Ohio Dairy Producers Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
310394139
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Columbus, OH, USA
Rating
40
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$111,478
Expenses
$135,614
Assets
$61,507
Liabilities
$1,560

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Scott Higgins (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Joe Miley (Chair)
  • Lou Brown (Vice Chair Producers)
  • Emily Van Winkle (Vice Chair Organizations)

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

To serve Ohio Dairy farmers through funding research aimed at improving dairy productions and to communicate information among producers.

What it reported doing in 2025

We strive to facilitate the exchange of ideas to improve business conditions for Ohio dairy farmers through meetings and conferences and participating in other agricultural associations

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 6
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 9.3%; rating input score 9
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -21.7%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -19.7% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 9.3% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 25 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.