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← OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ACTION FUND INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ACTION FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$629,319
Total expenses
$472,203
Contributions and grants received
$621,196
Grants paid
$7,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$7,637
Other revenue
$486
Total assets, end of year
$1,144,807
Total liabilities, end of year
$359,561
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$785,246
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$398,715
Management and general expenses
$56,941
Fundraising expenses
$16,547
Program service expenses (Part III)
$398,715

Program services were 84.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $621,196

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,637 · excluded $7,637

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $486 · excluded $486

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $486

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,500 · program services $7,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $31,539 · program services $26,146 · management and general $3,595 · fundraising $1,798

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $214,342 · program services $177,690 · management and general $24,435 · fundraising $12,217

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $41,306 · program services $41,306

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,500 · program services $3,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,050 · management and general $11,050

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $55,000 · program services $55,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $22,054 · program services $18,283 · management and general $2,514 · fundraising $1,257

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $36,311 · program services $36,311

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,966 · management and general $6,966

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $408 · program services $408

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,632 · program services $9,643 · management and general $1,326 · fundraising $663

  • 17 · Travel

    total $20,261 · program services $20,097 · management and general $111 · fundraising $53

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,068 · management and general $1,068

  • 24a · Other expenses: EVENTS

    total $3,656 · program services $2,831 · management and general $266 · fundraising $559

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & PROF. MEMBERSHIP

    total $2,565 · management and general $2,565

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK & CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $1,884 · management and general $1,884

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $1,161 · management and general $1,161

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $691,302 · end of year $1,129,339

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,039 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $11,343

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $4,125

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $64,211 · end of year $299,561

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $60,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $567,910 · end of year $675,761

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $60,220 · end of year $109,485

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH OF ALL OHIO COMMUNITIES BY ELECTING CLIMATE CHAMPIONS, HOLDING PUBLIC OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE, AND ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE POLICIES.

  • THE OEC ACTION FUND RELEASED A SERIES OF STATEMENTS HIGHLIGHTING OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO HOLD DECISION-MAKERS ACCOUNTABLE AND ADVANCE POLICIES THAT PROTECT OHIO'S HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT. WE ADDRESSED URGENT ISSUES SUCH AS CORPORATE MISCONDUCT, REGULATORY LAPSES, AND LEGISLATIVE CHALLENGES. THEY HIGHLIGHTED OUR COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY AND ADVOCATING FOR STRONGER PROTECTIONS FOR COMMUNITIES AND NATURAL RESOURCES. THROUGH THESE COMMUNICATIONS, WE AIMED TO INFORM THE PUBLIC, MOBILIZE SUPPORT, AND DRIVE MEANINGFUL POLICY CHANGES AT THE LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVELS.

    Expenses $90,185

  • THE OEC ACTION FUND EDUCATES THE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING TIMELY INSIGHTS INTO OHIO'S ENVIRONMENTAL AND POLITICAL LANDSCAPE. WE EXPLORED CLEAN ENERGY, WATER PROTECTION, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WHILE ANALYZING THE IMPACTS OF CORPORATE AND GOVERNMENT ACTIONS ON COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS. THROUGH IN-DEPTH REPORTING, PERSONAL STORIES, AND CALLS TO ACTION, WE AIMED TO INFORM AND EMPOWER CONSTITUENTS, MOBILIZING GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY TO ACHIEVE MEANINGFUL POLICY CHANGES THROUGHOUT OHIO.

    Expenses $308,530 · Grants $7,500

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Andrew Waterson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brewster Rhoads

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Gray

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Heather Taylor-Miesle

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kyle Strickland

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Duffey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nan Whaley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Shelton

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Mark Shanahan

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Krista Magaw

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Carol Kauffman

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $168,209
    From this org
    $30,431
    From related orgs
    $131,869
    Other
    $5,909
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $30,431 + $131,869 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $913 + $3,956 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $195 + $845 related
    Filer's total
    $31,539 + $136,670 related

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

None.

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
COMPENSATION IS PAID AND DETERMINED THROUGH THE RELATED ORGANIZATION, OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL (OEC). THE OEC BOARD REVIEWS COMPARABLE MARKET COMPENSATION PRIOR TO APPROVING COMPENSATION AGREEMENTS FOR THE CEO.

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

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.

  • THE OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL

    501(C)(3) · PUBLIC ADVOCACY, LEGISLATIVE OUTREACH, EDUCATION · OH

  • CONSERVATION OHIO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

    527 · PUBLIC ADVOCACY, LEGISLATIVE OUTREACH, EDUCATION · OH · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by THE OEC ACTION FUND

  • THE OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL ACTION FUND PAC

    527 · PUBLIC ADVOCACY, LEGISLATIVE OUTREACH, EDUCATION · OH · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by THE OEC ACTION FUND

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521329349306112

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