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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by OHIO CITIZEN ACTION EDUCATION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,314,165
Total expenses
$1,068,320
Contributions and grants received
$1,314,165
Grants paid
$22,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$716,209
Total liabilities, end of year
$33,851
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$682,358
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$837,146
Management and general expenses
$107,330
Fundraising expenses
$123,844
Program service expenses (Part III)
$837,146

Program services were 78.4% 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

    $1,314,165

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $22,500 · program services $22,500

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $48,000 · fundraising $48,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $165,641 · program services $138,770 · fundraising $26,871

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $34,507 · program services $16,760 · fundraising $17,747

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $15,623 · program services $10,341 · fundraising $5,282

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $87,677 · management and general $87,677

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,000 · program services $3,000 · management and general $3,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,000 · management and general $5,000

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $6,266 · fundraising $6,266

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $581,952 · program services $556,174 · management and general $11,653 · fundraising $14,125

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $32,852 · program services $30,280 · fundraising $2,572

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,395 · program services $2,395

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $34,439 · program services $31,639 · fundraising $2,800

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,077 · program services $11,896 · fundraising $181

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $937 · program services $937

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,039 · program services $8,039

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,415 · program services $4,415

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $96,701 · end of year $630,332

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $111,619 · end of year $61,741

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $475

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $242,637

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,309 · end of year $2,309

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

    $67,182

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

    $45,355

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $43,032 · end of year $21,827

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $60,260 · end of year $33,851

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $98,680 · end of year $521,525

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $337,833 · end of year $160,833

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OHIO CITIZEN ACTION EDUCATION FUND ORGANIZES AND MOBILIZES PEOPLE TO ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC INTERESTS. IN PERSON, BY PHONE, AND ONLINE, WE ENGAGE PEOPLE IN ACTIONS THAT PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH, IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, AND BENEFITS CONSUMERS. OUR CAMPAIGNS CONNECT OHIOANS AND BUILD A MOVEMENT TO PROTECT DEMOCRACY AND CREATE A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OHIO CITIZEN ACTION FUND ORGANIZES AND MOBILIZES PEOPLE TO ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC INTERESTS. IN PERSON, BY PHONE, AND ONLINE. WE ENGAGE PEOPLE IN ACTIONS THAT PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH, IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, AND BENEFIT CONSUMERS. OUR CAMPAIGNS CONNECT OHIOANS AND BUILD A MOVEMENT TO PROTECT DEMOCRACY AND CREATE A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.

  • ENERGY: ORGANIZATION ON ISSUES INCLUDING COMMUNITY SOLAR, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, FAIR UTILITY RATES AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

    Expenses $356,039

  • DEMOCRACY: EDUCATING VOTERS ON BEHALF OF CHALLENGES TO DIRECT DEMOCRACY, RACIAL EQUITY, REDISTRICTING REFORM; AND PUBLIC HEALTH, CONSUMER AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.

    Expenses $481,107 · Grants $22,500

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Rhonda Barnes-Kloth

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Beth Havens

    SECRETARY/TR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Phillip Leppla

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
8 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202533149349300818

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