Ohio · Nonprofit
GROUNDWORK OHIO RIVER VALLEY INC
GROUNDWORK OHIO RIVER VALLEY INC (Ohio) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,636,576 to it, the largest being GROUNDWORK USA INC ($879,088). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $3.6M
- Net assets
- $198k
What Groundwork Ohio River Valley Inc does
Mission
To support the long-term revitalization and care of neighborhoods through local partnerships that equip residents, businesses and organizations to improve economic opportunity and community well-being.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Green corps: groundwork's green corps program trains young adults from the city in technical trades and land management. Participants gain hands-on experience and professional certifications in areas like water system monitoring, facility efficiency and site maintenance. The program connects participants with local job opportunities in agriculture, landscaping and infrastructure maintenance - equipping them with practical skills that benefit both their careers and the community.
$547,420 spent30% of program spendingGreen team: the green team trains high school students for employment in fields such as landscaping, park maintenance and city services. By working directly to improve and care for trails, parks, and public spaces, participants develop practical job skills and gain experience that prepares them for future careers in public works and related industries.
$639,894 spent35% of program spendingCsn: in collaboration with city officials and local organizations, we form neighborhood advisory groups (cags) to help address recurring issues such as heat and flooding, build local capacity, and support practical solutions related to public safety, emergency preparedness, and infrastructure maintenance.
$636,137 spentof which $148,577 as grants$250,805 earned by the program35% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,823,451.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $377k to $614k (+63%).
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: 2020 24% · 2021 6% · 2022 14% · 2023 17% · 2024 28% · 2025 38%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of GROUNDWORK OHIO RIVER VALLEY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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
Sarah Kent
Executive director
Board chair
Indi Ekanayake
Board president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 18 funders, grant income rose $33k → $1.0M.
6 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 GROUNDWORK OHIO RIVER VALLEY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 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
GROUNDWORK OHIO RIVER VALLEY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
78% 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 GROUNDWORK OHIO RIVER VALLEY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 37% · 2021 39% · 2022 61% · 2023 30% — 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
40% of GROUNDWORK OHIO RIVER VALLEY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
GROUNDWORK OHIO RIVER VALLEY INC draws 90% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $356k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
GROUNDWORK OHIO RIVER VALLEY INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,127 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding GROUNDWORK OHIO RIVER VALLEY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.6M on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$1.2M
- Department of Commerce$480k
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 GROUNDWORK OHIO RIVER VALLEY 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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GROUNDWORK OHIO RIVER VALLEY INC?
- GROUNDWORK OHIO RIVER VALLEY INC (Ohio) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,636,576 to it, the largest being GROUNDWORK USA INC ($879,088). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GROUNDWORK OHIO RIVER VALLEY INC have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $3,636,576 in grants to GROUNDWORK OHIO RIVER VALLEY INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GROUNDWORK OHIO RIVER VALLEY INC?
- GROUNDWORK USA INC is the largest funder on record, with $879,088 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GROUNDWORK OHIO RIVER VALLEY 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 34 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