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GREATER CINCINNATI AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION INC

GREATER CINCINNATI AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION INC (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being General Electric Credit Union ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$830k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$30k
Net assets
$302k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Greater Cincinnati Automobile Dealers Association Inc does

Mission

To encourage measures or methods that will directly or indirectly promote the common business interests of the automobile dealers and the buying public in the automotive trading area of greater cincinnati, ohio.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. The gcada represents approximately 91% of the franchised dealerships in greater cincinnati, northern kentucky and southeast indiana. There are approximately 80 dealership members representing both domestic and import franchises. The association also offers associate membership opportunities to businesses that directly provide products and services for gcada's member dealerships.the gcada provides a variety of services to its members some of which include:1) operation of the downtown license bureau to expedite titling and registration processes.2) receipt and distribution of legal and regulatory information3) "www.cincinnaticars.com" internet used car locator services4) the auto dealers co-op, purchasing cooperative5) training webinar programs for dealers and dealership employees6) availability of classroom and boardroom for dealership meetingsthe gcada is a member of the ohio automobile dealers association (oada), the national automobile dealers association, (nada), and automotive trade association executives (atae).

    $894,948 spent$805,619 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $894,948.

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 ($1.5M) Expenses 100 ($1.5M) Net assets 100 ($694k)2018 Revenue 101 ($1.5M) Expenses 101 ($1.5M) Net assets 96 ($666k)2019 Revenue 162 ($2.4M) Expenses 107 ($1.6M) Net assets 224 ($1.6M)2020 Revenue 104 ($1.5M) Expenses 114 ($1.7M) Net assets 207 ($1.4M)2021 Revenue 93 ($1.4M) Expenses 100 ($1.5M) Net assets 208 ($1.4M)2022 Revenue 78 ($1.2M) Expenses 108 ($1.6M) Net assets 135 ($936k)2023 Revenue 84 ($1.2M) Expenses 109 ($1.6M) Net assets 97 ($671k)2024 Revenue 94 ($1.4M) Expenses 112 ($1.6M) Net assets 75 ($524k)2025 Revenue 56 ($830k) Expenses 72 ($1.1M) Net assets 44 ($302k)
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Revenue (56)Expenses (72)Net assets (44)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 $746k to $1.6M (+119%).

$843k
$746k
$1.6M
$1.5M
$1.5M
$1.0M
$761k
$886k
$643k
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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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

0% of GREATER CINCINNATI AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (1% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,023 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$19k
’17
$22k
’18
$835k
’19
−$126k
’20
−$73k
’21
−$425k
’22
−$349k
’23
−$255k
’24
−$222k
’25
1.3
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.

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Listed181818181416161818
Joined·+6+0+4+7+6+1+10+3
No longer listed·604114183
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $10k.

Funder
'21
'22
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of GREATER CINCINNATI AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION 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

100% of GREATER CINCINNATI AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION INC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

OH

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

’21
’22
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

GREATER CINCINNATI AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION INC's revenue fell 44% between 2017 and 2025.

Operating margin−27% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.3mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−7% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,185 membership benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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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 9%Fundraising 6%

Governance

17
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Auto Supply Store LLC · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds GREATER CINCINNATI AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION INC?
GREATER CINCINNATI AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION INC (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being General Electric Credit Union ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GREATER CINCINNATI AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $30,000 in grants to GREATER CINCINNATI AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GREATER CINCINNATI AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION INC?
General Electric Credit Union is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GREATER CINCINNATI AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION 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 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