Community for the Commons

Analysis

Community for the Commons is a registered charity in United States, based in Excelsior, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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, Community for the Commons reported income of $277k and spending of $134k, leaving 52% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $214k to $277k (+29%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Community for the Commons sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Orchard Park Town Wreckers Swim Team Inc ($277k), Mt Zion Youth Sports Organization ($277k) and Warriors Institute of Fitness and Sports Inc ($277k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. At year end it held assets of $636k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $636k.