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Community Happens Here Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Cincinnati, OH EIN: 81-4367257 Website

Community Happens Here exists to create space and offer hospitality to help people connect and to bring our neighborhood together.

Community Happens Here Inc at a glance

Total assets
$403,281
+0.4% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$230,740
+18.6% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$229,650
+10.4% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.

Who Community Happens Here Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

1 grant across all recorded years

1<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 1 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

Cincinnati

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2.5K$5K$7.5K$10K0 grants2020 0 grants2021 1 grant2022 0 grants2023 Total only2024 0 grants2025

From 2022 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $8K (2022) to $10K (2024). In 2024 it reported $10K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church Cincinnati, OHGrantmaking to another 501c3.$8,445
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrants
2025$403,281$230,740$229,650——
2024$401,763$194,544$208,096$9,855Total only
2023$414,379$258,598$111,626——
2022$267,190$195,861$171,554$8,4451
2021$243,400$228,091$158,887——
2020$174,974$232,643$148,398——

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Community Happens Here Inc

Based on IRS filings

Community Happens Here Inc is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Cincinnati, OH. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $403K in total assets.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Community Happens Here Inc is led by Ruth Anne Wolfe, President on every filing since 2020; none of the 11 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Ruth Anne Wolfe

    President

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Devoe Sherman

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steve Simon

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Laura Moese

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Azariah Hackworth

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carla Bossie

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Isa Italaya

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tracy Vroom

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Josie Dalton

    Vice President Impact Me

    Director → Vice President Impact Measurement, 2022

    Vice President Impact Measurement → Vice President Impact Me, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tami Kauffman

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Angie Okuda

    Secretary

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (5)
  • Former: Angel Hale (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Angela Okuda (2020–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Aiesha White (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Princess Davis (2022) — Director
  • Former: Patrick Fuller (2020–2021) — Secretary & Treasurer

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Community Happens Here Inc

How large is Community Happens Here Inc?

Community Happens Here Inc reported $403K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $231K.

What is Community Happens Here Inc?

Community Happens Here Inc is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Cincinnati, OH. It holds $403K in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Community Happens Here Inc operate?

Community Happens Here Inc has awarded grants in Ohio.

What is Community Happens Here Inc's EIN?

Community Happens Here Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 81-4367257. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(4)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS June 13, 2023)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 18, 2025)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 15, 2026)
  4. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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