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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE COMMONS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,064,556
Total expenses
$86,513
Contributions and grants received
$894,922
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$169,634
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$6,109,584
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,109,584
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$34,853
Management and general expenses
$19,485
Fundraising expenses
$32,175
Program service expenses (Part III)
$34,853

Program services were 40.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $894,922

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $101,762

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $169,634 · excluded $169,634

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $16,901 · management and general $16,901

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $42,352 · program services $8,290 · management and general $1,887 · fundraising $32,175

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $277 · program services $277

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $89 · program services $89

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $3,618 · program services $3,308 · management and general $310

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,322 · program services $2,322

  • 24a · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES & FEES

    total $15,901 · program services $15,901

  • 24b · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES

    total $4,159 · program services $4,159

  • 24c · Other expenses: PO BOX RENTAL

    total $294 · program services $147 · management and general $147

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $280 · program services $140 · management and general $140

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $320 · program services $220 · management and general $100

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $211,643 · end of year $426,125

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $353,840 · end of year $1,119,406

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $216,314 · end of year $75,314

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,276,364 · end of year $4,488,739

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,973

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,055,188 · end of year $6,109,584

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS THE COMMONS FOUNDATION MISSION IS TO FUND, BUILD AND SUSTAIN THE LARKSPUR LIBRARY.

  • RAISE FUNDS TO BUILD AND SUSTAIN A NEW LARKSPUR LIBRARY AND COMMUNITY SPACE IN THE CITY OF LARKSPUR, CALIFORNIA.

    Expenses $34,853

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jonathan Ellenzweig

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Jeanne Friedel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Ann Morrison

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Brock Wagstaff

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
  • Cindy Winship

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
3 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202523109349304227

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