Butler County Commission for Economic Development

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Recruitment of industry to Butler County

$133K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(6)
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
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list 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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $18K a year · 6% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
0%
of spending
Concern: 0% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$133K
to officers and key staff · 40% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 40% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
13 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 13.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$4K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
20
of 20 voting members
Looks good: 20 of 20 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$179K
-54% vs prior year
Spent
$334K
To programs
0%
Net assets
$367K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$179K
FY2025▼ -54%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$330K
FY2021$430K
FY2023$334K
FY2024$386K
FY2025$179K
Expenses
$334K
FY2025▲ +7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$288K
FY2021$338K
FY2023$297K
FY2024$312K
FY2025$334K
Net assets
$367K
FY2025▼ -30%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$252K
FY2021$343K
FY2023$436K
FY2024$522K
FY2025$367K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · see the original

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21 people listed on the 990; $133K 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
$132,532Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chairma
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2021FY2020
David Hutchison$132,532$126,492$125,667$121,114$116,759

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

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1 program · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

The commission is active in the recruitment of industry to butler county. Numerous trade shows were attended and many businesses were contacted about relocating to butler county.

Pt IX · col B

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$179K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$160K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$10K
Investment incomeLn 3$9K
Money outPt IX
$334K
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$367K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$362K
Total assetsLn 16$372K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a20
IndependentVI 1b20
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$10K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$10K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$160K
Investment incomeLn 3$9K
Total revenueLn 12$179K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$108K
SavingsLn 2$254K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$362K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8K
Total assetsLn 16$372K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K
Net assetsLn 32$367K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$501K$362K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$17K$8K
Total assetsLn 16$524K$372K
LiabilitiesLn 26$2K$4K
Net assetsLn 32$522K$367K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$156K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$53K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$9K
Payroll taxesLn 10$14K
Accounting feesLn 11c$11K
Office expensesLn 13$4K
TravelLn 17$379
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$12K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$9K
InsuranceLn 23$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$49K
All other expensesLn 24e$16K
Total functional expensesLn 25$334K$0$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $179K$334K−$155K$367K 990 PDF
FY2024 $386K$312K$74K$522K 990 PDF
FY2023 $334K$297K$38K$436K 990 PDF
FY2022 Not on file
FY2021 $430K$338K$92K$343K 990 PDF
FY2020 $330K$288K$43K$252K 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 $178,894 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $10,000$10,000
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $363,516$159,568
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $12,459$9,326
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $385,975$178,894
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $215,555$231,459
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $95,948$102,219
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $311,503$333,678
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $74,472−$154,784
Part VI · Governance 20 of 20 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body20
VI-1b Independent voting members20
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $178,894 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$10,000
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$10,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$10,000
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $159,568$159,568
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $9,326$9,326
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $168,894$178,894
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $333,678 across 12 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$155,528
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$53,004
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$9,199
IX-10 Payroll taxes$13,728
IX-11c Accounting fees$10,510
IX-13 Office expenses$4,435
IX-17 Travel$379
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$12,368
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$8,597
IX-23 Insurance$1,474
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$48,853
IX-24e All other expenses$15,603
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$333,678
Part X · Balance sheet $371,567 assets, 8 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $1,849; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $265,538$107,761
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $235,536$253,913
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $17,011$8,044
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $523,931$371,567
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,616$4,406
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,616$4,406
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $522,315$367,161
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $523,931$371,567
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $367,161 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$178,894
XI-2 Total expenses$333,678
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$154,784
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$522,315
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$370
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$367,161

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