Great Decisions of Wayne County
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 300085518
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Wooster, OH, USA
- Phone
- 3302632642
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Humanities Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $43,700
- Expenses
- $27,176
- Assets
- $24,437
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- J DOUGLAS DRUSHAL (PRESIDENT)
- BALA VENKATARAMAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- JAMES BONK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- J DOUGLAS DRUSHAL (PRESIDENT)
- BALA VENKATARAMAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- MATTHEW LONG (VP, 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
The purpose of the organization is to coordinate and present an annual speakers series on education, social, cultural and political issues. The organization obtains contributions from area businesses, local foundations and individuals and does not charge a fee for the program series.
What it reported doing in 2025
The purpose of the organization is to coordinate and present an annual speakers series on education, social, cultural and political issues. The organization obtains contributions from area businesses, local foundations and individuals and does not charge a fee for the program series. The lectures are traditionally attended by approximately 150-250 individuals.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 54
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 68
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 43.6%; rating input score 44
- Program expense ratio: 70%; rating input score 70
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 37.8%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.9; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -7.2% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -7.2% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 43.6% of revenue deployed · 70% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $19K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 44/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.