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Trinity Credit Counseling Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Cincinnati, OH EIN: 31-1410758 Website

TRINITY CREDIT COUNSELING INC is a public charity based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1994, it operates as a nonprofit credit counseling agency serving individuals and families experiencing debt or financial distress. Its services include counseling, debt management, budgeting guidance, financial education, and community outreach.

Key facts about Trinity Credit Counseling Inc

In short: Trinity Credit Counseling Inc gave $129K across 14 grants in 2025 (avg $9K), mostly in Ohio. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
31-1410758
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$128,588
Grants made (2025)
14
Average grant
$9,185
Median grant
$7,250
Total assets
$11,604,072
Primary geography
Ohio (66% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

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

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$11.6M

+16.8% YoY

Annual Giving

$129K

+74.6% YoY

Grant Count

14

+133.3% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$9K

-25.2% YoY

How Trinity Credit Counseling Inc gives

  • 36% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.

Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.

Mission & Focus Areas

The organization states that its mission is to address the underlying causes of debt and financial distress through counseling and education, helping individuals and families improve their financial situations. Its programs include credit and debt counseling, debt management, budget guidance, and financial education and outreach. The organization reported that its 2025 education programs reached 5,827 individuals.

The 2025 grants included support for organizations with varied missions. The University of Cincinnati Foundation describes its mission as inspiring a community of UC and UC Health supporters through philanthropy and igniting passion to transform lives. Operation Smile describes its work as providing surgery for people born with cleft lip, cleft palate, and other surgical conditions, as well as medical education and health-system strengthening in lower- and middle-income countries. These are the grantees’ stated missions, not Trinity’s.

Grantmaking

In filing year 2025, Trinity reported 14 grants totaling $128,588. Grant amounts ranged from $5,201 to $20,363, with a median of $7,250. Listed grants generally state a purpose of “general support of the organization.”

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Trinity is based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Its 2025 grant dollars went to recipients in multiple states: Ohio received 66%, South Carolina 11%, Illinois 8%, Tennessee 7%, and Florida 4%. The listed grants also include Operation Smile Inc. in Virginia, which received $5,282.

Grant Distribution by State

11states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 14 itemized grants.

Cities

CincinnatiMiddletownUhrichsvilleColumbusMemphisMiamiBrowningLebanonLiberty TownshipVirginia BeachWashingtonChicagoColorado SpringsColumbiaHamiltonKennesawLovelandSan AntonioSeneca

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K$200K16 grants2020 13 grants2021 Total only2022 3 grants2023 6 grants2024 14 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $15K (2022) to $171K (2021). In 2025 it made 14 grants totaling $129K.

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

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2025

Citizens for Community Values: $20KCitizens for Community Values$20KCurrahee Center: $15KCurrahee Center$15KBethel Worship Center: $15KBethel Worship Center$15KIfcj: $11KIfcj$11KDragon Fly: $10KDragon Fly$10KSt Judes: $9KSt Judes$9KBranches Church: $8KBranches Church$8KCottingham Hospice: $7KCottingham Hospice$7KOconee Hospital: $7KOconee Hospital$7KThe University of Cincinnati Foundation: $6KThe University of CincinnatiFoundation$6K

The largest 2025 recipient was Citizens for Community Values ($20K). Together the top 10 received $108K.

Grant Size Distribution

36 grants across all recorded years

36<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 36 grants of 36 (100%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Citizens for Community Values Columbus, OHGeneral Support of the Organization$20,363
Currahee Center Middletown, OHGeneral Support of the Organization$15,000
Bethel Worship Center Uhrichsville, OHGeneral Support of the Organization$15,000
Ifcj Chicago, ILGeneral Support of the Organization$10,500
Dragon Fly Cincinnati, OHGeneral Support of the Organization$10,363
St Judes Memphis, TNGeneral Support of the Organization$8,500
Branches Church Loveland, OHGeneral Support of the Organization$7,500
Cottingham Hospice Columbia, SCGeneral Support of the Organization$7,000
Oconee Hospital Seneca, SCGeneral Support of the Organization$7,000
The University of Cincinnati Foundation Cincinnati, OHGeneral Support of the Organization$6,300

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Filing year Assets Revenue Expenses Grants
2025 $11,604,072 $7,679,281 $6,914,972 $128,588 (14 grants)
2024 $9,934,936 $6,929,481 $6,380,386 $73,644 (6 grants)
2023 $8,808,422 $5,447,785 $5,420,862 $35,619 (3 grants)

The 2025 filing states that Trinity holds client payments in trust accounts until remitting them to creditors and reports trust account balances and corresponding liabilities of $1,141,472 at December 31, 2025, and $999,747 at December 31, 2024.

Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$2.5M$5M$7.5M$10M2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$11,604,072$9,934,936$8,808,422
Revenue$7,679,281$6,929,481$5,447,785
Expenses$6,914,972$6,380,386$5,420,862
Net Investment Income$288,861$395,857$174,832

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS June 24, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS October 5, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS September 12, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS September 6, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS October 30, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 28, 2026)

Leadership & Key People

Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings

The 2025 filing lists Gary A. Vosick as president; Jade Durham as vice president; and Randall K. Wheeler, Judy Durham, John Stevenson, and Dana Moody as directors. It also lists WC Shad Francis as director of outreach and Jennifer Jensen as a certified credit counselor.

Trinity’s leadership page says Vosick oversees organizational operations and that Durham was elected vice president in December 2015. The filing notes that Vosick is married to employee Sandra Vosick, that Durham is their daughter, and that Judy Durham is Jade Durham’s mother-in-law.

Trinity Credit Counseling Inc is led by Gary A. Vosick, President on every filing since 2020; all 8 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Gary A. Vosick

    President

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $261K (2020) → $263K (2025)

  • Randall K. Wheeler

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $5K (2020) → $5K (2025)

  • John Stevenson

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    $5K (2021) → $5K (2025)

  • Dana Moody

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    $3K (2022) → $5K (2025)

  • Judy Durham

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    $3K (2022) → $5K (2025)

  • Wc Shad Francis

    Director of Outreach

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $125K (2025)

  • Jade Durham

    Vice President

    Operations Manager → Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $206K (2020) → $202K (2025)

  • Jennifer Jensen

    Certified Credit Counselor

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $111K (2025)

Former officers (2)
  • Former: Doug Taylor (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Robert Bicknaver (2020) — Director

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.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Gary a Vosick — President: $263KGary a VosickPresident$263KJade Durham — Vice President: $202KJade DurhamVice President$202KWC Shad Francis — Director of Outreach: $125KWC Shad FrancisDirector of Outreach$125KJennifer Jensen — Certified Credit Counselor: $111KJennifer JensenCertified Credit Counselor$111KRandall K Wheeler — Director: $5KRandall K WheelerDirector$5KJudy Durham — Director: $5KJudy DurhamDirector$5KJohn Stevenson — Director: $5KJohn StevensonDirector$5KDana Moody — Director: $5KDana MoodyDirector$5K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $263K, to Gary a Vosick (President). 8 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Contact

Mailing address: 11229 Reading Road, Cincinnati, OH 45241
Phone: (513) 769-0621
Website: https://trinitycredit.org

Frequently asked questions about Trinity Credit Counseling Inc

How much does Trinity Credit Counseling Inc give each year?

Trinity Credit Counseling Inc gave $129K across 14 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $74K across 6 grants.

What is Trinity Credit Counseling Inc's typical grant size?

Trinity Credit Counseling Inc's median grant in 2025 was $7,250, and its average grant was $9,185, across 14 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does Trinity Credit Counseling Inc give grants?

Trinity Credit Counseling Inc gives mostly in Ohio: 66% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest states were South Carolina (11%) and Illinois (8%). The most frequent recipient cities were Cincinnati, OH (4 grants).

Does Trinity Credit Counseling Inc give general operating support?

Yes: 100% of Trinity Credit Counseling Inc's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (14 of 14) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Who are Trinity Credit Counseling Inc's largest grantees?

Trinity Credit Counseling Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Citizens for Community Values ($20,363), Currahee Center ($15,000) and Bethel Worship Center ($15,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 39% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Trinity Credit Counseling Inc?

Trinity Credit Counseling Inc reported $11.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $7.7M.

What does Trinity Credit Counseling Inc fund?

The organization states that its mission is to address the underlying causes of debt and financial distress through counseling and education, helping individuals and families improve their financial situations. See mission & focus areas ↑

How do I apply for a grant from Trinity Credit Counseling Inc?

Trinity Credit Counseling Inc has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check trinitycredit.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.

What is Trinity Credit Counseling Inc's EIN?

Trinity Credit Counseling Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 31-1410758. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

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

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