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COMMON GROUND CENTER FOR COMMUNITY RENEWAL

EIN 34-1838503 OBERLIN, OH

Revenue 2024
$998,524
Expenses 2024
$1,030,372

Program services were 90.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1700
Street
14240 BAIRD RD

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).

Group exemption

A subordinate covered by the group exemption of UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE (EIN 53-0196617). matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

COMMON GROUND ENHANCES QUALITY OF LIFE BY PROMOTING CONSCIOUS LIVING THROUGH INNOVATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES.

  • MINDFUL LEADERSHIP/ TEAM BUILDING - HEALTHY COMMUNITIES, WORKPLACES, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES BEGIN WITH HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS. TO THIS END, COMMON GROUND PROVIDES PROGRAMS AND SERVICES DESIGNED TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR ONGOING DEVELOPMENT OF A HEALTHY LIFE -- IN MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT. PROGRAMS INCLUDE CONSCIOUS LEADERSHIP RETREATS FOR WORKPLACES, FIRST STEP, ADVENTURE CHALLENGE, HIGH ROPES AND A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS.

    Expenses $211,429 · Revenue $121,432

  • YOUTH PROGRAMS FOCUS ON ENHANCING YOUNG PEOPLES SENSE OF RELATIONSHIP WITH THEMSELVES, EACH OTHER, AND THE WORLD. HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE LEARN NEW SKILLS, REALIZE THEIR POTENTIAL, AND DEVELOP A SENSE OF BELONGING AND PURPOSE IN THE WORLD ARE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR MORE INTEGRATED, HAPPIER, HEALTHIER LIVES: AT HOME, IN SCHOOL, AND THE COMMUNITY. PROGRAMS INCLUDE, EARTH CAMP, DISCOVERY DAYS, ADVENTURE CHALLENGE, HIGH ROPES AND LIFE SCHOOL.

    Expenses $399,181 · Revenue $166,903

  • CANOPY TOUR - THE CANOPY TOUR ALLOWS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND GROUPS TO EXPERIENCE NATURE THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE OF THE TREE TOPS. THIS EXPERIENCE CAN BE USED FOR TEAM BUILDING AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS.

    Expenses $319,236 · Revenue $143,373

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • STEVEN PARSONS

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • JENN KEATHLEY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • BARB BICKEL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • ELIZABETH IRIZARRY

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • KENNETH FRAELICH

    EXECUTICE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $98,883
    From this org
    $98,883
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • ROSE BATOR

    FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • LOU GRASSO

    VICE PRESIDENT

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $998,524
    Expenses
    $1,030,372
    Contributions
    $560,496
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $980,107
    Expenses
    $1,013,573
    Contributions
    $519,984
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $999,911
    Expenses
    $854,309
    Contributions
    $611,429
    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
    $937,419
    Expenses
    $824,289
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,202,847

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $746,349
    Expenses
    $540,152
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,176,942

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $869,592
    Expenses
    $837,004
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,138,746

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $761,919
    Expenses
    $815,822
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,164,636

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $903,132
    Expenses
    $951,177
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,268,558

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,096,069
    Expenses
    $1,046,470
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,344,928

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,038,162
    Expenses
    $1,015,612
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,395,730

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $929,092
    Expenses
    $1,058,135
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,361,172

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $722,121
    Assets (EOY)
    $768,091

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $663,358
    Assets (EOY)
    $790,061

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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.