Common Foundation

Analysis

Common Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Boulder, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Common Foundation reported income of $495k and spending of $527k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $249k to $495k (+99%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Common Foundation sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Radix Ecological Sustainability Center ($495k), Lloyd Center for the Environment Inc ($495k) and Raiz Foundation Inc ($495k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $41k (7.8% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $177k against liabilities of $98k, net assets of $79k. It reported 1 employees.