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COMMONWISE EDUCATION INC

EIN 45-2201993 BRONX, NY

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Revenue 2023
$653,023
Expenses 2023
$924,143

Program services were 56.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S43
Classification
1000
Street
103 E 196TH ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

COMMONWISE EDUCATION, INC WILL PROVIDE ON-LINE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE AREAS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP,MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABILITY, ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION TO SOCIAL ENTERPRISE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BUSINESSES, EMPLOYEE AND COOPERATIVELY OWNED BUSINESSES. THESE SERVICES ARE DESIGNED TO INCREASE THE SUCCESS AND VIABILITY OF THESE BUSINESSES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The Organization coordinates the people, businesses and institutions of the Bronx to develop shared wealth and ownership and supports low income people of color in the decision making process at every step. This network of stakeholders,is known as the Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative (BCDI). Based on a framework of economic democracy, BCDI leverages existing Bronx assets to address economic, social, and environmental challenges within the borough, and supports collective ownership models in order to distribute wealth and decision-making equitably and broadly among Bronx residents.

  • In 2023 BCDI supported the development of Bronxwide community planning and business infrastructure for economic democracy. This took the shape of co-leading a Bronxwide community planning coalition through our Policy and Planning team, convening and supporting Bronx anchor purchasers and small businesses through the BronXchange, and educating community leaders on models and projects for deepening shared ownership and shared wealth in our communities through the Economic Democracy Learning Center. A signature piece of BCDIs work is co-leading a coalition of 12 community, faith, and labor organizations for a Bronxwide Plan: a long-term Bronxwide economic development plan grounded in racial justice and economic democracy. In 2023 BCDI continued this multi-year effort by synthesizing 20 community-led economic development projects and concept ideas through an online and offline public engagement campaign. We then convened community leaders from across the borough to develop a rubric to assess the viability of projects to advance further. This led to the development of the Sustainable Economy Partnership, scoped as a multi-million dollar borough-wide initiative to advance environmental resilience, small business, and workforce development aligned to our values.In 2023 the BronXchange continued to provide technical assistance to all of our small business clients. Cooperative succession planning became a new addition to our work. BronXchange partnered with the Women's Housing and Economic Development Corporation (WHEDco) in hosting in-person events focused on connecting Bronx businesses in their catchment area with institutional purchasing opportunities. The events and procurement panels centered small Bronx businesses. We shared lessons learned over a decade in contracting with local businesses.For our learning and education work, we continued to engage educators on pathways to educating for economic democracy from K-12 through higher education. We published a report and article in Nonprofit Quarterly reflecting on the 2022 Economic Democracy Schools Fellowship and continued to support educators to develop curriculum aligned to these principles. For postsecondary educators, teh Teaching Economic Democracy webinars we hosted invited panelists to share ways to incorporate employee ownership, cooperatives, and economic democracy into a class and discipline. Panelists also share their latest resources, materials, and concepts for subjects ranging from business, sociology, and public policy, to urban, labor, and community development.

    Expenses $517,645 · Revenue $41,500

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Michael Partis

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $52,090
    From this org
    $46,142
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,948
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sandra Lobo

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Dariella Rodriguez

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Nick Iuviene

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Danny Peralta

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Daniel White

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Kellie Terry

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Wanda Salaman

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Wendoly Marte

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Yorman Nunez

    Member

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $653,023
    Expenses
    $924,143
    Contributions
    $600,535
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,208,790
    Expenses
    $1,318,117
    Contributions
    $1,155,550
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $932,355
    Expenses
    $1,327,925
    Assets (EOY)
    $784,166
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,748,080
    Expenses
    $1,101,042
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,189,643
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $786,441
    Expenses
    $1,013,308
    Assets (EOY)
    $517,755
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $309,312
    Expenses
    $803,612
    Assets (EOY)
    $637,164
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,209,247
    Expenses
    $559,271
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,108,391
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $408,558
    Expenses
    $599,504
    Assets (EOY)
    $493,406
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $268,552
    Expenses
    $358,942
    Assets (EOY)
    $748,554
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $130,300
    Expenses
    $175,583
    Assets (EOY)
    $828,045
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,303,500
    Expenses
    $710,941
    Assets (EOY)
    $880,353
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $948,500
    Expenses
    $380,941
    Assets (EOY)
    $880,353

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.