Ohio · Nonprofit
OHIO CITIZEN ACTION
OHIO CITIZEN ACTION (Ohio) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,086,500 to it, the largest being Ohio Progressive Collaborative ($1,710,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $3.1M
- Net assets
- $845k
What Ohio Citizen Action does
Mission
Ohio Citizen Action organized and mobilizes people to advocate for public interests. In person, by phone, and online, we engage people in actions that protect public health, improve environmental quality, and benefit consumers. Our campaigns connect ohioans and build a movement to protect democracy and create a sustainable future.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Energy: Public education organizing and grassroots lobbying on issues that include: clean energy sustainable energy costs preserving democracy and public health.
$294,354 spent$136,992 earned by the program28% of program spendingFair Wages: Helped to gather petition signatures for a fair wages ballot measure.
$30,888 spent$7,524 earned by the program3% of program spendingDemocracy:Ohio Citizen Action actively worked to oppose an anti-democracy constitutional ballot measure in the August 2023 election. OCA endorsed passage of and actively worked to pass a reproductive rights constitutional amendment in the November 2023 general election. Our work consisted of field and phone canvassing direct voter contact including education and persuasion handing out and leaving behind endorsement literature for both constitutional amendments and sponsoring paid ads on social media. OCA additionally communicated those endorsements to our members and supporters through email member mail and campaign literature.
$733,166 spent$512,773 earned by the program69% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,058,408.
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 2023 to 2024, from $385k to $968k (+151%).
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. 3 of the last 8 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
Rachael Belz
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $30k → $165k.
From the IRS filings of OHIO CITIZEN ACTION’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 CITIZEN ACTION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 89%; 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 CITIZEN ACTION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 92% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 68% · 2023 52% — 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
25% of OHIO CITIZEN ACTION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 25% 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
63% of OHIO CITIZEN ACTION's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like OHIO CITIZEN ACTION
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OHIO CITIZEN ACTION: 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 OHIO CITIZEN ACTION?
- OHIO CITIZEN ACTION (Ohio) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,086,500 to it, the largest being Ohio Progressive Collaborative ($1,710,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OHIO CITIZEN ACTION have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $3,086,500 in grants to OHIO CITIZEN ACTION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OHIO CITIZEN ACTION?
- Ohio Progressive Collaborative is the largest funder on record, with $1,710,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OHIO CITIZEN ACTION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 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