Grove City Area Visitors & Convention Bureau
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What it says it does
ADVERTISE AND PROMOTE GROWTH OF TOURISM TO THE GROVE CITY AREA. MARKETING OF HOTEL LODGING AND LOCAL EVENTS.
- Income
- $489,146
- Spending
- $527,227
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 14
- Highest pay
- $89,789, executive di
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- THE GROVE CITY AREA CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU DEVELOPED CAMPAIGN STRATEGIES AND INVESTED IN MARKETING AND ADVERTISING OUTSIDE CENTRAL OHIO AND BEYOND. A FEW KEY CAMPAIGN METRICS INCLUDE: - THANKS TO INVESTMENT IN NEW TOOLS FOR THE LATTER HALF OF 2025, VISIT GROVE CITY TRACKED 3,926 VISITORS TO OUR WEBSITE WHO THEN MADE AN IN PERSON VISIT TO GROVE CITY. TYPICAL RATE OF VISITATION FROM OTHER DESTINATION WEBSITES, AS CALCULATED BY THIS OXFORD ECONOMICS TOOL, AVERAGED 3.5% TO 4%, WHILE VISITGROVECITY.COM HAD A RATE OF VISITATION OF 8.39%. MOST NOTABLY, OUR ARTS IN THE ALLEY FESTIVAL PAGE DELIVERED A 20.83% RATE OF VISITATION FROM VISITORS WHO CAME AFTER LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE FESTIVAL ON OUR WEBSITE. - FROM JULY TO DECEMBER 2025, WE USED THIS TOOL TO TRACK DIRECT, INDIRECT, AND INDUCED SPENDING FOR A TOTAL ECONOMIC FOOTPRINT OF 660,000 IN JUST SIX MONTHS BASED ON VISITS TO OUR WEBSITE. - OHIOTRAVELER.COM RECEIVES APPROXIMATELY 70,000 UNIQUE VISITORS/MONTH, 300,000 PAGE VIEWS/MONTH, AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT FOUR PAGES VISITED PER VISITOR, AND 80,000 SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS. VISIT GROVE CITY HAS A ROTATING AD THAT RUNS ON EVERY PAGE AND REFRESHED POSITION WITH EVERY REFRESH OF THE PAGE. OUR ADS RECEIVED 12,809 CLICK-THROUGHS ON OHIOTRAVELER.COM. - OUR GROVE CITY ADVENTURE GUIDES ARE DISTRIBUTED IN MANY WAYS, ONE BEING OHIOS TRAVEL INFORMATION CENTERS. IN 2025, 5,000 GUIDES WERE DISTRIBUTED FROM MAY - DECEMBER. - THE OHIO TRAVEL PAVILION IS PRESENT AT TRADE SHOWS AROUND OHIO AND THE SURROUNDING STATES. APPROXIMATELY 4,000 GUIDES WERE DISTRIBUTED IN 2025, AND VISIT GROVE CITY HAS 2 BANNERS THAT ARE DISPLAYED AT EVERY SHOW. - TOURISMOHIO CO-OP PAID SOCIAL MEDIA FOR MARCH 2025 - OCTOBER 2025 RESULTED IN 953,163 IMPRESSIONS AND 41,662 CLICK-THRUS - 325+ APPROX NIGHT STAYS FACILITATED BY VGC: OHIO ASSOCIATION OF CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAUS ANNUAL CONFERENCE, MSXL PAINTBALL TOURNAMENT, RIPE ONLINE BOOKING TOOL, AND MORE (AVERAGE ROOM RATE 109.00 X 325 = 35,425 POSITIVE LODGING OVERNIGHTS) - CAPTURED 27 GROUP TRAVEL LEADS VIA TRADE SHOW APPOINTMENTS, WORKING TO TURN THEM INTO VISITS - MET WITH AND SECURED THE 2026 SONS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION REGIONAL CONFERENCE, WHICH WILL INCLUDE AN ESTIMATED 200 ROOM NIGHTS, PLUS FOOD/BEVERAGE AND ACTIVITIES, WITH AN APPROXIMATE IMPACT OF OVER 60K - 200+ GROUP TOUR BAGS, EVENTS/NEW RESIDENT KITS, AND CUSTOM INFORMATIONAL BAGS HANDED OUT HOLIDAY COCKTAIL TRAIL - ENGAGEMENT - 496 PASSPORT REGISTRATIONS, 1,675 TOTAL CHECK-INS (PURCHASES AT PARTNER BUSINESSES), 156 COMPLETED PASSPORTS. AVERAGE DRINK PRICE 10 X 1,675 = 16,750.00, MINIMUM ESTIMATED REVENUE FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, NOT INCLUDING ANY FOOD OR GRATUITY THE GROVE CITY AREA CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU DEVELOPED CAMPAIGN STRATEGIES AND INVESTED IN MARKETING AND ADVERTISING OUTSIDE CENTRAL OHIO AND BEYOND. A FEW KEY CAMPAIGN METRICS INCLUDE: - THANKS TO INVESTMENT IN NEW TOOLS FOR THE LATTER HALF OF 2025, VISIT GROVE CITY TRACKED 3,926 VISITORS TO OUR WEBSITE WHO THEN MADE AN IN PERSON VISIT TO GROVE CITY. TYPICAL RATE OF VISITATION FROM OTHER DESTINATION WEBSITES, AS CALCULATED BY THIS OXFORD ECONOMICS TOOL, AVERAGED 3.5% TO 4%, WHILE VISITGROVECITY.COM HAD A RATE OF VISITATION OF 8.39%. MOST NOTABLY, OUR ARTS IN THE ALLEY FESTIVAL PAGE DELIVERED A 20.83% RATE OF VISITATION FROM VISITORS WHO CAME AFTER LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE FESTIVAL ON OUR WEBSITE. - FROM JULY TO DECEMBER 2025, WE USED THIS TOOL TO TRACK DIRECT, INDIRECT, AND INDUCED SPENDING FOR A TOTAL ECONOMIC FOOTPRINT OF 660,000 IN JUST SIX MONTHS BASED ON VISITS TO OUR WEBSITE. - OHIOTRAVELER.COM RECEIVES APPROXIMATELY 70,000 UNIQUE VISITORS/MONTH, 300,000 PAGE VIEWS/MONTH, AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT FOUR PAGES VISITED PER VISITOR, AND 80,000 SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS. VISIT GROVE CITY HAS A ROTATING AD THAT RUNS ON EVERY PAGE AND REFRESHED POSITION WITH EVERY REFRESH OF THE PAGE. OUR ADS RECEIVED 12,809 CLICK-THROUGHS ON OHIOTRAVELER.COM. - OUR GROVE CITY ADVENTURE GUIDES ARE DISTRIBUTED IN MANY WAYS, ONE BEING OHIOS TRAVEL INFORMATION CENTERS. IN 2025, 5,000 GUIDES WERE DISTRIBUTED FROM MAY - DECEMBER. - THE OHIO TRAVEL PAVILION IS PRESENT AT TRADE SHOWS AROUND OHIO AND THE SURROUNDING STATES. APPROXIMATELY 4,000 GUIDES WERE DISTRIBUTED IN 2025, AND VISIT GROVE CITY HAS 2 BANNERS THAT ARE DISPLAYED AT EVERY SHOW. - TOURISMOHIO CO-OP PAID SOCIAL MEDIA FOR MARCH 2025 - OCTOBER 2025 RESULTED IN 953,163 IMPRESSIONS AND 41,662 CLICK-THRUS - 325+ APPROX NIGHT STAYS FACILITATED BY VGC: OHIO ASSOCIATION OF CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAUS ANNUAL CONFERENCE, MSXL PAINTBALL TOURNAMENT, RIPE ONLINE BOOKING TOOL, AND MORE (AVERAGE ROOM RATE 109.00 X 325 = 35,425 POSITIVE LODGING OVERNIGHTS) - CAPTURED 27 GROUP TRAVEL LEADS VIA TRADE SHOW APPOINTMENTS, WORKING TO TURN THEM INTO VISITS - MET WITH AND SECURED THE 2026 SONS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION REGIONAL CONFERENCE, WHICH WILL INCLUDE AN ESTIMATED 200 ROOM NIGHTS, PLUS FOOD/BEVERAGE AND ACTIVITIES, WITH AN APPROXIMATE IMPACT OF OVER 60K - 200+ GROUP TOUR BAGS, EVENTS/NEW RESIDENT KITS, AND CUSTOM INFORMATIONAL BAGS HANDED OUT HOLIDAY COCKTAIL TRAIL - ENGAGEMENT - 496 PASSPORT REGISTRATIONS, 1,675 TOTAL CHECK-INS (PURCHASES AT PARTNER BUSINESSES), 156 COMPLETED PASSPORTS. AVERAGE DRINK PRICE 10 X 1,675 = 16,750.00, MINIMUM ESTIMATED REVENUE FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, NOT INCLUDING ANY FOOD OR GRATUITY
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(6) business league.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since January 1990.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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