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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by COMMONS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$993,532
Total expenses
$804,639
Contributions and grants received
$693,956
Grants paid
$521
Program service revenue
$276,120
Investment income
$23,456
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,434,262
Total liabilities, end of year
$39,105
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,395,157
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$692,971
Management and general expenses
$111,668
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$692,971

Program services were 86.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $234,259

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $459,697

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICES

    total $276,120 · related or exempt $276,120

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $23,456 · excluded $23,456

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $521 · program services $521

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $152,960 · program services $137,922 · management and general $15,038

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $326,328 · program services $292,789 · management and general $33,539

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $11,208 · program services $10,758 · management and general $450

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $10,928 · program services $10,489 · management and general $439

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $46,863 · program services $32,562 · management and general $14,301

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $27,720 · management and general $27,720

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,686 · management and general $1,686

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,235 · program services $3,410 · management and general $825

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $131,470 · program services $131,470

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,185 · program services $5,689 · management and general $496

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,864 · program services $1,726 · management and general $138

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,509 · program services $1,724 · management and general $785

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,756 · management and general $1,756

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,373 · program services $19 · management and general $5,354

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $64,299 · program services $63,892 · management and general $407

  • 24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $8,438 · management and general $8,438

  • 24c · Other expenses: BOARD DEVELOPMENT

    total $296 · management and general $296

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $462,518 · end of year $580,469

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $566,665 · end of year $688,288

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $80,298 · end of year $105,559

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $125,791 · end of year $45,806

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,965 · end of year $12,463

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $13,697

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $12,020

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,433 · end of year $1,677

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $45,406 · end of year $39,105

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,183,428 · end of year $1,162,951

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $22,836 · end of year $232,206

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PARTNER WITH INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO ACCESS, ORGANIZE, AND SHARE DATA THAT INSPIRES ACTION THAT RESTORES OUR ENVIRONMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PARTNERING WITH INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO ACCESS, ORGANIZE, AND SHARE DATA THAT INSPIRES ACTION THAT RESTORES OUR ENVIRONMENT.

  • COMMON PRODUCTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION - THIS PROGRAM DEVELOPS THE SOFTWARE PLATFORMS, SUCH AS WATER REPORTER AND FIELDDOC, WHICH MEET THE OVERLAPPING NEEDS OF THE RESTORATION COMMUNITY TO DOCUMENT THEIR WORK, RECRUIT AND MANAGE VOLUNTEERS, AND DEVELOP A UNIFIED PICTURE OF WATER QUALITY.

    Expenses $492,415 · Grants $521 · Revenue $188,710

  • DIGITAL SERVICES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION - THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES CUSTOM SOFTWARE TO NONPROFITS FOR A FEE ON A SLIDING SCALE BASIS TO HELP THEM BECOME MORE EFFICIENT IN THEIR MISSION TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

    Expenses $146,726 · Revenue $87,410

  • WATER DATA COLLABORATIVE - THIS PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED TO GROW AND MAINTAIN AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY OF TRAINED AND QUALIFIED COMMUNITY WATER SCIENTISTS WHO EMPLOY BEST AVAILABLE PRACTICES AND TECHNOLOGIES TO COLLECT DATA THAT ENABLE THE PROTECTION AND RESTORATION OF THE NATION'S WATERWAY.

    Expenses $26,809

  • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT - THIS PROGRAM ENABLES THE COMMONS TO STAY ABREAST OF TRENDING TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN BENEFIT ITS STAKEHOLDERS WORKING TO RESTORE THE ENVIRONMENT.

    Expenses $15,088

  • SHARED KNOWLEDGE INITIATIVE - THIS PROGRAM HELPS POLICY MAKERS MAKE COMPLEX ISSUES CLEARER WITH DATA JOURNALISM AND WELL-DESIGNED INFORMATION PRODUCTS; RESULTING IN SCIENCE-BASED POLICY TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT.

    Expenses $11,933

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • ROBERT JOHN DAWES

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $152,960
    From this org
    $142,042
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,918
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,042
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,261
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,657
    Filer's total
    $152,960

  • BRENDAN MCINTYRE

    SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

    Total calculated
    $149,721
    From this org
    $138,768
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,953
    Hours/week
    40

  • ERIN HOFFMAN

    STRATEGY AND APPLICATION LEAD

    Total calculated
    $123,740
    From this org
    $120,136
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,604
    Hours/week
    40

  • MYRA JACKSON

    SECRETARY UNTIL DECEMBER, THEN CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BEN SCHEELK

    CHAIRMAN UNTIL DECEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MIKEL MARON BOARD MEMBER

    AS OF JULY, THEN VC AS OF DEC.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BILL HOWARD

    VICE CHAIR UNTIL DECEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MEGHAN MARIE FOWLER-FINN BOARD

    MEMBER UNTIL DEC., THEN TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL WU BOARD MEMBER AS OF

    OCT., THEN SECRETARY AS OF DECEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROMAN PEREZ TREASURER

    UNTIL DEC., THEN BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MANUEL MERELLO

    BOARD 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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
9 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202501909349300945

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