Nonprofit · EIN 47-3674005
OPEN ARMS ADOPTIONS INC
Also known as OPEN ARMS ADOPTIONS
Tax-exempt · KENT, OH 44240
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $2,012,512 | $1,477,677 | $534,835 | $922,403 | $917,765 | $4,638 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,254,318 | $1,541,313 | -$286,995 | $272,623 | $802,820 | -$530,197 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $170,004
- Program service revenue
- $1,728,838
- Investment income
- $7,146
- Net income from fundraising events
- $102,827
- Other revenue
- $106,524
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $78,170
- Other salaries and wages
- $598,020
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $770,016
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $22,856
- Occupancy
- $32,898
- Travel
- $37,717
- Depreciation
- $2,619
- Program services (functional)
- $1,232,674
- Management and general (functional)
- $211,092
- Fundraising (functional)
- $33,911
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $272,623
- Total assets, end of year
- $922,403
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $917,765
- Net assets, end of year
- $4,638
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $151,344
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- -$22,408
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $27,046
- Gross receipts
- $2,044,559
- Employees
- 22
- Volunteers
- 15
- Year formed
- 2015
- 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 June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JACQUELINE SMIGEL | EXECUTIVE DI Officer | 40 | $75,408 | $2,762 |
| CHRISTOPHER BALDWIN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ADAM COPEL | VP Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| LUCILLE ESPOSITO | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KEITH FEICKS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRITANI GALLOWAY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JEREMY JOHNSTON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ASHLEY LENTZ | TRUSTEE, RES Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JEAN MASTALSKI | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 8 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL MATISZ | PRESIDENT, R Trustee or director | 8 | $0 | $0 |
| MELISSA NIOSI-OBRADOVIC | SECRETARY, R Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JENNIFER RAMSEY | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MOLLY THOMPSON | INTERIM PRES Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAWN WALZ | TRUSTEE, RES Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JACQUELINE SMIGEL | EXECUTIVE DI Officer | 40 | $73,100 | $2,580 |
| JANEY AMES | TRUSTEE, RES Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| ADAM COPEL | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JARA DEEGAN | TRUSTEE, RES Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRITANI GALLOWAY | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMAL JOHNSON | TRUSTEE, RES Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JEREMY JOHNSTON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMIE LEWIS-SMITH | VICE PRES., Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL MATISZ | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 | $0 |
| JEFFREY MCLAIN | TRUSTEE, RES Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| LINDSAY MORETTA | SECRETARY, R Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MELISSA NIOSI-OBRADOVIC | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| DAWN WALZ | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 11 RIVER STREET, KENT, OH 44240-3581
- Mailing address (990-N for 2015)
- PO Box 573, Kent OH 44240
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- JACQUELINE SMIGEL, 11 RIVER STREET SUITE B, KENT, OH 44240
- Principal officer (990-N for 2015)
- Jacqueline H Smigel, PO Box 573, KENT OH 44240
- Signed the 990
- JACQUELINE SMIGEL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (330) 697-4751
- Website
- www.openarmsadopt.com
- Return prepared by
- CRUM & COMPANY
Mission
OPEN ARMS ADOPTIONS WORKS WITH WOMEN IN CRISIS OVER AN UNPLANNED PREGNANCY AS WELL AS FAMILIES HOPING TO ADOPT NEWBORN BABIES. OUR SERVICES TO WOMEN/COUPLES WHOSE INFANTS ARE DIAGNOSED (EITHER PRENATALLY OR AT BIRTH) WITH COMPLEX MEDICAL CONDITIONS HAS ALSO CONTINUED AND CULMINATED IN THE PLACEMENT OF 4 MEDICALLY COMPLEX CHILDREN DURING THE PAST FISCAL YEAR. OAA PROVIDES PRE AND POST-ADOPTION COUNSELING, CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND EDUCATION SERVICES REGARDING OPTIONS AND OHIO RULES AND REGULATIONS SURROUNDING ADOPTION. ADDITIONALLY, WE GATHER INFORMATION NECESSARY TO COMPLETE A REPORT OF SOCIAL/MEDICAL BACKGROUND RELATED TO BIRTH FAMILIES. WE ASSUME CUSTODY OF CHILDREN VOLUNTARILY PLACED WITH US FOR ADOPTION AND FACILITATE AN ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT. OAA WORKS WITH BIRTH PARENTS AND ADOPTIVE PARENTS ON CREATING A PLAN ALL ARE COMFORTABLE WITH AND THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL CHILD. FOR ADOPTING FAMILIES, WE PROVIDE ONGOING SUPPORT AND POST-PLACEMENT SERVICES AS WELL AS ASSISTAN
Program accomplishments
- OPEN ARMS ADOPTIONS WORKS WITH WOMEN IN CRISIS OVER AN UNPLANNED PREGNANCY AS WELL AS FAMILIES HOPING TO ADOPT INFANTS. DURING FYE 6.30.25, WE SAW A 70.5% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CALLS FROM BIRTH OR EXPECTANT PARENTS OVER THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. OAA PROVIDES PRE AND POST-ADOPTION COUNSELING, CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND EDUCATION SERVICES REGARDING OPTIONS AND OHIO RULES SURROUNDING ADOPTION. ADDITIONALLY, WE GATHER INFORMATION NECESSARY TO COMPLETE A REPORT OF SOCIAL/MEDICAL BACKGROUND RELATED TO BIRTH FAMILIES. WE ASSUME CUSTODY OF CHILDREN VOLUNTARILY PLACED WITH US FOR ADOPTION AND ASSIST IN THE ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT. OAA WORKS WITH BIRTH PARENTS AND ADOPTIVE PARENTS ON CREATING A PLAN ALL ARE COMFORTABLE WITH AND THAT NEEDS THE NEEDS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL CHILD. FOR ADOPTING FAMILIES, WE PROVIDE ONGOING SUPPORT AND POST-PLACEMENT SERVICES AS WELL AS ASSISTANCE WITH FINALIZING ADOPTIONS ONCE THE STATUTORY TIME HAS PASSED. DURING FYE 6.30.25, OAA PLACED 19 INFANTS FOR ADOPTION. WE CONTINUE TO SEE WOMEN REFERRED TO NON-LICENSED "FACILITATORS" OUT OF STATE WHO ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE VARIOUS LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF OHIO. OUR GOALS INCLUDE CONTINUING TO FORM RELATIONSHIPS WITH PROFESSIONALS TREATING WOMEN WHO MAY BE IN NEED OF OUR SERVICES.Expenses $151,257 · revenue $630,325
- OPEN ARMS ADOPTIONS PROVIDES A FULL RANGE OF SERVICES TO FAMILIES HOPING TO ADOPT FROM THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM. SPECIFICALLY, WE PROVIDE FAMILIES WITH EDUCATION AND HOMESTUDY SERVICES TO ASSIST IN PREPARING FAMILIES TO ADOPT FROM FOSTER CARE. WE SEARCH BOTH WITHIN OHIO AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE US IN AN ATTEMPT TO "MATCH" FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WHOSE NEEDS THEY ARE ABLE TO MEET. OPEN ARMS PROVIDES SUPPORT, CASE MANAGEMENT, REFERRAL AND OTHER SERVICES NECESSARY TO FAMILIES AS THEY TRANSITION CHILDREN INTO THEIR HOMES AS WELL AS FOR A MINIMUM OF 6 MONTHS FOLLOWING PLACEMENT (MOST LONGER). DURING FYE 6.30.25, OAA ASSISTED IN THE PLACEMENT OF 46 CHILDREN FROM FOSTER CARE INTO THEIR PERMANENT FAMILIES. THIS INCLUDES PLACEMENT OF 16 SIBLING GROUPS.Expenses $1,081,417 · revenue $921,967
- OPEN ARMS ADOPTIONS PROVIDES BOTH PRESERVICE AND ONGOING TRAINING FOR FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE PARENTS. OUR PRE-SERVICE TRAINING EXCEEDS THAT WHICH IS REQUIRED BY OHIO RULES FOR BOTH ADOPTIVE AND LICENSED FOSTER PARENTS. THIS TRAINING FOCUSES ON ATTACHED AND TRAUMA-INFORMED PARENTING STRATEGIES DESIGNED TO ASSIST FAMILIES WITH THE HEALING THEIR CHILDREN REQUIRE. PRE- SERVICE TRAINING IS OFFERED 4 TIMES PER YEAR. EACH QUARTER, WE OFFER IN- PERSON "RESOURCE READINESS" TRAINING TO ENABLE OUR FAMILIES TO MEET THAT MANDATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO. ADDITIONALLY, WE OFFER OPPORTUNITIES AT LEAST TWICE EACH MONTH FOR FAMILIES TO MEET THEIR ONGOING TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.revenue $176,546
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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 47-3674005
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2016
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Human services (P31)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $922,403
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,044,559
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $1,395,992 | $1,597,180 | $533,076 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | $988,498 | $1,124,980 | $584,356 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2015 Officer: Jacqueline H Smigel | December 31, 2015 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
990-N: the IRS publishes only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years appear here as 990.tax collects the monthly files. 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.
Questions about OPEN ARMS ADOPTIONS INC
- What is the EIN of OPEN ARMS ADOPTIONS INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of OPEN ARMS ADOPTIONS INC is 47-3674005.
- Is OPEN ARMS ADOPTIONS INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2016.
- Are donations to OPEN ARMS ADOPTIONS INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does OPEN ARMS ADOPTIONS INC 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 OPEN ARMS ADOPTIONS INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did OPEN ARMS ADOPTIONS INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of OPEN ARMS ADOPTIONS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names JACQUELINE SMIGEL.
- Who are the officers and directors of OPEN ARMS ADOPTIONS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 14 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $75,408 (JACQUELINE SMIGEL, EXECUTIVE DI).
- How much revenue does OPEN ARMS ADOPTIONS INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,012,512, expenses of $1,477,677 and total assets of $922,403 at year end.
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