A financial audit request of ‘The Fostoria Sharing Kitchen’ has been filed with Ohio Attorney General

FOSTORIA, OH | A complaint has been filed with the Ohio Attorney General’s office requesting an Audit of The Fostoria Sharing Kitchen.

Whats going on?
1. Fostoria Sharing Kitchen said the building demolition located at 321 N Main St., Fostoria would start in about 30 days. This was posted 7 months ago.

2. There have been no social media posts updating the public on the status since August of 2025.

3. Local “press” continues to report on the status of this non-profit without any investigative journalism.

4. The Sharing Kitchen has been asked to show their bank statements & records multiple times by The Fostoria Free Press. In turn, they blocked our page on Facebook.

5. The Sharing Kitchen does not post any regular board meetings, minutes, agendas, etc. Another lack of transparency.

Holding Onto 321 N Main Street, a Bad Idea?

The Fostoria Sharing Kitchen’s building went neglected for decades. Between the asbestos, leaking roof, structure problems- The non-profit handed out cucumbers on July 28th, 2025. This was the last public post made on their Facebook page offering to provide food.

Negative Opinions About The Owners

Over the last 2 years people have reached out to provide their concerns about The Fostoria Sharing Kitchen and it’s current owners. Here are snippets of what some people have said:

“I am a president of a local non-profit, I spoke with the owners in the past and in my opinion They are not good people at all. They don’t care about anyone but themselves”

“Don’t trust the sharing kitchen”

“We offered them a place to operate out of for free and they turned it down”

Complaint Filed to Ohio Attorney General