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THE OPEN AND AFFIRMING COALITION OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
THE OPEN AND AFFIRMING COALITION OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST (Ohio) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $426,267 to it, the largest being E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation ($267,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $287k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $426k
- Net assets
- $83k
What The Open and Affirming Coalition of the United Church of Christ does
Mission
The Open and Affirming (ONA) Coalition advocates for the dignity, safety, and full belonging of LGBTQ+ people in the church and in the wider world. We equip congregations in the United Church of Christ to welcome and affirm LGBTQ+ people, and to live out that commitment through education, advocacy, and public witness.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Coalition supported congregations, clergy, and ministries in the United Church of Christ as they worked to welcome and affirm LGBTQ+ people in their communities. In 2024, more than 50 churches were certified or in process toward becoming Open and Affirming. The Coalition offered trainings, webinars, coaching, and expanded its online resources to equip churches for hospitality, education, and public witness.
$115,486 spent$120,755 earned by the program59% of program spendingThe Coalition hosted its 2024 National Gathering in Cincinnati, Ohio, bringing together 125 attendees from across the United States for worship, workshops, preaching, and community building. The gathering provided theological, pastoral, and justice-focused resources to strengthen local ONA ministries and deepen connection across the movement.
$80,913 spent$31,185 earned by the program41% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $196,399.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2020 to 2021, from $143k to $205k (+44%).
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: 2019 0% · 2021 23% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of THE OPEN AND AFFIRMING COALITION OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $58k → $87k.
4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 THE OPEN AND AFFIRMING COALITION OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST’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
THE OPEN AND AFFIRMING COALITION OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
37% 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 THE OPEN AND AFFIRMING COALITION OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 68% · 2021 69% · 2022 54% · 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
75% of THE OPEN AND AFFIRMING COALITION OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
THE OPEN AND AFFIRMING COALITION OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $140k 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
THE OPEN AND AFFIRMING COALITION OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST has grown faster than half of the 1,798 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,798 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE OPEN AND AFFIRMING COALITION OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
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
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE OPEN AND AFFIRMING COALITION OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST?
- THE OPEN AND AFFIRMING COALITION OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST (Ohio) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $426,267 to it, the largest being E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation ($267,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE OPEN AND AFFIRMING COALITION OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $426,267 in grants to THE OPEN AND AFFIRMING COALITION OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE OPEN AND AFFIRMING COALITION OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST?
- E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $267,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE OPEN AND AFFIRMING COALITION OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 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 2018–2024), 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