Common Good City Farm

Analysis

Common Good City Farm is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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 Good City Farm reported income of $906k and spending of $886k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $258k to $906k (+251%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Common Good City Farm sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mid-State Child Care & Nutrition ($906k), Enfamilia Inc ($906k) and Catskill Center for Independence Inc ($906k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 7.9% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $87k (9.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $425k. It paid $22k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $249k against liabilities of $38k, net assets of $211k. It reported 18 employees.