To cultivate, accelerate and promote the formation of business, creation of jobs and assist in the revitalization of the cincinnati region and to conduct activities consistent with such purposes.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
87¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.4M 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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FY2020 · 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
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.3M a year · 20% 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
87%
of spending
Looks good: 87% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.4M
to officers and key staff · 46% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 46% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.8 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $332K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.3M
24% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 24% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
31
of 32 voting members
Looks good: 31 of 32 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.4M
Spent
$3.1M
To programs
87%
Net assets
$4.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$3.4M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.4M
FY2021$17.8M
FY2022$3.7M
FY2023$4.1M
FY2024$4.1M
Expenses
$3.1M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.1M
FY2021$13.2M
FY2022$2.9M
FY2023$4.0M
FY2024$3.2M
Net assets
$4.1M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.1M
FY2021$8.7M
FY2022$9.4M
FY2023$9.5M
FY2024$10.4M

From the FY2020 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 May 2014.

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Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 87% · $2.7M Management & general 13% · $393K

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

38 people listed on the 990; $1.4M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$419,749Pt VII · Sec A
Fund Manager
$345,000Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Presid
$205,000Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$169,000Pt VII · Sec A
$159,375Pt VII · Sec A
Manager
$106,575Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Peter Blackshaw’s $433K as CEO - Term Ended is at the 95th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2832 $1–10M community development 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Peter Blackshaw$432,593$417,381$417,013$417,012$419,749
Joseph Kropp$356,364$192,029———
Sarah Anderson————$345,000
Lauren Boehmker$228,584$197,090———
John Stieger———$215,541$159,375
Oleg Kaganovich———$215,183—
Eric Weissmann———$132,144$205,000
Alisa Smith—$199,690$186,600$180,400$169,000

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

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

Programs and updates

Fosters economic growth in Cincinnati by providing coworking spaces, resources, and support to help high-growth startups launch, scale, and create local jobs.

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3 programs · $2.7M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Space

The organization provides office space in a downtown cincinnati location, with proximity to other entrepreneurs, for start-up entities to have access to other start-ups allowing for collaboration and to promote teams. High speed wireless internet and other common amenities are provided within the space.

$1.1Mprogram expense
02

Programs

The organization provides a regimen of educational and programmatic services to entrepreneurs and start-ups including speaker series, innovation exchanges, and development.

$791Kprogram expense
03

Funding and Customer Connections

For venture capital funds that come to the greater cincinnati area, the organization provides an introduction to the ecosystem, by providing connections to start-ups, and established companies, by providing workshops relating to valuation and other issues to get companies, who are seed stage to series b stage, ready for the conversations…

$758Kprogram 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$332K
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Grants paid · 3 grants · $75K · 2021–2021
Sigo Technologies INCFY2021$35,000
Renavate INCFY2021$25,000
Leaping Harts INCFY2021$15,000

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$420K
Other incomeLn 4–11$417K
Money outPt IX
$3.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.7M
Managementcol C$393K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$706K
Total assetsLn 16$5.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
38
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a32
IndependentVI 1b31
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$187K
Investment incomeLn 3$420K
Other incomeLn 4–11$417K
Total revenueLn 12$3.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$706K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$706K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$31K
Other assetsLn 15$2.1M
Total assetsLn 16$5.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.3M
Net assetsLn 32$4.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 540
VolunteersI 6150
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$205K$706K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.7M$2.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$41K$31K
Total assetsLn 16$4.7M$5.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$879K$1.3M
Net assetsLn 32$3.8M$4.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$975K$975K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$441K$283K$158K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$168K$137K$31K
Payroll taxesLn 10$82K$70K$12K
Legal feesLn 11b$22K$225$22K
Accounting feesLn 11c$38K$38K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$97K$78K$19K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$129K$69K$60K
Office expensesLn 13$14K$9K$5K
OccupancyLn 16$492K$492K
TravelLn 17$11K$8K$3K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$15K$13K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$8K$8K
InsuranceLn 23$55K$44K$11K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$509K$481K$28K
All other expensesLn 24e$11K$6K$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.1M$2.7M$393K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $4.1M$3.2M$897K$10.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.1M$4.0M$65K$9.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.7M$2.9M$798K$9.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $17.8M$13.2M$4.6M$8.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $3.4M$3.1M$323K$4.1M 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 FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $3,389,356 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,589,808$2,365,366
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $67,158$186,570
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $478,731$420,259
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $614,514$417,161
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,750,211$3,389,356
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,737,754$1,665,563
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,583,932$1,400,478
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,321,686$3,066,041
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $428,525$323,315
Part VI · Governance 31 of 32 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body32
VI-1b Independent voting members31
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 $3,389,356 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $162,570 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$9,030
VIII-1e Government grants$1,030,162
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,326,174
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,365,366
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $24,000$24,000
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $420,259$420,259
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $417,161$417,161
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $603,731 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $420,259$3,389,356
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,066,041 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $975,199$975,199
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $282,751 · Management $157,804$440,555
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $136,863 · Management $31,125$167,988
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $69,750 · Management $12,071$81,821
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $225 · Management $21,641$21,866
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $37,895$37,895
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $78,444 · Management $18,685$97,129
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $68,927 · Management $59,660$128,587
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $8,982 · Management $4,860$13,842
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $492,469$492,469
IX-17 TravelPrograms $7,660 · Management $3,285$10,945
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $12,655 · Management $2,260$14,915
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $8,109$8,109
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $44,482 · Management $10,931$55,413
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $480,551 · Management $28,253$508,804
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $6,262 · Management $4,242$10,504
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,673,329 · Management $392,712 · Fundraising $0$3,066,041
Part X · Balance sheet $5,405,966 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $205,143$705,777
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $772,282$413,417
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $16,417$58,863
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $41,310$30,948
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $1,675,205$2,095,464
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,945,018$2,101,497
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,655,375$5,405,966
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $176,208$75,684
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $461,013$565,956
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$428,700
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $241,528$235,685
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $878,749$1,306,025
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,776,626$4,099,941
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,776,626$4,099,941
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,655,375$5,405,966
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,099,941 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,389,356
XI-2 Total expenses$3,066,041
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$323,315
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,776,626
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,099,941

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