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THE INDUSTRIAL COMMONS

EIN 47-2080338 MORGANTON, NC

Revenue 2024
$8,682,953
Expenses 2024
$4,017,046

Program services were 77.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
J20
Classification
1200
Street
PO BOX 71

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).

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.

  • MOLLY HEMSTREET

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $124,125
    From this org
    $124,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • DEBORAH SIGMON

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIMBERLY HUNTER

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHARLEY MENDOZA PEREZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ERICA DAMMAN

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RENEA CANIPE

    DIRECTOR (THRU AUGUST)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LISA MILLER

    DIRECTOR/SECRETARY (THRU JUNE)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARCELINA MIGUEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARA CHESTER

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $113,427
    From this org
    $107,925
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,502
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $8,682,953
    Expenses
    $4,017,046
    Contributions
    $7,817,883
    Grants paid
    $880,466
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $11,657,616
    Expenses
    $2,236,647
    Contributions
    $10,971,882
    Grants paid
    $5,280
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,647,034
    Expenses
    $2,390,165
    Contributions
    $2,181,163
    Grants paid
    $282,725

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2016

Tax period
1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016
Principal officer
Sara Chester
Mailing address
PO Box 71Morganton NC 28680
Website
www.theindustrialcommons.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 12 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

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 10 September 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 IRS Business Master File ingested 5 October 2026, which is when the registration facts above were last refreshed for every organization. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.