Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,918,781
- Total expenses
- $1,695,516
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,918,781
- Grants paid
- $1,300
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,090,418
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $160,945
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $929,473
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $346,896
- Management and general expenses
- $1,284,332
- Fundraising expenses
- $64,288
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $346,896
Program services were 20.5% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$79,146
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1d · Related organizations
$1,693,292
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$146,343
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$79,146
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $1,300 · program services $1,300
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $160,119 · management and general $160,119
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $651,205 · management and general $651,205
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $54,234 · management and general $54,234
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $58,079 · management and general $58,079
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $72,266 · management and general $72,266
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11b · Fees: legal
total $27,586 · management and general $27,586
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11g · Fees: other
total $357,048 · program services $183,977 · management and general $111,147 · fundraising $61,924
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $432 · program services $432
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13 · Office expenses
total $6,759 · program services $1,951 · management and general $4,807 · fundraising $1
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14 · Information technology
total $54,440 · program services $7,807 · management and general $46,294 · fundraising $339
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16 · Occupancy
total $56,922 · management and general $56,922
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17 · Travel
total $116,854 · program services $92,888 · management and general $22,487 · fundraising $1,479
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $63,399 · program services $49,121 · management and general $13,733 · fundraising $545
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23 · Insurance
total $1,618 · management and general $1,618
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24a · Other expenses: APPRECIATION & GIFTS
total $5,710 · program services $5,710
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24b · Other expenses: STAFF TRAINING & DEVELO
total $3,710 · program services $3,710
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24c · Other expenses: TAXES, LICENSES, & FEES
total $2,238 · management and general $2,238
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24d · Other expenses: STAFF TRANING & DEVELOP
total $1,116 · management and general $1,116
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24e · All other expenses
total $481 · management and general $481
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $53,009 · end of year $1,090,318
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $100
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
end of year $10,688
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $150,257
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29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $53,009 · end of year $929,473
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
COMMON POWER (CP) WORKS TO FOSTER, SUPPORT, AND AMPLIFY A DEMOCRACY THAT IS JUST AND INCLUSIVE. WE PROVIDE CREATIVE ON-RAMPS TO CIVIC FIELDWORK, EXPAND THE PEOPLE ENGAGING IN AND BENEFITING FROM IT, AND SUSTAIN THIS EFFORT BY INVESTING IN THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS. WE CATALYZE OUR WORK THROUGH EDUCATION AND BOLSTER A PUBLIC THAT TAKES ACTION IN SUPPORT OF A JUST AND INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY. BY FOSTERING A COMMUNITY IN WHICH PEOPLE LEARN FROM, SUPPORT, AND GROW WITH ONE ANOTHER; WE IDENTIFY AND INVEST IN YOUNG, DIVERSE LEADERS AND PROMOTE THEM INTO LEADERSHIP POSITIONS WITHIN CP AND BEYOND.
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IN 2024, WE SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED OUR EDUCATIONAL REACH AND IMPACT. OUR LECTURE SERIES, WORKSHOPS, AND COURSES GREW TO 12 OFFERINGS, ATTRACTING OVER 2,000 REGISTRANTS AND ENGAGING LEARNERS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS. OUR LEARNING TOURS ALSO SAW REMARKABLE GROWTH, WITH 4 TOTAL TOURS INCLUDING 1 EDUCATOR-FOCUSED TOUR AND AN EDUCATOR SYMPOSIUM BRINGING TOGETHER 100+ PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING 31 NEW EDUCATORS. BY THE END OF THE YEAR, OUR NETWORK OF EDUCATOR AMBASSADORS REACHED 66, REFLECTING SUSTAINED GROWTH AND INFLUENCE FROM 2022 THROUGH 2024.THROUGH OUR EDUCATION TO ACTION GRANTS, WE DISTRIBUTED 7 GRANTS TO EMPOWER INNOVATIVE PROJECTS THAT TRANSLATE LEARNING INTO REAL-WORLD IMPACT. THE SCHOLARS IN MOTION PROGRAM CONTINUED TO THRIVE, SERVING 16 STUDENTS CUMULATIVELY BY THE END OF 2024. WE CELEBRATED THE LAUNCH OF A SECOND CHAPTER IN SELMA, AL, ADDING 4 NEW STUDENTS AND EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR HANDS-ON LEARNING IN NEW COMMUNITIES. ACROSS ALL INITIATIVES, 2024 MARKED A YEAR OF GROWTH, CONNECTION, AND INCREASED IMPACT STRENGTHENING OUR MISSION TO FOSTER LEARNING, LEADERSHIP, AND ACTION ACROSS CLASSROOMS, COMMUNITIES, AND BEYOND.
Expenses $346,896 · Grants $1,300 · Revenue $1,918,781
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Charles Douglas IIICHARLES DOUGLAS III
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 43
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Larcy DouglasLARCY DOUGLAS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 43
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.
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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501(C)(3) · CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION · WA
Directly controlled by COMMON POWER FUTURE
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COMMON POWER
527 · POLITICAL COMMITTEE · WA
Directly controlled by COMMON POWER FUTURE
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 13 February 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202620569349300947
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