Public Charity

RURAL ACTION INC

RURAL ACTION INC is a Public Charity headquartered in THE PLAINS, OH. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $12.8M revenue, $11.4M expenses, $4.3M total assets. 74 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $2.4M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 311124220 THE PLAINS, OH Rural Economic Development NTEE: S32 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$12.8M
Total Expenses$11.4M
Total Assets$4.3M
Grant Records74
Funding Total$2.4M
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

Rural Action's mission is to build a more just economy by developing the region's assets in environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable ways. We envision a region with clean streams and healthy forests, thriving family farms, meaningful livelihoods and vibrant communities, with people engaged as good stewards of the world they live in and working together to make this vision a reality. We do this work in promising economic sectors for our region.

Where $100 goes at Rural Action Inc

How Rural Action Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 4 years.

$78 Programs the work itself
$20 Management running the organization
$2 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $78 for programs

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Rural Action's mission is to build a more just economy by developing the region's assets in environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable ways
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 2,616 acres; 238,640 pounds of material; 108,000 individuals
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

SECRETARY Billie Kariher
BOARD MEMBER Brian Vadakin
BOARD MEMBER David Butcher
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Debbie Phillips
BOARD MEMBER Dr Ana Rosado Feger
BOARD MEMBER Dr David Descutner

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$696,189 25 grants
Environment & Conservation
$463,270 9 grants
Food Assistance & Nutrition
$305,912 6 grants
Health & Medicine
$169,900 8 grants
Economic Development
$87,500 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $12.8M $11.4M $4.3M
2023 $7.0M $7.2M $2.6M
2022 $5.3M $5.0M $2.4M
2020 $3.7M $3.7M $1.8M

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $3.7M to $12.8M (+245%), with total assets most recently reported at $4.3M.

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