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CENTER FOR BUSINESS AND CONSUMER ETHICS INC

CENTER FOR BUSINESS AND CONSUMER ETHICS INC (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $42,500 to it, the largest being SYNCHRONY FOUNDATION ($42,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$28k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$43k
Net assets
$36k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 46%
01What it does

What Center for Business and Consumer Ethics Inc does

Mission

To collaborate with governmental agencies, businesses/nonprofits and the bbb to prepare consumers of all ages to spend, save and give wisely and act with integrity and ethics in business.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Bbb's charity report program strives to promote public confidence in national and local charities and encourage informed charitable giving. The program provides the public with information on specific charities and wise giving practices. Bbb's charity report program also advises charities on how to meet and maintain high ethical standards of operation.

    $11,666 spent
    34% of program spending

  2. Stop shoplifting school - court-referred program educating juveniles first-time shoplifters on the costs involved with crime to themselves, their families, the business, economy & the community. Referral received from courts in montgomery, greene and clark counties.

    $2,779 spent$1,565 earned by the program
    8% of program spending

  3. Students of integrity program - scholarships for high school juniors and seniors who personify ethics through leadership, community service, integrity, and academics.

    $16,832 spentof which $5,304 as grants
    49% of program spending

  4. Consumer education

    $3,330 spent
    10% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $34,607.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($76k) Expenses 100 ($75k) Net assets 100 ($111k)2018 Revenue 81 ($61k) Expenses 88 ($65k) Net assets 96 ($107k)2019 Revenue 90 ($68k) Expenses 92 ($69k) Net assets 96 ($106k)2020 Revenue 58 ($44k) Expenses 80 ($60k) Net assets 81 ($90k)2021 Revenue 74 ($56k) Expenses 90 ($67k) Net assets 70 ($78k)2022 Revenue 83 ($63k) Expenses 85 ($63k) Net assets 70 ($78k)2023 Revenue 51 ($39k) Expenses 93 ($69k) Net assets 43 ($48k)2024 Revenue 37 ($28k) Expenses 54 ($41k) Net assets 32 ($36k)
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Revenue (37)Expenses (54)Net assets (32)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $82k to $53k (−36%).

$131k
$120k
$109k
$100k
$83k
$82k
$53k
$43k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

94% of CENTER FOR BUSINESS AND CONSUMER ETHICS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,233 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$1k
’17
−$4k
’18
−$788
’19
−$16k
’20
−$12k
’21
−$41
’22
−$30k
’23
−$12k
’24
12
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

John North

Trustee, exec director

Board chair

Raphael Carranza

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1113101010111010
Joined·+4+0+1+2+3+0+0
No longer listed·2312210
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $20k → $3k.

Funder
'20
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of CENTER FOR BUSINESS AND CONSUMER ETHICS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

CENTER FOR BUSINESS AND CONSUMER ETHICS INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 1 state in all.

CT

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
’23
Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CENTER FOR BUSINESS AND CONSUMER ETHICS INC's revenue fell 63% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin−44% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve11.5mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−13% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,247 public benefit nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

Organizations like CENTER FOR BUSINESS AND CONSUMER ETHICS INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Ohio

Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce Education & Public Improvement Fdtn83%Better Business Bureau of Central Ohio Inc82%Bbb Center for Ethics82%Ohioans for a Healthy Economy Inc80%Center for Child & Family Advocacy Inc80%Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund79%Daytonmiami Valley Entrepreneurs Center79%Center for Christian Virtue79%

Nationally

Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce Education & Public Improvement Fdtn83%Better Business Bureau Foundation of El Paso83%Better Business Bureau Foundation82%Better Business Bureau of Central Ohio Inc82%Better Business Bureau Education Foundation82%Bbb Center for Ethics82%Better Business Bureau of Greater Maryland Foundation Inc81%Center for Collaborative Education Inc80%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

85% of spending goes to programs.

Program 85%Management 12%Fundraising 3%

Governance

10
board members
90%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

57%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OH

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Better Business Bureau of Daytonmiami Valley Inc · exempt

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTER FOR BUSINESS AND CONSUMER ETHICS INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds CENTER FOR BUSINESS AND CONSUMER ETHICS INC?
CENTER FOR BUSINESS AND CONSUMER ETHICS INC (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $42,500 to it, the largest being SYNCHRONY FOUNDATION ($42,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CENTER FOR BUSINESS AND CONSUMER ETHICS INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $42,500 in grants to CENTER FOR BUSINESS AND CONSUMER ETHICS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR BUSINESS AND CONSUMER ETHICS INC?
SYNCHRONY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $42,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CENTER FOR BUSINESS AND CONSUMER ETHICS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing