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THE WORKS - OHIO CENTER FOR HISTORY ART & TECHNOLOGY
THE WORKS - OHIO CENTER FOR HISTORY ART & TECHNOLOGY (Ohio) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,867,634 to it, the largest being THE LEFEVRE FOUNDATION ($775,800). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.2M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $37M
What The Works - Ohio Center for History Art & Technology does
Mission
The works aims to inspire creativity and wonder by creating extraordinary experiences for learners of all ages. We envision a community that shares knowledge and builds opportunities by connecting education, industry, and the world around us.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
To provide an institute of industry, history, science, technology and art for all in the central and east ohio region. The works offers classes, workshops, lectures, programs and events at nominal cost, as well as virtual programming. The works has been accepted as a smithsonian affiliate, enabling it to bring high-quality exhibits and programs to the area. The works collaborates with area school districts, colleges and universities, and other organizations working to address the local economy and quality of life, and plays a major role in the redevelopment of the newark downtown area. The works has become a major provider of stem education in the region, both onsite and in outreach efforts.
$1,999,414 spent$222,394 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,999,414.
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 2021 to 2022, from $38M to $32M (−18%).
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 15% · 2021 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
14% of THE WORKS - OHIO CENTER FOR HISTORY ART & TECHNOLOGY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Susan Archer
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 9 funders, grant income fell $296k → $171k.
6 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 WORKS - OHIO CENTER FOR HISTORY ART & TECHNOLOGY’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 WORKS - OHIO CENTER FOR HISTORY ART & TECHNOLOGY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
82% 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 WORKS - OHIO CENTER FOR HISTORY ART & TECHNOLOGY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 34% · 2019 34% · 2020 44% · 2021 40% · 2022 43% · 2023 37% — 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
58% of THE WORKS - OHIO CENTER FOR HISTORY ART & TECHNOLOGY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
100% of THE WORKS - OHIO CENTER FOR HISTORY ART & TECHNOLOGY's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M 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 WORKS - OHIO CENTER FOR HISTORY ART & TECHNOLOGY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE WORKS - OHIO CENTER FOR HISTORY ART & TECHNOLOGY
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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
49%
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 THE WORKS - OHIO CENTER FOR HISTORY ART & TECHNOLOGY?
- THE WORKS - OHIO CENTER FOR HISTORY ART & TECHNOLOGY (Ohio) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,867,634 to it, the largest being THE LEFEVRE FOUNDATION ($775,800). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WORKS - OHIO CENTER FOR HISTORY ART & TECHNOLOGY have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $2,867,634 in grants to THE WORKS - OHIO CENTER FOR HISTORY ART & TECHNOLOGY, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WORKS - OHIO CENTER FOR HISTORY ART & TECHNOLOGY?
- THE LEFEVRE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $775,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WORKS - OHIO CENTER FOR HISTORY ART & TECHNOLOGY 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 24 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