Ohio Land Bank Association

What Ohio Land Bank Association does

The Ohio Land Bank Association (OLBA) is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit membership organization headquartered in Akron, Ohio, whose stated mission is to support and advocate on behalf of Ohio's county land reutilization corporations, commonly known as land banks. It was formed after Ohio Senate Bill 353 (2007) empowered counties to establish land banks in response to the 2007 real estate crisis, and today represents 71 of Ohio's 88 counties that operate land banks. OLBA serves as the unified statewide voice for these county entities on legislative, policy, and programmatic matters tied to property vacancy, abandonment, rehabilitation, neighborhood stabilization, and economic development.

OLBA's product surface is not technological. Its core offerings consist of advocacy and legislative representation; an annual conference series (the 14th annual was referenced, with 2025 and 2026 events plus a 2025 Fall Summit planned); webinars and professional development; a members-only portal at membership.ohiolandbanks.org with resource libraries; member communications via email newsletter; and an annual member awards program, including the Gus Frangos Lifetime Achievement Award — its highest honor, renamed in 2025 to memorialize the founding board member and architect of Ohio's land bank movement. The organization also maintains resource links to governmental and technical partners including the Ohio Department of Development, Ohio EPA, and the National Land Bank Network, alongside member organizations such as the Lucas County Land Bank.

OLBA's business model is a classic nonprofit trade-association construct: revenue is generated through membership dues paid by county land bank members and through conference and event participation fees. Specific pricing, dues schedules, and financial figures are not publicly disclosed. The association operates with a small staff (headcount undisclosed), is governed by a board drawn from its member land banks, and is independent — with no parent entity, holding company, or external controlling owner. Its sole disclosed contact channels are a phone line at (330) 979-9594 and its website, ohiolandbanks.org.

Name

Ohio Land Bank Association

Legal name

Ohio Land Bank Association

Website

https://ohiolandbanks.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Ohio Land Bank Association is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit membership organization that advocates for and supports Ohio's 71 county land reutilization corporations (land banks), providing legislative representation, annual conferences, webinars, and member resources across the state.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Akron

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

OLBA is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit membership association that supports and advocates on behalf of Ohio's county land reutilization corporations (land banks). It delivers membership services including statewide advocacy and legislative representation, an annual conference, educational webinars, a member resource portal, and an annual member awards program.

Product overview

The Ohio Land Bank Association is a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization that serves as an organized voice and collective advocacy body for Ohio's county land reutilization corporations (land banks). With 71 of Ohio's 88 counties having land banks, the association provides membership services including advocacy, conferences, webinars, member resources, and awards programs to support the land bank ecosystem across the state. The organization does not appear to offer a commercial software product but rather serves as a professional association and advocacy organization.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• OLBA Membership Services Annual membership program for Ohio county land reutilization corporations (land banks) that delivers advocacy and legislative representation on behalf of members, a member-only resource portal, access to the annual OLBA Conference and Fall Summit, OLBA Webinars, and eligibility for the annual member awards program.

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• National Land Bank NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner
• Lucas County Land BankcoreOthers
• Ohio Department of DevelopmentcoreOthers
• Ohio EPAcoreOthers

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• International City/County Management Association (ICMA): Professional association for local government managers and administrators. Adjacent to OLBA because its members (county/city managers) often oversee land-bank operations, providing indirect overlap in audience and policy concerns.
• National Community Development Association (NCDA): Membership association for CDBG and HOME program administrators. Comparable to OLBA as a professional association serving practitioners of community-development policy, with thematic overlap in distressed-property revitalization.

Broad incumbents

• National Association of Counties (NACo): National membership organization representing county government officials. Comparable to OLBA in association structure and member type (county entities), but at a vastly broader scope and not land-bank-specific.
• Center for Community Progress: National nonprofit that supports land banks and hosts the National Land Bank Network. Overlaps with OLBA in land-banking policy, training, and advocacy, but at a national scope with a broader portfolio.
• Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA): National association supporting development finance agencies, including land banks. Directly comparable as a membership/trade body for entities engaged in property and community-development finance, with a broader multi-instrument remit.

Direct peers

• Pennsylvania Land Bank Association: Statewide membership association of county land banks in Pennsylvania. Closely comparable to OLBA in mission, structure, and member base, though geographically distinct.
• National Land Bank Network: A national membership and advocacy network for land banks operated under the Center for Community Progress. Directly comparable to OLBA as a peer-tier trade body for land banks, with a broader (multi-state) scope.

Regional players

• Michigan Land Bank Authority / Michigan State Land Bank: State-level public authority that aggregates and manages tax-foreclosed properties. Comparable as a state-level institutional peer supporting land-bank activity, although it operates as a state agency rather than an association.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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