Ohioans Against Extremism

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
992439787
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Columbus, OH, USA
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$39,419
Expenses
$50,554
Assets
$2,691
Liabilities
$17,199

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ainslee Johnson-Brown (Board President)
  • Maria Bruno (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Ainslee Johnson-Brown (Board President)
  • Catherine Turcer (Board Treasurer)
  • Andrew Costigan (Board 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

To protect Ohio communities from extremism by providing safety resources building coalitions and educating the public about extremist activity in politics and public policy.

What it reported doing in 2025

Network Building and Leadership Development: OAE continued building and strengthening a statewide network of organizations united around the shared goal of reducing extremism in Ohio politics and public policy. In 2025 this work included coordinating coalition partners facilitating information sharing across organizations and providing advocacy skill-building support to emerging leaders. These efforts increased the capacity of partner organizations to respond effectively to extremist activity and advance policy priorities that reflect the values of Ohio communities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 13
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -28.2%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 6.39; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.9%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -46.8% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -82.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -107% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $53K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 7 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.