Hardin County Community Foundation

Tax-deductible

Kenton, OH501(c)(3)Since 1991Foundations & GrantmakersEIN 31-1335053Revenue $946K in FY2025

On file with the IRSPo Box 343, 43326-0343 · Kenton, OHTax-exempt since Oct 1991Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Improving the quality of life in Hardin County, Ohio through charitable giving by 1) Providing a vehicle for donors with varied interests to support charitable and community activities, 2) Assessing and responding to emerging and changing community needs, 3)Developing a permanent endowment for the community and 4) Serving as a catalyst to initiate projects vital to the community.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
70¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$20K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · 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
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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $568K a year · 63% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
70%
of spending
Fine: 70% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$20K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 88% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
29 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 29.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $28K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
17
of 18 voting members
Looks good: 17 of 18 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$946K
-30% vs prior year
Spent
$527K
To programs
70%
Net assets
$15.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$946K
FY2025▼ -30%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$439K
FY2021$823K
FY2022$597K
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$946K
Expenses
$527K
FY2025▲ +55%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$228K
FY2021$301K
FY2022$321K
FY2023$312K
FY2024$340K
FY2025$527K
Net assets
$15.3M
FY2025▲ +9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$9.5M
FY2021$11.0M
FY2022$9.5M
FY2023$11.7M
FY2024$14.0M
FY2025$15.3M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Form 990 (PDF) Claim

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1991.

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

Where the money goes

70 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 70% · $370K Management & general 29% · $153K Fundraising 1% · $5K

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

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

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Dir.
$13,190Pt VII · Sec A
$2,531Pt VII · Sec A
$2,509Pt VII · Sec A
$1,265Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$314Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Bryan Marshall’s $13K as Executive Dir. is at the 12th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1264 $100K–1M philanthropy & grantmaking 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Bryan Marshall$13,190$7,333————
Mary Dickinson$2,531$2,833$2,833$2,203$2,832$2,750
Jannette Jacobs$2,509$2,833$2,124$1,101$1,416—
Gina Messner$314$1,416$2,124$2,203$2,832$2,750
Marie Sprang$1,265$1,416$1,416$1,101$1,416—

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Invests donations and makes grants to improve Hardin County residents' well-being.

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1 program · $370K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Grants made for the purpose of accomplishing the Foundations' mission.

$370Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$28K
Grants paid · 7 grants · $1.2M · 2021–2025
Individual RecipientFY2025$368,028
Individual RecipientFY2024$207,005
Unitemized GrantFY2024$10,000
Individual RecipientFY2023$206,675
Individual RecipientFY2022$228,825
Individual RecipientFY2021$210,225
Unitemized GrantFY2021$8,000

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$946K
Ln 12
Investment incomeLn 3$868K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$78K
Other incomeLn 4–11$175
Money outPt IX
$527K
Ln 25
Programscol B$370K
Managementcol C$153K
Fundraisingcol D$5K
Owns and owesPt X
$15.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.3M
Total assetsLn 16$15.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
18
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a18
IndependentVI 1b17
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$78K
Investment incomeLn 3$868K
Other incomeLn 4–11$175
Gains on assetsLn 7$544K
Total revenueLn 12$946K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$0
SavingsLn 2$1.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$13.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$100K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$15.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$15.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
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$1.2M$1.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$12.7M$13.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$107K$100K
Total assetsLn 16$14.0M$15.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$14.0M$15.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$368K$368K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$2K$2K
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$20K$20K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1K$1K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$5K$5K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$17K$17K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$69K$69K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1K$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$16K$16K
Information technologyLn 14$660$660
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$6K$6K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$8K$8K
InsuranceLn 23$8K$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$4K$2K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$192$192
Total functional expensesLn 25$527K$370K$153K$5K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $946K$527K$418K$15.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.3M$340K$1.0M$14.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.3M$312K$975K$11.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $597K$321K$276K$9.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $823K$301K$522K$11.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $439K$228K$212K$9.5M 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 $945,830 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $745,907$78,116
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $601,372$867,539
I-11 Other revenue$175
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,347,279$945,830
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $217,005$370,028
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $17,389$25,692
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $106,065$131,667
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $340,459$527,387
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,006,820$418,443
Part VI · Governance 17 of 18 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body18
VI-1b Independent voting members17
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $945,830 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$78,116
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$78,116
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $323,074$323,074
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $544,465$544,465
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $175$175
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $544,640 · Excluded from tax $323,074$945,830
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $527,387 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $368,028$368,028
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $2,000$2,000
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 staffManagement $19,809$19,809
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesManagement $1,077$1,077
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesManagement $4,806$4,806
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $16,775$16,775
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $69,243$69,243
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $1,405$1,405
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $1,558$1,558
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $15,904$15,904
IX-14 Information technologyFundraising $660$660
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $6,498$6,498
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $7,719$7,719
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $7,933$7,933
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $1,517 · Fundraising $2,263$3,780
IX-24e All other expensesFundraising $192$192
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $370,028 · Management $152,686 · Fundraising $4,673$527,387
Part X · Balance sheet $15,298,108 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearing$0
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,238,077$1,278,460
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $106,627$100,389
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $12,682,755$13,919,259
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $14,027,459$15,298,108
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $11,345,409$12,464,096
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,682,050$2,834,012
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $14,027,459$15,298,108
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $14,027,459$15,298,108
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $15,298,108 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$945,830
XI-2 Total expenses$527,387
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$418,443
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$14,027,459
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$852,206
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$15,298,108

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