Nonprofit · EIN 26-4489929
AWAKENING MINDS
Tax-exempt · FINDLAY, OH 45840
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $194,615 | $194,784 | -$169 | $118,979 | $15,969 | $103,010 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990-EZ | $178,538 | $145,207 | $33,331 | $110,833 | $8,530 | $102,303 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990-EZ | $163,531 | $118,619 | $44,912 | $77,701 | $8,729 | $68,972 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $112,690
- Program service revenue
- $88,573
- Investment income
- $1,908
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$8,556
- Other revenue
- -$8,556
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $54,023
- Other salaries and wages
- $21,295
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $81,959
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $950
- Occupancy
- $24,927
- Travel
- $25
- Depreciation
- $367
- Program services (functional)
- $109,246
- Management and general (functional)
- $63,189
- Fundraising (functional)
- $22,349
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $110,833
- Total assets, end of year
- $118,979
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $15,969
- Net assets, end of year
- $103,010
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $703
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $99,605
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $3,405
- Gross receipts
- $220,578
- Employees
- 2
- Volunteers
- 23
- Year formed
- 2012
- State of legal domicile
- OH
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMILY SULLIVAN | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 35 | $53,515 |
| KYLE FRIAS | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JORDAN HAMILTON | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| CASSI CRONIN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| SARAH RICKER | SECRETARY & FOUNDER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| RACHEL FIX | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHELBY COLE | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ALLISON TRUTT | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MELISSA JOHNSTON | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAKE WARRINGTON | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KRISTIN KACHUR | MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2024: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMILY SULLIVAN | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 35 | $49,384 |
| SARAH RICKER | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| TAMERA ROONEY | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| KATIE UNVERFERTH | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| SHELBY COLE | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| JORDAN HAMILTON | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| MELODY RINKER | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| KYLE FRIAS | PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
| ALLISON TRUTT | VICE PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
| CASSI CRONIN | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| RACHEL FIX | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2023: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMILY SULLIVAN | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 35 | $48,076 |
| KYLE FRIAS | PRESIDENT- APRIL 2023 | 2 | $0 |
| SARAH RICKER | VICE PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
| MELODY RINKER | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| TAMERA ROONEY | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
| KATIE UNVERFERTH | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| SHELBY COLE | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| RACHEL FIX | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| ALLISON TRUTT | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| CASSI CRONIN | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| CHRIS SCHERLEY | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| TONY MORMAN | OUTGOING PRESIDENT-LEFT APRIL 2023 | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1640 TIFFIN AVE, FINDLAY, OH 45840-6849
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- EMILY SULLIVAN, 1640 TIFFIN AVE, FINDLAY, OH 45840
- Signed the 990
- EMILY SULLIVAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (419) 302-3892
- Return prepared by
- CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP
Mission
TO PROVIDE THERAPEUTIC AND EDUCATIONAL VISUAL ART PROGRAMS TO ALL AGES & ABILITIES, EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS TO BUILD FUNCTIONAL EVERYDAY SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE.TO CREATE AFFIRMING, ALL-INCLUSIVE SPACES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO DEVELOP INTO THE BEST VERSION OF THEMSELVES. AWAKENING MINDS WORKS TOWARDS BUILDING SKILLS THAT HELP PEOPLE NOT ONLY FEEL SUCCESS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT TO BE SUCCESSFUL THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES.
Program accomplishments
- GROUP PROGRAMMING:FINDLAY & LEIPSIC HOMESCHOOL VISUAL ARTS CLASSES4 CLASSES SEEN ONCE A WEEK OR TWICE A MONTH DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.AGENCIES48 AGENCIES SERVED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR (UP FROM 33 IN 2024), INCLUDING:28 SENIOR LIVING, NURSING, AND MEMORY CARE FACILITIES - UP FROM 21 IN 2024 & 13 IN 20235 DAY-HABS AND 9 LOCAL NONPROFITS SEEN ON A BI-WEEKLY, MONTHLY OR BI-MONTHLY BASISSCHOOL CLASSROOMS49 INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOMS IN 22 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS - UP FROM 6 SCHOOLS IN 2023!TEACHERS/ADMINISTRATION APPLIED TO & RECEIVED GRANTS AT FCS, ALLEN CO, HANCOCK CO, PUTNAM CO ESC'SPRIVATE GROUPSIN ADDITION TO REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMS, AMA HAD 36 PRIVATE GROUPS, INCLUDING CLASSES FOR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND TEAMBUILDINGExpenses $67,732 · revenue $54,692
- COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING:- 1 MONTHLY PAINTING CLASS, OPEN TO ALL AGES & ABILITIES AT THE AWAKENING MINDS ART STUDIO.- SPECIALTY CLASSES AND SUMMER CLASSES/CAMPS ARE ALSO HELD AT THE STUDIO.- TRI THE ARTS SUMMER CAMP IN COLLABORATION WITH MCPA AND HEARTSTRING MELODIES WITH 22 CAMPERS AND 23 VOLUNTEERS SPREADING THE AWESOME JOY AND THERAPEUTIC POWER OF ART, INCLUSION, AND FRIENDSHIP!- THE FINDLAY-HANCOCK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION GRANTED AMA 8 FUN FOR ALL CLASSES - FREE PUBLIC ART EVENTSAMA PARTNERED WITH 13 LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE MORE ACCESSIBILITY TO THE ARTS, INCLUDING: - THE LEIPSIC COMMUNITY CENTER, GILLIG WINERY, FALSE CHORD BREWING, BREWING GREEN, HULL'S TRACE WINE & GATHERING HOUSE, THE BAKER'S CAF, THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF FINDLAY, HANCOCK HOTEL, FOP LODGE #20, READING GROUNDS, 50 NORTH, HANCOCK COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND HANCOCK CO. PARKINSON'S NETWORK - COPS & KIDS GET CREATIVE, FREE CLASSES IN COLLABORATION WITH COPS & KIDS, WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE MARIANNA HOFER ENDOWMENT GRANT.- FREE PROGRAMMING & ADAPTIVE TOOLS, PROVIDED BY A GRANT FROM THE HANCOCK COUNTY PARKINSON'S NETWORK, BEGAN IN 2025 FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PARKINSON'S AND THEIR CAREGIVERS.Expenses $18,572 · revenue $15,406
- ONE-ON-ONE PROGRAM-38 INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS - SEEN WEEKLY, BIWEEKLY, OR ONCE A MONTHExpenses $22,942 · revenue $18,475
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990-EZ on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990-EZ on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 26-4489929
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2013
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A40)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $118,979
- Income (IRS master file)
- $220,578
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $194,615 | $194,784 | $118,979 | XML |
| 990-EZ | December 2024 | $178,538 | $145,207 | $110,833 | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2023 | $163,531 | $118,619 | $77,701 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $130,258 | $102,343 | $45,521 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 26-4489929).
Questions about AWAKENING MINDS
- What is the EIN of AWAKENING MINDS?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of AWAKENING MINDS is 26-4489929.
- Is AWAKENING MINDS tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2013.
- Are donations to AWAKENING MINDS tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does AWAKENING MINDS file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of AWAKENING MINDS due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did AWAKENING MINDS last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of AWAKENING MINDS?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names EMILY SULLIVAN.
- Who are the officers and directors of AWAKENING MINDS?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 11 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $53,515 (EMILY SULLIVAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does AWAKENING MINDS have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $194,615, expenses of $194,784 and total assets of $118,979 at year end.
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