Grove City Area Convention

“The president of the board is provided the form 990 for review and approval prior to filing.”

“At the time of being onboarded, the trustee is required to disclose any possible conflicts of interest. Any changes in circumstances relating to conflicts that arise in the future are to be discussed by the trustee in a timely manner.”

“The board benchmarks compensation to increases in cost of living. An annual review is performed.”

“Performance of key employees of the organization is evaluated annually by the executive director in a collaborative process with each employee. Compensation is increased based on merit and/or cost of living fluctuations.”

“Governing documents are made available upon request.”

“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: -998k in measured visitor spend resulting from one targeted digital campaign with a 20:1 return on investment. This campaign ran for less than three months and yielded 4,400 actual visitors and 12,800 non-cash transactions; the campaign reached over 584k unique individuals, increasing awareness of grove city as a destination. -our website, visitgrovecityoh.com, had over 255k views by users seeking local information with 706k user events. -ohiotraveler.com receives approximately 70,000 unique visitors/month, 300,000 page views/month, an average of about four pages visited per visitor, and 70,000 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 4343 click-thrus on ohiotraveler.com. -ohio travel pavilion is present at trade shows around ohio and surrounding states. Approximately 3,900 guides were distributed in 2024 and visit grove city has 2 banners that are displayed at every show. -tourismohio co-op paid social media for july and august garnered 234,239 impressions and 10,232 clicks to our website. -300+ approx night stays influenced by vgc: weddings, msxl paintball tournament, school band competition & reunions (average room rate 129.00 x 300 = 38,700 positive lodging overnights) -ohio road trips (brandy gleason) grove city staycation sponsored social results: 313,568 impressions | 29,131 engagements -200+ group tour bags, events/new resident kits, and custom informational bags handed out”

“Beginning with the tax year ending december 31, 2024, the organization changed its method of accounting from the cash basis to the accrual basis. This change was made to comply with generally accepted accounting principles (gaap) and to provide a more accurate and complete presentation of the organizations financial activities and position. The accrual method more appropriately matches revenues and expenses to the periods in which they are earned or incurred. This change was implemented in connection with the organizations 2024 annual compilation engagement.”