Omni Commons

Analysis

Omni Commons is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Omni Commons reported income of $272k and spending of $416k, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $156k to $272k (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Omni Commons sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Coastal Pregnancy Center ($272k), Family Promise of Greater New Braunfels ($272k) and Brushfire Collective ($272k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 58% and program service revenue 42% of the total. It paid $7,100 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $1.1m.