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OHIO AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION COUNCIL

OHIO AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION COUNCIL (Ohio) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $380,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN DAIRY ASSOCIATION MIDEAST ($350,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$100k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$380k
Net assets
$232k
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 73%
01What it does

What Ohio Agriculture Conservation Council does

Mission

To bring together the diverse stakeholder groups to improve ohios water quality through measurement, education and certification of ohios farmers in the successful implementation of on-farm conservation and nutrient management practices.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Create a universally recognized farmer certification program, with a pilot program beginning in early 2020, that will help increase adoption of best management practices and recognize farmers who demonstrate a commitment to continuous improvement. Create a confidential farm practices assessment that will benchmark best management practices adoption and track progress toward our goals.

    $237,059 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $237,059.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($245k) Expenses 100 ($139k) Net assets 100 ($106k)2021 Revenue 72 ($178k) Expenses 127 ($177k) Net assets 100 ($106k)2022 Revenue 83 ($203k) Expenses 49 ($69k) Net assets 228 ($240k)2023 Revenue 31 ($75k) Expenses 94 ($132k) Net assets 174 ($184k)2024 Revenue 107 ($263k) Expenses 52 ($72k) Net assets 354 ($374k)2025 Revenue 41 ($100k) Expenses 173 ($242k) Net assets 220 ($232k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (41)Expenses (173)Net assets (220)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 2023 to 2024, from $193k to $374k (+94%).

$106k
$106k
$248k
$193k
$374k
$232k
202020212022202320242025
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of OHIO AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,629 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$106k
’20
$298
’21
$134k
’22
−$57k
’23
$190k
’24
−$142k
’25
12
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.

Board chair

Jeff Duling

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20202021202220242025
Listed1212121212
Joined·+0+0·+1
No longer listed·00·1
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $50k → $55k.

Funder
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
2
2
2
2
2

From the IRS filings of OHIO AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION COUNCIL’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

OHIO AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% 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 OHIO AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION COUNCIL.

92%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 83% · 2022 91% · 2023 91% — 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 OHIO AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION COUNCIL's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

OH

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

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
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

OHIO AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION COUNCIL is better cushioned than half of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−142% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve11.5mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−16% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like OHIO AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION COUNCIL

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds OHIO AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION COUNCIL?
OHIO AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION COUNCIL (Ohio) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $380,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN DAIRY ASSOCIATION MIDEAST ($350,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does OHIO AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION COUNCIL have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $380,000 in grants to OHIO AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION COUNCIL, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of OHIO AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION COUNCIL?
AMERICAN DAIRY ASSOCIATION MIDEAST is the largest funder on record, with $350,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like OHIO AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION COUNCIL 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 2 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