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NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC

EIN 34-1580038 NORTH CANTON, OH

Revenue 2025
$49,516,391
Expenses 2025
$44,153,465

Program services were 83.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A570
Classification
1000
Street
3701 HIGHLAND PARK NW

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • CHEN WANG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DEBORAH COHN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR JEAN BAILEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • EDWARD W GRAY JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • FRANK C STEININGER

    CO-CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GARY STERLING

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMES KRAUS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JON WOOD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOSEPH SCHUMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MOUSSA COULIBALY

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PATRICK BRAVO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RENEE BROWN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SANDRA NOWAK

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related

  • STEVEN SASSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • THOMAS WOLF

    CO-CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HANNAH PAULIN

    VICE PRESIDENT/CSO

    Total calculated
    $234,046
    From this org
    $173,961
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,085
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,461
    Bonus
    $40,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $46,015
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,070
    Filer's total
    $234,046

  • KATIE DUFFY

    SECRETARY/ GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $268,061
    From this org
    $252,130
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,931
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,307
    Bonus
    $28,823
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,077
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,854
    Filer's total
    $268,061

  • MICHAEL OISTER

    CEO TO 9/7, EXEC CHAIRMAN AT 9/8

    Total calculated
    $880,256
    From this org
    $672,955
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $207,301
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $467,137
    Bonus
    $205,818
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $184,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,301
    Filer's total
    $880,256

  • MONICA JONES

    COO TO 9/7, CEO AT 9/8

    Total calculated
    $362,937
    From this org
    $290,215
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $72,722
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $237,715
    Bonus
    $52,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $62,146
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,576
    Filer's total
    $362,937

  • TAYLOR SMITH

    TREASURER/EVP, FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $205,107
    From this org
    $154,319
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,788
    Hours/week
    39 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $132,444
    Bonus
    $21,875
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $27,487
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,301
    Filer's total
    $205,107

  • ASHLEY KELLICKER

    EVP, EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $255,628
    From this org
    $218,594
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,034
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,379
    Bonus
    $72,215
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,034
    Filer's total
    $255,628

  • DANILO BERNAL

    DIRECTOR, REGISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $164,049
    From this org
    $143,154
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,895
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $129,129
    Bonus
    $14,025
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,440
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,455
    Filer's total
    $164,049

  • RINI PAIVA

    EVP, SELECTION & RECOGNITION

    Total calculated
    $154,212
    From this org
    $142,158
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,054
    Hours/week
    34 + 6 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $127,908
    Bonus
    $14,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,854
    Filer's total
    $154,212

  • TIFFANY THOMPSON

    VP, MARKETING & CREATIVE

    Total calculated
    $168,630
    From this org
    $131,630
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,000
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $115,880
    Bonus
    $15,750
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,785
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,215
    Filer's total
    $168,630

  • TRACIE MERENDINO

    VP, EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $193,888
    From this org
    $164,150
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,738
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $101,268
    Bonus
    $62,882
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,675
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,063
    Filer's total
    $193,888

The first 25 listed. 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 — 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $49,516,391
    Expenses
    $44,153,465
    Contributions
    $12,708,145
    Grants paid
    $114,883
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $53,389,777
    Expenses
    $45,214,422
    Contributions
    $14,078,095
    Grants paid
    $145,534
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $49,259,765
    Expenses
    $43,710,712
    Contributions
    $9,605,624
    Grants paid
    $238,787
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $46,228,035
    Expenses
    $38,462,861
    Contributions
    $9,590,501
    Grants paid
    $296,561

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2025 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 10 September 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.