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OHIO HUMANITIES COUNCIL

EIN 31-0901572 COLUMBUS, OH

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Revenue 2023
$2,107,716
Expenses 2023
$1,997,926

Program services were 54.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1200
Street
77 JEFFERSON AVE

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE OHIO HUMANITIES COUNCIL IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT WHOSE PRINCIPAL BUSINESS ACTIVITY IS TO ENCOURAGE OHIOANS TO USE HISTORY, LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY, AND OTHER HUMANITIES DISCIPLINES TO GAIN NEW INSIGHTS, EXPLORE NEW IDEAS, AND DEVELOP RESPECT FOR NEW PERSPECTIVES. OHC ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES TO SHARE, EXPLORE AND BE INSPIRED BY THE HUMAN STORY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE OHIO HUMANITIES COUNCIL IS AN OHIO INDEPENDENT NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE PRINCIPAL BUSINESS ACTIVITY IS TO PROMOTE THE HUMANITIES THROUGH GRANTS, PUBLIC PROGRAMS, AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS EXPLORE AND BE INSPIRED BY THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE.OHIO HUMANITIES IS THE STATE-BASED PARTNER OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES. WE ARE SUPPORTED BY ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES, AS WELL AS CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PRIVATE SOURCES. THE STATE HUMANITIES COUNCILS ARE A UNIQUE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY CONGRESSIONAL MANDATE; THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT AWARDS ANNUAL OPERATING GRANTS TO EACH OF THE 56 STATE AND TERRITORIAL COUNCILS.

  • GRANTS - USING A PORTION OF ITS ANNUAL APPROPRIATION FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES, THE ORGANIZATION AWARDS GRANTS TO OTHER OHIO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO PROMOTE LIFELONG LEARNING FOR OUT-OF-SCHOOL ADULTS. THESE GRANTS SUPPORT LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES, MUSEUM EXHIBITS, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS.

    Expenses $598,578 · Grants $459,862

  • LUMEN MAGAZINE - LUMEN MAGAZINE IS PRODUCED TO PROVIDE IN-DEPTH HUMANITIES PERSPECTIVES ON OHIO STORIES FOR THE GENERAL READING PUBLIC

    Expenses $56,352

  • LINCOLN SCHOOL PROJECT - THE OHIO HUMANITIES COUNCIL SUPPORTS AND PROVIDES AWARENESS REGARDING THE LINCOLN SCHOOL MARCHERS OF HILLSBORO, OHIO IN AN EFFORT TO COMBAT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND PROMOTE INTEGRATION IN OHIO.

    Expenses $163,965

  • Expenses $273,311 · Revenue $41,944

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

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Susan F Smith

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tony Sanfilippo

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Jane Pajk

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Harold Niehaus PhD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Moder

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marylin Sanders Mobley PhD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Scott Miller EdD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stacia Kuceyeski

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vladimir Kogan PhD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ivy Freeman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lance Grahn PhD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katherine Fell PhD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deena Epstein

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Descutner PhD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brodi Conover JD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Annie Bezbatchenko PhD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sarah M Sisser

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rebecca Brown Asmo

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $139,386
    From this org
    $118,879
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,507
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,107,716
    Expenses
    $1,997,926
    Contributions
    $2,049,780
    Grants paid
    $459,862
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,183,463
    Expenses
    $2,112,090
    Contributions
    $2,137,395
    Grants paid
    $697,408

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.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $209,711
    Expenses
    $210,704
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,788,273

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,076,023
    Expenses
    $2,085,237
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,048,105

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,004,481
    Expenses
    $1,998,077
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,250,769

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,380,981
    Expenses
    $1,338,740
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,137,273

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,386,683
    Expenses
    $1,341,864
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,165,525

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,413,514
    Expenses
    $1,290,680
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,132,449

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,301,081
    Expenses
    $1,203,252
    Assets (EOY)
    $944,945

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,191,336
    Expenses
    $1,183,208
    Assets (EOY)
    $861,037

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,074,942
    Expenses
    $1,060,392
    Assets (EOY)
    $988,862

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,063,468
    Assets (EOY)
    $776,704

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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 11 November 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.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.