Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,151,714
- Total expenses
- $1,412,851
- Contributions and grants received
- $877,197
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $274,517
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $384,989
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $590,011
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- -$205,022
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,058,408
- Management and general expenses
- $190,106
- Fundraising expenses
- $164,337
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,058,408
Program services were 74.9% 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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
-
1b · Membership dues
$386,743
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
-
1d · Related organizations
$0
-
1e · Government grants (contributions)
$0
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$490,454
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$0
-
2a · Program service revenue: Energy Democracy
total $274,517 · related or exempt $274,517 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
2b · Program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
2c · Program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
2d · Program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
2e · Program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
3 · Investment income
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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6a · Gross rents
real property $0 · personal property $0
-
6b · Less rental expenses
real property $0 · personal property $0
-
6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $0 · other assets $0
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $0 · other assets $0
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$0
-
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
9a · Gaming: gross income
$0
-
9b · Gaming: direct expenses
$0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
10a · Gross sales of inventory
$0
-
10b · Cost of goods sold
$0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
11a · Other revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
11b · Other revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
11c · Other revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
11d · All other revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0 · program services $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0 · program services $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0 · program services $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0 · program services $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $124,428 · program services $38,894 · management and general $72,569 · fundraising $12,965
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $645,713 · program services $610,933 · management and general -$51,795 · fundraising $86,575
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $59,116 · program services $51,431 · management and general $526 · fundraising $7,159
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $89,607 · program services $72,073 · management and general $6,683 · fundraising $10,851
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11a · Fees: management
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $6,000 · program services $3,000 · management and general $3,000 · fundraising $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $9,413 · program services $0 · management and general $9,413 · fundraising $0
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $11,818 · fundraising $11,818
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $176,465 · program services $66,112 · management and general $110,353 · fundraising $0
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $16,542 · program services $16,542 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $27,546 · program services $21,552 · management and general $2,693 · fundraising $3,301
-
14 · Information technology
total $43,718 · program services $18,993 · management and general $13,906 · fundraising $10,819
-
15 · Royalties
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $30,948 · program services $24,468 · management and general $2,732 · fundraising $3,748
-
17 · Travel
total $38,089 · program services $35,072 · management and general $592 · fundraising $2,425
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $26,239 · program services $9,439 · management and general $16,800 · fundraising $0
-
20 · Interest
total $11,088 · program services $8,766 · management and general $979 · fundraising $1,343
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $6,157 · program services $4,868 · management and general $544 · fundraising $745
-
23 · Insurance
total $3,030 · program services $2,396 · management and general $267 · fundraising $367
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24a · Other expenses: Membership Communication
total $41,559 · program services $36,526 · management and general $0 · fundraising $5,033
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24b · Other expenses: Contract Services
total $37,343 · program services $37,343 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
24c · Other expenses: Bank Charges
total $17,181 · program services $0 · management and general $844 · fundraising $16,337
-
24d · Other expenses: Pledge Reserves
total -$9,149 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising -$9,149
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24e · All other expenses
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)
total $377,563 · program services $297,771 · management and general $0 · fundraising $79,792
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $10,521 · end of year $40,662
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $255,225 · end of year $258,259
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $25,810 · end of year $676
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $8,745 · end of year $14,758
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$50,047
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$37,340
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $17,851 · end of year $12,707
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $79,954 · end of year $57,927
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $79,420 · end of year $87,491
-
18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $175,000 · end of year $200,000
-
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $242,637
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $87,571 · end of year $59,883
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $56,115 · end of year -$205,022
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
Ohio Citizen Action 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 builds a movement to protect democracy and create a sustainable future.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Ohio Citizen Action organized 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.
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Energy: Public education organizing and grassroots lobbying on issues that include: clean energy sustainable energy costs preserving democracy and public health.
Expenses $294,354 · Revenue $136,992
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Fair Wages: Helped to gather petition signatures for a fair wages ballot measure.
Expenses $30,888 · Revenue $7,524
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Democracy:Ohio Citizen Action actively worked to oppose an anti-democracy constitutional ballot measure in the August 2023 election. OCA endorsed passage of and actively worked to pass a reproductive rights constitutional amendment in the November 2023 general election. Our work consisted of field and phone canvassing direct voter contact including education and persuasion handing out and leaving behind endorsement literature for both constitutional amendments and sponsoring paid ads on social media. OCA additionally communicated those endorsements to our members and supporters through email member mail and campaign literature.
Expenses $733,166 · Revenue $512,773
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Carla Walker
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Ted Barrows
Sec Treas
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Thomas Ferguson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Kayla Juergens
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rachael Belz
CEO
- Total calculated
- $51,666
- From this org
- $51,666
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 24
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Lynn Scheerhorn
CFO
- Total calculated
- $75,956
- From this org
- $75,956
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 32
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
- 2023
- Filed
- 6 November 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202413119349303656
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