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DOWNTOWN LIMA INC

DOWNTOWN LIMA INC (Ohio) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,500 to it, the largest being FIRST FINANCIAL FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$168k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$7k
Net assets
$229k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Downtown Lima Inc does

Mission

Downtown lima, inc., is a non-profit membership organization whose mission is to stimulate economic development, improve the appearance, and create a positive image of the downtown as a desirable place to work, live, shop, and invest.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Program services include coordinating special events, promoting tourism, purchasing items and services for the beautification of the area, and recognizing contributions to the downtown.

    $100,613 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $100,613.

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 ($98k) Expenses 100 ($125k) Net assets 100 ($250k)2018 Revenue 105 ($103k) Expenses 94 ($118k) Net assets 94 ($236k)2019 Revenue 108 ($106k) Expenses 121 ($151k) Net assets 76 ($191k)2020 Revenue 108 ($106k) Expenses 101 ($126k) Net assets 68 ($171k)2021 Revenue 133 ($131k) Expenses 92 ($114k) Net assets 75 ($188k)2022 Revenue 164 ($161k) Expenses 119 ($148k) Net assets 80 ($201k)2023 Revenue 163 ($160k) Expenses 115 ($144k) Net assets 87 ($217k)2024 Revenue 171 ($168k) Expenses 125 ($156k) Net assets 91 ($229k)
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Revenue (171)Expenses (125)Net assets (91)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 2018 to 2019, from $242k to $205k (−15%).

$258k
$242k
$205k
$172k
$189k
$208k
$221k
$236k
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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.

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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

20% of DOWNTOWN LIMA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$27k
’17
−$14k
’18
−$45k
’19
−$20k
’20
$17k
’21
$13k
’22
$16k
’23
$12k
’24

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Cricket Rodriguez

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $5k.

From the IRS filings of DOWNTOWN LIMA 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.

How concentrated its funding is

DOWNTOWN LIMA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

77%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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.

Where its funders are

100% of DOWNTOWN LIMA INC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

OH

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

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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

DOWNTOWN LIMA INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin7% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)8% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like DOWNTOWN LIMA 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

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Public support

97%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds DOWNTOWN LIMA INC?
DOWNTOWN LIMA INC (Ohio) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,500 to it, the largest being FIRST FINANCIAL FOUNDATION ($5,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DOWNTOWN LIMA INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $6,500 in grants to DOWNTOWN LIMA INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of DOWNTOWN LIMA INC?
FIRST FINANCIAL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DOWNTOWN LIMA 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 2 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