Greater Columbus Arts Council

What it reported doing in 2025

Film columbusfilm columbus aims to grow the film industry in columbus and central Ohio by creating jobs and providing significant economic impact for the area. Film columbus strives to build columbus as a top city for film education, exhibition, and production. Beginning in 2020, film columbus became a divison of gcac.art in public placesin 2025 gcac launched the greater columbus public art strategy, the first ever comprehensive public art plan for columbus and franklin county. It laid the groundwork for an art in public places program at gcac to provide resources to artists, businesses, neighborhoods and others who want to: create public art, conduct public engagement for community input on public art projects, develop new public art plans focused on both artists and neighborhood equity, directly commission public art and provide guidance and assistance for projects on public property that need to navigate city and county services and permits.community arts programs: junior achievementthe program is the world's larget organization dedicated to educating students about workforce readiness, entrepreneureship, and financial literacy through experiences, hands on programs. Junior achievement programs help prepare young people for the real world by showing them how to generate wealth and effectively manage it, how to create jobs which make their communities more robust, and how to apply entrepreneurial thinking to the workforce. Studends put these lessons into action and learn the value of contributing to their communities.broad & highgcac's partnership with wosu helps produce a televised program to promote greater appreciation of the arts and cultural opportunities available in central Ohio. The program has gone on to win numerous regional emmy awards, recognizing their efforts to promote and celebrate local arts.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 99.8%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 88.7%; rating input score 89
• Fundraising efficiency: $815.75 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
  • Requires narrative reports: Fail
  • Conducts field audits: Fail
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Fail
  • Conducts site visits: Fail
  • Requires grant agreements: Fail
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 99.3%; rating input score 99; 44th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -12.3%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.6; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.43; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings