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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD OF OHIO.

Totals

Total revenue
$279,192
Total expenses
$363,174
Contributions and grants received
$279,192
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$225,422
Total liabilities, end of year
$95,625
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$129,797
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$302,508
Management and general expenses
$42,261
Fundraising expenses
$18,405
Program service expenses (Part III)
$302,508

Program services were 83.3% 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

    $279,192

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $95,386 · program services $79,690 · management and general $11,501 · fundraising $4,195

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $95,850 · program services $74,700 · management and general $8,246 · fundraising $12,904

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,968 · program services $11,811 · management and general $1,851 · fundraising $1,306

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,039 · management and general $6,039

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,248 · management and general $6,248

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $4,122 · program services $4,122

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,850 · management and general $5,850

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $87 · management and general $87

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $861 · management and general $861

  • 24a · Other expenses: PUCO PROJECT WORK

    total $101,485 · program services $101,485

  • 24b · Other expenses: POLICY EDUCATION SERVICES

    total $30,700 · program services $30,700

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    total $625 · management and general $625

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK AND CREDIT CARD FEES

    total $421 · management and general $421

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $532 · management and general $532

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $119,093 · end of year $187,922

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $262,500 · end of year $37,500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,394 · end of year $38,125

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $160,420 · end of year $57,500

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $148,929 · end of year -$77,703

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $64,850 · end of year $207,500

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD OF OHIO (CUB OHIO) WORKS ON BEHALF OF RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL BUSINESS UTILITY CUSTOMERS. WITH MEMBERSHIP ACROSS THE STATE, CUB OHIO WORKS FOR CHEAPER BILLS, RELIABLE SERVICE, TRANSPARENCY, CONSUMER RIGHTS, AND CLEAN, HEALTHY ENERGY DELIVERED EQUITABLY. OUR WORK INCLUDES ADDRESSING THE CLIMATE CRISIS BY CLEANING UP OUR ENERGY SYSTEMS AND ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC RACISM BY WORKING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SINCE 2020, THE CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD OF OHIO (CUB OHIO) HAS WORKED ON BEHALF OF RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL BUSINESS UTILITY CONSUMERS TO MAKE THEIR SERVICE MORE AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE, CLEAN, AND EQUITABLE. CUB OHIO DID SO BY EDUCATING CONSUMERS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND STATE AND LOCAL LEADERS ON POLICY; FACILITATING DEVELOPMENT OF CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS; AND BY LEGAL INTERVENTION AT THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO, AMONG OTHER ACTIVITIES.

  • CUB OHIO CONDUCTED PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS ON BEHALF OF OHIO RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL BUSINESS UTILITY CONSUMERS, ENGAGING CONSUMERS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEADERS. WITH MORE THAN 1,000 MEMBERS ACROSS THE STATE IN THE SERVICE TERRITORY OF ALL FOUR INVESTOR-OWNED UTILITIES AND THAT OF MANY RURAL CO-OPS AND MUNICIPAL UTILITIES, CUB OHIO SERVED AS A CONSUMER EDUCATION VOICE FOR CHEAPER BILLS, RELIABLE SERVICE, TRANSPARENCY, CONSUMER RIGHTS, AND CLEAN, HEALTHY ENERGY DELIVERED EQUITABLY. WE EDUCATE BUSINESS LEADERS ON DEPLOYMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND ENERGY INNOVATION IN A MANNER THAT CAN REDUCE POLLUTION, ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS, COMBAT SYSTEMIC RACISM, AND INCREASE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. CUB OHIO INTERVENED IN MULTIPLE LEGAL DOCKETS AT THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO TO LOWER CONSUMER COSTS AND LOWER EMISSIONS; EDUCATED MUNICIPAL LEADERS ABOUT MUNICIPAL UTILITY POLICY AND BEST PRACTICES, AND EDUCATED STATE LEADERS ABOUT SOLAR ENERGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY, AND LOWERING CONSUMER COSTS BY REMOVING LEGACY SUBSIDIES. AS PART OF OUR WORK WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, WE FACILITATED IMPLEMENTATION OF INFLATION REDUCTION ACT FUNDS BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO DEVELOP CLEAN ENERGY PROJECT PROPOSALS AND PURSUE GRANT FUNDS FOR CAPITAL TO MAKE THEM POSSIBLEINFRASTRUCTURE THAT CAN POSITION THEM TO ACHIEVE CARBON REDUCTION GOALS FOR THEMSELVES, AND THEIR RESIDENTS AND/OR CUSTOMERS. AS PART OF CUB OHIO'S PUBLIC EDUCATION WORK, WE ENGAGED WITH NEWS REPORTERS, TALK RADIO PROGRAMS, AND EDITORIAL PAGES ACROSS THE STATE RESULTING IN HIGHER PUBLIC ATTENTION TO THESE ISSUES.

    Expenses $302,508

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • TOM BULLOCK

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $96,000
    From this org
    $96,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • MARIA BOCANEGRA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • TRISH DEMETER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • RICK FRIO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • DAVE KOLATA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • SARAH MOSKOWITZ

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • TREMAINE PHILLIPS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • CLIFF WOOD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

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
13 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202422859349300022

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