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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COMMON GROUND FOUNDATION INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 9 March 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Those are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$898,644
Total expenses
$1,447,169
Contributions and grants received
$884,392
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$14,252
Total assets, end of year
$766,709
Total liabilities, end of year
$65,741
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$700,968
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$710,276
Management and general expenses
$673,368
Fundraising expenses
$63,525
Program service expenses (Part III)
$710,276

Program services were 49.1% 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

    $884,392

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Income&Bank Fees

    total $14,252 · related or exempt $14,252

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $14,252

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $547,235 · program services $96,577 · management and general $450,658

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $33,379 · management and general $33,379

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $56,915 · management and general $56,915

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $72,552 · program services $56,111 · management and general $16,441

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $40,207 · program services $36,511 · fundraising $3,696

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $279,993 · program services $264,890 · management and general $13,780 · fundraising $1,323

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $54,265 · program services $4,476 · management and general $49,789

  • 17 · Travel

    total $68,030 · program services $2,290 · management and general $10,324 · fundraising $55,416

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,330 · program services $3,209 · management and general $2,500 · fundraising $1,621

  • 24a · Other expenses: Catering

    total $2,334 · program services $2,334

  • 24b · Other expenses: Gifts

    total $1,630 · program services $161 · fundraising $1,469

  • 24c · Other expenses: Grant Writer

    total $25,000 · management and general $25,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $258,299 · program services $243,717 · management and general $14,582

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $790,333 · end of year $217,202

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $260,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $456

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $453,977 · end of year $289,507

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,288 · end of year $46,236

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year -$15,015 · end of year $19,505

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,249,493 · end of year $700,968

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

To empower high school students from under-served communities to become future leaders. Our programs focus on character development, social impact, healthy living, technology, financial literacy, creative arts and global leadership.

  • To empower high school students from under-served communities to become future leaders. Our programs focus on character development, social impact, healthy living, technology, financial literacy, creative arts and global leadership.

    Expenses $710,276

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Erika Patterson

    LEADER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dionne Morris

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Erik Moore

    MD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jonavan Smith

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Herald Johnson Jr

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Matt King

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lester Coney

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Francois Mobasser

    PARTNER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marc B Brooks

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lonnie Rashid Lynn

    CO-FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mahalia Hines

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Cheryl Burton

    ANCHOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Furlong

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Deborah Quazzo

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Megan Tamte

    CO-FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Karl Kemp

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
2023
Filed
9 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540939349301124

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