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← THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,340,277
Total expenses
$2,596,192
Contributions and grants received
$2,340,189
Grants paid
$116,358
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$88
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,282,994
Total liabilities, end of year
$277,301
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,005,693
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,490,578
Management and general expenses
$105,614
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,490,578

Program services were 95.9% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $605,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $799,439

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $935,750

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $88 · excluded $88

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $116,358 · program services $116,358

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $48,270 · program services $48,270

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $89,633 · program services $89,633

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $180,856 · program services $180,856

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $111,428 · program services $111,428

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $178,122 · program services $178,122

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $119,357 · program services $119,357

  • 17 · Travel

    total $22,376 · program services $22,376

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $86,663 · program services $86,663

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $89,888 · management and general $89,888

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,866 · management and general $8,866

  • 24a · Other expenses: SHARED SEVICES - SC

    total $949,505 · program services $949,505

  • 24b · Other expenses: SHARED SEVICES - CP

    total $297,125 · program services $297,125

  • 24c · Other expenses: SHARED SEVICES - CRGF

    total $193,051 · program services $193,051

  • 24d · Other expenses: SMART COLUMBUS PROGRAMS

    total $65,771 · program services $65,771

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $38,923 · program services $32,063 · management and general $6,860

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,521,878 · end of year $1,185,655

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $816,736 · end of year $759,593

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $299,724 · end of year $299,724

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $48,258 · end of year $70,946

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

    $1,388,054

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

    $521,978

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $950,016 · end of year $866,076

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $101,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $445,630 · end of year $277,301

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,290,982 · end of year $3,005,693

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF VARIOUS AREAS OF NEED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANS AND PROGRAMS TO BE UNDERTAKEN AND THE CREATION OF STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMMING TO BEGIN EXECUTING THE SAME.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION AND MOST SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CIVIC ADVOCACY: TO ENGAGE IN THE CONDUCT OF INVESTIGATIONS AND STUDIES AND TO DEVELOP PLANS, PROGRAMS AND ACTIONS TO BE UNDERTAKEN IN THE GREATER COLUMBUS AREA TO SECURE ITS LONG-TERM, BROAD-BASED VITALITY AND PROSPERITY.

  • ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF VARIOUS AREAS OF NEED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANS AND PROGRAMS TO BE UNDERTAKEN.

    Expenses $2,313,789 · Grants $116,358

  • OTHER PROJECTS - THE ORGANIZATION TAKES ON VARIOUS SHORT-TERM PROJECTS FROM TIME TO TIME WHICH ARE OF IMMEDIATE AND/OR TRANSIENT INTEREST. IF A PROJECT IS NOT SUFFICIENTLY WELL-DEFINED IN TIME OR PURPOSE, IT FALLS WITHIN THIS CATEGORY.

    Expenses $174,156

  • EDUCATION - INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF VARIOUS AREAS NEEDED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLANS AND PROGRAMS TO BE UNDERTAKEN TO IMPROVE URBAN EDUCATION IN SUPPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY.

    Expenses $2,633

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nicholas K Akins

    CO-CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Steve Steinour

    CO-CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Frances Henry

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Mark Howard

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • John Ammendola

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Mary Auch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Donald S Barbour

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Ralph Andretta

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Corrine M Burger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Renee Cachillo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Christopher Calamari

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Bradley L Campbell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • David Ciesinski

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Tanny Crane

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Melanie Corn EdD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Chad Delligatti

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Giordano Albertazzi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • James Hagedorn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Molly Kocur Boyle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • David T Harrison PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Lisa K Ingram

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Kim Garland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Mark D Kvamme

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • David R Meuse

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • M Cameron Mitchell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Brent D Crawford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Sandra C Doyle-Ahern

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dee B Haslam

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Robert H Schottenstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Daniel P Sullivan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Lori Gillett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Jason Hollar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Manuel Guzman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Leslie H Wexner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Scott L White

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Brett L Kaufman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Jeffrey W Edwards

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • John W Kessler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Nancy Kramer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Rob Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Traci Martinez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Douglas F Kridler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Matthew A Scantland

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Lewis F Von Thaer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Adam Weinberg PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Richard S Langdale

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Joseph R Nardone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Kimberly K Zavislak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Joel S Pizzuti

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Jonathan H Price

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Craig A Rogerson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Douglas E Ulman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Daniel M Valerio

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Sarah Nash

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Elizabeth P Kessler Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Stephen E Markovich MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • James T Merkel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Robert D Nelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Timothy C Robinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Arthur W Scherbel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Bruce K Thorn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Jane Grote Abell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Kristina M Johnson PhD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Mark S Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Lorraine L Lutton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Michael D Martz Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Andrew M Thomas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Curtis J Moody

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Thomas J Obrokta Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Roger L Rawlins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Tom Schmid

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Alex E Timm

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Kirt A Walker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Heather E Brilliant

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Andrew Rose

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Ole Rosgard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Jay L Schottenstein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Lewis Smoot Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dan Synder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Kara Trott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Billy Vickers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Lloyd Yates

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Sean Grant

    CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFIC

    Total calculated
    $417,044
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $339,526
    Other
    $77,518
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $295,000 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $44,250 related
    Other
    $0 + $276 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $55,856 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $21,662 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $417,044 related
  • Mark Patton

    VICE PRESIDENT, NEW BUSINE

    Total calculated
    $348,517
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $294,396
    Other
    $54,121
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $271,856 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $21,748 related
    Other
    $0 + $792 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $43,589 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $10,532 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $348,517 related
  • Kenneth McDonald

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $585,580
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $500,276
    Other
    $85,304
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $500,000 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $276 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $55,856 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $29,448 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $585,580 related
  • Alex Fischer

    FORMER PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $942,602
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $942,602
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $942,602 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $942,602 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

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 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, LINES 4A-B
ALEX R. FISCHER RESIGNED AT THE END OF 2021 AND RECEIVED SEVERANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $767,602 IN 2022. HE ALSO RECEIVED A 457 DISTRIBUTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $175,000. ALEX R. FISCHER PARTICIPATED IN A 457 NONQUALIFIED PLAN THROUGH THE END OF 2021 WHEN HE LEFT THE ORGANIZATION. KENNETH MCDONALD AND SEAN GRANT PARTICIPATE IN A 457 NONQUALIFIED PLAN.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • SMART COLUMBUS LLC

    SMART CITY INITIATIVES · OH · income $1,735,277 · assets $2,688,802

    Directly controlled by COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP

  • COLUMBUS REGION GREEN FUND

    CLEAN ENERGY · OH · income $0 · assets $425

    Directly controlled by COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CLEAN ENERGY PARTNERS

    C · CLEAN ENERGY · OH · 100% owned · share of income $34,706 · share of assets $35,131 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333199349305983

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