Ohio Education Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
314269414
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Columbus, OH, USA
Phone
614-228-4526
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$73,811,500
Expenses
$61,971,517
Assets
$236,052,086
Liabilities
$16,348,786

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

64 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SCOTT DIMAURO (PRESIDENT (TERM 07/14/25))
  • JEFF WENSING (PRESIDENT (START 07/15/25))
  • DAN GREENBURG (VICE PRESIDENT (START 07/15/25))
  • PATRICIA COLLINS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (TERM 12/31/24))
  • AIRICA CLAY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (START 07/01/25))

Highest reported compensation

  • GARY KOVACH (LABOR RELATION CONSULTANT): $311,826 total reported compensation
  • KRISTY SPIRES (AED BUSINESS SERVICES): $301,676 total reported compensation
  • SCOTT DIMAURO (PRESIDENT (TERM 07/14/25)): $293,242 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Leading the Way for Children and Public Education

What it reported doing in 2024

Member services -contains of four main areas: communications provides internal and external communications services, including membership promotion services and program mailings.education policy research & member advocacy provides professional development activities for staff and members and assists the association in understanding and responding to critical educational reform issues.governmental services provides legislative lobbying and political action services, administers the oea fund for children and public education (dba the oea fund), and the oea political contributing entity.program delivery administers the uniserv delivery program to provide professional development training, bargaining, contract administration, grievance processing, and other vital programmatic assistance to affiliates and members. Administers the unified legal service program, the liability protection program, the association liability program, and the attorney referral program. Coordinates and administers the association's organizing plan for membership expansion, membership maintenance, and research services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 88% 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: 84
  • Accountability: 96
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 96.3%; rating input score 96; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 94.2%; rating input score 94; 46th 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: 16%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.81; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.8%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 49 of 52 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $312K · 64 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.8M reported
  • Consistency: 14 of 15 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 70 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 62 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.