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Neighborhood Services INC

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Columbus, OH501(c)(3)Food & Agriculture EIN 31-0842947Revenue $2.7M in FY2024Latest return filed Nov 17, 2025

On file with the IRSneighborhoodservicesinc.org1950 N 4th St Ste E, 43201-1733 · Columbus, OHTax-exempt since Apr 1974Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Neighborhood Services, INC. Food pantry responds to the ill effects of poverty in central ohio by providing food and material assistance to persons in need. Nsi strives to improve the quality of life in our community by compassionately and respectfully serving our neighbors.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 561 volunteers and 6 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
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
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $55K a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
92%
of spending
Looks good: 92% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$89K
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 59% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.6 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $35K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$93K
24% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 24% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.7M
+1% vs prior year
Spent
$2.8M
To programs
92%
Net assets
$290K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$2.7M
FY2024▲ +1%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$823K
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$3.0M
FY2023$2.7M
FY2024$2.7M
Expenses
$2.8M
FY2024▲ +5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$496K
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$3.1M
FY2023$2.6M
FY2024$2.8M
Net assets
$290K
FY2024▼ -24%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$363K
FY2021$425K
FY2022$384K
FY2023$379K
FY2024$290K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 1974.

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

Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $2.6M Management & general 5% · $147K Fundraising 3% · $80K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

9 people listed on the 990; $89K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Martin Butler
Executive Di
$88,908Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Ivy Lin
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Michael Schmidt
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Perdita Hughes
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Philip Jiao
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Martin Butler’s $89K as Executive Di is at the 41st percentile of top reported officer pay among 818 $1–10M food & agriculture nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Martin Butler$88,908$77,376$76,000$72,675$91,743

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

Provides food and material aid to those struggling with poverty in Central Ohio.

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1 program · $2.6M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Neighborhood services inc. Improves the quality of life in the columbus community by compassionately and respectfully providing food and material assistance for individuals residing in franklin county, ohio.

$2.6Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Ingram-White Castle FoundationFY2025$25K
The William H Davis Dorothy M Davis and William C Davis FoundationFY2025$10K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$35K
Grants paid · 1 grant · $1.2M · 2022–2022
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,157,282

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.7M
Other incomeLn 4–11$11K
Investment incomeLn 3$505
Money outPt IX
$2.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.6M
Managementcol C$147K
Fundraisingcol D$80K
Owns and owesPt X
$290K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$138K
Total assetsLn 16$383K
LiabilitiesLn 26$93K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.7M
Government grantsLn 1e$50K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$2.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$505
Other incomeLn 4–11$11K
Total revenueLn 12$2.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$135K
SavingsLn 2$3K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$138K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$161K
Other assetsLn 15$39K
Total assetsLn 16$383K
LiabilitiesLn 26$93K
Net assetsLn 32$290K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
VolunteersI 6561
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
Abroad and in kindSch F, M
Noncash gifts receivedSch M Pt I$2.1M
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
End of yearLn 1g$8K$8K$7K$8K$7K
SpentLn 1d–1f$1$36$41$36$33
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$269K$138K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$122K$161K
Total assetsLn 16$474K$383K
LiabilitiesLn 26$95K$93K
Net assetsLn 32$379K$290K
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$2.1M$2.1M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$96K$59K$21K$15K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$280K$173K$62K$45K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$25K$15K$5K$4K
Payroll taxesLn 10$29K$18K$6K$5K
Legal feesLn 11b$560$560
Accounting feesLn 11c$9K$9K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$13K$4K$9K
Office expensesLn 13$18K$14K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$5K$3K$1K$780
OccupancyLn 16$26K$16K$6K$4K
TravelLn 17$75$75
InterestLn 20$3K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$32K$20K$7K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$9K$6K$2K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$145K$135K$11K
All other expensesLn 24e$4K$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.8M$2.6M$147K$80K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 17, 2025 $2.7M$2.8M−$88K$290K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2024 $2.7M$2.6M$17K$379K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2023 $3.0M$3.1M−$41K$384K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 7, 2022 $1.8M$1.7M$62K$425K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2021 $823K$496K$327K$363K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,694,222 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,653,195$2,682,343
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,014$505
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $7,108$11,374
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,661,317$2,694,222
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,821,336$2,089,197
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $430,881$428,394
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $392,030$265,026
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,644,247$2,782,617
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $17,070−$88,395
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,694,222 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$50,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,632,343
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$2,089,197
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,682,343
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $505$505
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $11,374$11,374
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $11,879$2,694,222
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,782,617 across 17 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $2,089,197$2,089,197
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $59,272 · Management $21,032 · Fundraising $15,296$95,600
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $172,714 · Management $62,286 · Fundraising $44,571$279,571
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $15,247 · Management $5,410 · Fundraising $3,935$24,592
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $17,751 · Management $6,299 · Fundraising $4,581$28,631
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $560$560
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $8,967$8,967
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $3,521 · Management $8,998$12,519
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $13,895 · Management $4,146$18,041
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,024 · Management $1,073 · Fundraising $780$4,877
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $16,330 · Management $5,794 · Fundraising $4,214$26,338
IX-17 TravelManagement $75$75
IX-20 InterestManagement $2,992$2,992
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $19,805 · Management $7,027 · Fundraising $5,111$31,943
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,631 · Management $1,998 · Fundraising $1,453$9,082
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $134,585 · Management $10,841$145,426
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $4,206$4,206
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,555,178 · Management $147,498 · Fundraising $79,941$2,782,617
Part X · Balance sheet $382,949 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $184,106$135,309
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $84,628$2,782
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $4,150$43,191
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,440$1,440
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $122,411$160,950
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $76,336$39,277
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $474,220$382,949
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $44,921$32,576
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$25,000
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $50,264$35,826
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $95,185$93,402
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $379,035$289,547
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $379,035$289,547
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $474,220$382,949
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $289,547 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,694,222
XI-2 Total expenses$2,782,617
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$88,395
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$379,035
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$1,093
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$289,547

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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