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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COMMON ROOTS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,167,458
Total expenses
$331,481
Contributions and grants received
$1,135,322
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$30,900
Investment income
$130
Other revenue
$1,106
Total assets, end of year
$1,463,542
Total liabilities, end of year
$332,723
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,130,819
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$249,401
Management and general expenses
$82,080
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$249,401

Program services were 75.2% 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)

    $315,300

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $820,022

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $333,778

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Rental Income

    total $30,900 · related or exempt $30,900

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $130 · related or exempt $130

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Revenue

    total $1,106 · related or exempt $1,106

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,106

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $97,058 · program services $53,951 · management and general $43,107

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $11,826 · program services $6,996 · management and general $4,830

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $9,675 · program services $6,525 · management and general $3,150

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,918 · program services $890 · management and general $4,028

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,919 · program services $239 · management and general $1,680

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,028 · management and general $5,028

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $100 · management and general $100

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,870 · program services $15,536 · management and general $2,334

  • 20 · Interest

    total $8,285 · program services $3,359 · management and general $4,926

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $19,047 · program services $18,672 · management and general $375

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,204 · program services $4,171 · management and general $8,033

  • 24a · Other expenses: Constructions Repairs &

    total $138,132 · program services $137,557 · management and general $575

  • 24b · Other expenses: Vehicle Expense

    total $3,084 · management and general $3,084

  • 24c · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $1,535 · program services $705 · management and general $830

  • 24d · Other expenses: Equipment Rental & Main

    total $800 · program services $800

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $150,576 · end of year $356,188

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

    $1,129,525

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

    $22,171

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $147,128 · end of year $1,107,354

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,862 · end of year $19,848

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $300,875

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $12,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $294,842 · end of year $1,043,180

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $87,639

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The organizations primary mission is to develop and steward sustainable, permanantly affordable homes that build wealth and security for poor and working people. They believe that all residents, regardless of income or identity, should be able to benefit from stable homes that they love and are invested in.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Focused on creating sustainable, permanantly affordable homes that build wealth in Meadville, PA.

  • The organization is a community land trust dedicted to developing and stewarding sustainable, permanently affordable homes that build wealth and security for low-income households. Common Roots worked in a partnership with local government and other community institutions to acquire vacant and/or blighted properties and redevelop them as permanently affordable housing. In 2023, the organization added 6 properties to its portfolio.

    Expenses $60,845 · Revenue $1,236

  • Common Roots operated 12 affordable rental units in 2023 and developed a renting cooperative program that empowers low-income households to build financial assets and community ties by working together to care for and govern their homes. The first cooperative members moved into their new homes in July of 2023.

    Expenses $179,379 · Revenue $30,900

  • Common Roots engaged in workforce development and educational initiatives to community capacity to rehabilitate and care for homes. In 2023, the organization started working to launch a public benefit construction company dedicted to furthering the organization's mission while providing meaningful, well-paying jobs for low-income people in recovery.

    Expenses $9,177

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Don Goldstein

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Robert Ackerman

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Samantha Travis

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Emily Rose Bowman

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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
11 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403189349301705

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