Central Ohio Rowing
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 311409809
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Dublin, OH, USA
- Phone
- 6145377619
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Amateur Sports
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $120,066
- Expenses
- $132,275
- Assets
- $74,493
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LIZA KNUTSON (President)
- RYAN THORNTON (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- LIZA KNUTSON (President)
- RYAN THORNTON (Vice President)
- LORI BURKE (Secretary)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Fostering national amateur rowing
What it reported doing in 2025
Amateur competition regattas for approximately 50 high school athletes. The athletes competed in 10 amateur competitions. They achieved a sense of accomplishment and pride by putting forth effort and teamwork to meet the rigorous demands of competitive rowing. Medals were won by many of the athletes.
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
- 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.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 99%; rating input score 99
- Program expense ratio: 89.9%; rating input score 90
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -10.2%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -9% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 99% of revenue deployed · 89.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $119K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2025
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.