Ohio Pirg Citizen Lobby
Overview
Mission
Purpose for which the corporation is formed: To identify, research and analyze problems affecting the public interest and social welfare, and to engage in advocacy, education and litigation in furtherance of the public interest.
What it reported doing in 2024
Public education and outreach: recruiting volunteers, distributing educational literature, conducting surveys and discussing issues with the public to stop the pollution of single-use plastics, promote consumer protection by strengthening regulations around product safety and working to give citizens the right to repair their own devices.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 134262363
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Headquarters
- Columbus, OH, USA
- Phone
- 6144085702
- Rating
- 56
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 38
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 79
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 34%; rating input score 34
- Program expense ratio: 45.5%; rating input score 46
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 43.6%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 22.22; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -67.8% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -12% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 34% of revenue deployed · 45.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $9K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 30 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: FY2024.