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ZORAS HOUSE INC

EIN 84-2107847 COLUMBUS, OH

Revenue 2024
$2,204,548
Expenses 2024
$1,477,373

Program services were 51.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A19
Classification
1200
Street
1311 SUMMIT ST

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ZORA'S HOUSE IS THE ONLY COWORKING SPACE AND LEADERSHIP INCUBATOR IN THE STATE OF OHIO CREATED BY AND FOR WOMEN OF COLOR (WOC). OUR MISSION IS TO CREATE A SAFE SPACE FOR WOC TO ESTABLISH MEANINGFUL, SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER WOMEN IN THEIR COMMUNITY; DEVELOP A DEEPER PRACTICE OF SELF-CARE, RESILIENCY, AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; AND SUCCESSFULLY INCUBATE THEIR CREATIVITY, SCHOLARSHIP, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ACTIVISM, SERVICE, AND LEADERSHIP. SINCE BEING FOUNDED IN 2018, ZORA'S HOUSE HAS HELPED OVER 5,000 WOMEN OF COLOR: INCUBATE THEIR BUSINESSES, SCHOLARSHIP, CREATIVITY, AND ACTIVISM; ACTIVATE THEIR LEADERSHIP IN THEIR FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND WORKPLACES; BUILD DEEPER SUPPORT NETWORKS AND CONNECT WITH MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES; NAVIGATE JOB LOSSES AND OTHER ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS; AND GAIN FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT AND CONFIDENCE.

  • LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ZORA'S HOUSE BUILDS STRONGER SUPPORT NETWORKS, FOSTERS GREATER EMOTIONAL RESILIENCY, AND OFFERS INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES TO CONNECT WOMEN OF COLOR TO MEANINGFUL CAREER AND LEADERSHIP PATHWAYS. THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE OUR LEADERSHIP FELLOWS PROGRAM, SUNDAY DINNER SERIES, AND OTHER PROGRAMS, ZORA'S HOUSE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN CONNECTING WOMEN+ OF COLOR TO THE OPPORTUNITIES, MENTORSHIP, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO THRIVE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.

    Expenses $194,881 · Revenue $12,168

  • ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT SINCE 2021 ZORA'S HOUSE HAS INCUBATED OVER 50 WOMEN+ OF COLOR OWNED BUSINESSES, DIRECTLY ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF MANY WOMEN WHO STARTED BUSINESSES AS A RESULT OF INCOME INSTABILITY. ADDITIONALLY, ZORA'S HOUSE HAS FACILITATED 636,697 OF DIRECT ECONOMIC IMPACT IN NEW JOBS, PROMOTIONS, CONTRACTS AND FUNDING FOR ITS MEMBERS SINCE 2021; AND IN 2024 OUR WOMEN OF COLOR OWNED MARKETS SUPPORTED OVER SIXTY-FIVE WOC ARTISANS AND ENTREPRENEURS, GENERATING 60,000 IN REVENUE.

    Expenses $499,503 · Revenue $31,431

  • RACIAL EQUITY ZORA'S HOUSE - THE FIRST AND ONLY COMMUNITY SPACE AND LEADERSHIP INCUBATOR IN OHIO CREATED BY AND FOR WOMEN+ OF COLOR - WORKS TO DISMANTLE BARRIERS OF SYSTEMIC RACISM AND SEXISM, AND TO ENSURE THE FULL PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN+ OF COLOR IN THE CIVIC, ECONOMIC, AND CULTURAL LIFE OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. SINCE 2020, OUR BLACK FEMINIST NIGHT SCHOOL HAS REACHED OVER 2000 WOMEN+ OF COLOR AND ALLIES AND OUR WOC EQUITY DESIGN INSTITUTE RECEIVED A 1.5M INVESTMENT FROM JPMORGAN CHASE AND HAS TRAINED 60 EQUITY DESIGN PRACTITIONERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $65,659 · Revenue $7,777

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Lauren Johnson

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $91,702
    From this org
    $91,702
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jennifer Walton

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ashley Ingram

    BOARD TREASU

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tyiesha Radford Shorts

    VICE BOARD C

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Christina Ratleff

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Christina Patel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Lillian Morales-Laster

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Karen Hewitt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Danixa Lay

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,204,548
    Expenses
    $1,477,373
    Contributions
    $2,153,144
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,034,771
    Expenses
    $1,051,360
    Contributions
    $4,017,619
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,671,172
    Expenses
    $682,769
    Contributions
    $1,655,129
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $621,638
    Expenses
    $282,881
    Assets (EOY)
    $407,394

  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $164,761
    Expenses
    $88,112
    Assets (EOY)
    $70,014

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $58,912
    Expenses
    $56,812
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,829

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.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • THE PURPLE DOOR CAFE LLC

    SALES · OH · income $17,953 · assets $43,014

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.