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NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT
NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $105,453 to it, the largest being TIFFIN SENECA UNITED WAY INC ($68,670). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $105k
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What North Central Area Transit North Central Area Transit does
Mission
To provide a safe, reliable, efficient, cost effective, asscssible public transportation system for the citizens of seneca county and the fostoria metropolitan area.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
To provide a safe, reliable, efficient, cost effective, accessible public transportateion system for citizens of seneca county and metropolitan area.
$2,166,917 spent95% of program spendingTo provide a safe, reliable, efficient, cost effective, accessible public transportation system for citizens of seneca county and metropolitan fostoria area.
$103,342 spent5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,270,259.
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 2023 to 2024, from $3.2M to $4.3M (+35%).
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 70% · 2018 74% · 2019 69% · 2020 86% · 2022 83% · 2023 81% · 2024 85%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $14k → $20k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT’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
NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% 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
100% 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 NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 53% · 2019 57% · 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 51% — 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
100% of NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT: 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 NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT?
- NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $105,453 to it, the largest being TIFFIN SENECA UNITED WAY INC ($68,670). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $105,453 in grants to NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT?
- TIFFIN SENECA UNITED WAY INC is the largest funder on record, with $68,670 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT NORTH CENTRAL AREA TRANSIT 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 4 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