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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ZORAS HOUSE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,204,548
Total expenses
$1,477,373
Contributions and grants received
$2,153,144
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$51,375
Investment income
$29
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,682,146
Total liabilities, end of year
$577,720
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,104,426
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$760,043
Management and general expenses
$571,790
Fundraising expenses
$145,540
Program service expenses (Part III)
$760,043

Program services were 51.4% 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

    $45,822

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $121,360

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,985,962

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SPACE RENTAL

    total $19,206 · related or exempt $19,206

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $17,271 · related or exempt $17,271

  • 2c · Program service revenue: CAFE SALES

    total $14,898 · related or exempt $14,898

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $29 · related or exempt $29

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $91,703 · program services $39,550 · management and general $39,627 · fundraising $12,526

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $569,052 · program services $245,424 · management and general $245,901 · fundraising $77,727

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $99,537 · program services $42,929 · management and general $43,012 · fundraising $13,596

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $42,581 · program services $18,365 · management and general $18,400 · fundraising $5,816

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $18,849 · program services $197 · management and general $18,652

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $16,874 · program services $176 · management and general $16,698

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $35,975 · program services $35,589 · management and general $386

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $15,583 · program services $10,313 · management and general $5,270

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,596 · program services $2,298 · management and general $10,927 · fundraising $1,371

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $19,491 · program services $11,680 · management and general $7,811

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $46,975 · program services $23,774 · management and general $23,201

  • 17 · Travel

    total $11,527 · program services $869 · management and general $10,658

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,747 · management and general $2,747

  • 20 · Interest

    total $55,922 · management and general $55,922

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $67,606 · program services $45,435 · management and general $22,171

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,445 · management and general $9,445

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $276,718 · program services $268,971 · management and general $7,747

  • 24b · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES

    total $37,508 · management and general $3,004 · fundraising $34,504

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES & FEES

    total $15,996 · program services $4,255 · management and general $11,741

  • 24d · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $14,354 · program services $8,818 · management and general $5,536

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $14,334 · program services $1,400 · management and general $12,934

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $801,402 · end of year $201,507

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,085,149 · end of year $119,316

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

    $5,429,165

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

    $67,842

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,361,200 · end of year $5,361,323

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $6,966

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $295,492 · end of year $27,720

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $165,000 · end of year $50,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $415,167 · end of year $500,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $599,835 · end of year $61,915

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,779,223 · end of year $5,042,511

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ZORA'S HOUSE IS THE ONLY COWORKING SPACE AND LEADERSHIP INCUBATOR IN THE STATE OF OHIO CREATED BY AND FOR WOMEN OF COLOR (WOC). OUR MISSION IS TO CREATE A SAFE SPACE FOR WOC TO ESTABLISH MEANINGFUL, SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER WOMEN IN THEIR COMMUNITY; DEVELOP A DEEPER PRACTICE OF SELF-CARE, RESILIENCY, AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; AND SUCCESSFULLY INCUBATE THEIR CREATIVITY, SCHOLARSHIP, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ACTIVISM, SERVICE, AND LEADERSHIP. SINCE BEING FOUNDED IN 2018, ZORA'S HOUSE HAS HELPED OVER 5,000 WOMEN OF COLOR: INCUBATE THEIR BUSINESSES, SCHOLARSHIP, CREATIVITY, AND ACTIVISM; ACTIVATE THEIR LEADERSHIP IN THEIR FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND WORKPLACES; BUILD DEEPER SUPPORT NETWORKS AND CONNECT WITH MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES; NAVIGATE JOB LOSSES AND OTHER ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS; AND GAIN FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT AND CONFIDENCE.

  • LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ZORA'S HOUSE BUILDS STRONGER SUPPORT NETWORKS, FOSTERS GREATER EMOTIONAL RESILIENCY, AND OFFERS INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES TO CONNECT WOMEN OF COLOR TO MEANINGFUL CAREER AND LEADERSHIP PATHWAYS. THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE OUR LEADERSHIP FELLOWS PROGRAM, SUNDAY DINNER SERIES, AND OTHER PROGRAMS, ZORA'S HOUSE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN CONNECTING WOMEN+ OF COLOR TO THE OPPORTUNITIES, MENTORSHIP, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO THRIVE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.

    Expenses $194,881 · Revenue $12,168

  • ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT SINCE 2021 ZORA'S HOUSE HAS INCUBATED OVER 50 WOMEN+ OF COLOR OWNED BUSINESSES, DIRECTLY ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF MANY WOMEN WHO STARTED BUSINESSES AS A RESULT OF INCOME INSTABILITY. ADDITIONALLY, ZORA'S HOUSE HAS FACILITATED 636,697 OF DIRECT ECONOMIC IMPACT IN NEW JOBS, PROMOTIONS, CONTRACTS AND FUNDING FOR ITS MEMBERS SINCE 2021; AND IN 2024 OUR WOMEN OF COLOR OWNED MARKETS SUPPORTED OVER SIXTY-FIVE WOC ARTISANS AND ENTREPRENEURS, GENERATING 60,000 IN REVENUE.

    Expenses $499,503 · Revenue $31,431

  • RACIAL EQUITY ZORA'S HOUSE - THE FIRST AND ONLY COMMUNITY SPACE AND LEADERSHIP INCUBATOR IN OHIO CREATED BY AND FOR WOMEN+ OF COLOR - WORKS TO DISMANTLE BARRIERS OF SYSTEMIC RACISM AND SEXISM, AND TO ENSURE THE FULL PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN+ OF COLOR IN THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC, AND CULTURAL LIFE OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. SINCE 2020, OUR BLACK FEMINIST NIGHT SCHOOL HAS REACHED OVER 2000 WOMEN+ OF COLOR AND ALLIES AND OUR WOC EQUITY DESIGN INSTITUTE RECEIVED A 1.5M INVESTMENT FROM JPMORGAN CHASE AND HAS TRAINED 60 EQUITY DESIGN PRACTITIONERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $65,659 · Revenue $7,777

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Lauren Johnson

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $91,702
    From this org
    $91,702
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jennifer Walton

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ashley Ingram

    BOARD TREASU

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tyiesha Radford Shorts

    VICE BOARD C

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Christina Ratleff

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Christina Patel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Lillian Morales-Laster

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Karen Hewitt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Danixa Lay

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • THE PURPLE DOOR CAFE LLC

    SALES · OH · income $17,953 · assets $43,014

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202543189349312379

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