Open Arms Adoptions INC FY2020 filing

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Kent, OH501(c)(3)Since 2015Human ServicesEIN 47-3674005Revenue $582K in FY2020

On file with the IRSopenarmsadopt.com11 River Street, 44240-3581 · Kent, OHTax-exempt since Aug 2016Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Open Arms Adoptions works with women in crisis over an unplanned pregnancy as well as families hoping to adopt newborn babies. Our services to women/couples whose infants are diagnosed (either prenatally or at birth) with complex medical conditions has also continued and culminated in the placement of 4 medically complex children during the past fiscal year. Oaa provides pre and post-adoption counseling, case management services and education services regarding options and ohio rules and regulations surrounding adoption. Additionally, we gather information necessary to complete a report of social/medical background related to birth families. We assume custody of children voluntarily placed with US for adoption and facilitate an adoptive placement. Oaa works with birth parents and adoptive parents on creating a plan all are comfortable with and that meets the needs of each individual child. For adopting families, we provide ongoing support and post-placement services as well as assistan

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
88¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$63K 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
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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
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $141K a year · 13% of revenue · last 4 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
88%
of spending
Looks good: 88% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$63K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $55
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$308K
78% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 78% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$582K
Spent
$521K
To programs
88%
Net assets
$89K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$582K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$582K
FY2022$988K
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.3M
FY2024$2.0M
Expenses
$521K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$521K
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.5M
FY2024$1.5M
Net assets
$89K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$89K
FY2022−$61K
FY2023−$262K
FY2024−$530K
FY2024$5K

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 Aug 2016.

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Where the money goes

88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 88% · $459K Management & general 9% · $49K Fundraising 3% · $13K

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

13 people listed on the 990; $63K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$62,543Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee, Res
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee, Res
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jacqueline Smigel’s $75K as Executive Di is at the 15th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $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

NameFY2024FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2020
Jacqueline Smigel$75,408$73,100$78,923$62,577$62,543

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

Connects women facing unplanned pregnancies with adoptive families, including those with medically complex children.

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3 programs · $459K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Open arms adoptions provides a full range of services to families hoping to adopt from the foster care system. Specifically, we provide families with education and homestudy services to assist in preparing families to adopt from foster care.

$195Kprogram expense
02

Infant Adoption

Open arms works with women in crisis over an unplanned pregnancy as well as families hoping to adopt newborn babies. Oaa provides pre- and post-adoption counseling, case management services, and education services regarding options and ohio rules and regulations surrounding adoption.

$192Kprogram expense
03

Open arms adoptions provides both pre-service and ongoing training to foster and adoptive parents. Our pre-service training exceeds that which is required by ohio rules for adoptive parents and meets the requirements of the state for licensed foster parents.

$72Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$55

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$582K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$452K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$104K
Other incomeLn 4–11$26K
Money outPt IX
$521K
Ln 25
Programscol B$459K
Managementcol C$49K
Fundraisingcol D$13K
Owns and owesPt X
$89K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$277K
Total assetsLn 16$397K
LiabilitiesLn 26$308K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$104K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$5K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$452K
Other incomeLn 4–11$26K
Total revenueLn 12$582K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$277K
SavingsLn 2$13
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$277K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$14K
Total assetsLn 16$397K
LiabilitiesLn 26$308K
Net assetsLn 32$89K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 522
VolunteersI 615
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$44K$277K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$11K$14K
Total assetsLn 16$56K$397K
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K$308K
Net assetsLn 32$53K$89K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$63K$54K$8K$2K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$198K$169K$24K$6K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1K$1K$141$36
Payroll taxesLn 10$24K$21K$3K$734
Legal feesLn 11b$1K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$16K$12K$4K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$25K$25K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$26K$26K
Office expensesLn 13$18K$16K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$10K$8K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$15K$13K$2K$444
TravelLn 17$9K$9K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$23K$23K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$12K$10K$1K$364
InsuranceLn 23$19K$18K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$55K$53K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$5K$1K$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25$521K$459K$49K$13K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $1.3M$1.5M−$287K−$530K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.4M$1.6M−$201K−$262K 990 PDF
FY2022 $988K$1.1M−$136K−$61K 990 PDF
FY2021 Not on file
FY2020 Viewing $582K$521K$60K$89K 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 $581,617 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $46,315$103,757
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $289,529$451,929
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $28,269$25,931
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $364,113$581,617
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $158,106$286,986
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $192,770$234,418
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $350,876$521,404
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $13,237$60,213
Part VI · Governance 7 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members7
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 $581,617 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$5,330
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$98,427
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$103,757
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $451,929$451,929
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $17,607$17,607
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $8,324$8,324
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $451,929 · Excluded from tax $25,931$581,617
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $521,404 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $53,539 · Management $7,558 · Fundraising $1,890$62,987
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $168,619 · Management $23,807 · Fundraising $5,950$198,376
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,001 · Management $141 · Fundraising $36$1,178
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $20,778 · Management $2,933 · Fundraising $734$24,445
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,238$1,238
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $11,977 · Management $3,869$15,846
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $25,071$25,071
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $26,245$26,245
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $15,686 · Management $2,139$17,825
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $8,018 · Management $2,004$10,022
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $12,589 · Management $1,777 · Fundraising $444$14,810
IX-17 TravelPrograms $8,531$8,531
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $23,305$23,305
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $10,318 · Management $1,457 · Fundraising $364$12,139
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $17,869 · Management $1,307$19,176
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $53,280 · Management $1,911$55,191
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,217 · Fundraising $3,802$5,019
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $459,281 · Management $48,903 · Fundraising $13,220$521,404
Part X · Balance sheet $396,848 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $40,679$277,011
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,509$13
X-4 Accounts receivable$54,643
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$15,710
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $11,431$14,471
X-14 Intangible assets$35,000
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $55,619$396,848
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $59$25,416
X-19 Deferred revenue$52,500
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$26,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,559$307,802
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $53,060$84,046
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$5,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $53,060$89,046
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $55,619$396,848
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $89,046 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$581,617
XI-2 Total expenses$521,404
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$60,213
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$53,060
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$24,227
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$89,046

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