The Commons Foundation

Analysis

The Commons Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Larkspur, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, The Commons Foundation reported income of $314k and spending of $79k, leaving 75% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from June 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $279k to $314k (+13%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 3778%. Over the whole period it spent 6.9% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Commons Foundation sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 65th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Franklin High School Band Boosters Inc ($314k), Six Forty Corp ($314k) and Luis & Linda Nieves Family Foundation ($314k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 57% of the total. It paid $31k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $5.1m against liabilities of $2,973, net assets of $5.1m.