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FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO INC
FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO INC (Ohio) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $557,581 to it, the largest being Ohio Access to Justice Foundation ($276,360). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $558k
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Fair Housing Opportunities of Northwest Ohio Inc does
Mission
The fair housing center is a civil rights agency that promotes housing choice, the protection and expansion of fair housing rights and the resolution of landlord tenant disputes through mediation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Enforcement of fair housing civil rights laws: we provide free assistance for victims of housing discrimination by investigating claims of discrimination, informing victims of their rights, contacting housing providers to negotiate resolutions, filing legal claims, training individuals and housing providers on their rights and responsibilities under fair housing laws, and monitoring compliance with settlement agreements and orders enforcing fair housing laws. During the fiscal year, we completed thousands of intakes of individuals contacting us for assistance and investigated well over one hundred new complaints alleging discrimination.
$529,458 spent49% of program spendingFair housing education and outreach: we also perform outreach and education to help prevent housing discrimination and create a more welcoming community. Many of the trainings we provide, help housing professionals, such as real estate agents and property managers understand their responsibilities and how to ensure compliance with fair housing laws. We also provide trainings to residents so they understand their rights under the fair housing amendments act. Finally, many or our trainings are designed to change hearts and minds to building more welcoming neighborhoods. These include, for example, our ode to the zip code poetry contest.
$237,966 spent22% of program spendingFree legal services to assist tenants: we provide free legal services to tenants in lucas county who are experiencing substandard housing conditions caused by absentee or unresponsive landlords. Many cases are resolved through mediation with the landlord. In addition, attorneys assisting the tenant may file cases in court to enforce the rights of the tenants. In the last fiscal year, this program assisted hundreds of tenants and recovered more than $120,000 back to tenants who were harmed by substandard housing conditions.
$313,525 spent29% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent$23,653 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,080,949.
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 2024 to 2025, from $2.3M to $2.9M (+28%).
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 68% · 2018 51% · 2019 58% · 2020 77% · 2021 73% · 2022 37% · 2023 79% · 2024 85% · 2025 86%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (39% 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.
Chief executive
George A Thomas
CEO & general counsel
Board chair
Thomas E Luettke Esq
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $10k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO 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
FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
89% 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 FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 75% · 2021 52% · 2022 90% · 2023 99% — 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.
How long its funders stay
40% of FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
99% of FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO INC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $142k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO INC?
- FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO INC (Ohio) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $557,581 to it, the largest being Ohio Access to Justice Foundation ($276,360). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $557,581 in grants to FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO INC?
- Ohio Access to Justice Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $276,360 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 10 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