PRO BONO PARTNERSHIP OF OHIO

EIN 46-4283169 CINCINNATI, OH

Revenue 2025: $2,383,120
Expenses 2025: $2,183,719

Program services were 89.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: I80
Classification: 1000
Street: 255 E 5TH ST STE 1900

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 · 2025

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O:PRO BONO PARTNERSHIP OF OHIO IS DEDICATED TO STRENGTHENING ONE OF THE REGION'S MOST ESSENTIAL ASSETS: NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. AS LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND ENFORCEMENT CONTINUE TO EVOLVE, NONPROFITS INCREASINGLY FACE LEGAL RISKS THEY ARE OFTEN NOT EQUIPPED TO MANAGE. THE COST OF BUSINESS LEGAL SERVICES CAN BE PROHIBITIVE, LEAVING ORGANIZATIONS EXPOSED TO COMPLIANCE CHALLENGES THAT CAN THREATEN THEIR MISSIONS. WORKING WITH ATTORNEY VOLUNTEERS, PBPO HELPS PROTECT AND STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING FREE BUSINESS LEGAL SERVICES AND LEGAL EDUCATION TO NONPROFITS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O:POWERED BY ATTORNEY VOLUNTEERS, PRO BONO PARTNERSHIP OF OHIO (PBPO) STRENGTHENS OUR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING FREE BUSINESS LEGAL SERVICES AND EDUCATION TO NONPROFITS.

PBPO PROVIDES QUALIFYING CINCINNATI AND DAYTON NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITH NOCOST BUSINESS LEGAL SERVICES SO THEY CAN NAVIGATE THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE AND OPERATE EFFECTIVELY. PBPO HELPS NONPROFITS RESPOND TO EVOLVING LAWS AND RISK AREAS, INCLUDING EMPLOYMENT, COMPLIANCE, GOVERNANCE, AND OTHER CRITICAL LEGAL NEEDS, TAILORED TO EACH ORGANIZATION. PBPO ALSO DELIVERS TIMELY EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS AND PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS THAT HELP NONPROFIT LEADERS UNDERSTAND AND APPLY NEW AND EMERGING LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. OF PBPO'S $2.15 MILLION IN PROGRAM EXPENSES, MORE THAN $1.35 MILLION REPRESENTS THE ESTIMATED VALUE OF DONATED LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY ATTORNEY VOLUNTEERS.PBPO'S SERVICES GIVE NONPROFIT LEADERS THE LEGAL CLARITY THEY NEED TO PROTECT AND ADVANCE THEIR MISSIONS, WHILE ATTORNEY VOLUNTEERS STRENGTHEN THEIR TIES TO THE COMMUNITY. IN 2025, PBPO LED 562 LEGAL PROJECTS FOR 208 LOCAL NONPROFITS WITH SUPPORT FROM 394 ATTORNEY VOLUNTEERS. PBPO ALSO PRODUCED 41 HIGH-IMPACT WORKSHOPS AND PUBLICATIONS ADDRESSING PRESSING LEGAL ISSUES AND REACHED 1,200+ NONPROFIT LEADERS AND ATTORNEYS. OVERALL, IN 2025, PBPO DELIVERED AN ESTIMATED $2.6 MILLION IN LEGAL SERVICES AND EDUCATION TO LOCAL NONPROFITS.

Expenses $1,958,073 · Revenue $14,265

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

SUSAN STREET WHALEY

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
SUE ERHART

VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
BRIDGET G MCGRAW

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
KYLE R GRUBBS

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
MAUREEN A BICKLEY

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CHRISTOPHER M BROWN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MARTINE R DUNN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MELISSA M FELDMEIER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
DAVID M GILES

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
KEVIN L HOWARD

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
SCOTT A KANE

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ALLISON H KROPP

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
KERMIT L LOWERY

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
MICHAEL J MOEDDEL

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
EMILY S PAN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
BRIAN P POKRYWKA

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CHRISTINE L ROBEK

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
EDWARD L STUBBERS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
ERIN C CHILDS

PRESIDENT & CEO

Total calculated

$194,171

From this org

$186,703

From related orgs

$0

Other

$7,468

Hours/week

32 + 1 related

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$163,703

Bonus

$23,000

Other

$0

Deferred

$0

Nontaxable benefits

$7,468

Filer's total

$194,171

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. 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

$2,383,120

Expenses

$2,183,719

Contributions

$2,331,524

Grants paid

$0
2024

Revenue

$1,736,149

Expenses

$1,802,387

Contributions

$1,693,343

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$1,684,097

Expenses

$1,532,506

Contributions

$1,663,760

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$1,457,597

Expenses

$1,472,588

Contributions

$1,446,293

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2025	$2,383,120	$2,183,719	$2,331,524	$0
2024	$1,736,149	$1,802,387	$1,693,343	$0
2023	$1,684,097	$1,532,506	$1,663,760	$0
2022	$1,457,597	$1,472,588	$1,446,293	$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

$682,237

Expenses

$472,060

Assets (EOY)

$1,122,800
2020 · 990

Revenue

$687,674

Expenses

$421,927

Assets (EOY)

$967,452
2019 · 990

Revenue

$582,948

Expenses

$394,759

Assets (EOY)

$659,922
2018 · 990

Revenue

$390,743

Expenses

$281,491

Assets (EOY)

$556,286
2017 · 990

Revenue

$243,889

Expenses

$250,013

Assets (EOY)

$343,766
2016 · 990

Revenue

$352,242

Expenses

$223,624

Assets (EOY)

$348,933
2015 · 990

Revenue

$249,528

Expenses

$161,554

Assets (EOY)

$220,706
2015 · 990

Revenue

$249,528

Expenses

$161,554

Assets (EOY)

$220,706

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$682,237	$472,060	$1,122,800
2020	990	$687,674	$421,927	$967,452
2019	990	$582,948	$394,759	$659,922
2018	990	$390,743	$281,491	$556,286
2017	990	$243,889	$250,013	$343,766
2016	990	$352,242	$223,624	$348,933
2015	990	$249,528	$161,554	$220,706
2015	990	$249,528	$161,554	$220,706

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

DAYTON FOUNDATION

$100,250

2024 TO EXPAND LEGAL SERVICES TO NONPROFITS WORKING IN THE MIAMI VALLEY, UNRESTRICTED
DAYTON FOUNDATION

$100,000

2023 TO EXPAND LEGAL SERVICES TO NONPROFITS WORKING IN THE MIAMI VALLEY
DAYTON FOUNDATION

$75,000

2022 INCREASED PRO BONO SERVICES IN THE DAYTON AREA
OHIO STATE BAR FOUNDATION

$54,200

2022 PROJECT SUPPORT - CIVIC EDUCATION AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$54,150

2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

$26,180

2024 CHARITABLE DONATION
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$18,500

2024 HUMAN SERVICES
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$12,300

2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
COLUMBUS BAR FOUNDATION

$10,000

2022 GRANTS TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION
JACKSON LEWIS FOUNDATION

$10,000

2022 UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

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

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.