Common Ground Free Store Ministries

Analysis

Common Ground Free Store Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Delaware, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 Ground Free Store Ministries reported income of $325k and spending of $291k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $258k to $325k (+26%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Common Ground Free Store Ministries sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lakeside Relief Center ($325k), Options for Women of Pike County ($325k) and Friends or Relatives with Autism & Related Disabilities Forward Inc ($325k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $57k (20% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $318k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $318k. It reported 14 employees.