The NonProfits and NGOs
"Here we go. Here we go. Launder. To clean... No. Wash. Here it is: To conceal the source of money as by channeling it through an intermediary."
~ Michael, Peter, and Samir looking up the definition of money laundering in Office Space
According to Cause IQ:
There are 1,042 organizations in the greater Springfield Ohio metro area. Combined, these Springfield metro nonprofits employ 7,940 people, and earn more than $869 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $2 billion.
I keep saying it to myself - IN A TOWN OF 58,000 people. (88,000 if you count the Haitians, which they don't (yet)).
This means there is a nonprofit for every 58 citizens in the city.
And how are 58,000 citizens contributing to that much revenue every year?? Take 75% of it away (hospitals, etc.) and you still have $200 million. In donations? I think not.
Just doing a little spitballing here...
If you remove things like hospitals and Wittenberg University and national orgs like the YMCA and the Ohio Masons with the nursing homes, this removes a little over a billion dollars in ASSETS. (Wittenberg = 154 mill in assets, health orgs category = 660 mill in assets, Ohio Masons = 108 mill in assets)
Cause IQ says: There are 185 religious organizations and churches in the greater Springfield Ohio metro area. Combined, these Springfield metro religious organizations employ 17 people, earn more than $2 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $1 million. But, obviously these numbers aren't tracked or accurate. St. Vincent de Paul and the ones related to Catholic Charities alone would equate to millions, if not billions, in revenue and assets.
Speaking of religious organizations, no numbers are included here for all the NGOs that Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio funds and runs in and around Springfield. Catholic Charities is all over the country, and having worked inside one of them, I can attest to the level of corruption and what their money is spent on. They have made a fortune from illegal immigration. Fortune as in hundreds of billions of dollars across the country. And the management (not the employees, they're still hovering around minimum wage) laugh all the way to the bank.
So, let's just be overly generous and remove 1.5 billion from the equation, leaving the rest with 500 million in ASSETS. I keep saying it: in a town of 58,000 people.
Just a couple from the top:
Springfield Foundation (2023 numbers)
Total revenue = 18 million
Expenses = 4.8 million
Assets = 131 million
Employees = 7
2023 grants: 65 grants given out for a total of $1,816,609
Notes: The Springfield Foundation is 6th in the list ranked by ASSETS below Wittenberg, the Regional Hospital, the Credit Union, and the Masons. To clear up any confusion about what the Foundation does (rolling eye emoji here - see how much they spend and give as grants compared to their revenue): The Springfield Foundation partners with individuals, families, and organizations to provide a permanent source of charitable capital and improve the quality of life for residents of Clark County. Its mission is to raise, strengthen, and distribute permanent charitable funds to support education, welfare services, recreation, fine arts, health services, and the enhancement of children's lives. These resources are strengthened through sound investment.
Wilson Sheehan Foundation (2024 numbers)
Total Revenue 9.5 million
Expenses 6.75 million (on what?)
Assets = 59.7 million
Employees = 2
2024 grants: 50 grants given out for a total of $4.5 million
Llewelyn Foundation (2025 numbers)
Total revenue = 1.5 million
Expenses = 1.1 million
Assets 12.9 million
2025 grants: 29 grants given out for a total of $554,000 (leaving the million in expenses)
2024 grants: 61 grants given out for a total of ?? not sure
Notes: a private foundation that primarily funds general, staff position, food delivery, covid response, youth education, water stewardship, transitional support, telemedicine, school residencies, ppe, outdoor grants.
The Rocking Horse Community Health Center (2023 numbers)
Total Revenue = 26 million (up from 17 million in 2019)
Expenses = 25 million (convenient - up from 16 million in 2019)
Assets = 22 million (up from 15 million in 2019)
Employees = 271 (flat)
Notes: They received 400K from the Sheehan Foundation, 90K from the Community Health Fund. Chump change compared to the 26 million that came in. The CEO (and doctor) salary in 2025 was 365K. The CFO in 2023 salary was 221K. Big money from Springfield Foundation.
The Nehemiah Foundation (is categorized as a church) (2023 numbers)
Total Revenue = 574K
Expenses = 563K
Assets = 270K
Employees = 7
Note: The description clears it all up: Nehemiah Foundation identifies problems, brings resources to solve them, equips Christ-centered leaders and ministries in Springfield / Clark County.
Leadership Clark County (2023 numbers)
Total revenue = 90K
Expenses = 93K
Employees = 5
Board members = 16 (LOL) including Chris Wallace, Adam Lipp (City Treasurer hired in 2022 at $83K in 2023, Chris Moore (from 2019-2023, in the same job as City Service Director, his salary went from $115, 913 to $163,108, an increase of $57,915).
Note: This is the most ridiculous circle jerk I've ever heard of. See Leadership Clark County: Another Eighth Circle of Hell
Springforward (2023 numbers)
Just one of the 1,000 other nonprofits connected to the Springfield Foundation. Their webpage is complete with a GoFundMe-ish portal.
$149K in annual revenue
$1.05 million in expenses
$4.25 million in assets
Note: Category is arts, culture, and humanities. According to the Foundation's webpage for Springforward, "In 2015, the Springfield Foundation, Turner Foundation, Quinlan Trust, the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce, Springfield Regional Hospital, Speedway, the City of Springfield, and the Clark County Commission began meeting to decide what could be done to help revitalize downtown Springfield." How much has the City handed over to them? Good question to ask next. And why only $149K in revenue in 2023?
Opportunities for Individual Chane (OIC)
WT ACTUAL F?
The Usual Suspects in Every Town
Of course every town in America now has a Catholic Charities and all their tentacles. The St Vincent de Paul Society here is based in Dayton (but everywhere) and Cincinnati hosts the Catholic Charities of Southwestern Ohio.
The Second Harvest Food Bank (just one of their orgs in Ohio is $26 million in annual revenue and $18 million in assets) is part of Feeding America. Catholic Charites and Feeding America are two of the most corrupt nonprofits in the country. A little time on Google and you'll know what I know. (I did work for Catholic Community Services for a few months once, so I do have a personal disgust for them. There's a reason these organizations have more money than God. They're both so intertwined with the government, as well. Follow the money isn't just a saying.
Second Harvest did a presentation about getting their $50K from CDBG HUD funding in November 2025. Necessary PR by the city, I guess, because they sure don't need more money. Nobody looks at the actual problem; there's no money in that. The governments and nonprofits are dependent on the dependent.
Second Harvest Food Bank is owned by Feeding America ($5 BILLION nationwide)
Second Harvest also gets money from the Ohio Association of Foodbanks.($73 mill in annual revenue)
And the Ohio Tri-County Food Alliance.
And so on and so on....
There are 248 food banks in Ohio
6 in Springfield
Blank Pages for the Haitians
Haitian Community Center (since 2024?)