Common Ground

Analysis

Common Ground is a registered charity in United States, based in Bingham Farms, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 September 2023, Common Ground reported income of $26.9m and spending of $27.7m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $14.7m to $26.9m (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Common Ground sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Daughters of Sarah Nursing Center Inc ($26.8m), North Shore Community Health Inc ($26.9m) and Dominican Sisters Family Health Service Inc ($26.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.8% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $461k (1.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $16.9m. It paid $29k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $5.3m against liabilities of $1.5m, net assets of $3.8m. It reported 498 employees.