Ohio Association of Election Officials
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 311079263
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Newark, OH, USA
- Phone
- 7406705092
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $374,426
- Expenses
- $365,566
- Assets
- $302,354
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
26 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TERRY BURTON (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
- PAUL ADAMS (PRESIDENT)
- LAVERA SCOTT (SECOND VICE PRESIDENT)
- SHERRY POLAND (PAST PRESIDENT)
- AARON OCKERMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- AARON OCKERMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $78,600 total reported compensation
- BRIAN MEAD (TREASURER): $4,000 total reported compensation
- BRIAN SLEETH (TRUSTEE): $4,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Educate and train election officials and others involved in the administration and conduct of elections within the state of Ohio.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 61
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 96.2%; rating input score 96; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 11
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.4%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.83; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 27.8%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 25 of 26 board members independent · 1 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $79K · 26 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.