Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$210,823

Total expenses

$168,627

Contributions and grants received

$14,188

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$196,276

Investment income

$359

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$137,225

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$137,225

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$168,627

Management and general expenses

$0

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$168,627

Program services were 100.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2025

• 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 SCHOOL YEAR. THIS ALLOWS CHILDREN TO PREPARE THEIR OWN MEALS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS WHILE THEIR PARENTS ARE AWAY FROM HOME WORKING, FEEDING APPROXIMATELY 1,300 CHILDREN PER WEEK AT FOOD PANTRIES ACROSS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

  Expenses $103,498

• 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 625 CHILDREN PER WEEK.

  Expenses $35,415

• 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 FAMILIES 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, GLUE 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 $29,714

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

• JIM HAMPTON

  PRESIDENT

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• LIZ WRIGHT

  TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $10,000

  From this org

  $10,000

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• AMANDA ROGERS KOWALSKI

  SECRETARY

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• KATIE FLOWERS

  MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• MARILYN HARRIS

  MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• SUZY HERRMANN

  MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• JULIE SHEFFLER

  MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• ZACH SHELTON

  MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• ANDREW HUDSON

  VICE PRESIDE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• ISAAC ADEYEMI

  MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• JUSTIN KETTLER

  MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• KAY KLENZENDORF

  MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• ROBIN ROWE

  MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

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

2025

Filed

14 May 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.0

Source object

202621479349301577

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