Ohio Hills Folk Festival

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
542068821
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Quaker City, OH, USA
Phone
7402602289
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Commemorative Events

Reported finances

Revenue
$102,077
Expenses
$98,074
Assets
$126,467
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jared Shepherd (President)

People named in this filing

  • Jared Shepherd (President)
  • Evan Hastings (VicePresident)
  • Stephanie Roe (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 Ohio Hills Folk Festival is a three day event held in Quaker City Ohio. The festival ran from July 10-12, 2025. The event includes 3 parades, a car show, a craft hall, a flea market,5k/10k run, daily kids activities, live music, concessions, free breakfast for seniors and veterans. There is also a museum and a country store to celebrate the history of Quaker City and the surrounding community. Fireworks show $25000 Live Entertainment $7800 Repair to Country Store Museum $5825

What it reported doing in 2025

The Ohio Hills Folk Festival Inc organized a 3 day festival in Quaker City Ohio. The Festival ran from July10 - 12, 2025. This year marked the 121st year of the festival. We are proud to be the oldest running festival in the state of Ohio. The festival included 3 parades, live free entertainment, a car show, a tractor show, a flea market, food concessions, 5k/10k run, kids activities and a fireworks display. The festival also maintains a Country Store Museum which highlights our local history. Attendance for the 3 day festival was approximately 5000 people. Money was raised through various raffles, fund raising activities and sales to pay for all events. Work continues to be done to enhance the Country Store Museum.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 76% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.7%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 98.5%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.9%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.29; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.7% of revenue deployed · 98.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $97K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.