Ohio · Nonprofit
COLUMBUS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER
COLUMBUS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER (Ohio) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,639,102 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC ($1,055,324). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.4M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $-548311
What Columbus Speech and Hearing Center does
Mission
To unlock potential for individuals with communication challenges.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Rehabilitation of hearing impaired: licensed and certified audiologist provided services provided by the audiology department include: comprehensive hearing evaluations; auditory brainstem response testing; vocational rehabilitation programs, general/other: vocational otoacoustic emissions testing; tinnitus evaluations; dispensing, fitting, and service of hearing aids, as well as fitting of custom hearing protection such as swim plugs, noise plugs, and musician plugs.Additionally, the center has a state-of-the-art program, which allows children with cochlear implants to receive services through a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary program. The program facilitates language, social and cognitive development, and academic readiness.
$2,282,415 spent$2,605,670 earned by the program53% of program spendingRehabilitation of language & speech disorders: speech-language pathology service individuals at the center. Speech services include: diagnosis of, and treatment for, a variety of communication delays, disorders, and/or disabilities; these include expressive and receptive language, articulation and fluency, as well as stuttering and voice problems. Additional children received speech services at school sites in the Columbus area and almost 3,000 children received speech and/or hearing screenings at different sites in central Ohio; these sites included schools, preschools, and other educational and community sites.
$1,834,963 spent$1,911,660 earned by the program42% of program spendingAsl (american sign language) classes
$221,294 spent$71,706 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,338,672.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $3.4M to $5.1M (+52%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2019 3% · 2020 16% · 2021 15% · 2023 10% · 2024 7% · 2025 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
19% of COLUMBUS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 12 funders, grant income fell $452k → $211k.
7 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of COLUMBUS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER’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.
How concentrated its funding is
COLUMBUS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
88% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund COLUMBUS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 43% · 2019 71% · 2020 52% · 2021 48% · 2022 49% · 2023 40% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
53% of COLUMBUS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
97% of COLUMBUS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $808k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
COLUMBUS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2.6M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,002 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like COLUMBUS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER
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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COLUMBUS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER: 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 COLUMBUS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER?
- COLUMBUS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER (Ohio) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,639,102 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC ($1,055,324). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLUMBUS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $2,639,102 in grants to COLUMBUS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLUMBUS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER?
- UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,055,324 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLUMBUS SPEECH AND HEARING CENTER 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 24 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing