Ohio · Nonprofit
GODMAN GUILD ASSOCIATION
GODMAN GUILD ASSOCIATION (Ohio) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,462,530 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC ($4,335,127). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.9M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $6.5M
- Net assets
- $3.7M
What Godman Guild Association does
Mission
Our mission is to provide programs that enhance the social and economic mobility of individuals and families in central ohio.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Workforce developmentthe guild's workforce development programs allow individuals to obtain the education, training, and certifications needed to thrive in today's workforce. Our programs offer a comprehensive array of courses, assessments, and services to meet the needs of individuals, community partners, and employers across central ohio focused on career readiness as the foundation for success. Adult literacy & educationthe guild's adult education and literacy programs offered in partnership with the ohio department of education aspire provide language, reading, and math skills needed to earn a high school equivalency certificate, enter college, or obtain a job, as well as all necessary testing provided in-house. In addition, english for speakers of other languages (esol) is a major service of our adult education offerings. Career bridgesour ohio department of education aspire workplace training and education services are offered in collaboration with employers to increase the productivity of the workforce. Godman guild currently provides workplace training services in healthcare and customer service and retail through our career bridges program. Career bridges courses are…
$2,015,513 spent47% of program spendingYouth and family educationgodman guild's youth and family education programs offer a balanced and comprehensive array of year-round programming to support youth as they develop academically, socially, and emotionally. Igniteuigniteu offers in-school and afterschool programming at weinland park elementary school (wpes) and dominion middle school (dms). Igniteu supports students in grades k-8 to improve their academic and social/emotional outcomes and works with families to provide ongoing family engagement, support, and resources. Igniteu provides high-quality, trauma-informed afterschool programming, as well as in-school tutoring and intervention support for all students. Igniteu provides a continuum of academic, social, and emotional learning supports that create year-round wrap-around programming through a summer learning experience at s.y.e.p. (summer youth empowerment program) summer camp. This year-round approach to academic, social, and emotional learning results in increased learning, improved math and reading scores for students, and increased family involvement with youth, schools, and the community. S.y.e.p. Is a summer day camp for youth entering grades 1-8, hosted ath…
$1,002,802 spent23% of program spendingCamp mary ortoncamp mary orton has been serving children and families of the columbus community since 1910, and has been adding new services throughout the years. We offer a variety of summer camps for children, as well as facility rentals for weddings, corporate retreats, and parties. We also offer team building activities for corporate, school, and civic groups, creating an outing for each group's specific needs. These outings result in improved group cohesion, communication, trust and problem-solving skills. These types of activites are also incorporated into our summer camps, providing the opportunity for children to develop leadership skills in a nurturing, natural environment. These offerings are social enterprises and the revenue generated helps support godman guild's mission and programs.
$979,229 spent$777,645 earned by the program23% of program spendingBlue bow tie cateringblue bow tie catering is a social enterprise designed to create transitional employment opportunities for individuals with barriers to employment, teach marketable job skills, and empower individuals to find gainful employment that provides a sustainable income. Blue bow tie catering is a for-profit venture in a non-profit organization. In addition to providing job training and employment, the revenue generated by blue bow tie catering is used to support godman guild programs.
$280,019 spentof which $48,160 as grants$332,012 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,277,563.
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 $3.3M to $6.4M (+93%).
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 49% · 2018 47% · 2019 40% · 2020 59% · 2021 65% · 2022 27% · 2023 56% · 2024 57%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of GODMAN GUILD ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (16% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Jatona Cunningham
CEO
Board chair
John Kelley
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 13 funders, grant income fell $1.1M → $625k.
7 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 GODMAN GUILD ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 funders by total. 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
GODMAN GUILD ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
83% 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 GODMAN GUILD ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 86% · 2019 89% · 2020 80% · 2021 73% · 2022 33% · 2023 39% — 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
44% of GODMAN GUILD ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
83% of GODMAN GUILD ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $703k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
GODMAN GUILD ASSOCIATION receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $6.5M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,551 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding GODMAN GUILD ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1k on record.
- Department of Defense$1k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like GODMAN GUILD ASSOCIATION
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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Sequence One LLC · disregarded
- Community Economic Development Corporation (Fka Northside Development Corp) · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GODMAN GUILD ASSOCIATION: 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 GODMAN GUILD ASSOCIATION?
- GODMAN GUILD ASSOCIATION (Ohio) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,462,530 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC ($4,335,127). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GODMAN GUILD ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $6,462,530 in grants to GODMAN GUILD ASSOCIATION, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GODMAN GUILD ASSOCIATION?
- UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,335,127 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GODMAN GUILD ASSOCIATION 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.
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 32 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