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← OHIO DISABILITY RIGHTS LAW AND POLICY CENTER INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by OHIO DISABILITY RIGHTS LAW AND POLICY CENTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,909,328
Total expenses
$6,020,195
Contributions and grants received
$5,884,099
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$16,335
Investment income
$6,159
Other revenue
$2,735
Total assets, end of year
$5,521,178
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,573,804
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,947,374
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,521,028
Management and general expenses
$1,491,264
Fundraising expenses
$7,903
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,521,028

Program services were 75.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $5,704,349

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $179,750

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LEGAL SERVICES

    total $16,335 · related or exempt $16,335

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,159 · excluded $6,159

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $2,735 · excluded $2,735

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,735

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $279,318 · program services $49,091 · management and general $228,871 · fundraising $1,356

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,028,817 · program services $2,404,307 · management and general $623,348 · fundraising $1,162

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $282,080 · program services $209,939 · management and general $71,925 · fundraising $216

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $858,031 · program services $630,509 · management and general $226,826 · fundraising $696

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $254,083 · program services $188,435 · management and general $65,455 · fundraising $193

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $66,120 · program services $52,017 · management and general $14,103

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $53,029 · program services $39,830 · management and general $13,199

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $2,827 · management and general $2,827

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $220,585 · program services $179,879 · management and general $40,642 · fundraising $64

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,313 · program services $5,313

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $53,826 · program services $42,444 · management and general $10,174 · fundraising $1,208

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $249,155 · program services $194,395 · management and general $52,599 · fundraising $2,161

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $374,173 · program services $291,961 · management and general $82,212

  • 17 · Travel

    total $102,428 · program services $92,973 · management and general $8,608 · fundraising $847

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $62,137 · program services $28,118 · management and general $34,019

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $30,359 · program services $27,161 · management and general $3,198

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $29,505 · program services $23,211 · management and general $6,294

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS

    total $28,437 · program services $27,012 · management and general $1,425

  • 24b · Other expenses: LIBRARY

    total $25,250 · program services $20,035 · management and general $5,215

  • 24c · Other expenses: ADVOCACY/CLIENT SERVICE

    total $14,722 · program services $14,398 · management and general $324

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $9 · end of year $2,453

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,821,751 · end of year $3,882,136

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $896,711 · end of year $323,289

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $34,333 · end of year $12,825

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,535,460 · end of year $1,202,301

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

    $297,247

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

    $206,170

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $121,435 · end of year $91,077

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,223 · end of year $7,097

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $383,096 · end of year $440,195

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $35,259 · end of year $21,450

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,440,069 · end of year $1,112,159

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,333,038 · end of year $1,808,103

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,225,460 · end of year $2,139,271

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO ADVOCATE FOR AN EQUITABLE OHIO FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

  • DISABILITY RIGHTS OHIO ("DRO") PROVIDES LEGAL AND POLICY ADVOCACY AND RIGHTS PROTECTION TO OHIOANS WITH DISABILITIES. THIS INCLUDES ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS WITH PROBLEMS SUCH AS ABUSE, NEGLECT, DISCRIMINATION, ACCESS TO ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, SPECIAL EDUCATION, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, COMMUNITY INTEGRATION, VOTING AND RIGHTS PROTECTION ISSUES WITH THE JUVENILE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS. IN ADDITION, AS A GRANTEE OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DRO REVIEWS REPRESENTATIVE PAYEES FOR BENEFICIARIES OF SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS.

    Expenses $4,521,028 · Revenue $16,335

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tia Braun

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelly Byrne Director Enter

    3/24) (EXIT 8/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Georgia Elson

    DIRECTOR (ENTER 3/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Fetter

    DIRECTOR (ENTER 3/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leigh Hollins

    DIRECTOR (ENTER 3/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristina Kapp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Douglas Kidd

    DIRECTOR (EXIT 12/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennilee Mohler

    DIRECTOR (EXIT 3/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anders Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Norma Ramos-Prater

    DIRECTOR (EXIT 7/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amelia Whorton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelsi Weaver Director Enter

    (3/24) (EXIT 8/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tykiah Wright-Wilson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Bauer

    CHAIR (EXIT 3/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Koller

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matthew O'Nesti

    VICE CHAIR & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jordy Stringer

    TREASURER (EXIT 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mykal Leslie

    TREASURER (AS OF 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kerstin Sjoberg

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO

    Total calculated
    $220,237
    From this org
    $165,871
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,366
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,700
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $171
    Deferred
    $23,411
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,955
    Filer's total
    $220,237

  • Rebecca Calkins

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $129,684
    From this org
    $106,022
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,662
    Hours/week
    35

  • Laura Osseck Dir Of Program

    ADMIN & GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $145,559
    From this org
    $123,753
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,806
    Hours/week
    35

  • Kristin Hildebrant Attorney

    SPECIAL ED TEAM LEADER

    Total calculated
    $146,273
    From this org
    $121,062
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,211
    Hours/week
    35

  • William Cottrell

    OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $130,100
    From this org
    $106,084
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,016
    Hours/week
    35

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 · 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BASED ON COMPARABLE MARKET DATA AND THE BOARD'S INDEPENDENT REVIEW AND DELIBERATION.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202522199349301002

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