Northwest Ohio Community Shares Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Toledo, OH EIN: 31-1569521

Northwest Ohio Community Shares Inc is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Toledo, OH. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025.

Northwest Ohio Community Shares Inc at a glance

Revenue (2025)
$5,433
Expenses (2025)
$20,648
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-EZ, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-EZ, 2025; updated September 2026. Covers 16 months (fiscal year-end changed).

Who Northwest Ohio Community Shares Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

24 grants across all recorded years

24<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 24 grants of 24 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

ToledoWhitehouseBowling Green

How Northwest Ohio Community Shares Inc gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2021 to 2024 (−5%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$25K$50K$75K$100K7 grants2020 7 grants2021 6 grants2022 4 grants2023 7 grants2024 0 grants2025* Covers 16 months (fiscal year-end changed)

From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $48K (2023) to $88K (2020). In 2024 it made 7 grants totaling $70K.

*2025: Covers 16 months (fiscal year-end changed).

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Make a Wish Foundation Toledo, OH—$23,819
MLK Kitchen for the Poor Toledo, OH—$12,549
Nature's Nursery Center Whitehouse, OH—$10,220
Maumee Valley Save a Pet Toledo, OH—$6,165
Toledo Animal Rescue Toledo, OH—$6,114
Wood County Humane Society Bowling Green, OH—$5,987
Bethany House Toledo, OH—$5,592
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrants
2025*—$5,433$20,648——
2024$141,260$149,313$138,630$70,4467
2023$125,849$146,134$153,071$48,2654
2022$139,468$150,497$139,480$67,1456
2021$148,049$155,568$154,742$74,0897
2020$172,682$171,012$179,534$87,6927

*2025: Covers 16 months (fiscal year-end changed).

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Northwest Ohio Community Shares Inc is led by Emily Keegan, President since 2025 (on filings since 2021); none of the 7 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Emily Keegan

    President

    Vice President → Acting President, 2023

    Acting President → President, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer Jarrett

    Treasurer

    Treasurer → President, 2021

    President → Treasurer, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Evy Jarrett

    Secretary

    Board Member → Secretary, 2022

    On filings since 2021

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ron Randall

    Member

    Board Member → Member, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Heath Diehl

    Vice President

    Board Member → Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rob Burkholder

    Member

    Board Member → Member, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Shelly Rarick

    Member

    Board Member → Member, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (14)
  • Former: Pam Pullella (2022–2024) — Executive Director
  • Former: Heather Diehl (2024) — Vice President
  • Former: Kelly Stierwalt (2020–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Brian Screptock (2021–2023) — President
  • Former: Connie Mueller (2021–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Sean Nestor (2022–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Cherie Chatreau-Grifo (2020–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Steve Wagener (2020–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Glenn Crawford Director (2021) — Director · Filing note: Through oct
  • Former: Pam Pullella Interim Director (2021) — Interim Director · Filing note: Began 1
  • Former: Glenn Crawford (2020) — Director
  • Former: Harvey Savage (2020) — President
  • Former: Mike Bell (2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Pat Tansey (2020) — Board Member

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 Northwest Ohio Community Shares Inc

What is Northwest Ohio Community Shares Inc?

Northwest Ohio Community Shares Inc is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Toledo, OH.

Where does Northwest Ohio Community Shares Inc operate?

Northwest Ohio Community Shares Inc has awarded grants in Ohio.

What is Northwest Ohio Community Shares Inc's EIN?

Northwest Ohio Community Shares Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 31-1569521. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

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

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 11, 2025)
  6. Updated Form 990-EZ for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS November 17, 2025)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025

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