Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COMMON GROUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue: $335,187
Total expenses: $369,461
Contributions and grants received: $292,913
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $42,274
Other revenue: $0
Total assets, end of year: $414,641
Total liabilities, end of year: $0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $414,641
Program services expenses (Part IX): $369,461
Management and general expenses: $0
Fundraising expenses: $0
Program service expenses (Part III): $369,461

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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

1a · Federated campaigns

$0
1b · Membership dues

$102,635
1c · Fundraising events

$0
1d · Related organizations

$0
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$0
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$190,278
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$0
3 · Investment income

total $42,274 · related or exempt $42,274 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
5 · Royalties

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $0 · personal property $0
7c · Gain or loss

securities $0 · other assets $0
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$0
11e · Other revenue, total

$0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $106,787 · program services $106,787
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $137,364 · program services $137,364
10 · Payroll taxes

total $18,678 · program services $18,678
11a · Fees: management

total $8,583 · program services $8,583
11c · Fees: accounting

total $4,380 · program services $4,380
11g · Fees: other

total $48,000 · program services $48,000
13 · Office expenses

total $8,712 · program services $8,712
17 · Travel

total $19,619 · program services $19,619
23 · Insurance

total $3,512 · program services $3,512
24a · Other expenses: Event Expenses

total $8,538 · program services $8,538 · management and general $0
24b · Other expenses: Leader Training

total $5,288 · program services $5,288 · management and general $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $107,757 · end of year $108,704
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $0 · end of year $24,789
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $3,000
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
7 · Other notes and loans receivable

beginning of year $41,326 · end of year $0
8 · Inventories for sale or use

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $236,479 · end of year $278,148
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
13 · Investments: program-related

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
14 · Intangible assets

beginning of year $0
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $0
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
18 · Grants payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $385,546 · end of year $414,641
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $16 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Common Ground is a civic and educational organization whose mission is to build a broad-based citizen organization to act for the common good in the Greater Milwaukee area

Activities or mission (Part I)

Common Ground is a civic and educational organization whose mission is to build a broad-based citizens organization to act for the common good in the Greater Milwaukee Area.

The issue of reckless driving was studied and a proposal to have high school students receive driver's education at no cost was developed. A bill was passed through the State of Wisconsin to provide funding for this project.

Expenses $40,000
Washington High School Athletic Field reconstruction is a major effort to make this facility up to date and useful for both the school and the community.

Expenses $40,000
Tenants in public housing were organized to advocate for improved living conditions and a better relationship with management.

Expenses $180,000
Do Not Stand Idly By focuses on improving gun safety by education and supporting development of new technologies to make guns safer

Expenses $5,000
Building a coalition of faith based organization to pressure the government and public agencies to provide funds for meaningful workforce development efforts

Expenses $10,000
The need for a reading tutoring program in the Milwaukee Public Schools was studied and a program was developed to help 1st through 3rd graders who have fallen behind after the Covid 19 pandemic.

Expenses $10,000
Management Expenses

Expenses $84,461

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Jennifer O'Hear

Lead Organizer

Total calculated

$106,787

From this org

$106,787

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

50
Rob Ater

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Francisco Enriquez

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Frank Finch III

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Jose Gonzalez

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Jonathan Gundlach

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Alex Hardy

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Brenda McMurtry

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Franz Meyer

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Chrystlyn Stanley

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Jim Wesp

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Will Davis

President

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Robert Connolly

Treasurer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

16
Gabriela Dieguez

Secretary

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4

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: 1 May 2024
IRS schema version: 2023v5.0
Source object: 202411229349300131

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