue: FISCAL AGENCY FEE INCOME

    total $813 · related or exempt $813 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $65,099

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $38,150 · program services $38,150

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $937,314 · program services $913,953 · management and general $23,361 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $182,987 · program services $164,351 · management and general $18,636 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $76,092 · program services $74,912 · management and general $1,180 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $836,239 · program services $800,567 · management and general $35,672 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,012 · program services $8,012 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,961 · program services $10,903 · management and general $915 · fundraising $143

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $98,725 · program services $95,655 · management and general $3,070 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $44,645 · program services $0 · management and general $44,645 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $58,324 · program services $57,422 · management and general $902 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $51,847 · program services $14,810 · management and general $2,032 · fundraising $35,005

  • 20 · Interest

    total $127 · program services $127 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,183 · program services $0 · management and general $3,183 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,108 · program services $9,202 · management and general $3,906 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Membership Dues

    total $8,966 · program services $8,966 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Telephone & Internet

    total $3,553 · program services $3,463 · management and general $90 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Programs

    total $11,862 · program services $11,862 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Bank Charges/Merchant Fees

    total $5,875 · program services $2,402 · management and general $3,473 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,394,733 · end of year $815,049

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,198 · end of year $18,428

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

    $43,275

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

    $38,174

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,868 · end of year $5,101

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $7,724

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $111,690 · end of year $107,264

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $890,776 · end of year $504,527

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $403,333 · end of year $234,511

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Equality Ohio Education Fund identifies and transorms systems and institutions so LGBTQ+ Ohioans can fully access legal and lived equality. We envision an Ohio where people are welcome, affirmed, and flourishing.

  • State & Local Advocacy: This encompasses our efforts to educate and increase the visibility of the LGBTQ+ community and other vulnerable communities in order to increase acceptance of LGBTQ+ people, achieve a more cooperative progressive community, and obtain legal and lived equality for LGBTQ+ people in Ohio.

    Expenses $1,040,534

  • LEGAL CLINIC: We offer many free legal services, including consumer law (such as fraud and identity theft), family law, civil rights, administrative help (such as SSI or disability), identity documents and more to LGBTQ+ Ohioans at 300% of the federal poverty rate. Since the beginning of our Legal Clinic program, we have proudly served more than 2,700 LGBTQ+ individuals in navigating complex legal systems impacting their lives.

    Expenses $758,879

  • Communcations: Encompasses our efforts to analyze, educate about, and work to improve policies, processes, and procedures impacting the LGBTQ+ community in corporations, municipalities, administrative agencies, and state government.

    Expenses $304,010

  • Chroma

    Expenses $2,612

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Dwayne Steward Executive Director

    370 S. 5th St, Ste G3, Columbus, OH, 43215

    Total calculated
    $42,918
    From this org
    $42,918
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    55

  • Lynn Ready Chair Secretary

    370 S. 5th St, Ste G3, Columbus, OH, 43215

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chad Williams Treasurer

    370 S. 5th St, Ste G3, Columbus, OH, 43215

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Levent Talgar Vice Chair

    370 S. 5th St, Ste G3, Columbus, OH, 43215

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kathy Bowman Member

    370 S. 5th St, Ste G3, Columbus, OH, 43215

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lynn Carter Member

    370 S. 5th St, Ste G3, Columbus, OH, 43215

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dabney Conwell Member

    370 S. 5th St, Ste G3, Columbus, OH, 43215

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brian Malachowsky

    370 S. 5th St, Ste G3, Columbus, OH, 43215

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

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
24 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543539349300314

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