Blue Ash Business Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 311244268
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2018
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2018
- Location
- Cincinnati, OH, USA
- Phone
- 5137943950
- Rating
- 55
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $31,894
- Expenses
- $21,179
- Assets
- $63,215
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Carol Venn (President)
- Steve Erosky (Vice President)
- Faith D Nieman (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Jim Mulvaney (Treasurer)
- Carol Venn (President)
- Steve Erosky (Vice President)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Blue Ash Business Organization is a business and civic organization whose mission is to promote, enhance and improve both the Blue Ash business environment and the community in general.
What it reported doing in 2018
To pursue the organizations purpose through monthly meetings and speakers.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 73% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 28
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 23.7%; rating input score 24
- Program expense ratio: 35.7%; rating input score 36
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 33.6%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.98; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 23.7% of revenue deployed · 35.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2010 to 2018
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 24/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 36/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.