Ohio · Nonprofit
GREATER COLUMBUS ROWING ASSOCIATION INC
GREATER COLUMBUS ROWING ASSOCIATION INC (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,827 to it, the largest being COLUMBUS FOUNDATION ($7,400). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $227k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $12k
- Net assets
- $487k
What Greater Columbus Rowing Association Inc does
Mission
Promote the sport of rowing in the central ohio area and amateur competition regionally and nationally.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Promoting the sport of rowing gcra's primary purpose is to promote the sport of rowing in central ohio by providing adult rowing opportunities at all levels, from beginner to competitive levels. In addition to offering rowing equipment and storage for members to row, our programs include hosting multiple learn to row sessions throughout the year and our para-adaptive rowing program (parp), both of which provide rowing instruction to adults in the community. We also organize and provide transport for members to compete in regattas, both locally and nationally. Our member fees along with member donations and minimal program revenue support the operating expenses of the association and members volunteer their time to manage day-to-day activities as well as special programs and events. In 2025, the association contracted with a coach to provide technical guidance and support for all member skill levels, from novices to those competing at the national level. Small and large group sessions were made available to all members at no additional cost. The coach also supported our outreach efforts by leading our community indoor rowing program and community learn to row workshops, introducing…
$240,920 spent$210,241 earned by the program95% of program spendingExpanding participation the 2025 learn to row program provided introductory rowing instruction to more than 50 community members, allowing them to gain enough competence in the sport to become members of the association to continue the life-long sport of rowing. This program also offers stipends to college students who participate as coaches and coxswains, an experience that also helps them to develop leadership and instructional skills. Graduates from the learn to row program were eligible to join the association at a 50% discounted fee. Members of the association volunteer their time to plan, implement, coordinate, and assist the learn to row program.
$8,436 spent$11,900 earned by the program3% of program spendingAdaptive rowing the association's para-adaptive rowing program (parp) is a community program that introduces the sport of rowing and provides ongoing training opportunities to adults with physical disabilities. This volunteer-led program includes twice weekly on-water sessions from may through october, with indoor training during the winter months. In 2025, parp served eight athletes. Parp athletes also competed in regattas.
$4,645 spent$1,491 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $254,001.
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.
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 $391k to $490k (+25%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $26 → $9k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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 GREATER COLUMBUS ROWING 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.
How concentrated its funding is
GREATER COLUMBUS ROWING ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% 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
64% 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 GREATER COLUMBUS ROWING ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 92% · 2023 81% — 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.
Where its funders are
64% of GREATER COLUMBUS ROWING ASSOCIATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $4k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Ohio, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
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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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GREATER COLUMBUS ROWING ASSOCIATION INC?
- GREATER COLUMBUS ROWING ASSOCIATION INC (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,827 to it, the largest being COLUMBUS FOUNDATION ($7,400). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GREATER COLUMBUS ROWING ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $11,827 in grants to GREATER COLUMBUS ROWING ASSOCIATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREATER COLUMBUS ROWING ASSOCIATION INC?
- COLUMBUS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $7,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREATER COLUMBUS ROWING 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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