Totals
- Total revenue
- $139,708
- Total expenses
- $183,991
- Contributions and grants received
- $6,517
- Grants paid
- not reported
- Program service revenue
- $131,925
- Membership dues (line 3)
- not reported
- Investment income (line 4)
- $1,266
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- not reported
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- not reported
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- not reported
- Other revenue (line 8)
- not reported
- Total assets, end of year
- $109,941
- Total liabilities, end of year
- not reported
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $109,941
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $120,634
Program services were 65.6% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2023
Primary exempt purpose
PROVIDE SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN WITH FOOD AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES
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THE FEED THE KIDS PROGRAM IS A YEAR ROUND PROGRAM THAT PARTNERS WITH LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES AND CHURCHES, IN ORDER TO GET FOOD INTO THE HANDS OF FAMILIES THAT NEED ASSISTANCE. THE PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED THROUGH COMMON GROUND MEMBERS, CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, MANY LOCAL BUSINESSES AND PRIVATE CITIZENS. FEED THE KID FOR SUMMER PROVIDES BAGS FILLED WITH NUTRITIOUS CHILD FRIENDLY FOODS TO CHILDREN IN THE MANSFIELD ISD WHO QUALIFY THROUGH THE FREE AND REDUCED MEAL PROGRAM DURING THE SHCOOL YEAR. THIS ALLOWS CHILDREN TO PREPARE THEIR OWN MEALS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS WHILE THEIR PARENTS ARE AWAY FROM HOME WORKING, FEEDING APPROXIMATELY 1000-1200 CHILDREN PER WEEK AT FOOD PANTRIES ACROSS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Expenses $81,338
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FEED THE KIDS BACKPACK PROGRAM DISTRIBUTES BAGS OF FOOD TO MISD SCHOOLS THAT HAVE IDENTIFIED CHILDREN WHO ARE AT RISK OF NOT RECEIVING MEAL OVER THE WEEKEND DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. COMMON GROUND MEMBER MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SCHOOLS TO ENSURE EVERY CHILD COMES TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY MORNING READY TO LEARN. THE WEEKEND BACKPACK PROGRAM OPERATES DURING REGULAR 33 WEEKS A SCHOOL YEAR AND FEEDS APPROXIMATELY 525 CHILDREN PER WEEK.
Expenses $37,865
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CHRISTMAS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM EACH YEAR A NETWORK OF CHURCHES AND CIVIC GROUPS "ADOPT" GROUPS OF CHILDREN THAT PROVIDE GIFTS AND CLOTHING TO EACH CHILD IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS IN NEED. THE COMMON GROUND NETWORK INC. QUALIFIES FAMILIE THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROCESS IN OCTOBER THAT IS PROMOTED WITHIN MANSFIELD ISD. ONCE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN APPROVED, THEIR INFORMATION IS DISTRIBUTED TO CHURCHES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE THE NEEDS FOR THE FAMILY DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. EACH PROGRAM IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT BUT EVERY FAMILY IS SURE TO FEEL THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT. SCHOOL SUPPLIES EACH FALL COMMON GROUND NETWORK, INC. PARTNERS WITH THE MANSFIELD ISD IN PROVIDING THOUSANDS OF PENCILS, FOLDERS, GLUD STICKS AND MORE TO FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD OTHERWISE STRUGGLE TO PROVIDE THEIR STUDENTS WITH NECESSARY SCHOOL SUPPLIES. HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO MAKE THIS EVENT A SUCCESS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ARE NEEDED TO PROVIDE THE SUPPLIES. DISTRIBUTION IS THE SECOND SATURDAY OF AUGUST AND IS HOSTED AT THE MANSFIELD BACK TO SCHOOL BASH.
Expenses $1,431
As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part IV
-
JIM HAMPTON
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
-
LIZ WRIGHT
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $10,000
- Compensation
- $10,000
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 4
-
KELLY MYERS
VICE PRESIDE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
-
PAULETTE CIESYNSKI
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
-
HEATHER CARSON
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
-
SHANE CAVITT
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
-
VICKY HALE
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
-
MARILYN HARRIS
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
-
SUZY HERRMANN
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
-
JERRY RITCHIE
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
-
AMANDA ROGERS
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
-
ROBIN ROWE
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
-
JULIE SHEFFLER
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
-
ZACH SHELTON
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Compensation
- $0
- Benefit plans
- not reported
- Expense account
- not reported
- Hours/week
- 2
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 9 September 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.0
- Source object
- 202422559349200012
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