Columbus Ceo Collective
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 871052991
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2023
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- Columbus, OH, USA
- Phone
- 6143321592
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $197,345
- Expenses
- $96,263
- Assets
- $186,447
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ELIZABETH JOY (CEO)
People named in this filing
- ELIZABETH JOY (CEO)
- ALEX SHUMATE (CHAIR)
- SEAN GRANT (DIRECTOR)
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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide a trusted portal community for CEOs and business leaders as a source of inspiration, learning, and collaboration, helping members gain relevant information, expand professional connections, improve decision-making, and discover new opportunities that support sustainable business growth.
What it reported doing in 2023
Columbus ceo collective has developed a collaboration of 29 business leaders focused on a shared vision of creating an inclusive economy by growing black-owned businesses, enhancing financial well-being for individuals and their families, assisting with closing the wealth gap, revitalizing our communities, and contributing to an overall healthier economy in central Ohio. The organization held a number of meetings in 2023 to further develop the mission, vision, and goals of the group, as well as defining what work the group would undertake in reference to the goals. There were multiple business transactions that took place within the group that were in line with our goal of black-owned businesses doing business with one another. Further, private equity investment transactions were also part of the engagement. Columbus ceo collective continued to participate in, lead, and financially support various meetings, forums, and roundtables. Our program of work has included information decimation, convening, networking, and aligning ourselves with other community organizations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 48.8%; rating input score 49
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 51.2%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.94; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 90.9%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 92.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 43.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 44.7% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 48.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $96K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.