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Ohio Gas Association

Not tax-deductible

Columbus, OH501(c)(6)EIN 23-7363814Revenue $526K in FY2025

On file with the IRSohiogasassoc.orgPo Box 16958, 43216-6958 · Columbus, OHTax-exempt since Aug 1974

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The Ohio Gas Association ( oga ) is a natural Gas trade organization which represents over 30 local distribution companies and cooperatives. Additionally the oga represents the vast majority of all intra and inter state Gas transmission firms, as well as over 2 natural Gas commodity marketers whose customers include residential, commercial and industrial Gas users. The oga was founded in 1971 and maintains its headquarters in the columbus area, location of the state capital. The work of the oga is performed through its chairman, president, board of trustees and 11 standing committees plus numerous ad hoc committees formed to deal with periodic short term issues. All committees meet on a regular basis and function as an information exchange for technical and operational support and to promote customer satisfaction, public safety and public awareness.three primary functions of the Association are to monitor and report on legislative, regulatory and compliance activities.

Run by 20 volunteers and 2 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(6)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $9K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
0%
of spending
Concern: 0% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$162K
to officers and key staff · 33% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 33% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$17K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
19
of 20 voting members
Looks good: 19 of 20 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$526K
+12% vs prior year
Spent
$485K
To programs
0%
Net assets
$220K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$526K
FY2025▲ +12%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$357K
FY2021$263K
FY2022$596K
FY2023$433K
FY2024$469K
FY2025$526K
Expenses
$485K
FY2025▲ +5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$341K
FY2021$379K
FY2022$545K
FY2023$487K
FY2024$463K
FY2025$485K
Net assets
$220K
FY2025▲ +23%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$332K
FY2021$216K
FY2022$267K
FY2023$111K
FY2024$179K
FY2025$220K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1974.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Who runs it and what they're paid

20 people listed on the 990; $162K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Jimmy Stewart
President
$161,699Pt VII · Sec A
Cindy Reed
Exec Past Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Todd Black
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vanessa Hamilton
Executive Board
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jimmy Stewart$161,699$159,699$172,841$163,703$165,646$157,748

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Represents natural gas companies and marketers to serve residential, commercial, and industrial users.

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3 programs · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Conference, conventions, and meetings to include seminar and convention expenses to disseminate information related to the natural gas industry

Pt IX · col B
02

Printing and publications, including rosters, oga publications and other education and promotional printing costs

Pt IX · col B
03

Assistance to organization members for their federal compliance for public safety

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 2 grants · $30K · 2019–2020
Ohio Gas Association Scholarship FoundationOH · FY2020$15,000
Ohio Gas Association Scholarship FoundationOH · FY2019$15,000

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$526K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$479K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$42K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Money outPt IX
$485K
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$220K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$233K
Total assetsLn 16$237K
LiabilitiesLn 26$17K
PeoplePt VI, VII
20
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a20
IndependentVI 1b19
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$42K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$479K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$526K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$233K
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$233K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$1K
Total assetsLn 16$237K
LiabilitiesLn 26$17K
Net assetsLn 32$220K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52
VolunteersI 620
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$178K$233K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$187K$237K
LiabilitiesLn 26$8K$17K
Net assetsLn 32$179K$220K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$164K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$81K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$20K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$14K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$48K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$15K
Information technologyLn 14$6K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$4K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$94K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$31K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$485K$0$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $526K$485K$41K$220K 990 PDF
FY2024 $469K$463K$7K$179K 990 PDF
FY2023 $433K$487K−$55K$111K 990 PDF
FY2022 $596K$545K$51K$267K 990 PDF
FY2021 $263K$379K−$116K$216K 990 PDF
FY2020 $357K$341K$16K$332K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $526,167 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $25,674$41,809
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $443,753$479,320
I-10 Investment income$5,038
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $469,427$526,167
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $258,121$265,939
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $204,449$218,765
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $462,570$484,704
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $6,857$41,463
Part VI · Governance 19 of 20 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body20
VI-1b Independent voting members19
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $526,167 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$41,809
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$41,809
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $479,320$479,320
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $5,038$5,038
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $479,320 · Excluded from tax $5,038$526,167
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $484,704 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$164,064
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$81,250
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$1,000
IX-10 Payroll taxes$19,625
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$1,411
IX-11c Accounting fees$14,290
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$48,000
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expenses$14,683
IX-14 Information technology$5,967
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 Travel$4,001
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$94,035
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 Insurance$5,058
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$31,320
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$484,704
Part X · Balance sheet $237,056 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $178,418$232,579
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $6,425$3,297
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,026$1,180
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $186,869$237,056
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $8,027$16,751
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $8,027$16,751
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $178,842$220,305
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $178,842$220,305
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $186,869$237,056
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $220,305 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$526,167
XI-2 Total expenses$484,704
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$41,463
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$178,842
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$220,305

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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