Hawaii · Nonprofit
COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVE
COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVE (Hawaii) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,344,976 to it, the largest being NUESTRO FUTURO INC ($238,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $326k
What Common Ground Collective does
Mission
It is our mission at Common Ground Collective to transform maui into a bountiful and productive island that benefits both the real-life settings, and hands-on assistance; we will help to elevate distressed and underprivileged members of community that are not otherwise able to receive assistance or obtain education in these areas. By spreading awareness, education and providing assistance, we will work to increase food security and economic opportunities here in our beautiful island community and set-up the framework to bring this model to other much deserving areas in hawaii and abroad.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Foster farming harvest project the foster farming harvest project reduces on-farm food waste by harvesting surplus produce from local farms and residential orchards. Common Ground Collective coordinates harvesting, distribution, and producer support. Food is distributed to community organizations feeding residents in need or sold to local businesses to sustain program operations. The program increases local food availability and supports landowners in productive land stewardship.
$80,681 spent$26,062 earned by the program13% of program spendingLocal food promotion program the local food promotion program strengthens the local food economy by helping producers connect to markets and distribution networks. Activities include distribution support, marketing outreach, and business partnerships to expand access to locally grown products. This program reduces reliance on imported food and increases economic opportunities for farmers and food producers. The initiative contributes to a more resilient local food system.
$173,032 spent28% of program spendingHaiku house common ground community garden the haiku house community garden increases access to locally grown produce and provides hands-on agricultural education. Volunteers attend weekly workdays to maintain crops and support food distribution. Produce grown at the garden is donated to local food programs and food-insecure households. The garden promotes community involvement while demonstrating small-scale, regenerative food production.
$614 spent0% of program spendingCgc's outreach and education Common Ground Collective provides community outreach and education to strengthen maui's local food system. Outreach and education activities are included in all of our programs and include: hands-on learning workshops, volunteer engagement, and public presentations promoting sustainable agriculture and food security. Our programs share resources with residents, landowners, and local partners to support local food production and resilience. These efforts increase awareness of local food systems and encourage community participation in agriculture. Maui fire relief programs & projects in response to the maui fires, Common Ground Collective supported food relief and recovery efforts for affected communities. The organization provided fresh local food, purchased product from impacted producers, and assisted community resource hubs with supplies and logistics. These efforts helped maintain food access and support local food producers during disaster recovery. Maui emergency feeding taskforce Common Ground Collective co-led the maui emergency feeding taskforce to coordinate emergency food distribution and disaster response. The taskforce engaged community…
$357,085 spent58% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $611,412.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $149k to $471k (+216%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 30% · 2022 31% · 2023 12% · 2024 14% · 2025 34%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 14 funders, grant income rose $1k → $404k.
4 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
46% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 38% · 2021 60% · 2022 61% · 2023 25% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
60% of COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 32% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVE draws 60% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $71k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 605 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 605 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.2M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$1.2M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Hawaii
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVE?
- COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVE (Hawaii) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,344,976 to it, the largest being NUESTRO FUTURO INC ($238,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVE have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $1,344,976 in grants to COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVE, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVE?
- NUESTRO FUTURO INC is the largest funder on record, with $238,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Hawaii. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 28 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing