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Oberlin Community Services Council

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Oberlin, OH501(c)(3)Human ServicesEIN 34-0907948Revenue $2.3M in FY2025

On file with the IRS500 E Lorain St, 44074-1238 · Oberlin, OHTax-exempt since Dec 1978Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Oberlin Community Services Council is a responsive Community organization that provides direct assistance, referrals, outreach and educational support to lorain county residents who struggle to meet basic needs.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 70 volunteers and 12 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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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
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $984K a year · 51% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 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
$78K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 83% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $63K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$32K
0.5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.3M
+27% vs prior year
Spent
$1.1M
To programs
92%
Net assets
$6.9M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$2.3M
FY2025▲ +27%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$996K
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$3.2M
FY2024$1.8M
FY2025$2.3M
Expenses
$1.1M
FY2025▲ +4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$785K
FY2022$813K
FY2023$908K
FY2024$1.0M
FY2025$1.1M
Net assets
$6.9M
FY2025▲ +23%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$2.5M
FY2022$2.6M
FY2023$4.7M
FY2024$5.6M
FY2025$6.9M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1978.

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% · $1.0M Management & general 6% · $62K Fundraising 2% · $23K

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

15 people listed on the 990; $78K 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
Margaret W Flood
Executive Director
$78,500Pt VII · Sec A
Gayle Boyer
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Margaret W Flood’s $78K as Executive Director is at the 17th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3868 $1–10M human services 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Margaret W Flood$78,500$78,500$78,500$78,500$72,689

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 direct aid, referrals, outreach, and education to residents facing basic needs challenges.

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1 program · $1.0M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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During the fiscal year, the organization provided approximately 49,000 points of service through its choice pantry and food delivery programs, giving away over 500,000 LBS of food to more than 3900 distinct individuals.

$1.0Mprogram 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
Community West FoundationFY2025$63K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$63K
Grants paid · 11 grants · $544K · 2020–2022
Unitemized GrantFY2022$170,436
Unitemized GrantFY2022$8,464
Unitemized GrantFY2021$79,285
Unitemized GrantFY2021$73,327
Unitemized GrantFY2021$12,605
Unitemized GrantFY2021$1,727
Unitemized GrantFY2020$99,877
Unitemized GrantFY2020$91,854
Unitemized GrantFY2020$3,738
Unitemized GrantFY2020$2,183
Unitemized GrantFY2020$228

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$100K
Other incomeLn 4–11$61K
Money outPt IX
$1.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.0M
Managementcol C$62K
Fundraisingcol D$23K
Owns and owesPt X
$6.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$222K
Total assetsLn 16$6.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$32K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$95K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$58K
Investment incomeLn 3$100K
Other incomeLn 4–11$61K
Gains on assetsLn 7$27K
Total revenueLn 12$2.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$222K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$222K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.7M
Total assetsLn 16$6.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$32K
Net assetsLn 32$6.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 512
VolunteersI 670
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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$220K$222K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.4M$3.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.0M$3.7M
Total assetsLn 16$5.7M$6.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$37K$32K
Net assetsLn 32$5.6M$6.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$177K$177K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$78K$65K$8K$5K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$366K$356K$7K$3K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$64K$61K$2K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$36K$34K$1K$669
Management feesLn 11a$28K$11K$4K$13K
Legal feesLn 11b$2K$0$2K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$12K$0$12K$0
Office expensesLn 13$8K$0$8K$236
Information technologyLn 14$18K$9K$9K$0
OccupancyLn 16$51K$46K$5K$0
TravelLn 17$522$0$522$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$656$0$656$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$86K$85K$875$0
InsuranceLn 23$14K$13K$950$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$110K$110K$200$200
All other expensesLn 24e$45K$45K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.1M$1.0M$62K$23K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.3M$1.1M$1.2M$6.9M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.8M$1.0M$730K$5.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.2M$908K$2.3M$4.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.4M$813K$556K$2.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $996K$785K$212K$2.5M 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 $2,264,631 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,627,460$2,045,200
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $54,076$57,786
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $82,314$100,379
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $16,354$61,266
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,780,204$2,264,631
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $175,218$176,877
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $504,115$544,976
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $370,375$374,952
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,049,708$1,096,805
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $730,496$1,167,826
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
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 $2,264,631 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$95,188
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,950,012
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,045,200
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$57,786
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $73,820$73,820
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $31,193$31,193
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $26,559$26,559
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $30,073$30,073
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $57,786 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $161,645$2,264,631
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,096,805 across 17 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $176,877$176,877
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $65,250 · Management $8,250 · Fundraising $5,000$78,500
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $355,574 · Management $7,250 · Fundraising $3,250$366,074
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $60,906 · Management $2,244 · Fundraising $1,194$64,344
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $34,132 · Management $1,257 · Fundraising $669$36,058
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $11,000 · Management $4,000 · Fundraising $12,542$27,542
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $1,800 · Fundraising $0$1,800
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $12,229 · Fundraising $0$12,229
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $7,670 · Fundraising $236$7,906
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $9,160 · Management $9,160 · Fundraising $0$18,320
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $46,106 · Management $5,123 · Fundraising $0$51,229
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $522 · Fundraising $0$522
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $656 · Fundraising $0$656
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $84,789 · Management $875 · Fundraising $0$85,664
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $12,662 · Management $950 · Fundraising $0$13,612
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $109,929 · Management $200 · Fundraising $200$110,329
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $45,143 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$45,143
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,011,528 · Management $62,186 · Fundraising $23,091$1,096,805
Part X · Balance sheet $6,942,782 assets, 12 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $220,278$221,918
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $90,000$13,781
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,967,401$3,749,445
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,381,420$2,957,638
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,659,099$6,942,782
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$11,843
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $37,456$19,872
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $37,456$31,715
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,868,848$5,388,217
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $752,795$1,522,850
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,621,643$6,911,067
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,659,099$6,942,782
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $6,911,067 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,264,631
XI-2 Total expenses$1,096,805
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,167,826
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,621,643
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$121,598
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$6,911,067

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