Common Connections

Analysis

Common Connections is a registered charity in United States, based in Grants Pass, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2018, 8 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 Connections reported income of $62k and spending of $60k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $210k to $62k (-71%), an average of -71% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Common Connections sits at the 21st percentile: it is larger than about 21% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 24th percentile, and in the 23rd percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Paoli Community Food Pantry Inc ($62k), Brigade of Mercy ($62k) and Harry Chapin Memorial Run Against Hunger ($62k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 8.6% and program service revenue 91% of the total. At year end it held assets of $32k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $32k.