STEEL ACADEMY FOUNDATION

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $2.3M · expenses $2.1M · assets $2.5M

EIN
46-4030899
Address
1570 CREIGHTON AVENUE, COLUMBUS, OH 43204-0000
Website
steelacademyedu.org
NTEE code
B28
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
September 2014 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
School
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Mission

Recognizes that each child is unique and inspires students for success through an arts-infused educational experience, focusing on the growthof the whole child.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 14 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

14 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Tiffany Jones Board President2019-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Penn Berens Vice President2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Reesa Mathews Board Member2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Heather Skiles Board Member2022-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Dan Lamb Treasurer2019-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Matthew Shaffer Board Member2020-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Mathew Shaffer (former) Vice President2022 1 $0 reported 1
Sandra Vandiver (former) Treasurer2020-2022 1 $0 reported 1
Robert Huffman (former) Member2022 1 $0 reported 1
Rose Butler (former) Board Secretary2019-2021 0 $0 reported 1
Michael Buccitelli (former) Member2020-2021 0 $0 reported 1
Reesa Matthews (former) President2019-2020 0 $0 reported 1
Jennifer Harrison Rogers (former) Board Member2019 1 $0 reported 1
Helena Larious (former) Board Member2019 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 6 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Tiffany Jones Board President1 $0$0$0 $01
Penn Berens Vice President1 $0$0$0 $01
Reesa Mathews Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Heather Skiles Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Matthew Shaffer Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Dan Lamb Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 5 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Tiffany Jones Board President1 $0$0$0 $01
Penn Berens Vice President1 $0$0$0 $01
Reesa Mathews Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Heather Skiles Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Dan Lamb Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 7 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Reesa Mathews Board President1 $0$0$0 $01
Tiffany Jones Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Mathew Shaffer Vice President1 $0$0$0 $01
Sandra Vandiver Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $01
Heather Skiles Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Robert Huffman Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Dan Lamb Treasurer1 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 7 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Reesa Mathews Board President0 $0$0$0 $01
Rose Butler Board Secretary0 $0$0$0 $01
Sandra Vandiver Board Treasurer0 $0$0$0 $01
Matthew Shaffer Vice President0 $0$0$0 $01
Tiffany Jones Member0 $0$0$0 $01
Michael Buccitelli Member0 $0$0$0 $01
Dan Lamb Treasurer0 $0$0$0 $01
2020 · 6 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Reesa Matthews President0 $0$0$0 $01
Sandra Vandiver Board Member0 $0$0$0 $01
Rose Butler Board Member0 $0$0$0 $01
Tiffany Jones Board Member0 $0$0$0 $01
Michael Buccitelli Board Member0 $0$0$0 $01
Matthew Shaffer Board Member0 $0$0$0 $01
2019 · 6 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Reesa Matthews President2 $0$0$0 $01
Jennifer Harrison Rogers Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Dan Lamb Treasurer4 $0$0$0 $01
Tiffany Jones Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Rose Butler Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01
Helena Larious Board Member1 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

2019 · 2 contractors · $1.2M
NameLocationServicePaid
Educational EmpowermentMarion, OHOperator of School$1,037,907
Blessed Trinity ChurchAkron, OHRent$149,758

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2025-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$2,250,590$2,084,314 $2,495,323-$1,677,819 $2,174,871$65,749 $000
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2024-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$2,405,222$2,932,500 $3,080,581-$1,844,095 $2,387,343$17,879 $000
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2023-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$2,508,493$2,672,988 $2,608,653-$1,316,817 $2,496,371$12,122 $000
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2022-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$2,608,134$2,468,627 $2,692,167-$1,152,322 $2,586,234$10,950 $000
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2021-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,979,217$1,965,300 $59,376$59,376 $1,977,517$0 $000
2019 · Form 990 period ending 2020-06-30 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,775,177$1,766,685 $45,458$45,458 $1,772,204$0 $00-

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $7,000 in all, tax years 2018 to 2018. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
AMERICAN THEATRE WING INC Public charity Exact 2018 1$7,000 2018$7,000
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990 · $2,084,314 spent · pay $262,773 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: management $1,425,702$0$1,425,702- 68.4%
Pension plan contributions $262,773$262,773$0- 12.6%
Depreciation and depletion $229,436$229,436$0- 11.0%
Other (as described)Materials and Supplies $92,862$92,862$0- 4.5%
Interest $38,207$38,207$0- 1.8%
Other (as described)Other $35,334$35,334$0- 1.7%
Total$2,084,314100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $2,932,500 spent · pay $381,367 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: management $1,996,801$0$1,996,801- 68.1%
Pension plan contributions $381,367$381,367$0- 13.0%
Other (as described)Materials and Supplies $254,765$254,765$0- 8.7%
Depreciation and depletion $229,230$229,230$0- 7.8%
Interest $44,081$44,081$0- 1.5%
Other (as described)Other $26,256$26,256$0- 0.9%
Total$2,932,500100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $2,672,988 spent · pay $108,909 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: management $2,047,530$0$2,047,530- 76.6%
Depreciation and depletion $224,697$224,697$0- 8.4%
Other (as described)Materials and Supplies $202,531$202,531$0- 7.6%
Pension plan contributions $108,909$108,909$0- 4.1%
Interest $68,945$68,945$0- 2.6%
Other (as described)Other $20,376$20,376$0- 0.8%
Total$2,672,988100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $2,468,627 spent · pay $76,177 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: management $1,925,102$0$1,925,102- 78.0%
Other (as described)Materials and Supplies $292,188$292,188$0- 11.8%
Depreciation and depletion $141,846$141,846$0- 5.7%
Pension plan contributions $76,177$76,177$0- 3.1%
Interest $27,188$27,188$0- 1.1%
Other (as described)Other $6,126$6,126$0- 0.2%
Total$2,468,627100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $1,965,300 spent · pay $103,310 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: management $1,360,953$1,360,953-- 69.2%
Occupancy $150,048$150,048-- 7.6%
Other (as described)Transportation $138,821$138,821-- 7.1%
Pension plan contributions $103,310$103,310-- 5.3%
Other (as described)Supplies and Materials $87,436$87,436-- 4.4%
Fees: other services $82,125$82,125-- 4.2%
Fees: legal $23,940$23,940-- 1.2%
Insurance $10,307$10,307-- 0.5%
Other (as described)Other Expenses $8,360$8,360-- 0.4%
Total$1,965,300100%

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2019 · Form 990 · $1,766,685 spent · pay $116,940 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: management $1,037,907$1,037,907-- 58.7%
Occupancy $221,883$221,883-- 12.6%
Fees: other services $171,570$171,570-- 9.7%
Pension plan contributions $116,940$116,940-- 6.6%
Other (as described)Transportation $108,051$108,051-- 6.1%
Other (as described)Supplies $49,866$49,866-- 2.8%
Fees: accounting $35,752$35,752-- 2.0%
Fees: legal $11,730$11,730-- 0.7%
Insurance $6,402$6,402-- 0.4%
Other (as described)Small Equipment $5,311$5,311-- 0.3%
All other expenses $1,273$1,273-- 0.1%
Total$1,766,685100%

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