Ohio · Nonprofit
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT ORGANIZATION INC
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT ORGANIZATION INC (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,368,071 to it, the largest being COLUMBUS FOUNDATION ($1,310,664). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $657k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $306k
What University District Organization Inc does
Mission
To improve the quality of life in the university district for area residents through community organizing & planning to address the environment, public safety, and delivery of community services.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Special improvement district operations and management. Neighborhood environment maintenance and safety program
$485,112 spent$485,112 earned by the program66% of program spendingArts and character programming involves promoting emerging local artists through performance and visual art as well as enhancing and preserving the neighborhoods through beautification projects such as building a pocket park
$38,012 spentof which $20,360 as grants5% of program spendingOutreach and community services for the unhoused community of the University District. A licensed social worker provides light case work, while creating linkages to treatment and immediate recovery supports to our most vulnerable clients. The social worker is provided through Southeast Healthcare as a partner in this initiative to support and improve the quality of life of those living on the streets.
$181,589 spentof which $95,729 as grants25% of program spendingMiscelaneous expenses - super savers club and gifts of kindness programming to provide financial literacy education and support participants go through a program called super savers for finanical wellness, which we manage but the money is funded through a grant from columbus foundation, which we distribute to participants who complete the programming.
$12,100 spentof which $11,500 as grants$12,000 earned by the program2% of program spendingMiscellaneous program expenses
$2,624 spent0% of program spendingAdditional Administrative costs
$14,288 spent2% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $733,725.
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.
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 $308k to $529k (+72%).
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 18% · 2021 24% · 2022 5% · 2023 5% · 2024 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
25% of UNIVERSITY DISTRICT ORGANIZATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
Nora Gerber
Executive Director
Board chair
Susan Jennings
Acting Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $15k → $741k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% 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 UNIVERSITY DISTRICT ORGANIZATION INC’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
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT ORGANIZATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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 UNIVERSITY DISTRICT ORGANIZATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 90% · 2022 100% · 2023 98% — 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
96% of UNIVERSITY DISTRICT ORGANIZATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $57k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT ORGANIZATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like UNIVERSITY DISTRICT ORGANIZATION INC
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
100% 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 UNIVERSITY DISTRICT ORGANIZATION INC: 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 UNIVERSITY DISTRICT ORGANIZATION INC?
- UNIVERSITY DISTRICT ORGANIZATION INC (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,368,071 to it, the largest being COLUMBUS FOUNDATION ($1,310,664). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNIVERSITY DISTRICT ORGANIZATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $1,368,071 in grants to UNIVERSITY DISTRICT ORGANIZATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNIVERSITY DISTRICT ORGANIZATION INC?
- COLUMBUS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,310,664 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNIVERSITY DISTRICT ORGANIZATION INC 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 2020–2024), 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