Wadsworth FISH
Legal name: Wadsworth Fish Organization
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 341046111
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Wadsworth, OH, US
- Phone
- (330) 336-4300
- Rating
- 95
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Emergency Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $78,657
- Expenses
- $130,429
- Assets
- $353,739
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LEN MAHER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MELANIE RAINES (EXECUTIVE)
- MANDY ROBINSON (TREASURER)
- LEN MAHER (PRESIDENT)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Wadsworth FISH is an all-volunteer, faith-based, 501 c(3) organization governed by a Board of Directors made up of local church and community members. FISH is dedicated to providing emergency financial assistance and compassionate care to neighbors who reside in Wadsworth and Wadsworth Township without discrimination or judgement.
What it reported doing in 2024
Wadsworth fish organization served a multitude of families in wadsworth and wadsworth township (Ohio)by providing emergency assistance for rent, utilities, food, and other assistance as was needed.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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 and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 88.5%; rating input score 88
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -65.8%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.71; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $115K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.