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Ohioans for Parental Choice

Organization Details
Purpose
educate voters and elected officials on school choice issues
Email
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Leadership

Last updated 2023

Jeff Jacobson
Treasurer
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Financial Overview
All-Time Contributions
$2M
All-Time Expenditures
$2M
Top Contributors

Aggregation is done by name and will not account for significant variations in reported names.

American Federation for Children
$850K
Jim C Walton
$350K
Obendorf Enterprises
$200K
Largest Recipients

Aggregation is done by name and will not account for significant variations in reported names.

Lakeside Communications
$1.25M
Swing State Strategies
$270K
Strategic Insight Group
$70K
Insights
This organization uses a small percentage of its total expenditures for political contributions.
This organization gets a majority of its contributions from out of state.

Contributions & Expenditures

Explore all contributions to and expenditures by Ohioans for Parental Choice since 2017.

All time Last 5 years
Contributions (All time)
$1.98M
Expenditures (All time)
$1.97M

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IRS disclosures

All electronic form 8872s that Ohioans for Parental Choice has filed with the IRS. Organizations may file monthly or quarterly during general-election (even-numbered) years, and monthly or semiannually during nonelection (odd-numbered) years.

Data only includes electronic filings. To look for paper reports, try the IRS’ search function.

2023

  • $25,000 in contributions
  • $25,025 in expenditures
End-of-year report
July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0
January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023
Total contributions
$25,000
Total expenditures
$25,025

2022

  • $1.2M in contributions
  • $1.4M in expenditures
October 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022
Total contributions
$250,000
Total expenditures
$497,155
July 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022
Total contributions
$900,000
Total expenditures
$845,562
April 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$7,810
January 1, 2022 to March 31, 2022
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$1,480

2021

  • $200,000 in contributions
  • $0 in expenditures
July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
Total contributions
$200,000
Total expenditures
$0
Mid-year report
January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0

2020

  • $437,500 in contributions
  • $461,426 in expenditures
October 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
Total contributions
$212,500
Total expenditures
$274,090
July 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$15,000
April 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Total contributions
$25,000
Total expenditures
$8,000
January 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020
Total contributions
$200,000
Total expenditures
$164,336

2019

  • $0 in contributions
  • $32,000 in expenditures
July 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$8,000
January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$24,000

2018

  • $40,000 in contributions
  • $106,005 in expenditures
October 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$20,000
July 1, 2018 to September 30, 2018
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$8,000
April 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018
Total contributions
$10,000
Total expenditures
$52,005
January 1, 2018 to March 31, 2018
Total contributions
$30,000
Total expenditures
$26,000
Previous reports available
This is the last report submitted for this period (processed June 12, 2018 at 09:56AM). Expand to see 1 other report that overlaps in this date range.
Quarter 1 report
January 1, 2018 to March 31, 2018
Total contributions
$30,000
Total expenditures
$0
1st report
This report was processed April 30, 2018 at 01:37PM.

2017

  • $130,000 in contributions
  • $0 in expenditures
December 12, 2017 to December 31, 2017
Total contributions
$130,000
Total expenditures
$0

Tax-exempt political organizations that report receiving $25,000 or more a year must file Form 990, unless they meet certain criteria.

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About This Data


What is a 527?

A 527 is a nonprofit formed under Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code, which grants tax-exempt status to organizations whose primary purpose is attempting to influence the election of one or more people to public office at the national, state or local level. But contributions to these organizations are not considered tax-deductible, unlike gifts to charities.

What organizations are in the 527 Explorer?

This database covers tax-exempt political organizations organized under Section 527, excluding organizations that are regulated by the Federal Election Commission (like federal PACs are); that expect to receive less than $25,000 in annual contributions; that are nonpolitical nonprofits, like charities; or that are political committees for a state or local candidate or a political party. An organization’s state is taken from the address reported on its most recent form 8871.

What organizations report itemized contributions and expenditures?

Tax-exempt political organizations, other than qualified state or local political organizations, that have filed for tax-exempt status with the IRS under Section 527 must file Form 8872 to disclose any expenditures made or contributions received. A qualified state or local political organization is one whose political activities relate solely to state or local public office and that routinely files publicly available reports with one or more states. For state-by-state information on tax-exempt political organizations and their filings, see the IRS’ listings.

Note: Only electronic filings are included in this data. While many organizations filed electronically before 2020, electronic filing for all organizations was only required beginning in January 2020. Therefore, some contributions and expenditures made prior to 2020 may not be reflected in this data.

How are the totals calculated?

An organization’s total contributions and expenditures are calculated by summing up the most recent report filed for each reporting period. However, organizations sometimes file reports for overlapping dates or reports that duplicate data. For any date range, the most recently filed report is marked. Duplicate contributions or expenditures (ones that have the exact same name, amount and date but show up in multiple reports) have been removed from the calculated totals.

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