Ohio Restaurant Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
314271670
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Columbus, OH, USA
Phone
6144423535
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,055,411
Expenses
$2,853,637
Assets
$3,355,925
Liabilities
$1,278,726

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

Leadership & pay

31 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN BARKER (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOHN BARKER (PRESIDENT & CEO): $360,042 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

A. We serve our members by advancing and protecting Ohio's restaurant, food service and hospitality industry. B. Foster and promote goodwill among the members of this association. C. Promote a high standard of integrity for all who conduct business within the food service industry. D. Lead through cooperative action and advance by all lawful means the common purposes of association members. E. Promote activities enabling all Ohio's businesses we serve to operate ethically, efficiently and for the greatest economic benefit.

What it reported doing in 2024

Member advocacy: the orha constantly advocates for common sense, pro-economic growth policies at all levels of government to ensure that the business climate in Ohio continues to allow our members to thrive, employing hundreds of thousands of ohioans as Ohio's 2nd largest private sector employer and contributing to the vibrancy of communities large and small throughout Ohio. In 2024 our advocacy efforts continued to include post covid recovery efforts. We also continue to advocate for workforce development policies that expand opportunity in Ohio, including for struggling or disadvantaged populations, and we continuously stress our industry's focus on food safety and workforce safety to our members and to elected officials and regulatory bodies. Additionally, we are a strong voice for the hospitality industry's contributions to Ohio's economic development. Thriving hospitality businesses are increasingly centrally important to vibrant communities. We emphasize this regularly to other Ohio leaders. This fact has never been more true than it is today; as Ohio attracts more and more employers to our state, it is imperative that every community has vibrant, thriving restaurant, foodservice and hospitality businesses that will attract the employees needed for what comes next here in Ohio.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 84% 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: 100
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 60

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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.6%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.18; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.6%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 32 of 32 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $360K · 31 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 2 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.