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OBERLIN HISTORICAL AND IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION

EIN 34-6533053 OBERLIN, OH

Revenue 2024
$690,328
Expenses 2024
$518,205

Program services were 69.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1200
Street
PO BOX 455

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

TO PRESERVE AND SHARE OBERLIN'S UNIQUE HERITAGE AND TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, LEARN, WORK AND VISIT.

  • HISTORY EDUCATION: THE OBERLIN HISTORICAL AND IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION, DOING BUSINESS AS THE OBERLIN HERITAGE CENTER, BELIEVES THAT WHEN PEOPLE BETTER UNDERSTAND HISTORY THEY MAKE MORE INFORMED DECISIONS IN THE PRESENT AND DEVELOP AN APPRECIATION FOR DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. THE OBERLIN HERITAGE CENTER OFFERS PUBLIC TOURS OF ITS THREE HISTORIC BUILDINGS YEAR-ROUND, HISTORY WALKS, PUBLIC LECTURES, YOUTH AND ADULT OUTREACH PROGRAMS, AND COMMUNITY EVENTS. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT PROGRAMS AND A SAMPLING OF OHC'S ACTIVITIES IN 2024.

    Expenses $360,552 · Revenue $12,841

  • COLLECTIONS: THE OBERLIN HERITAGE CENTER COLLECTS THE MATERIAL AND INTELLECTUAL CULTURE OF PEOPLE IN OBERLIN, OHIO, AND PRESERVES IT FOR THE BENEFIT OF PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. OHC SEEKS OBJECTS, ARCHIVAL MATERIALS AND PHOTOGRAPHS, ORDINARY AND EXTRAORDINARY, WHOSE STORIES AND MEANINGS ARE RICH, THAT HAVE INHERENT WORTH, THAT BOTH REFLECT AND CHALLENGE THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM, AND THAT INVITE US TO LOOK DEEPER OR BROADER. OHC REQUIRES THESE OBJECTS AND THEIR DOCUMENTED CONTEXTS AS EVIDENCE TO ILLUMINATE AND INTERPRET THE LARGER THEMES OF OBERLIN HISTORY AND ENVIRONMENT. THE COLLECTIONS FORM THE FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, EXHIBITION, PUBLIC PROGRAMS, AND OUTREACH. INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTIONS ARE HISTORIC BUILDINGS: THE MONROE HOUSE, JEWETT HOUSE AND BARN, AND THE LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE.THE OBERLIN HERITAGE CENTER INTERPRETS OBERLIN'S HISTORY, IN PARTICULAR ITS STRONG ACTIVIST TRADITIONS OF ABOLITIONISM AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS, UNIVERSAL EDUCATION, RACISM AND CIVIL RIGHTS, SCIENTIFIC INNOVATION, THE STORIES OF THE PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH OUR TWO HOUSE MUSEUMS AND THE SCHOOLHOUSE, AND THE VARIED LIVED EXPERIENCES OF THE PEOPLE OF OBERLIN. RESEARCH ON ALL OF THESE TOPICS AND OTHERS IS ONGOING AND WILL HELP SHAPE FUTURE INTERPRETATION AND COLLECTING.THE OBERLIN HERITAGE CENTER'S BUILDINGS AND COLLECTIONS SERVE AS A BACKDROP AND THE SETTING FOR INTERPRETING MAJOR EVENTS AND THEMES IN THE COMMUNITY'S HISTORY. THE COLLECTIONS ON DISPLAY IN THE JEWETT HOUSE AND THE LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE SHOULD REFLECT WHAT TYPICAL STRUCTURES OF THEIR ERAS LOOKED LIKE. MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE COLLECTIONS ALSO SHOWCASE THE DAILY ACTIVITIES OF THE PEOPLE WHOSE STORIES WE TELL. THE COLLECTIONS ON DISPLAY IN THE MONROE HOUSE CURRENTLY INTERPRET THE HISTORY OF THE FORMER INHABITANTS AS WELL AS OBERLIN'S FOUNDING AND EARLY HISTORY. THIS IS LIKELY TO CHANGE AS STAFF CONSIDER MAKING THE MONROE HOUSE SUITABLE FOR SELF-GUIDED TOURS AND BALANCE VISITOR INTEREST, INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS, SECURITY FLEXIBILITY, AND INTERPRETIVE GOALS THAT MOVE BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL HISTORIC HOUSE MODEL. FINE TUNING THE COLLECTIONS SO THAT THEY INTERPRET BOTH THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND BROADER COMMUNITY STORIES IS, AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE, AN ONGOING PROCESS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, REQUEST THE OBERLIN HERITAGE CENTER COLLECTIONS PLAN.

  • ARCHIVES, RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS: THE ORGANIZATION'S RESOURCE CENTER INCLUDES HOLDINGS ON OBERLIN HISTORY, FAMILY HISTORY, HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND MUSEUM MANAGEMENT. STAFF MEMBERS ARE AVAILABLE BY APPOINTMENT TO ASSIST THOSE INTERESTED IN RESEARCHING LOCAL AND FAMILY HISTORY, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON DESCENDANTS OF FAMILIES THAT SETTLED IN THE OBERLIN AREA. MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECTS UNDERWAY INCLUDE THE WESTWOOD CEMETERY INVENTORY, THE OBERLIN ORAL HISTORY PROJECT, AND UNDERGROUND RAILROAD RESEARCH. THE ORGANIZATION PUBLISHES BOOKS AND BOOKLETS ON HISTORICAL TOPICS FROM TIME TO TIME, ONLINE RESOURCES, AS WELL AS ITS MONTHLY NEWSLETTER AND THE OBERLIN HERITAGE CENTER ANNUAL REPORT.

  • PRESERVATION & HISTORY ADVOCACY: OHC ADVOCATES FOR THE PRESERVATION AND INTERPRETATION OF BUILDINGS, DOCUMENTS, STORIES, LANDSCAPES AND MORE. OHC COLLABORATES WITH VARIED COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND PEER ORGANIZATIONS TO FACILITATE HISTORY PROJECTS AND ENCOURAGES THE PRESERVATION AND SHARING OF VARIED VOICES FOR A MORE HOLISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE PAST.

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.

  • CHERYL BRICE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEN GROSSI

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AMY CHUANG

    2ND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARL JACOBSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JULIE MIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LORI EBIHARA-FLOOD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JIYUL KIM

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REV DR BRIAN WILBERT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIZABETH ELROD

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EUGENE FOGGO SIMON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CLAUDIA JONES

    1ST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RACHAEL MCCRAY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY WORTHINGTON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EBONI JOHNSON TERM ENDED 2024

    1ST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TRAVIS JENNINGS RESIGNED 2024

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHLEEN JAFFEE TERM BEGAN 2024

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL SPIERLING TERM ENDED 2024

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TYRONE WICKS RESIGNED 2024

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EVANGELINE MCFARLIN TERM BEGAN 2024

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CONNIE SCHUBERT TERM BEGAN 2024

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GEORGE WRIGHT TERM BEGAN 2024

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIZABETH SCHULTZ

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $72,861
    From this org
    $67,011
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,850
    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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $690,328
    Expenses
    $518,205
    Contributions
    $375,802
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $395,409
    Expenses
    $446,036
    Contributions
    $237,681
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $260,835
    Expenses
    $431,652
    Contributions
    $236,920
    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
    $359,650
    Expenses
    $469,385
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,666,370

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $373,518
    Expenses
    $440,296
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,287,884

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $368,717
    Expenses
    $439,997
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,348,961

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $452,532
    Expenses
    $418,790
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,026,931

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $507,283
    Expenses
    $410,878
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,182,231

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $400,923
    Expenses
    $366,364
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,848,025

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $641,505
    Expenses
    $394,333
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,726,973

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $383,523
    Expenses
    $373,855
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,600,418

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $369,521
    Expenses
    $363,508
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,635,584

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $350,046
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,398,113

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

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

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

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • OHC PROPERTIES INC

    C · HOLDING AGENT · OH · 100% owned · share of income $42,050 · share of assets $118,431

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.