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← BUSINESS VOLUNTEERS UNLIMITED

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BUSINESS VOLUNTEERS UNLIMITED.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,033,740
Total expenses
$2,087,723
Contributions and grants received
$781,412
Grants paid
$64,000
Program service revenue
$1,235,995
Investment income
$6,710
Other revenue
$9,623
Total assets, end of year
$2,249,167
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,249,167
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,818,091
Management and general expenses
$176,935
Fundraising expenses
$92,697
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,818,091

Program services were 87.1% 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

    $781,412

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $903,665 · related or exempt $903,665

  • 2b · Program service revenue: INFORMATION SERVICES

    total $287,350 · related or exempt $287,350

  • 2c · Program service revenue: VOLUNTEER INFO & REFER

    total $44,980 · related or exempt $44,980

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,405 · excluded $6,405

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $305

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $305

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $305 · excluded $305

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $9,623 · related or exempt $9,623

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $9,623

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $64,000 · program services $64,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $239,188 · program services $209,194 · management and general $19,196 · fundraising $10,798

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,088,219 · program services $951,805 · management and general $87,305 · fundraising $49,109

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $39,117 · program services $34,212 · management and general $3,139 · fundraising $1,766

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $193,168 · program services $168,945 · management and general $15,503 · fundraising $8,720

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $95,354 · program services $83,396 · management and general $7,653 · fundraising $4,305

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $20,100 · program services $16,181 · management and general $2,508 · fundraising $1,411

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $12,139 · management and general $12,139

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $65,005 · program services $52,368 · management and general $8,088 · fundraising $4,549

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,955 · program services $8,777 · management and general $754 · fundraising $424

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $36,045 · program services $31,780 · management and general $2,730 · fundraising $1,535

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $156,906 · program services $138,098 · management and general $12,037 · fundraising $6,771

  • 24a · Other expenses: SEMINARS

    total $35,966 · program services $31,710 · management and general $2,724 · fundraising $1,532

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $14,130 · program services $11,375 · management and general $1,763 · fundraising $992

  • 24c · Other expenses: RENTAL EQUIPMENT

    total $9,242 · program services $8,148 · management and general $700 · fundraising $394

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISC. EXPENSE

    total $9,189 · program services $8,102 · management and general $696 · fundraising $391

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $494,295 · end of year $277,687

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $361,140 · end of year $582,039

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

    $25,000

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

    $25,000

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,256,908 · end of year $1,375,487

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $13,249 · end of year $13,954

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,125,592 · end of year $2,249,167

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BRINGING BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS TOGETHER TO PROVIDE BOARD PARTICIPATION OPPORTUNITIES, VOLUNTEER REFERRALS, AND TRAINING TO STRENGTHEN THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF NONPROFITS PRIMARILY IN NORTHEAST OHIO.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BUSINESS VOLUNTEERS UNLIMITED (BVU) ENGAGES, CONNECTS, AND STRENGTHENS BUSINESSES, NONPROFITS, AND THE COMMUNITY.

  • BVU STAFF CONDUCTS ASSESSMENT MEETINGS WITH OVER 350 NONPROFITS EACH YEAR TO UNDERSTAND THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS FOR BOARD MEMBERS, TRAINING, AND SKILLED AND DIRECT SERVICE VOLUNTEERS. THROUGH THESE MEETINGS, BVU IDENTIFIES NEW WAYS TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF THE PARTICIPATING NONPROFITS. FOLLOWING THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, NONPROFITS HAVE ACCESS TO BOARD MEMBERS, SKILLED AND DIRECT SERVICE VOLUNTEERS, AND BVU'S NONPROFIT CONSULTING CENTER THROUGH WHICH BVU PROVIDES TARGETED AND CUSTOMIZED SERVICES TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF OVER 180 NONPROFITS EACH YEAR. BVU HAS A RESOURCE CENTER TO HELP NONPROFITS WITH GOVERNANCE AND OPERATIONAL PROCESSES.

    Expenses $1,059,002 · Revenue $913,288

  • BVU INTERVIEWS, TRAINS, AND THOUGHTFULLY MATCHES BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS AS BOARD MEMBERS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS INTERVIEWS AND ENGAGES BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS, RETIREES AND COMMUNITY PEOPLE AS SKILLED VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST NONPROFITS WITH SPECIFIC SHORT-TERM PROJECTS. BVU MATCHES NEARLY 150 BOARD MEMBERS EACH YEAR, TRAINS OVER 400 BOARD MEMBERS EACH YEAR, AND ENGAGES SKILLED VOLUNTEERS AT 150 NONPROFITS EACH YEAR.

    Expenses $189,976 · Revenue $287,350

  • THROUGH THE VOLUNTEER CENTER, BVU REFERS OVER 15,000 VOLUNTEERS EACH YEAR TO VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES WITH OVER 300 NONPROFITS. IN ADDITION, BVU STAFF WORKS WITH NONPROFITS TO DEVELOP ONE DAY VOLUNTEER PROJECTS TO ENGAGE TEAMS OF VOLUNTEERS IN SHORT-TERM VOLUNTEERISM. BVU STAFF COORDINATE AND ENGAGE OVER 160 TEAMS IN VOLUNTEER PROJECTS PER YEAR.

    Expenses $157,757 · Revenue $44,980

  • NONPROFIT SUPPORT: BVU IS INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS EFFORTS AND ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE AND FACILITATE THE STRENGTHENED CAPACITY OF NONPROFITS IN NORTHEAST OHIO TO ACHIEVE THEIR MISSIONS.

    Expenses $411,356 · Grants $64,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Richard J Batyko

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tom Bernot

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Brent Blouch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Zackery Carroll

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Michael A Cogan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Severine De Wagheneire

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Tracy Dowe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Richard C Fedorovich

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Brian Fishel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Joe Frolik

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • David C Fulton

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Heidi L Gartland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Danielle B Gisondo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kathleen Golovan

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Art Hall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Brian A Hurtuk

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Jessica Jung

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • David M Kall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Steve Kessen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Christine Kohls

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Detlef Krost

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Carolina Masri

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ben Mathews

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Quentin McCorvey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Megan Mehalko

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Marc B Merklin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Steve Millard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Charles Modlin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • James K Mylen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ketan Patel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Richard W Pogue

    CHAIR EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Bill Priemer

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Susan Puflea

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Larese Purnell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Deborah Z Read

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Donald J Richards

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • John W Rodgers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lisa Rose

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kathy Rothenberg-James

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • John M Saada Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Harpreet Saluja

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Glen Shumate

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ryan Spisak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Christopher J Swift

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Brian Taylor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Matthew Tenerowicz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ben Vinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Thomas A Waltermire

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Neil Weiss

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mark Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lynne Winings

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ebony Yeboah-Amankwah

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Elizabeth Voudouris

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $239,188
    From this org
    $203,352
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,836
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,352
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,836
    Filer's total
    $239,188
  • Julie Clark

    VP, NONPROFIT ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $169,287
    From this org
    $137,672
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,615
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,572
    Bonus
    $14,100
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,828
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,787
    Filer's total
    $169,287
  • Denise O'Brien

    VP, ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $144,021
    From this org
    $116,761
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,260
    Hours/week
    50

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
3 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503109349303435

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