Oviatt House Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
862752016
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Richfield, OH, USA
Phone
2344009670
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$61,611
Expenses
$28,177
Assets
$101,055
Liabilities
$837

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Patricia Steiner President (President)
  • Mark Parker (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Patricia Steiner President (President)
  • Mark Parker (Vice President)
  • Robert Hooper (Treasurer)

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

Our mission Oviatt House Incorporated OHI is committed to restoring and preserving the historic Oviatt house located in Richfield Heritage Preserve to honor its significant ties to the Underground Railroad preserve the pioneer spirit of the Western Reserve and inspire the community and future generations to celebrate the freedom it represents Our vision Oviatt House provides a welcoming museum experience that immerses visitors in the history of the Oviatt house its occupants and their role in the Underground Railroad Through partnerships and community involvement we invite guests to connect with the past reflect on freedoms struggle and inspire introspection and movement toward a more equitable society

What it reported doing in 2025

We are restoring and preserving a dilapidated historically significant farmhouse that has unique construction and architecture of the early 1800s into a museum dedicated to the history of Underground Railroad UGRR and the pioneer family that lived there who aided freedom seekers on their travels north Our organization achieved National Park Service Network to Freedom status and received the Award of Distinction for preservation and restoration from the Cleveland Restoration Society and AIA We have been recognized by the state legislative authority for these efforts and have received numerous grants and donations for our restoration efforts Over 6000 volunteer hours have been donated by scores of local residents Our impact has been written about in several editions of local and city newspapers and our story had the largest readership of the year of the online Akron Beacon Journal See Schedule O for details

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 55
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 39.9%; rating input score 40
  • Program expense ratio: 79.5%; rating input score 79

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: 54.3%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.59; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 39.9% of revenue deployed · 79.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $22K 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: 1 filing year from 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.